281 Cheeses You Should Know

I began compiling this list of cheeses last year while I was studying for the ACS CCP exam. I printed the list and began creating it by hand, as I had time or learned a new piece of information about the cheese. Finally over the last few weeks, I finished it; partially to assist friends and collegues who are sitting for the ACS CCP exam this July and also because I wanted to share it with all of you. I fashioned it with information that consumers and lovers of cheese want to know: milk type, raw or pasteurized, vegetarian suitable and country of origin. 

 

Cheese	Milk Type	Rennet	Raw or Pasteurized	Country of Origin
Abondance	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Aged Raclette (Leelanau Cheese)	Cow	Vegetable	Past	USA
Appalachian (Meadow Creek)	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Appenzeller	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Appleby’s Cheshire	Cow	Vegetarian	Raw	England
Ascutney Mountain Cheese	Cow	Vegetable	Raw	USA
Asiago	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Banon	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Barely Buzzed	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Barkham Blue	Cow	Vegetable	Past	England
Bayley Hazen Blue	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Bear Hill (Grafton)	Sheep	Microbial	Raw	USA
Beaufort	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Bellavitano (Sartori)**	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Berkswell	Sheep	Animal	Raw	England
Bermuda Triangle (Cypress Grove)**	Goat	Microbial	Past	USA
Big Rock Blue (Central Coast Creamery)	Cow	Vegetarian	Past	USA
Big Sky Grana (Bleu Mont Dairy)	Cow		Raw	USA
Bitto	Cow + 10-20% goat	Animal	Raw	Italy
Bleu d’Auvergne	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Bleu de Gex Haut Jura	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Bleu de Vercors-Sassengage	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Bleu des Causses	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Bleu Mont Dairy Bandaged Cheddar	Cow		Raw	USA
Blu di Bufala	Buffalo	Animal	Past	Italy
Boerenkaas	Cow	Microbial	Raw	Holland
Bonne Bouche (VBCC)	Goat	Microbial	Past	USA
Bra	Cow	Animal	Both*	Italy
Branzi	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Brie	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Brie de Meaux	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Brie de Meulen	Cow	None	Raw	France
Brillat Savarin	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Brin d’Amour	Sheep	Animal	Past	France
Brindisi Fontina (WVCC)	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Brocciu	Goat or Sheep Whey	Animal	Past	France
Bucheron	Goat	Microbial	Past	France
Cabecou de Roncamadour	Goat	Animal	Both*	France
Cabot Clothbound Cheddar	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Cabrales	Cow	Animal	Raw	Spain
Caciocavallo Silano	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Caerphilly	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Cambozola	Cow	Microbial	Past	Germany
Camellia (Redwood Hill)	Goat	Vegetable	Past	USA
Camembert	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Canestrato Pugliese	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Italy
Cantal	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Cape Foulweather	Goat	Animal	Past	USA
Capricious (Achadinha Cheese)	Goat	Vegetarian	Past	USA
Carmody (Bellwether Farm)	Cow	Vegetable	Past	USA
Casatella Trevigiana	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Casciotta d’Urbino	75% Sheep, 25% Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Cashel Blue	Cow	Vegetable	Past	Ireland
Castelmagno	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Chabichou du Poitou	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Chaource	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Chaumes	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Cheddar	Various	Both	Both*	England, USA
Cheshire	Cow	Vegetable	Raw	England
Chevrotin des Aravis	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Chimay	Cow	Animal	Past	Belgium
Clemson Blue	Cow			USA
Coeur de Neufchatel	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Colorouge (MouCo)	Cow	Animal	Past	USA
Comte	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Constant Bliss	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Cotija	Cow	Animal	Both*	Mexico
Crema de Blue (Valley Shepherd Creamery)	Cow and Sheep	Animal	Raw	USA
Cremont	Goat and Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Crescenza	Cow	Animal	Both*	Italy/US
Crottin de Chavignol	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Curio Bay Pecorino	Sheep			New Zealand
Dancing Fern (Sequatchie Cove)	Cow		Raw	USA
Delice de Bourgogne	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Dirt Lover (Green Dirt)	Sheep	Animal	Past	USA
Dorset Blue	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Drunken Goat	Goat	Animal	Past	Spain
Drunken Hooligan (Cato Corner)	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Dry Monterey Jack (Vella)	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Durrus	Cow	Animal	Raw	Ireland
Dutchman’s Flat (Juniper Grove)	Goat		Raw	USA
Edam	Cow	Animal	Past	Holland
Emmental	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Epoisses	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Erronkariko gazta	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Evora	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	Portugal
Feta	Goat, Sheep	Animal	Both*	Greece
Fiore Sardo	Sheep	Animal	Both	Italy
Fiscalini Bandage Wrapped Cheddar**	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Flagsheep (Beecher’s)**	Cow, Sheep	Microbial	Past	USA
Flagship**	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Fontina Fontal	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Fontina Valle d’Aosta	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Formagella del Luinese	Goat	Animal	Raw	Italy
Formaggio di Fossa di Sogliano	Sheep, Cow or both	Animal	Both	Italy
Formatge de l’Alt Urgell I la Cerdanya	Cow	Animal	Past	Spain
Formatge de Mallorca	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Formatge de Mao				Spain
Formei de Mut dell’Alta Val Brembana	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Forsterkase	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Fougerus	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Fourme d’Ambert	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Fourme de Montbrison	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Fromager d’Affinois	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Garrotxa	Goat	Animal	Past	Spain
Gorgonzola	Cow	Animal	Both*	Italy
Gorgonzola Dolce	Cow	Animal	Both*	Italy
Gorgonzola Picante	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Gouda	Various	Both	Both*	Holland
Gran Canaria (Carr Valley Cheese)**	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Vegetable	Past	USA
Gran Cru Gruyere	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Gran Queso	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Grana Padano	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Grayson (Meadow Creek)	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Great Hill Blue (Great Hill Dairy)	Cow	Microbial	Raw	USA
Green Peppercorn Cone (Coach)	Goat	Vegetable	Past	USA
Gruyere (Cave-Aged)	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Gubbeen	Cow	Vegetable	Past	Ireland
Halloumi	Sheep and Goat	Microbial	Both	Greece
Harbison (Jasper Hill Farm)	Cow	Animal	Past	USA
Hoch Ybrig	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Hoja Santa	Goat	Microbial	Past	USA
Hooligan	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Hubbardston Blue (Westfield Farm)**	Goat or Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Hudson Valley Camembert	Cow and Sheep	Microbial	Past	USA
Humboldt Fog (Cypress Grove)**	Goat	Microbial	Past	USA
Ibores	Goat	Animal	Raw	Spain
Idiazabal	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Idiazabal Gazta	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Jarlsberg	Cow	Animal	Past	Norway
Kunik (Nettle Meadow)	Goat with Cow cream added	Animal	Past	USA
La Tur	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Animal	Past	Italy
Laguiole	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Lancanshire	Cow	Animal	Both*	England
Landaff	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Langres	Cow	Animal	Past	France
l’Edel de Cleron	Cow	Animal	Past	France
l’Etivaz	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Limberger (Chalet)	Cow	Microbial	Past	USA
Lincolnshire Poacher	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Lindsay Bandaged Cheddar (Mariposa Dairy)	Goat	Microbial	Past	Canada
Livarot	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Maconnais	Goat or Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Mahon	Cow	Animal	Both*	Spain
Majorero (Similar to Manchego)	Goat	Animal (lamb)	Raw	Spain
Mamirolle	Cow	Animal	Past	Canada
Manchego	Sheep	Animal	Both*	Spain
Marieke Aged Gouda	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Marisa, Cave-Aged (Carr Valley)**	Sheep	Microbial	Past	USA
Maroilles	Cow			France
Marzolino	Sheep	Animal	Past	Italy
Mascarpone	Cow	Microbial	Past	Italy/US
Maytag Blue	Cow	Vegetable	Raw	USA
Mecox Sunrise	Cow		Raw	USA
Mellage, Cave-Aged (Carr Valley Cheese)**	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Microbial	Past	USA
Milleens	Cow	Animal	Past	Ireland
Mimolette	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Montasio	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Monte Enebro	Goat	Animal	Past	Spain
Monte Veronese	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Montgomery Cheddar	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Mopsy’s Best (Black Sheep Creamery)	Sheep		Raw	USA
Morbier	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Mozzarella di Bufala	Buffalo	Animal	Past	Italy
Mt. Tam (Cowgirl)	Cow	Vegetable	Past	USA
Munster-Gerome	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Murazzano	Sheep and Cow			Italy
Murcia al Vino	Goat	Microbial	Past	Spain
Myzithra	Sheep or  Sheep and Goat	Animal	Past	Greece
Oaxaca	Cow	Animal	Past	Mexico
Oka	Cow	Animal	Both*	Canada
Old Kentucky Tome (Capriole)	Goat	Animal	Raw	USA
Original Blue (Point Reyes)	Cow	Vegetable	Raw	USA
Ossau-Iraty	Sheep	Animal	Both*	France
Palhais	Goat		Past	Portugal
Parmigiano Reggiano	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Pawlet	Goat	Microbial	Raw	USA
Pecorino di Fillano	Sheep			Italy
Pecorino Romano	Sheep	Animal	Both*	Italy
Pecorino Sardo	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Italy
Pecorino Sicillano	Sheep	Animal (lamb)	Raw	Italy
Pecorino Toscano	Sheep	Animal	Both	Italy
Pelardon des Cevennes	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Piacentinu Ennese	Sheep		Past	Italy
Piave	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Picodon	Goat	Animal	Past	France
Picon Bejes-Tresviso	Cow, Goat, Sheep			Spain
Pierre-Robert	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Pleasant Ridge Reserve (Uplands)**	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Podda Classico	Sheep and Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Pont l’Eveque	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre	Goat	Animal	Raw	France
Pride of Bacchus	Sheep	Animal	Raw	USA
Primo Sale	Sheep			Italy
Provolone del Monaco	Cow		Raw	Italy
Provolone Valpadano	Cow	Animal		Italy
Quartirolo Lombardo	Cow	Animal		Italy
Queixo Arzua-Ulloa	Cow	Animal	Past	Spain
Queixo Cabreiro				Spain
Queixo de Tetilla	Cow		Both	Spain
Queso Blanco	Cow	Vegetable		Mexico
Queso de flor	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	Spain
Queso de la Serena	Sheep	Vegetable	Both*	Spain
Queso de las Alpujarras	Goat or Mixed	Animal	Both	Spain
Queso de Murcia	Goat	Microbial	Past	Spain
Queso Fresco	Cow		Past	Mexico
Queso Nata de Cantabria	Cow	Animal	Raw	Spain
Queso Palmero	Goat	Animal (Goat)	Raw	Spain
Quesu Casin	Cow	Animal	Raw	Spain
Quesu d’Afega’l pitu	Cow		Raw	Spain
Quesu de Gamonedo	Cow	Animal	Raw	Spain
Quesucos de Liebana	Cow, Goat, Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Raclette	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Ragusano	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
Raschera	Cow		Raw	Italy
Reading	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Reblochon de Savoie	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Red Hawk (Cowgirl)	Cow	Vegetable	Past	USA
Red Leicester	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Red Rock (Roelli)	Cow	Animal	Past	USA
Ricotta Romano	Sheep			Italy
Roaring Forties	Cow		Past	Australia
Robiola di Roccaverano	Goat	Animal	Raw	Italy
Rogue Rive Blue**	Cow	Microbial	Raw	USA
Roncal	Sheep	Animal	Raw	Spain
Roquefort	Sheep	Animal	Raw	France
Rush Creek (Uplands)**	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Saint Maure de Touraine	Goat	Animal	Both*	France
Saint Nectaire	Cow	Animal	Both*	France
Salers	Cow		Raw	France
Salva Cremasco	Cow	Animal	Raw	Italy
San Andreas (Bellwether Farm)	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	USA
Sbrinz	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Scharfe Maxx	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Scio (Ancient Heritage)	Sheep		Raw	USA
Seastack (Mt. Townsend)	Cow	Animal	Past	USA
Selles-sur-Cher	Goat	Animal	Both*	France
Serra da Estrella	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	Portugal
Shropshire Blue	Cow	Vegetable	Past	England
Siltcoos	Goat	Animal	Past	USA
Single Gloucester	Cow	Vegetarian	Raw	England
Snow White (Carr Valley Cheese)**	Goat			USA
Spenwood	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	England
Spressa delle Giudcarie	Cow			Italy
St. George (Matos Cheese)	Cow	Vegetable	Raw	USA
St. Marcellin	Cow	Animal	Past	France
Stelvio (Stilfser)	Cow	Animal		Italy
Stichelton	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Stilton	Cow	Animal	Past	England
Taleggio	Cow	Animal	Past	Italy
Tarentaise	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Teleme	Cow		Past	USA
Tete de Moine	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Thomasville Tomme (Sweet Grass Dairy)**	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Tilsiter	Cow	Microbial	Past	Switzerland
Toggenburger	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Toma Piemontese	Cow		Past	Italy
Tome des Bauges	Cow		Raw	France
Tomme de Savoie	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Torta del Casar	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	Spain
Trentingrana	Cow			Italy
Truffle Tremor**	Goat	Microbial	Past	USA
Tumalo Tomme (Juniper Grove Farm)	Goat	Animal	Raw	USA
Twig Farm Washed Wheel	Goat with a little cow added on occasion	Animal	Raw	USA
Two-Faced Blue (Willapa Hills)**	Sheep and Cow	Animal	Past	USA
Up In Smoke	Goat	Animal	Past	USA
Vacherin du Haub-Doubs	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Vacherin Fribourgeois	Cow	Animal	Raw	Switzerland
Vacherin Mont d’Or	Cow	Animal	Raw	France
Valdeon	Cow, Goat	Animal	Past	Spain
Valencay	Goat	Animal	Both*	France
Valle d’Acosta Fromadzo	Cow with small amt of goat added	Animal		Italy
Valtellina Casera	Cow		Raw	Italy
Vastedda della Valle del Belice	Sheep	Animal (Lamb)	Raw	Italy
Vermont Shepherd (Major Farm)	Sheep	Vegetable	Raw	USA
Wabash Cannonball (Capriole)	Goat			USA
Wensleydale	Cow	Animal	Past	England
West Country Farmhouse Cheddar	Cow	Animal	Raw	England
Winnimere (Jasper Hill Farm)	Cow	Animal	Raw	USA
Zamorano	Sheep	Animal (lamb)	Past	Spain

** Indicates we have an interview with the Cheesemaker here on the website. The entire list of interviews can be accessed by clicking here.

Many European cheeses are made with raw milk for their own market and with pasteurized milk for the USA market, due to FDA regulations regarding raw milk cheeses.

Links to my other cheese databases: 165 more cheeses to know; 178 vegetarian suitable cheeses and 249 raw milk cheeses. For reviews, click on the “Cheese Index” tab above this post.

All of the American Cheese Society Best of Show cheeses since 2000 are included as are 95% of the EU protected cheeses.

My thanks to the following websites which I used for research: Culture Magazine, Janet Fletcher’s “Cheese Course”, Cowgirl Creamery, Cheese.com, Agraria.org, Murray’s Cheese , the numerous websites of producers and cheesemakers and World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt (which you can buy by clicking on the amazon.com icon below.

 

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