All cheeses
449 cheeses so far, best known first. 94 more are on the list to be written.
🇹🇷 TurkeyBeyaz peynir
A salty Turkish brine cheese made from sheep, cow, or goat milk.Mixed · Brined · Salty
🇭🇷 CroatiaPag cheesePaški sir
A hard sheep's-milk cheese from Croatia's Pag island, aged up to eighteen months.Sheep · Hard · Salty
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreOaxaca cheesequeso Oaxaca
A semi-hard, stringy cow's milk cheese from southern Mexico, made using the pasta filata method.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇬🇧 United KingdomShropshire Blue
A pasteurised cow's milk blue cheese with an orange rind and sharp flavour.Cow · Blue · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreWhey cheese
A dairy product made from the liquid remaining after curds are separated during cheesemaking.Mixed · Whey · Sweet and caramel
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreWeisslackerWeißlacker
A pungent German cow's-milk cheese aged seven months with a whitewashed rind.Cow · Semi-soft · Pungent and funky
🇫🇷 FranceTome des Bauges
A pressed cow's-milk cheese from the French Alps with a grey-brown rind and hazelnut aroma.Cow · Semi-hard · Nutty
🇪🇸 SpainMahónformatge de Maó / queso de Mahón
A cow's-milk cheese from Menorca that ranges from soft and mild to hard and sharp.Cow · Semi-soft · Buttery and creamy
🇮🇹 ItalyCastelmagno
A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont with blue veining and a sharp taste.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇮🇹 ItalyBra
A Piedmontese cow's-milk cheese made soft or hard depending on age.Cow · Hard
🇺🇸 United StatesColby
A semi-hard American cow's-milk cheese with a mild flavor and orange hue from annatto.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇪🇸 SpainZamoranoQueso zamorano
A hard, dark-rinded sheep's milk cheese from the province of Zamora in Spain.Sheep · Hard · Nutty
🇩🇪 GermanyMilbenkäse
A German quark cheese ripened with living cheese mites in rye flour.Cow · Bloomy rind · Sharp and tangy-aged
🇫🇷 FranceCabécou
A small, soft French goat cheese with a bloomy rind and mild lactic taste.Goat · Bloomy rind
🇬🇧 United KingdomWensleydale
A medium, crumbly British cheese originally from sheep's milk in North Yorkshire.Cow · Semi-soft · Sweet and caramel
🇮🇹 ItalyToma
A soft to semi-hard Italian cow's milk cheese prized for melting.Cow · Bloomy rind
🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreRumiجبنة رومى
A hard, salty Egyptian cow or buffalo milk cheese with a pungent aroma.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇧🇯 Benin and 1 moreWagasi
A soft, mild cow's-milk cheese from West Africa, often cooked in stews.Cow
🇪🇸 SpainMató
A fresh, unsalted Catalan cheese from sheep or goat milk, served with honey.Sheep · Fresh · Sweet and caramel
🇨🇾 CyprusAnariαναρή
A fresh whey cheese from Cyprus made from sheep or goat milk.Sheep · Fresh · Salty
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreTomme
A low-fat alpine cheese from France and Switzerland, often made from skimmed milk.Cow · Semi-hard · Milky and fresh
🇸🇪 SwedenGrevé
A semi-hard Swedish cow's-milk cheese with a nutty, slightly sweet flavour.Cow · Semi-hard · Nutty
🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreStracciatella
A fresh Italian shredded curd cheese mixed with cream, made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FrancePetit suisse
A fresh, creamy French cow's milk cheese from Normandy, often sold in small cups.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇪🇸 SpainAfuega'l pitu
A soft, unpasteurised cow's milk cheese from Asturias, shaped like a mitre or sphere and often dusted with paprika.Cow · Milky and fresh
🇫🇷 FranceSaint-Marcellin
A small, soft cow's-milk cheese from Isère with a creamy interior and bloomy rind.Cow · Bloomy rind
🇵🇹 PortugalCheese of PicoQueijo do Pico
A soft, salty cow's-milk cheese from the Azores island of Pico, aged for three weeks.Cow · Salty
🇨🇭 SwitzerlandBerner AlpkäseBerner Hobelkäse
A hard, hole-free Swiss cheese from the Bernese Alps, aged up to two years.Cow · Hard · Salty
🇫🇷 FranceSaint AgurSant Agur
A soft, double-cream French blue cheese with olive-green veins and a mild spicy taste.Cow · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceSaint-PaulinSaint Paulin
A semi-soft French cow's milk cheese with a washed orange rind and buttery flavour.Cow · Semi-soft · Buttery and creamy
🇵🇹 PortugalQueijo de Nisa
A semi-hard sheep's milk cheese from Alto Alentejo, Portugal, set with thistle.Sheep · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy
🇸🇪 SwedenHushållsost
A mild, semi-hard Swedish cow's-milk cheese aged for about two months.Cow · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreCircassian cheeseадыгейский сыр
A fresh, basket-molded cow's milk cheese from the North Caucasus that holds its shape when heated.Cow · Fresh
🇫🇷 FranceChevrotin
A soft, washed-rind goat cheese from the Savoy Alps with a reddish rind.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇬🇧 United KingdomSage Derby
A semi-hard cow's milk cheese from England with a mottled green rind and sage flavour.Cow · Semi-hard · Herbal and grassy
🇹🇷 TurkeyTulumtulum peyniri
A traditional Turkish goat's milk cheese ripened inside a goatskin casing.Goat · Bloomy rind · Tangy and lactic
🇵🇱 Poland and 1 moreBundz
A mild, fresh sheep's-milk cheese from the Polish and Ukrainian Carpathians.Sheep · Fresh
🇫🇷 FranceAbbaye de Tamié
A soft cow's-milk cheese aged in the cellars of a Savoyard abbey by monks.Cow · Bloomy rind · Milky and fresh
🇮🇹 ItalyValtellina CaseraCasera de la Valtolina
A semi-hard cow's milk cheese from the Sondrio province of Italy, aged for a complex flavour.Cow · Semi-hard · Tangy and lactic
🇫🇷 FranceChaumesPalhas
A soft, washed-rind cow's milk cheese from the Périgord with a tangerine-orange rind.Cow · Bloomy rind · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceChabichou
A cylindrical French goat cheese with a natural rind, aged for two to three weeks.Goat · Semi-soft · Tangy and lactic
🇧🇪 BelgiumPassendale
A semi-soft cow's-milk cheese from Belgium with a golden paste and mild, slightly sweet flavor.Cow · Semi-soft · Sweet and caramel
🇸🇪 SwedenPrästost
A semi-hard Swedish cow's-milk cheese with a mild, nutty flavour and a washed rind.Cow · Semi-hard · Nutty
🇮🇹 ItalyPiave
A hard Italian cow's milk cheese from the Veneto region with a sweet flavor and PDO status.Cow · Hard · Sweet and caramel
🇮🇹 ItalyPecorino Sicilianopicurinu sicilianu
A semi-hard sheep's milk cheese from Sicily with DOC and PDO protection.Sheep · Semi-hard
🇵🇹 PortugalCastelo BrancoQueijo de Castelo Branco
A soft Portuguese cheese from the Beira Baixa district, made with goat or sheep milk.Mixed · Semi-soft · Savoury and brothy
🇫🇷 FranceFaisselle
A fresh, very soft French cheese strained in a faisselle mold, made from cow, goat, or sheep milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreKopanistiΚοπανιστή
A soft, spicy Greek cheese from the Cyclades, made by kneading ripening curds.Mixed · Bloomy rind · Salty
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Toma: Yozh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sage Derby: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Shropshire Blue: Benoît Prieur, CC0, source
- Piave: J.P.Lon, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Valtellina Casera: Distretto Agroalimentare di Qualità della Valtellina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bra: F. D. Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mahón: Slastic, Public domain, source
- Cabécou: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Castelmagno: Marco Plassio, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saint-Marcellin: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zamorano: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Circassian cheese: Tetk200, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saint Agur: Micah Anderson, Public domain, source
- Petit suisse: Chtfn, CC BY 2.5, source
- Pag cheese: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Grevé: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beyaz peynir: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tomme: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Faisselle: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Anari: Zlerman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mató: Eabayar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Castelo Branco: Adriao, Public domain, source
- Pecorino Siciliano: Marco Varisco, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Prästost: Nordelch, CC BY 3.0, source
- Rumi: summer photo hobby, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chabichou: Mark Baker, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chaumes: Robin dubois, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Whey cheese: Illustratedjc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kopanisti: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Stracciatella: Florixc (original version) ; Off-shell (reprocessed version), CC0, source
- Berner Alpkäse: Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 11:02, 19 November 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tome des Bauges: Mit-Mit, Public domain, source
- Milbenkäse: Benutzer:Dundak at de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chevrotin: Benoît Prieur, CC0, source
- Afuega'l pitu: Denissf, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulum: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hushållsost: Grönmossan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cheese of Pico: Adriao, CC BY 3.0, source
- Saint-Paulin: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wensleydale: Jon Sullivan, Public domain, source
- Weisslacker: Langinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bundz: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oaxaca cheese: Javier Lastras, CC BY 2.0, source
- Wagasi: Noahalorwu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Abbaye de Tamié: Tangopaso, Public domain, source
- Colby: Jeff the quiet, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Queijo de Nisa: Adriao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source