Cheeses beginning with R
28 cheeses under R.
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandRaclette du ValaisWalliser Raclette
A semi-hard Swiss cow's-milk cheese from Valais, aged for melting or eating.Cow · Semi-hard
🇫🇮 FinlandRaejuusto
A low-fat Finnish fresh cheese with a granular texture similar to cottage cheese.Cow · Fresh
🇮🇹 ItalyRagusano
A firm stretched-curd cow's-milk cheese from Sicily with protected status.Cow · Stretched curd
🇮🇹 ItalyRaschera
A semi-hard cow's-milk cheese from Piedmont with a savory taste and ivory paste.Cow · Semi-hard · Salty
🇮🇹 ItalyReblecRéblèque
A fresh Aosta Valley cheese made from surfaced cream and raw milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreReblochon
A soft washed-rind cow's milk cheese from the French Alps with a nutty flavour.Cow · Bloomy rind · Nutty
🇬🇧 United KingdomRed Leicester
A hard, crumbly cow's-milk cheese from England, aged for months and coloured with annatto.Cow · Hard · Sweet and caramel
🇮🇹 ItalyRed Pecorinopicurinu rusu
A red, stretched-curd sheep's milk cheese from Sicily, coloured with tomato sauce.Sheep · Stretched curd · Savoury and brothy
🇵🇱 PolandRedykołka
A smoked, salted sheep's milk cheese from Poland's Podhale region, shaped like animals or hearts.Sheep · Semi-hard · Salty
🇦🇷 ArgentinaReggianito
A small Argentine hard cow's milk cheese made by Italian immigrants as a Parmesan alternative.Cow · Hard · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇮 FinlandReindeer cheese
A rare Scandinavian cheese made from the high-fat milk of reindeer.Other · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇧🇪 BelgiumRemoudour'moûdou
A washed-rind cow's-milk cheese from the Land of Herve in Belgium.Cow · Washed rind
🇵🇹 Portugal and 1 moreRequeijão
A versatile dairy product ranging from whey cheese to creamy spreads across Portugal and Brazil.Cow · Whey · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 Italy and 5 moreRicotta
A fresh Italian whey cheese made by reheating leftover proteins from other cheesemaking batches.Sheep · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 ItalyRicotta di fuscella
A fresh cow's milk ricotta from Campania, shaped in a truncated cone basket.Cow · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceRigotte de Condrieu
A small, soft goat cheese from the Lyonnaise region with a white mold rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇹🇳 TunisiaRigouta
A fresh Tunisian whey cheese from Béja, made with Sicilo-Sarda sheep milk.Sheep · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 ItalyRobiola
A soft-ripened Italian cheese from Piedmont and Lombardy, made from cow, goat, or sheep milk.Cow · Bloomy rind · Sweet and caramel
🇫🇷 FranceRocamadourRòcamador
A small, soft goat's-milk cheese from southwest France with a protected status.Goat · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇵🇱 PolandRokpol
A pungent, salty Polish blue cheese made from cow's milk.Cow · Blue · Pungent and funky
🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreRomano cheese
A hard, salty American grating cheese made from cow, goat, or sheep milk.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇳🇱 NetherlandsRoomano
An aged hard cow's-milk cheese from Friesland with less butterfat than standard Gouda.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceRoquefortRòcafòrt
A raw sheep's milk blue cheese aged in the Combalou caves of southern France.Sheep · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceRoule cheese
A soft, herb and garlic flavoured cow's milk cheese rolled into a spiral shape.Cow · Bloomy rind · Herbal and grassy
🇨🇳 ChinaRubing乳饼
A firm, acid-set fresh goat cheese from Yunnan that holds its shape when cooked.Goat · Fresh · Salty
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreRumiجبنة رومى
A hard, salty Egyptian cow or buffalo milk cheese with a pungent aroma.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇨🇳 ChinaRushan乳扇
A stretched cow's milk cheese from Yunnan dried into thin yellow sheets.Cow · Dried · Savoury and brothy
🇷🇺 RussiaRussian cheeseРоссийский сыр
A semi-hard cow's milk cheese aged for two months, developed in the Soviet Union.Cow · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rocamadour: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ricotta: 8w9d, CC0, source
- Rigotte de Condrieu: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red Leicester: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Rumi: summer photo hobby, CC BY 2.0, source
- Remoudou: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Romano cheese: Brian Boucheron, CC BY 2.0, source
- Redykołka: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Reblochon: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Russian cheese: Original photo by User:Водник , label removal by User:Алексей Гоманков, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rokpol: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Raschera: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Roquefort: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ragusano: Popaitaly, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Raclette du Valais: Martin Steiger, CC0, source
- Requeijão: Comte0, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Reblec: F Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Robiola: Andrea Marchisio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rushan: Zhangmoon618, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rubing: Pratyeka, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rigouta: Habib M ' henni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Reindeer cheese: Jennifer Woodard Maderazo, CC BY 2.0, source