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Dia do Queijo in Brazil

Brazil's cheese day on 20 January, shared with the American cheese lovers' day, celebrating Minas cheese and coalho.

Queijo Minas Frescal
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Cheeses for Dia do Queijo in Brazil

Brazil marks 20 January as Dia do Queijo, a date borrowed from the American National Cheese Lover's Day and taken up by restaurants, dairies and food media. The cheeses celebrated are Brazilian: Minas cheese from Minas Gerais, fresh or aged, whose artisanal making was recognised by UNESCO as intangible heritage in 2024; queijo coalho, grilled on skewers on the beaches of the north-east; and requeijão, the spreadable cheese of breakfast. Pão de queijo, the cheese bread rolls of Minas Gerais made with cassava starch, is on most menus for the day.

The cheeses

Minas cheeseBrazil's best-known cheese, fresh or aged, from Minas Gerais.Queijo CoalhoFirm cheese grilled on skewers in the north-east.RequeijãoSpreadable cheese eaten at breakfast.
About this page

Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "Minas cheese" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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