China

• Rubing
• Rushan
  Rushan (cheese)
  Rushan is a cow's milk cheese of Yunnan, China. It is traditionally made by the Bai people, who call it nvxseiz, the etymology of which is unclear. It is flat and has a leathery texture. It may be served fried or grilled and rolled up on a stick...
  
  
• Nguri
  Nguri (cheese)
  Nguri is a cow's milk cheese of Fujian province, China. It is in a ball-shape approximately the size of a pingpong and has a soft, leathery texture. It is made by shaping the mixture of milk and vinegar and marinating it in a salty brine. It is served as a condiment to plain rice congee...
  
  
• Chura kampo
  Chura kampo
  Chura kampo is a Tibetan cheese and important within the cuisine of Tibet. Chura kampo is made from the curds that are left over from boiling buttermilk....
  
  
• Chura loenpa
  Chura loenpa
  Chura loenpa is a Tibetan cheese important within the cuisine of Tibet. It is a soft cheese, similar to cottage cheese, made from the curds that are left over from boiling buttermilk.-References:...
  
  
• Chhurpi

India

• Bandel
• Paneer
  Paneer
  Paneer is a fresh cheese common in South Asian cuisine. It is of Indian origin. In eastern parts of India, it is generally called Chhena...
  
  
• Chhena
  Chhena
  Chhena or Oriya: ଛେନା ) or Chhana is fresh, unripened curd cheese widely used in India and Bangladesh. A crumbly and moist form of farmers cheese or paneer, it is used to make desserts such as rasgulla. It is created in a similar process to paneer except it is not pressed for as long...
  
  
• Khoa
  Khoa (food)
  Khoa is a milk food widely used in the Indian cuisine, made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating in an open iron pan.It is similar to ricotta cheese, but lower in moisture and made from whole milk instead of whey....
  
  
• Kalari
  Kalari cheese
  Kalari or Maish Krej is a traditional ripened cheese product indigenous to Jammu and Kashmir state of India. It is a very dense cheese that is usually fried in its own fat and salted prior to being eaten. Kalaris are usually made from cow's milk, though kalaris made from goat's milk are also...
  
   or Kiladi or Maish Krej (Kashmiri
  Kashmiri language
  Kashmiri is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir...
  
  : ميش کريج,)

Middle East

• Akkawi
• Basket cheese
  Basket cheese
  Basket is a cheese made from cow's milk available fresh or dry. Fresh basket has no salt taste, while dry basket is mildly salty. Basket cheese gets its name from the way it is formed .-External links:*...
  
  
• Labneh
• Jameed
  Jameed
  Jameed is hard dry laban made from goats' milk. Milk is kept in a fine woven cheesecloth to make a thick yogurt. Salt is added daily to thicken the yogurt even more and the outside of the yogurt filled cheesecloth is rinsed with water to allow any remaining whey to seep through...
  
  
• Jibneh Arabieh
• kashkawan
• kashta
  Kashta
  Kashta was a king of the Kushite Dynasty and the successor of Alara. His name translates literally as "The Kushite".-Family:Kashta is thought to be a brother of his predecessor Alara. Both Alara and Kashta were thought to have married their sisters...
  
  
• Majdoule
• Nabulsi
• Paneer
  Paneer
  Paneer is a fresh cheese common in South Asian cuisine. It is of Indian origin. In eastern parts of India, it is generally called Chhena...
  
  
• Shanklish
  Shanklish
  Shanklish , also known as shinklish, shankleesh, sorke, or sürke, is a type of cow's milk or sheep milk cheese in Levantine. It is typically formed into balls of approximately 6 cm diameter, which are often covered in za'atar and Aleppo pepper, and then aged and dried...
  
  
• Syrian cheese

Austria

• Bachensteiner
• Bergkäse
  Bergkäse
  ' names a group of cheeses produced in the Alps, including:* Battelmatt* Fontina* Piora* Gruyère* Montasio* Vacherin Fribourgeois* Walliser...
  
  
• Brimsen (Austrian term for Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
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• Gelundener Käse
• Lüneberg cheese
  Lüneberg cheese
  Lüneberg is a cow's-milk cheese made in mountain valleys in Vorarlberg in western Austria. Cheesemaking was introduced into this region from Switzerland; copper kettles and Swiss-type presses are used to make Lüneberg cheese. Milk is coloured with saffron and warmed to around 90°F; enough rennet is...
  
  
• Montafoner Sauerkäse
• Mondseer
• Staazer
• Steirerkäse
• Tiroler Graukäse
• Tyrolean grey cheese
  Tyrolean grey cheese
  Tyrolean grey cheese is a strongly flavoured, rennet-free cows-milk cheese made in the Zillertal, Austria. It owes its name to the grey mould that usually grows on its rind. It is extremely low in fat , yet it has a powerful penetrating smell....
  
  

Belgium

• Brussels cheese
• Chimay
  Chimay
  Chimay a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Chimay had a total population of 9,774. The total area is 197.10 km² which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km²...
  
  
• Grevenbroeker
• Herve cheese
  Herve cheese
  Herve is an aged cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It is traditionally aged in humid caves.Herve comes from the Belgian town of the same name. It is a Limburger-like cheese: pungent and soft. It is sometimes flavored with herbs. Herve has a pale yellow interior with a glossy reddish-brown...
  
  
• Le Wavreumont
• Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger is a cheese that originated during the 19th century in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided among modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands. The cheese is especially known for its pungent odor commonly compared to body odor....
  
  , a soft white cheese with a very strong odor and flavor.
• Maredsous cheese
• Mekkerbek
• Passendale cheese
  Passendale cheese
  Passendale cheese, named for Passendale, the village where it originated, is one of the best-known cheeses in Belgium. The regular Passendale cheese exists in two variations called Passendale Classic and Passendale Prelude. And next to the regular Passendale, there is a quality version called...
  
  
• Remoudou
  Remoudou
  Remoudou, or in wallon r'moûdou, is a Belgian cheese from the Land of Herve.It derives its name from the use of milk removed 15 minutes after the usual milking. Hence the wallon verb rimoûd meaning to re-milk. This cheese weighs 200 to 500g. When it is washed with salt it gets a strong taste, and...
  
  
• Rodoric cheese
  Rodoric cheese
  RodoricProduction AreaLiège, BelgiumPasteurized??Texture??Fat contentapprox. 35-45%Protein contentapprox. ??%Dimensions/weight??cm x ??cm thick/??-??kgAging timeapprox. ?? monthsCertification??...
  
  

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

• Kashkaval
  Kashkaval
  Kashkaval deriving from the Italian Caciocavallo is a specific type of yellow sheep milk cheese. However, in Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Romania, the term is often used to refer to all yellow cheeses...
  
  
• Sirene
  Sirene
  Sirene/ Sirenje or known as "white brine sirene" .Salads: Shopska salad with tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, onions and sirene. Ovcharska salad with the above mentioned vegetables, cheese, ham, boiled eggs and olives. Tomatoes with sirene is a traditional light salad during the summer.Eggs:...
  
  
• Cherni Vit green cheese
  Cherni Vit (cheese)
  Cherni Vit is a Bulgarian green cheese variety exclusively produced in and around the village of Cherni Vit in Teteven Municipality, Lovech Province. Made from sheep milk, Cherni Vit cheese owes the colour of its crust and its characteristic taste to the formation of mold. This occurs naturally...
  
  
• Krema cheese
• Dunavia cheese

Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

• Anari
  Anari (cheese)
  Anari is a fresh mild whey cheese produced in Cyprus. Although much less known than other Cypriot cheeses , it has started to gain popularity following recent publicity exposure...
  
  
• Halloumi
  Halloumi
  Halloumi is a traditional Cypriot cheese that is also popular in Sweden and the rest of the Middle East and Greece, and is now produced in many countries and regions around the world...
  
   (Hellim)
• Kefalotyri

Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

• Paški sir
  Paški sir
  Paški sir is a hard, distinctively flavored sheep milk cheese from the Croatian island of Pag...
  
   (Pag Island cheese)
• Škripavac ("Squeaking" cheese from Lika)
• Tounjski sir (Smoked cheese from Tounj near Ogulin)
• Dimsi (Smoked cheese from Zagreb based on Bjelovarac cheese)

Denmark

• Danbo
  Danbo cheese
  Danbo is a semi-soft, aged cow's milk cheese originating in Denmark, where it is a common household cheese.The cheese is typically aged between 12 and 52 weeks in rectangular blocks of 6 or 9 kg, coated with a bacteria culture...
  
  
• Danish Blue cheese
  Danish Blue cheese
  Danish Blue is a strong, blue-veined cheese. This semi-soft creamery cheese is typically drum or block shaped and has a white to yellowish, slightly moist, edible rind...
  
   (Dansk blåskimmel(ost))
• Danish tilsit or Tilsit Havarti
• Esrom
  Esrom
  Esrom, or Danish Port Salut cheese is a Trappist-style pale yellow semi-soft cow's milk cheese with a pungent aroma and a full, sweet flavour. It is a porous cheese, with many small holes throughout, and is slightly elastic and buttery in texture. Commonly used as a table or melting cheese, it is...
  
   or Danish Port-Salut
• Fynbo
  Fynbo
  Fynbo is a semi-hard Danish cheese which smells like fish. Is named after the island of Fyn. It has a flavor of buckwheat and is processed with a combination of mesophilic and thermophilic bacterial cultures...
  
  
• Havarti cheese or Cream Havarti
• Molbo cheese
  Molbo cheese
  Molbo is a Danish cow's milk cheese made in the region of Mols. It is very similar to Edam, with a delicate, light flavour that is slightly tangy and salty. It has small, regular holes and is covered in a red wax coating. Made from cow milk, Molbo cheese is semi-hard in texture....
  
  
• Saga cheese
• Samsø cheese
  Samsø cheese
  Samsø is a Danish cow's milk cheese named after the island of Samsø. It was invented in the early 19th century when the king of Denmark invited Swiss cheesemakers to teach their skill. It is similar to Emmentaler, although its flavour is milder: gentle and nutty in young cheeses and pungent with...
  
  
• Tybo
  Tybo
  Tybo is a Danish cow's milk cheese, similar to a mild Samsø. It is loaf-shaped, with a cream-colored, holey interior and a yellow rind. It has a slightly salty, smooth, and lactic flavor. Sometimes it is flavored with caraway seeds.- History :...
  
  

Finland

• Aura
  Aura (cheese)
  Aura is a type of blue cheese produced in Äänekoski, Finland, by the Finnish dairy company Valio. Aura is made of cow's milk and takes its name from the Aura River, which runs through the city of Turku. The cheese is available in two varieties. The regular variety is aged for six weeks, whereas the...
  
  
• Lappi cheese
  Lappi cheese
  Lappi is a cheese made from partially skimmed cow's milk, very similar to Emmental except that it is pasteurized, and so is a little less flavorful, with smaller holes and a slightly firmer texture. It is so named because its recipe was developed in the Lapland region of Finland.-External links:*...
  
  
• Leipäjuusto
  Leipäjuusto
  Juustoleipä or Leipäjuusto, which is also known in English as Finnish squeaky cheese, is a fresh cheese traditionally made from cow's beestings, rich milk from a cow that has recently calved. Reindeer or even goat milk can also be used. Commercially available versions are typically made from...
  
   ("bread-like cheese", i.e. oven-baked cheese)
• Oltermanni
  Oltermanni
  Oltermanni is a Finnish cheese that is similar to the Danish cheese Havarti. It is often eaten on rye bread, or with other meals . Oltermanni is manufactured by Valio....
  
  
• Raejuusto
  Raejuusto
  Raejuusto is a Finnish fresh cheese that is rather similar to cottage cheese. In Sweden, raejuusto-type cheese is known as keso, and in Denmark as hytteost. Raejuusto is made from cow's milk.Raejuusto has a low fat content, similar to cottage cheese and a high protein content...
  
   (Finnish cottage cheese)

France

See the French AOC cheeses and the list of French cheeses

Germany

• Allgäuer
• Bavaria blu
• Bonifaz
• Cambozola
  Cambozola
  Cambozola is a cow's milk cheese that is a combination of a French soft-ripened triple cream cheese and Italian Gorgonzola.-History:It was patented and industrially produced for the world market by large German company Champignon in the 1970s. The cheese was invented circa 1900 and is still...
  
  , a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola.
• Harzer cheese
• Handkäse
  Handkäse
  Handkäse is a German regional sour milk cheese and is a culinary speciality of Frankfurt, Offenbach am Main, Darmstadt, Langen and all other parts of South-Hessen. It gets its name from the traditional way of producing it: forming it with one's own hands.It is a small, translucent, yellow cheese...
  
  
• Hirtenkäse
  Hirtenkäse
  Hirtenkäse, or "herder's cheese", is a distinctive cow's milk cheese made in the Allgäu area of Southern Germany.Traditionally, cow herders bring their cows from the Alps into Allgäu each fall in mid-September. September 18 typically "marks the official start of the Almabtrieb, or descent, a day...
  
  
• Limburger cheese
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger is a cheese that originated during the 19th century in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided among modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands. The cheese is especially known for its pungent odor commonly compared to body odor....
  
  
• Romadur
  Limburger cheese
  Limburger is a cheese that originated during the 19th century in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided among modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands. The cheese is especially known for its pungent odor commonly compared to body odor....
  
  
• Milbenkäse
• Neufchâtel
  Neufchâtel (cheese)
  French Neufchâtel is a soft, slightly crumbly, mould-ripened cheese made in the region of Normandy. One of the oldest cheeses in France, its production is believed to date back to the 6th century. It looks similar to Camembert, with a dry, white, edible rind, but the taste is saltier and sharper....
  
  
• Rauchkäse
  Rauchkäse
  Rauchkase is a German variety of smoked cheese, known for being semi-soft with a smoky brown rind. The most famous variety is Bruder Basil, named for dairy entrepreneur Basil Weixler, whose dairy company is still in operation today....
  
  
• Tilsit cheese
  Tilsit cheese
  Tilsit cheese or Tilsiter cheese is a light yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The original buildings from the cheese plant still exist in Sovetsk, Russia, formerly Tilsit, on the Neman...
  
  
• Weisslacker
  Weisslacker
  Weisslacker or Beer cheese is a type of cow's milk cheese that originated in Germany, but is now known worldwide. Also produced in America, mostly in Wisconsin, it is a pungent and salted surface-ripened cheese that starts out much like brick cheese...
  
  

Greece

• Anthotyros
• Arseniko Naxou - (Naxos
  Naxos
  -Places:*Naxos , an island in the Cyclades group**Naxos , a town and former municipality on the island of Naxos**Naxos , a Greek government division created from the former Cyclades Prefecture in 2011...
  
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• Batzos, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
  
• Chèvre Metsovou - (Metsovo
  Metsovo
  Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The largest centre of Vlach life in Greece, Metsovo is bypassed by GR-6 and also by Egnatia Odos Motorway....
  
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• Feta, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Epirus
  Epirus (periphery)
  Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...
  
  , Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
  , Thrace
  Thrace
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
  
  , Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  , Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
  
  , Lesvos Island)
• Formaela, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Arachova
  Arachova
  Arachova is a town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Distomon - Arachova - Antikyra, according the programme Kallikrates, of which it is a municipal unit....
  
  )
• Froumaela Valmandouras - (Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
  
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• Galotyri, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  , Epirus
  Epirus (periphery)
  Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...
  
  )
• Graviera
  Graviera
  Graviera is a cheese from Greece mainly produced on the Greek island of Crete. It is not to be confused with the Swiss cheese gruyère, which is a related cheese that in some languages has a name similar to Graviera....
  
  , PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - Agrafa
  Agrafa
  Agrafa is a mountainous region in Evrytania and Karditsa prefectures in mainland Greece, consisting mainly of small villages. It is the southernmost part of the Pindus range...
  
  , Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  , Naxos
  Naxos
  -Places:*Naxos , an island in the Cyclades group**Naxos , a town and former municipality on the island of Naxos**Naxos , a Greek government division created from the former Cyclades Prefecture in 2011...
  
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• Kalathaki
• Kalathotos
• Karikeftos
• Kaseri, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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    - (Macedonia
  Macedonia (Greece)
  Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in Southern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
  
  , Thrace
  Thrace
  Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
  
  , Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  , Lesvos Island)
• Katiki, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Domokos
  Domokos
  Domokos is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. The town Domokos is the seat of the municipality of Domokos and of the former Domokos Province...
  
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• Kefalograviera
  Kefalograviera
  Kefalograviera is a hard sheep milk cheese with a salty flavor and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. It is very similar to Kefalotyri cheese and sometimes is sold as it.Kefalograviera has PDO status...
  
  , PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
   - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  , Sterea Ellada)
• Kefalotyri
  Kefalotyri cheese
  Kefalotyri is a hard, salty yellow cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat's milk in Greece and Cyprus, although, a similar cheese Kefalograviera, which is made with cow's milk, or a mixture of sheep and cow is sometimes sold outside Greece and Cyprus as Kefalotyri...
  
  
• Kopanisti, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Mykonos
  Mykonos
  Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 9,320 inhabitants most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, which lies on the west coast. The town is also...
  
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• Krasotyri - (Kos
  Kos
  Kos or Cos is a Greek island in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese, next to the Gulf of Gökova/Cos. It measures by , and is from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey and the ancient region of Caria. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Kos peripheral unit, which is...
  
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• Ladenios
• Ladotyri, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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   - (Lesvos Island)
• Malaka - (Chania
  Chania Prefecture
  Chania is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western part of Crete is bounded to the north by the Cretan Sea, and to the west...
  
  )
• Manouri
  Manouri cheese
  Manouri is a Greek semi-soft, fresh white whey cheese made from goat or sheep milk.Manouri has PDO status....
  
  , PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
   - Thessaly
  Thessaly
  Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....
  
  )
• Mastelo - (Chios
  Chios
  Chios is the fifth largest of the Greek islands, situated in the Aegean Sea, seven kilometres off the Asia Minor coast. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. The island is noted for its strong merchant shipping community, its unique mastic gum and its medieval villages...
  
  )
• Manoura Sifnou - (Sifnos
  Sifnos
  Sifnos is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, is known as Apollonia home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to come from an ancient temple of Apollo on the site of the church of Panayia Yeraniofora...
  
  )
• Melichloro - (Lemnos
  Lemnos
  Lemnos is an island of Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina...
  
  )
• Metsovella - (Metsovo
  Metsovo
  Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The largest centre of Vlach life in Greece, Metsovo is bypassed by GR-6 and also by Egnatia Odos Motorway....
  
  )
• Metsovone
  Metsovone cheese
  Metsovone is a semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese produced in the region of Metsovo . Metsovone has been a European protected designation of origin since 1996....
  
  , PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
    - (Metsovo
  Metsovo
  Metsovo is a town in Epirus on the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the north and Meteora to the south. The largest centre of Vlach life in Greece, Metsovo is bypassed by GR-6 and also by Egnatia Odos Motorway....
  
  , Epirus
  Epirus (periphery)
  Epirus , formally the Epirus Region , is a geographical and administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and the country of Albania to the north. The...
  
  )
• Myzithra - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  )
• Petroti - (Tinos
  Tinos
  Tinos is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. In antiquity, Tinos was also known as Ophiussa and Hydroessa . The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos...
  
  )
• Pichtogalo Chanion, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
   - (Chania
  Chania Prefecture
  Chania is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island. Its capital is the city of Chania. Chania borders only one other regional unit: that of Rethymno to the east. The western part of Crete is bounded to the north by the Cretan Sea, and to the west...
  
  )
• San Michali)
• Sfela, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
   - (Peloponnese
  Peloponnese
  The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...
  
  )
• Stamatini
• Touloumisio
• Xygalo, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
   - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  )
• Xynomizithra, PDO
  Protected designation of origin
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    - (Crete
  Crete
  Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
  
  , Myconos)
• Xynotyro
  Xynotyro cheese
  Xynotyri is an unpasteurized whey cheese from Greece made from sheep's milk or goats milk, with a hard and flaky consistency, a pungent aroma and a yogurt-like sweet and sour taste. "Xynotyri" means "sour cheese" in Greek. Traditionally the cheese is drained and cured in reed baskets or allowed to...
  
   - (Myconos)

Hungary

• Liptauer
  Liptauer
  Liptauer is a spicy cheese spread made with sheep milk cheese, goat's milk cheese, quark cheese or cottage cheese. It is a part of Slovak cuisine , Hungarian cuisine , Austrian cuisine and Italian cuisine...
  
   or Kőrözött
• Oázis (smoked cheese)
• Orda (made from whey
  Whey
  Whey or Milk Serum is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. It is a by-product of the manufacture of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses. Sweet whey is manufactured during the making of rennet types of hard cheese like cheddar or Swiss cheese...
  
  )
• Pálpusztai
• Trappista cheese
  Trappista cheese
  Trappista is a traditional Hungarian semi-hard cow's-milk cheese. It has a mild flavor and melts easily. It is quite probably the most popular cheese in Hungary....
  
  

Italy

Netherlands

• Edam
• Gouda
  Gouda (cheese)
  Gouda is an orange cheese made from cow's milk. The cheese is named after the city of Gouda in the Netherlands, but its name is not protected. However, the European Commission has confirmed that "Gouda Holland" is to be protected...
  
  
• Leerdammer
  Leerdammer
  Leerdammer is a Dutch semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. It has an aging time of around 3–12 months.It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental, but it is rounder in taste. It has a sweet and somewhat nutty flavour that becomes more pronounced...
  
  
• Leyden cheese
  Leyden cheese
  Leyden, from , is a yellow cumin spiced cheese made in the Netherlands from semi-skimmed cow's milk.It is made both in factories and on farms, historically in the Leiden area....
  
  
• Maasdam
  Maasdam cheese
  Maasdam cheese is a Dutch cheese in a Swiss-style. Made from cow's milk, it is aged for at least 4 weeks. It ripens faster than other Dutch cheeses. Maasdam has internal holes from the ripening process, and a smooth yellow rind. Sometimes it is waxed like Gouda. The cheese was created to compete...
  
  
• Parrano
  Parrano cheese
  This article is about Parrano cheese. For the Italian municipality, see ParranoParrano cheese is a cow's milk cheese produced in the Netherlands. It tastes mild and nutty, combining salty and sweet flavours. It has a semi-firm texture and a smooth, golden coloured paste...
  
  
• Vlaskaas
  Vlaskaas
  Vlaskaas is a Dutch cheese associated with the Flax Harvest Festival. It has a firm, yet creamy texture and a sweet, sharp flavor.This product is not old or traditional Dutch at all, but a recent marketing invention.-External links:...
  
  

Norway

• Brunost
  Brunost
  Brunost , or mesost , mysuostur or myseost is a brown Scandinavian whey cheese. The Norwegian name brunost means brown cheese, and the others mean simply whey cheese...
  
  
• Gamalost
  Gamalost
  Gamalost , which translates as "old cheese", is a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese, which was once a staple of the Norwegian diet...
  
  
• Geitost
• Gudbrandsdalsost
• Jarlsberg
  Jarlsberg cheese
  Jarlsberg is a mild cow's-milk cheese with large irregular holes or what are commonly referred to as "eyes", originating in Jarlsberg, Norway.-Description:...
  
  
• Nøkkelost
• Norvegia
  Norvegia
  Norvegia is a registered trademark of the Norwegian dairy company Tine. Norvegia is used as a cheese brand and is the biggest selling cheese in Norway as of 2007. Norvegia is a kind of Gouda, while its recipe details remain a trade secret of Tine.-External links:*...
  
  
• Pultost
  Pultost
  Pultost is a soft, mature Norwegian sour milk cheese flavored with caraway seeds. Pultost is found in two forms, spreadable and porous. The spreadable kind has a stronger taste. The name comes from the Latin word pulta which means "porridge."...
  
  
• Snøfrisk
  Snøfrisk
  Snøfrisk is a Norwegian goat cheese made by Tine. It was introduced to the public in time for the 1994 Winter Olympics. Made from 80 percent goat cheese and 20 percent cow's cream, the cheese is white and creamy, and soft enough to be used as a spread...
  
  

Poland

• Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
  
• Bundz
  Bundz
  Bundz Bundz Bundz (also known as bunc (Podhale dialect) is Polish sheep milk cheese. It is traditionally produced in Podhale. The drink żętyca is also produced from the whey created in bundz production.-See also:...
  
  
• Bursztyn - mature cheese similar to Gruyere
  Gruyère (cheese)
  Gruyère is a hard yellow cheese, named after the town of Gruyères in Switzerland, and originated in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Berne...
  
  
• Gołka
  Golka
  Gołka is a cheese in Poland that is similar to oscypek/oštiepok, but made with milk from cattle. Gołka has also different shape – cylindrical, while oscypek is tapered at both ends ....
  
  
• Koryciński
  Korycinski
  Koryciński, also known as "swojski" , is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in eastern Poland. Considered to be the oldest polish yellow cheese....
  
  
• Oscypek
  Oscypek
  Oscypek, Oszczypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland .Oscypek is a protected trade name under the EU's Protected Designation of Origin geographical indication.A similar...
  
  
• Redykołka
• Rokpol
  Rokpol
  Rokpol is a Polish blue cheese similar to Danish blue cheeses. The name derives from Roquefort and suggests that it is Polish Roquefort....
  
  
• Twaróg also known as Quark (cheese)
  Quark (cheese)
  Quark is a type of fresh cheese, also known as tvorog , topfen , biezpiens , and varškė . It is made by warming soured milk until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins is met, and then strained...
  
  
• Tylżycki
  Tylzycki
  Tylzycki is a Polish, yellow cheese made from cow's milk. It is a semi-hard cheese that is a variety of Tilsiter. However, in a 1997 study of 15 Polish cheeses, this came out as one of the three softest and one of two with the lowest cohesiveness and springiness.-External links:* , Tout Un Frimage...
  
   - semi-hard, yellow cheese made from cow's
  Cattle
  Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...
  
   milk
  Milk
  Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
  
  

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

• Castelo Branco
  Castelo Branco cheese
  Castelo Branco is a cheese named after the city of the same name in Portugal, the chief city of the district where it is produced. The cheese is made from milk produced by either a goat or a ewe, and has a soft texture. Typically, the cheese takes 40 days to mature when made with goat's milk, and...
  
  
• Requeijão
  Requeijão
  Requeijão is a milk-derived product, produced in Portugal and Brazil. It is sometimes called Requesón .It is a loose, ricotta-like cheese used to make cheese spreads. A mild, unsalty ricotta can be substituted. This variety is most often sold in the markets wrapped in fresh corn husks...
  
  
• Saloio
  Saloio
  Saloio is a brand of Portuguese cheese manufactured in the region of Ponte do Rol, 50 km north of Lisbon. It is made from sheep's milk with no salt. It is a firm cheese usually served in small cylinders that are 5 cm wide and 6 cm high....
  
  
• Santarém
  Santarém cheese
  Santarém is a goat cheese from Portugal produced in several regions of Portugal, but especially in the Santarém district and in Serra de Santo António. It is best eaten ripe, although it can be eaten fresh, in servings of between 50 grams to 100 grams. It is preserved in good quality edible oil....
  
  
• São Jorge
  São Jorge cheese
  São Jorge cheese is a hard/semi-hard cheese from the Portuguese island of São Jorge, located in the Azores.-Ingredients:It is made from unpasteurised cow's milk, and the pâte has small eyes.It has a Protected Geographical Status certification....
  
  
• Serra da Estrela
  Serra da Estrela cheese
  Serra da Estrela is a cheese from the cold and mountainous region of Serra da Estrela in Portugal, which has been granted PDO status in the European Union...
  
  
• Tomar
  Tomar
  Tomar Municipality has a total area of 351.0 km² and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Santarém District...
  
  

Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

• Brânzǎ de burduf
  Brânza de burduf
  Brânză de burduf is a salty type of cheese, with sheep's-milk cheese, has a strong flavour and slightly soft in texture. To obtain it, sweet caş is cut into small pieces, salted and then hand-mixed in a large wooden bowl. The mixture is then placed in a sheep’s stomach, or into a sheep’s skin that...
  
  
• Caşcaval
• Caş
  Caş
  Caș , is a type of semi-soft fresh white cheese produced in Romania. It is unsalted , made out of sheep milk or cow milk and stored in brine.Caș cheese is also used to make other types of cheese such as Brânză de burduf and Caşcaval....
  
  
• Urdǎ
  Urda
  Urda may refer to:* Urd , of which Urda is an alternative spelling* 167 Urda, an asteroid* Urda cheese, a Romanian cheese* Urda , an anime about time travel and Nazis* Urda, Toledo, a Spanish municipality...
  
  
• Telemea
  Telemea
  Telemea is the name of the traditional Romanian cheese. The term encompasses cheese made out of cow milk and more often, sheep milk. As is the case in Greek feta, Bulgarian/Macedonian sirene, and Serbian sir; Telemea can have a higher water content, making it a semi-soft, white cheese with a...
  
  
• Năsal

Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

• Altaiski - a fairly dry hard cheese, similar to swiss cheese, originating in the Altai
  Altai Krai
  Altai Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It borders with, clockwise from the south, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative center is the city of Barnaul...
  
   region.
• Brynza - a crumbly salt cheese.
• Chernyi Altai - a hard cheese similar to cheddar.
• Circassian cheese
  Circassian cheese
  Circassian Cheese is a cultural cheese and staple for Circassians that is very famous in Russia , and the Middle east countries and worldwide Circassian Cheese is a cultural cheese and staple for Circassians that is very famous in Russia (Republic of Adyghea, Kabardino-Balkaria,...
  
  , a crumbly non-melting fresh cheese that is produced in the North Caucasus
  North Caucasus
  The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region of Russia....
  
  
• Dorojobuzhskii - a soft cheese from western Russia.
• Dorozhnyi
• Golandskii
• Gornoaltayskii - a hard, crumbly cheese.
• Korall
  Korall
  Korall is a Russian cream cheese with a shrimp flavoring. The cheese began production in Soviet times. Today the brand has no single owner, and is produced by several companies....
  
   - a soft, processed cheese made of cow's milk
• Kostromskoi
• Moale
• Moskovskii - a hard cow's milk cheese, also similar to swiss.
• Medynskii
• Omichka - a slightly sweet, soft processed cheese made of cow's milk.
• Pikantnyi
• Poshikhonskii - a hard cow's milk cheese.
• Rossiyski cheese, similar to German Tilsiter
  Tilsit cheese
  Tilsit cheese or Tilsiter cheese is a light yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cheese, created in the mid-19th century by Prussian-Swiss settlers, the Westphal family, from the Emmental valley. The original buildings from the cheese plant still exist in Sovetsk, Russia, formerly Tilsit, on the Neman...
  
  
• Sovetskii
• Tvorog (творог), a quark
  Quark (cheese)
  Quark is a type of fresh cheese, also known as tvorog , topfen , biezpiens , and varškė . It is made by warming soured milk until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins is met, and then strained...
  
  -type cheese somewhat similar to cottage cheese
  Cottage cheese
  Cottage cheese is a cheese curd product with a mild flavor. It is drained, but not pressed, so some whey remains and the individual curds remain loose. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity, giving sweet curd cheese. It is not aged or colored. Different styles of cottage cheese are made from...
  
   or ricotta
  Ricotta
  Ricotta is an Italian dairy product made from sheep milk whey left over from the production of cheese. Although typically referred to as ricotta cheese, ricotta is not properly a cheese because it is not produced by coagulation of casein...
  
  .
• Uglichskii - a hard cheese made of cow's milk
• Yaroslavskii - a hard cow's milk cheese, usually produced in rounds; with a slightly sour taste.
• Zakusochnyi - a soft blue cow's milk cheese

Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

• Kačkavalj
• Sremski Sir
  Sremski Sir
  Sremski sir cheese is a non salted cottage cheese form Srem region in Serbia....
  
  
• Zlatarski Sir PDO
  Protected designation of origin
  Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
  
  
• Sjenički Sir
• Svrljiški Belmuz  GI
  Geographical indication
  A geographical indication is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin...
  
  
• Krivovirski Kačkavalj GI
  Geographical indication
  A geographical indication is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin...
  
  
• Homoljski ovčiji sir (Homolje sheep cheese) GI
  Geographical indication
  A geographical indication is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin...
  
  
• Homoljski kozji sir (Homolje goat cheese) GI
  Geographical indication
  A geographical indication is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin...
  
  
• Homoljski kravlji sir (Homolje cow cheese) GI
  Geographical indication
  A geographical indication is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin...
  
  
• Pirotski Kačkavalj
• Lužnička Vurda
• Užički Kajmak

Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

• Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
  
• Liptauer
  Liptauer
  Liptauer is a spicy cheese spread made with sheep milk cheese, goat's milk cheese, quark cheese or cottage cheese. It is a part of Slovak cuisine , Hungarian cuisine , Austrian cuisine and Italian cuisine...
  
  
• Korbaciky
  Korbáciky
  Korbáčiky is a type of string cheese from the Orava region of Slovakia. It is made from steamed cheese interwoven into fine braids. The name roughly translates to "little whip" which refers to the pattern woven onto the strings. The common flavors include the plain salty, smoked and garlic....
  
  
• Oštiepok
  Oštiepok
  Oštiepok is a traditional smoked sheep milk cheese made in Slovakia. Oštiepok is a protected trade name under the EU's protected geographical indication....
  
  
• Parenica
  Parenica
  Parenica is a traditional Slovak cheese. Parenica is a semi-firm, non-ripening, semi-fat, steamed and usually smoked cheese, although the non-smoked version is also produced. Parenica is cream and yellow in color, which is darkened by steaming. The cheese is produced in strips, which are woven into...
  
  
• Tvaroh
  Quark (cheese)
  Quark is a type of fresh cheese, also known as tvorog , topfen , biezpiens , and varškė . It is made by warming soured milk until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins is met, and then strained...
  
  

Spain

• Afuega'l pitu
  Afuega'l pitu
  Afuega'l pitu is an unpasteurised cow's milk cheese from Asturias, one of four Asturian cheeses to have been recognized with Protected Denomination of Origin by the European Union.The name comes from its tendency to stick to a person's palate...
  
   (Asturias
  Asturias
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
  
  )
• Cabrales cheese
  Cabrales cheese
  Cabrales is a cheese made in the artisan tradition by rural dairy farmers in the north of Spain. This cheese can be made from pure, unpasteurised cow’s milk or blended in the traditional manner with goat and/or sheep milk, which lends the cheese a stronger, more spicy flavor.All of the milk used...
  
   (Asturias
  Asturias
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
  
  )
• Gamonedo cheese (Asturias
  Asturias
  The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
  
  )
• Garrotxa cheese
  Garrotxa cheese
  Garrotxa is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk. It was originally produced only in the Garrotxa area of Catalonia. It has a firm but creamy white interior, with a natural grey mold rind...
  
   (Catalonia
  Catalonia
  Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
  
  )
• Idiazábal cheese
  Idiazabal cheese
  Idiazabal is a pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk, usually from Latxa and Carranzana sheep in the Basque Country and Navarre, Spain. It has a somewhat smokey flavor, but is usually un-smoked....
  
   (Basque Country
  Basque Country (autonomous community)
  The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
  
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• Majorero cheese
  Majorero cheese
  Majorero is a goat milk cheese from Spain. Similar in texture to Manchego, this firm cheese has a milky, nutty flavour that goes well with various pear products. It is pale white in colour, and comes in large wheels. Currently it is protected under European Law with PDO status.Majorero comes from...
  
   (Fuerteventura
  Fuerteventura
  Fuerteventura , a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is situated at 28°20' north, 14°00' west. At 1,660 km² it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife...
  
  , Canary Islands
  Canary Islands
  The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
  
  )
• Manchego cheese
  Manchego cheese
  Manchego is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed, which is aged for between 60 days and two years....
  
   (La Mancha
  La Mancha
  La Mancha is a natural and historical region or greater comarca located on an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Serrania de Cuenca. It is bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north...
  
  , Castile-La Mancha
  Castile-La Mancha
  Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...
  
  )
• Mató cheese
  Mató cheese
  Mató is a Catalan fresh cheese made from cows' or goats' milk, with no salt added. It is usually served with honey, as a dessert.It is quite similar to non-industrial variants of Italian ricotta, brull , brossat , brocciu , curd cheese, or Caleb Yoon.The mató from Montserrat mountain is...
  
   (Catalonia
  Catalonia
  Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
  
  )
• Murcian cheese
  Murcian cheese
  Murcian cheese is a fatty goats’ milk cheese from the Murcia region of south-east Spain. It has a Protected Designation of Origin. The cheese is made only from milk from goats of the Murcian breed from registered herds which graze freely on scrub and coarse pasture characteristic of that dry...
  
   (Murcia
  Murcia
  -History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
  
  )
• La Serena cheese
  La Serena cheese
  Queso de la Serena is a cheese made from Merino sheep milk in La Serena, Spain, a region of South Western Spain. The pure sheep milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of artichoke . This ingredient lends a light bitterness to the otherwise slightly salty taste. It is aged for at...
  
   (Extremadura
  Extremadura
  Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
  
  )
• Picón Bejes-Tresviso
  Picón Bejes-Tresviso
  Picón Bejes-Tresviso is a blue cheese from Cantabria, in the north of Spain. It has been protected under Denominación de Origen legislation since 1994, prior to which it was traditionally known as Picón de Tresviso and Queso Picón de Bejes...
  
   (Cantabria
  Cantabria
  Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...
  
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• Roncal cheese
  Roncal cheese
  Roncal is a hard, creamy sheep milk cheese. It is made in one of seven villages in the Valle de Roncal of Spain. Roncal enjoys PDO status.-External links:*...
  
   (Navarre
  Navarre
  Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
  
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• Tetilla cheese (Galicia)
• Torta del Casar
  Torta del Casar
  Torta del Casar is a cheese made from sheep's milk in the Extremadura region of Spain. It is named after Casar de Cáceres, its city of origin. The milk is curdled using a coagulant found in the pistils of the cardoon, a wild thistle. This ingredient lends a subtle bitterness to the otherwise...
  
   (Extremadura
  Extremadura
  Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
  
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• Valdeón
  Valdeón cheese
  Queso de Valdeón is a Spanish blue cheese from León. The cheese is made in Posada de Valdeón, in the northeast of the province of León, and is wrapped in sycamore maple , or chestnut leaves before being sent to market...
  
   (León)
• Zamorano cheese
  Zamorano cheese
  Zamorano is a sheep's milk cheese made in the province of Zamora, Spain. This is a hard cheese which is typically aged about 6 months. The cheeses are turned often and rubbed with olive oil, giving the cheese its characteristic dark color...
  
   (Zamora
  Zamora (province)
  Zamora is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.The present-day province of Zamora province was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was re-organised into 49 provinces.It is bordered by...
  
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Sweden

• Blå Gotland (Gotland Blue)
• Grevé
  Greve
  Greve is any of the following:* Greve Municipality, in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark** Greve Strand, the municipal seat of Greve** Greve Station, one of the railway stations in the Danish municipality** Greve Parish...
  
  
• Herrgårdsost
  Herrgårdsost
  Herrgårdsost is a semi-hard Swedish cheese made from cow's milk. Made since the 1890s, it is still popular in Sweden today. The aged cheese has a mild, sweet, nutty flavor and small round holes...
  
  
• Hushållsost
  Hushållsost
  Hushållsost is a Swedish cows'-milk cheese. It is a semi-hard cheese, with small granular holes, and is made from whole milk, which gives it a 26 percent fat content. There is also a version with less fat labeled "17% fetthalt"...
  
  
• Prästost
  Prästost
  Prästost is a Swedish cheese with historical roots in Sweden's one-time custom of paying tithes with agricultural goods including milk. It was common for the church to make cheese from this milk from the 16th though 19th centuries...
  
  
• Svecia
  Svecia
  Svecia is a Swedish cheese. It is a semi-hard cow's-milk cheese, with a creamy consistency, light yellow colour, small irregular holes, and a mildly acidic taste...
  
  
• Västerbottensost

Switzerland

• See Cheeses of Switzerland
  Cheeses of Switzerland
  Switzerland is home to about 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.- Hard :*Emmentaler*Gruyère/Greyerzer...
  
  

Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

• Abaza Peyniri
• Armola (Seferihisar
  Seferihisar
  Seferihisar is a coastal district and the center town of the same district in İzmir Province, in Turkey. Seferihisar district area borders on other İzmir districts of Urla to the west and Menderes to the east, and touches İzmir's western-most metropolitan district of Güzelbahçe in the north...
  
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• Arnavut Peyniri
• Antep Peyniri (Gaziantep
  Gaziantep
  Gaziantep , Ottoman Turkish: Ayintab) previously and still informally called Antep; ʻayn tāb is a city in southeast Turkey and amongst the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. The city is located 185 kilometres northeast of Adana and 127 kilometres by road north of Aleppo, Syria...
  
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• Beyaz peynir
  Beyaz peynir
  Beyaz peynir is a salty, white cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk. The cheese has a slightly grainy appearance and is similar to Greek feta cheese....
  
  
• Civil (Erzurum
  Erzurum
  Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the...
  
  )
• Çamur Peyniri (İzmir
  Izmir
  Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
  
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• Çerkez Füme Peynir
• Çökelek
• Çömlek Peyniri (Kayseri
  Kayseri
  Kayseri is a large and industrialized city in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It is the seat of Kayseri Province. The city of Kayseri, as defined by the boundaries of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, is structurally composed of five metropolitan districts, the two core districts of Kocasinan and...
  
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• Dil Peyniri
• Ezine Peyniri (Çanakkale
  Çanakkale
  Çanakkale is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 106,116 . The mayor is Ülgür Gökhan ....
  
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• Edirne Peyniri
• Gravyer (Kars
  Kars
  Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. The population of the city is 73,826 as of 2010.-Etymology:As Chorzene, the town appears in Roman historiography as part of ancient Armenia...
  
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• Hellim Peyniri
  Halloumi
  Halloumi is a traditional Cypriot cheese that is also popular in Sweden and the rest of the Middle East and Greece, and is now produced in many countries and regions around the world...
  
  
• Kaşar Peyniri
• Keçi Peyniri
• Kelle Peyniri (Balıkesir
  Balikesir
  Balıkesir is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 265,747 inhabitants. Old name is Karesi or Karasi.- History :...
  
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• Kirlihanım (Ayvalık
  Ayvalik
  Ayvalık is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of the Balıkesir Province.It was alternatively called by the town's formerly indigenous Greek population, although the use of the name Ayvalık was widespread for centuries among both the Turks and the Greeks...
  
  )
• Kopanisti (İzmir
  Izmir
  Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
  
  )
• Küflü Peynir (Konya
  Konya
  Konya is a city in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The metropolitan area in the entire Konya Province had a population of 1,036,027 as of 2010, making the city seventh most populous in Turkey.-Etymology:...
  
  , Ardahan
  Ardahan
  Ardahan is a city in northeastern Turkey, near the Georgian border.-Ancient and medieval:In Ancient times the region was called Gogarene, which is assumed to derive from the name of Gugars, who were a Proto-Kartvelian tribe...
  
  )
• Küp Peyniri (Yozgat
  Yozgat
  Yozgat is a city and the capital district of Yozgat province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2009 census, population of the district is 113,614 of which 73,835 live in the city of Yozgat.-History:...
  
  , Sivas)
• Otlu Peynir (Van
  Van, Turkey
  Van is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of the Kurdish-majority Van Province, and is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's official population in 2010 was 367,419, but many estimates put this as much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan...
  
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• Labne Peyniri
• Lor Peyniri
• Manyas Peyniri (Balıkesir
  Balikesir
  Balıkesir is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 265,747 inhabitants. Old name is Karesi or Karasi.- History :...
  
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• Mihaliç Peyniri
  Mihaliç Peyniri
  Mihaliç Peyniri is an aged sheep's milk cheese from Turkey.Similar to feta or Beyaz peynir, Mihaliç Peyniri is stored in brine. The curds are placed in hot water and stirred, then left in the water to harden and acquire a firm, slightly elastic texture and finally are salted and dried.It is made in...
  
  
• Obruk Peyniri (Karaman
  Karaman
  Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...
  
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• Örgü Peyniri (Diyarbakır
  Diyarbakır
  Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
  
  )
• Salamura (Bingöl
  Bingöl
  Bingöl is a city in Eastern Turkey. It is also known as Çabakcur , which means violent water in Armenian. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name . Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination...
  
  , Tokat
  Tokat
  Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey, at the mid Black Sea region of Anatolia. According to the 2009 census, the city of Tokat has a population of 129,879.-History:Tokat was established in the Hittite era....
  
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• Sayas Peyniri (İzmir
  Izmir
  Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
  
  )
• Telli Peynir (Karadeniz
  Black Sea Region
  The Black Sea Region is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions . It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to the north.-...
  
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• Tulum
  Tulum (cheese)
  Tulum cheese is a traditional Turkish goat's milk cheese ripened in a goatskin casing. Due to its unique flavor, it is preferred as meze to rakı in Turkey.-Conventional:...
  
   (Erzincan
  Erzincan
  -Trivia:Erzincan has the largest man made of Portrait of Atatürk, located north of the city, 176m×43m. It covers 7,500 square meter. Turkish Army made it 1982, in 29 days by 3,000 soldier, 100 tons of black and white paint was used...
  
  , İzmir
  Izmir
  Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
  
  , Tunceli, Aydın
  Aydin
  Aydın is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of Büyük Menderes River at a commanding position for the region extending from the uplands of the valley down to the seacoast...
  
  )

Honduras

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

• Cuajada
  Cuajada
  Cuajada is a compact, almost cheese-like product , like curd "grains" condensed tightly to make a cheese of some sort, made traditionally from ewe's milk, but industrially and more often today from cow's milk...
  
  
• Crema
• Queso Fresco
• Quesillo
  Quesillo
  Quesillo refers to different Latin American food or dishes depending on the country:-Bolivia:Quesillo in Bolivia means small fresh cheese. Popular farm cheese of the Cochabamba valley. Usually made from raw cow milk, pepsin and acid coagulation, maize size curd, dry salted, hand formed palm size...
  
  
• Seco

Mexico

• Añejo
  Añejo cheese
  Añejo cheese is a firm, aged Mexican cheese traditionally made from skimmed goat's milk but most often available made from skimmed cow's milk. After it is made it is rolled in paprika to add additional flavor to its salty sharp flavor, which is somewhat similar to Parmesan cheese or Romano cheese,...
  
   (aged)
• Chihuahua
• Cotija
  Cotija cheese
  Cotija is a hard cow's milk cheese that originated from Mexico. It is named after the town of Cotija, Michoacán.Cotija comes in two primary versions. El queso Cotija de Montaña or "grain cheese" is dry and firm, with little taste beyond salt...
  
  
• Criollo
  Criollo cheese
  Criollo is a gratable Mexican cheese similar to munster. It is a specialty of the region around Taxco, Guerrero. It is one of the few yellow cheeses made in Mexico....
  
   (Creole)
• Chiapas cheese
• Oaxaca
  Oaxaca cheese
  Queso Oaxaca is a white, semihard cheese from Mexico, similar to unaged Monterey Jack, but with a mozzarella-like string cheese texture. It is named after the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where it was first made. It is available in several different shapes. It is also known as quesillo...
  
  
• Panela
  Queso Panela
  Queso panela , also called queso canasta or queso de la canasta because it carries the impression of the basket in which it is molded, is a white, fresh and smooth cheese of pasteurized cow's milk, served most often as part of appetizer dishes such as nopal salads or quesadillas. It is derived...
  
  
• Peter Anderson Queso
• Lingallin

Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

• Tasty cheese - commonly mistaken as a variety of cheese due to the widespread use of 'Tasty' as an adjective for cheeses by Australian manufacturers; it is in fact equivalent to cheddar

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

• Chesdale
  Chesdale Cheese
  Chesdale Cheese was a variety of cheese produced for the mass market in New Zealand. Chiefly remembered for its very memorable animated television advertising with the jingle sung by two cartoon characters Ches and Dale wearing gumboots and black singlets. The commercial was created by Art Director...
  
  
• Evansdale
  Evansdale Cheese
  Evansdale Cheese Factory is a small New Zealand producer of hand-made cheeses, located at Hawksbury in Otago, about 35km north of Dunedin on State Highway 1...
  
  
• Eatondale
• Miles Dalton

Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

• Cremoso
• Criollo
• Goya
• Reggianito
  Reggianito
  Reggianito is a very hard, granular, cows' milk cheese from Argentina whose origins lie with immigrant Italians who wished to make a cheese reminiscent of their native Parmigiano Reggiano...
  
  
• Sardo
  Sardo cheese
  Sardo is a hard, grating cow's milk cheese that is similar to Pecorino Romano, although the latter is made from sheep's milk and is sharper. Sardo comes from Argentina, and is not to be confused with Pecorino Sardo, another Italian sheep's cheese. Sardo is traditionally coagulated by animal rennet...
  
  
• Tandil

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

• Catupiry
  Catupiry
  Catupiry is one of the most popular "requeijão" brands in Brazil. It was developed by the Italian immigrant Mario Silvestrini in the state of Minas Gerais in 1911. The name derives from the native Tupi word meaning "excellent"....
  
  
• Minas
  Minas cheese
  Minas cheese is a type of cheese that has been traditionally produced in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It comes in three varieties, named Frescal , Meia-cura and Curado...
  
   (a. k. a. "Queijo Minas Padrão", "Queijo Frescal" and "Queijo Curado")
• Coalho
• Requeijão
  Requeijão
  Requeijão is a milk-derived product, produced in Portugal and Brazil. It is sometimes called Requesón .It is a loose, ricotta-like cheese used to make cheese spreads. A mild, unsalty ricotta can be substituted. This variety is most often sold in the markets wrapped in fresh corn husks...
  
  
• Prato

Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

• Chanco
  Chanco cheese
  Chanco is Chilean cow's milk cheese originally from the Chanco farm in Maule Region. Now it is produced all over south-central Chile, and represents almost 50% of Chilean cheese consumption. It is a semi-hard ripened cheese with reduced lactose content and soft consistency.- References :...
  
  
• Gauda
• Panquehue
  Panquehue (cheese)
  Panquehue is a semi-soft Chilean cheese produced in the Andean Aconcagua region. It is one of the most popular cheeses in Chile, it is similar in taste to Tilsit and often has chives or red pepper flakes mixed in. In 2005, it became the first Chilean cheese imported into the United States as...
  
  
• Renaico

Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

• Quesillo
  Quesillo
  Quesillo refers to different Latin American food or dishes depending on the country:-Bolivia:Quesillo in Bolivia means small fresh cheese. Popular farm cheese of the Cochabamba valley. Usually made from raw cow milk, pepsin and acid coagulation, maize size curd, dry salted, hand formed palm size...
  
  
• Queso Campesino
• Queso Paipa
• Queso Costeño
• Cuajada
  Cuajada
  Cuajada is a compact, almost cheese-like product , like curd "grains" condensed tightly to make a cheese of some sort, made traditionally from ewe's milk, but industrially and more often today from cow's milk...
  
  

Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

• Queso Guayanés
• Queso Palmita
  Queso Palmita
  Queso Palmita is a soft, watery, fresh white cheese with big holes, produced from pasteurized milk. The Palmita cheese is usually made in large circular containers 6 feet in diameter and four feet in height. Each Palmita Cheese batch can vary in taste depending on the ingredients which are mixed...
  
  
• Queso de año
• Queso semiduro
• Queso crineja
• Queso Llanero (Prairie Cheese)

Other

• Cottage cheese
  Cottage cheese
  Cottage cheese is a cheese curd product with a mild flavor. It is drained, but not pressed, so some whey remains and the individual curds remain loose. The curd is usually washed to remove acidity, giving sweet curd cheese. It is not aged or colored. Different styles of cottage cheese are made from...
  
   (Many local varieties)
• Farmer cheese
  Farmer cheese
  Farmer cheese refers to most often an unripened cheese made by adding bacterial starter and rennet to acidify milk. Farmer cheese may be made from the milk of cows, sheep or goats, with each giving its own texture and flavor.During coagulation the mixture separates into curds and whey , then the...
  
   (many local varieties)
• Smoked cheese
  Smoked Cheese
  Smoked cheese is any cheese that has been specially treated by smoke-curing. It typically has a yellowish-brown outer "skin," which is a result of this curing process. The tradition of flavoring cheese by smoke originated in Denmark making the only type of cheese that is solely a Danish...
  
   (many hard cheese varieties may be smoked)
• Nacho cheese (mainly US, though it can be found in other places as well)
• Margarine cheese, cheese made of margarine
  Margarine
  Margarine , as a generic term, can indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes, typically composed of vegetable oils. In many parts of the world, the market share of margarine and spreads has overtaken that of butter...
  
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See also

• :Category:Cheeses by country