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All cheeses

449 cheeses so far, best known first. 94 more are on the list to be written.

🇮🇹 ItalyCasciotta d'Urbino A semi-soft Italian cheese from the Marche region made with sheep and cow milk.Mixed · Semi-soft 🇺🇸 United StatesMuenster A semi-soft American cow's-milk cheese with a smooth texture and an orange rind dyed with annatto.Cow · Semi-soft · Nutty 🇲🇽 MexicoQueso Chihuahua A soft, melting cow's-milk cheese from the Mexican state of Chihuahua.Cow · Semi-soft 🇨🇦 CanadaOka A semi-soft washed-rind cow's milk cheese from Quebec with a copper-orange rind.Cow · Semi-soft · Pungent and funky 🇮🇹 ItalyBastardo del Grappa A semi-fat cow's milk cheese from the Veneto foothills with a soft crumbly texture.Cow · Semi-soft · Savoury and brothy 🇬🇧 United KingdomDerby A mild, semi-firm cow's milk cheese from Derbyshire with a buttery taste and smooth texture.Cow · Semi-soft · Buttery and creamy 🇬🇧 United KingdomTintern A soft, blended cow's milk Cheddar flavoured with chives and shallots, wrapped in lime green wax.Cow · Semi-soft · Herbal and grassy 🇨🇦 CanadaPikauba A semi-firm washed-rind cow's milk cheese from Quebec with a buttery taste and orange rind.Cow · Semi-soft · Buttery and creamy 🇮🇹 ItalyBela Badia A soft cow's-milk cheese from the Puster Valley with small irregular holes.Cow · Semi-soft · Milky and fresh 🇨🇦 CanadaAllegretto cheese A semi-soft sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind from Quebec.Sheep · Semi-soft · Sweet and caramel 🇬🇧 United KingdomBeenleigh Blue A thin-rinded, foil-wrapped English sheep's-milk blue with a sweet, crumbly texture.Sheep · Blue · Sweet and caramel 🇨🇦 CanadaLe Douanier A semi-soft cow's milk cheese with a wash-rinsed rind and a central edible line from Quebec.Cow · Semi-soft · Nutty 🇫🇷 FranceAbbaye de Timadeuc CheeseFourmaj Abati Tinadeuc A soft, salty cow's-milk cheese made by Trappist monks in Brittany.Cow · Semi-soft · Salty 🇮🇹 ItalySottocenere al tartufo A semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Venice with an ash rind and black truffle slices.Cow · Semi-soft · Savoury and brothy 🇬🇧 United KingdomChevington cheese A semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Northumberland with a mould-ripened rind.Cow · Semi-soft 🇦🇷 ArgentinaCremoso A mild, semi-soft Argentine cow's milk cheese with no rind.Cow · Semi-soft · Buttery and creamy 🇫🇷 France and 5 moreThe Laughing CowLa vache qui rit A pasteurized processed cheese spread sold in individual wedges since 1921.Cow · Processed 🇬🇧 United KingdomStinking Bishop A washed-rind Gloucestershire cheese ripened in perry from the Stinking Bishop pear.Cow · Washed rind · Tangy and lactic 🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreMozzarella A semi-soft Italian stretched-curd cheese made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Semi-soft · Milky and fresh

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