List of cheeses

List of cheeses
This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depend on the origin of the milk (including the animal's diet), whether they have been pasteurized, the butterfat content, the bacteria and mold, the processing, and aging.
Herbs, spices, or wood smoke may be used as flavoring agents. The yellow to red color of many cheeses, such as Red Leicester, is normally formed from adding annatto. While most current varieties of cheese may be traced to a particular locale, or culture, within a single country, some have a more diffuse origin, and cannot be considered to have originated in a particular place, but are associated with a whole region, such as queso blanco in Latin America.
Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history. There is no conclusive evidence indicating where cheesemaking originated, either in Europe, Central Asia or the Middle East, but the practice had spread within Europe prior to Roman times and, according to Pliny the Elder, had become a sophisticated enterprise by the time the Roman Empire came into existence.
In this list, types of cheeses are included; brand names are only included if they apply to a distinct variety of cheese.
Africa
Benin
Ethiopia
Mauritania
Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
China
The dominant Han Chinese culture is not dairy-centric, in part due to low rates of lactase persistence. However, some indigenous sociolinguistic groups in regions of the country, such as Inner Mongolia, Tibet and Yunnan, have strong cheese traditions.
Cyprus
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mongolia
There are two types of Mongolian cheese (бяслаг). They are similar in taste and are like a cross between mozzarella and an unsalted feta cheese.
түүхий сүүний – this is a creamy version of Mongolian cheese made by boiling the milk and keeping the cream top.
болсон сүүний – this is similar but is made without the cream.
Nepal
Philippines
Europe
Albania
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Germany's cheese production accounts for approximately one-third of all European-produced cheeses.
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Jews of Eastern Europe
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Džiugas
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the major cheese producing countries of Europe, with a tradition of cheesemaking as shown by the Dutch cheese markets.
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
The history of cheesemaking in Poland goes back to 5500 BC, when cheese similar to mozzarella was produced in Neolithic times in Kujawy (north-central Poland).
Poland is the 7th largest cheese producer in the world and has the 18th highest cheese consumption.
Marek Kosmulski described over 600 types of Polish cheeses manufactured between 1948 and 2019.[3]
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Altaysky a fairly dry hard cheese, similar to Swiss cheese, originating in the Altai region
Chyorny Altai a hard cheese similar to cheddar
Danilovsky
Dorogobuzhsky a soft cheese from western Russia
Dorozhny
Golandsky
Gornoaltaysky a hard, crumbly cheese
Moale
Moskovsky a hard cow's milk cheese, also similar to Swiss
Medynsky
a slightly sweet, soft processed cheese made of cow's milk
Pikantny
a hard cow's milk cheese
Russian cheese (Rossiysky) similar to German Tilsiter
Uglichsky a hard cheese made of cow's milk
Yaroslavsky a hard cow's milk cheese, usually produced in rounds; with a slightly sour taste
Zakusochny a soft blue cow's milk cheese
Serbia
Sremski
Zlatarski PDO
Sjenički
Svrljiški Belmuz
Krivovirski Kačkavalj
Homoljski ovčiji (Homolje sheep cheese)
Homoljski kozji (Homolje goat cheese)
Homoljski kravlji (Homolje cow cheese)
Pirotski Kačkavalj
Lužnička Vurda
Užički Kajmak
Čačanski Kajmak
Čačanski Sir
Slovakia
Slovenia
Bohinc Jože
Nanoški
Planinski
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland is home to over 450 varieties of cheese. Cows milk is used in about 99 percent of the cheeses produced. The remaining share is made up of sheep milk and goat milk.
Ukraine
United Kingdom
The British Cheese Board states that there are over 700 named British cheeses produced in the UK.
Middle East
Egypt
Iran
Israel
Levant
The Levant is a geographical region east of the Mediterranean Sea which includes the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine and sometimes it includes Cyprus and the Turkish province of Hatay
Turkey
North and Central America
Canada
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
United States
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Other
Some types of cheese were either developed in various locales independently (usually as un-aged products from the beginning stages of dairy processing and cheesemaking), or are not actually cheese products. Examples include:
Unsorted
Tresse cheese
See also
Category: Cheeses by country
Butter cheese
List of blue cheeses
List of cheese dishes
List of cheesemakers
List of dairy products
List of goat milk cheeses
List of smoked foods
List of stretch-curd cheeses
List of sheep milk cheeses
List of water buffalo cheeses
Articles by country
List of American cheeses
List of British cheeses
List of Cornish cheeses
List of Dutch cheeses
List of English cheeses
List of French cheeses
List of German cheeses
List of Irish cheeses
List of Italian cheeses
List of Polish cheeses
List of Spanish cheeses
List of Swiss cheeses
Protected cheeses
List of European cheeses with protected geographical status
List of French Protected Designations of Origin cheeses
List of Greek Protected Designations of Origin cheeses
List of Italian DOP cheeses
List of Portuguese cheeses with protected status
References
External links
Alphabetical list of cheeses. Cheese.com.
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