Cheese

Cheeses grouped by how the curd is made and ripened, from fresh acid curds to cave-aged wheels.

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Ferment	Region	Main step	Temperature	Salt	pH
Garrotxa	Spain, Catalonia	at least 21 days	7–14 °C	18–20 %
Glarner Alpkäse	Switzerland, canton of Glarus	at least 2 months	12–18 °C
Gorgonzola PDO dolce/piccante	Italy, Piedmont and Lombardy	50 days – 8.9 months	-1–7 °C		6.8
Gouda Holland PGI / Noord-Hollandse Gouda PDO	Netherlands	at least 28 days	at least 12 °C
Gran cacio di Morolo	Italy, Lazio	5–18 months	7–12 °C
Graviera Agrafon	Greece, the Agrafa area of Karditsa prefecture	at least 3 months	12–15 °C
Großwalsertaler Bergkäse ('Walserstolz')	Austria, Vorarlberg	8–12 months	12–15 °C	20 %	5.3
Gruyère (French IGP)	France, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Ain, Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Côte-d'Or, Haute-Marne and nearby	at least 3.9 months	at least 4 °C
Halitzia Tillirias	Cyprus, Tilliria	at least 40 days
Hard chhurpi	Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and the Indian Himalaya	30 days			5.7–6.3
Havarti	Denmark	7–21 days	8–12 °C
Herrgårdsost	Sweden	at least 3 months	10–18 °C
Idiazabal PDO	Basque Country and northern Navarre, Spain	at least 2 months	8–14 °C		4.9–5.5
Jameed	Jordan, Palestine and neighbouring Bedouin areas	16 days	35–40 °C
Jibne baladi	Lebanon and the wider Levant	30 min	63 °C
Kalari	Jammu	7–30 days			5–5.4
Kanterkaas PDO	Netherlands, Friesland and the Westerkwartier	at least 28 days	at least 12 °C
Kashkaval / Kaşar	Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula	55 days – 6 months	8–12 °C		5.2–5.4
Kasseri PDO	Greece	at least 3 months	18 °C		5.2
Kefalograviera PDO	Greece, Western Macedonia, Epirus and the prefectures of Aitoloakarnania and Evrytania	at least 3 months	up to 6 °C	18–20 %	5.1 → 5.12
Kefalotyri	Greece and Cyprus	at least 3 months	4–16.5 °C	20 %	4.8–5.5
Kesong puti	Philippines	2–7 days	0–4 °C	2–2.2 %	6.2–6.3
Klenovecký syrec	Slovakia, Gemer-Malohont	at least 20 days	14–16 °C	14 %	5.2
Kobi	Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti	at least 2 months		16–18 %
L'Etivaz	Switzerland, Vaud Alps	at least 2.5 years
Ladotyri Mytilinis PDO	Greece, island of Lesvos	at least 3 months	12–16 °C
Laguiole PDO	France, Aubrac plateau	at least 4 months	6–12 °C
Lancashire (Beacon Fell PDO)	Lancashire, England	at least 21 days	16 °C	2.5 %
Langres PDO	France, the Langres plateau and the Bassigny pastures	at least 15 days			5–5.2
Le Gruyère AOP	Switzerland, cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Jura, and parts of the canton of Bern	at least 5 months	12–18 °C
Leipäjuusto / juustoleipä (squeaky cheese)	Finland	1.5 h			6.6
Lički škripavac	Croatia, Lika	1 h		1.5–3 %	6.4–6.5
Lighvan	Iran, East Azerbaijan province	at least 3 months	5–9 °C	10–12 %	5.6 → 5.36
Limburger	Germany	at least 2 months	at least 2 °C		4.8
Livarot PDO	France, Normandy, Pays d'Auge	at least 21 days	6–9 °C
Maasdam / Leerdammer	Netherlands	up to 4.9 months	2–4 °C		5.2 → 5.7
Majevički dimljeni sir Zarac	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Majevica mountain in the north-east	30 days – 2 months	4–8 °C	up to 2 %	3.8–4
Malkara Eski Kaşar Peyniri	Turkey, Tekirdağ province	at least 3 months	0–1 °C	3–8 %	5.8–5.9 → 4.8
Manouri PDO	Greece, Central and Western Macedonia and Thessaly	4 months	4–5 °C	1 %
Maroilles PDO	France, Thiérache	at least 35 days	9–16 °C		5–6.9
Mascarpone (BOUNDARY)	Italy, Lombardy	20 h			5.7–6.6
Mató	Spain, Catalonia	2–10 days	0–9 °C
Mavrovo Reka mountain-pasture kashkaval (Galichki kashkaval)	North Macedonia, Mavrovo National Park on Bistra mountain	45 min	38 °C	2.3 %	5.5 → 5.28
Metsovone PDO	Greece, Epirus, Metsovo province of the Ioannina prefecture	at least 3 months	15–17 °C		5.1–5.3
Mimolette (extra-vieille)	France	at least 13 months	8–16 °C		5.1–5.6
Montafoner Sura Kees	Austria, Vorarlberg, the Montafon valley	28–42 days	18–20 °C
Montasio PDO	Italy, all of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the provinces of Belluno and Treviso, and parts of Padua and Venice	at least 2 months	at least 8 °C	16–18 %	5.2–5.5
Monterey Jack	United States	21–42 days
Morbier	France, Jura massif	at least 45 days	7–15 °C		up to 5.4
Motal	North-west Iran	3 months	6–12 °C	3 %	5.3 → 4.71
Motta	Italy, Piemonte	7–14 days
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO	Italy, Campania, with parts of Lazio, Puglia and Molise	up to 2.5 days		4–18 %	4.8–4.9
Mozzarella di vacca (Molise)	Italy, Molise	20 days
Munster	France, Vosges massif	at least 21 days			4.5–4.9
Mutschli	Switzerland, German-speaking alps and Grisons	14 days – 3 months	up to 15 °C
Myzithra (Mizithra)	Greece	30 days	2 °C		6.2 → 5.83
Neufchâtel	France, Normandy	at least 10 days	10–14 °C		4.2–4.6
Niva (Jihočeská niva)	Czechia, South Bohemia	at least 28 days	8 °C	20 %
Njeguški sir	Montenegro, Njeguši village on Mount Lovćen and the area around it	30 days		0.7–1.8 %	4.4–4.8
Obatzda	Germany, Bavaria
Obwaldner Alpkäse	Switzerland, canton of Obwalden	3 months – 2 years	10–20 °C
Oscypek	Poland, Podhale and nearby Tatra and Beskid areas	3–7 days		2.8 %	5.3
Ossau-Iraty	France, western Pyrenees	at least 2.6 months	6–15 °C		up to 5.5
Ossolano PDO	Italy, Piedmont	at least 2 months	5–14 °C
Ovčí hrudkový syr – salašnícky	Slovakia, mountain and foothill sheep farms	2–3 days	18–22 °C		4.9–5.2
Paneer	India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal	8–12 days	4–5 °C
Parmigiano Reggiano	Italy	at least 12 months	16–18 °C	1.5–1.8 %	5.2–5.4
Pecorino ai bronzi	Italy, Lazio	45 days
Pecorino dei Monti della Laga	Italy, Lazio	3–6 months
Pecorino del pastore (Romagna)	Italy, Emilia-Romagna	15 days – 8 months
Pecorino della Sabina (semplice e alle erbe)	Italy, Lazio	30 days – 6 months	12–13 °C
Pecorino di Ferentino	Italy, Lazio	6–12 months
Pecorino di Roiate	Italy, Lazio, province of Rome	15 days – 12 months	10–12 °C
Pecorino in botte	Italy, Marche	40 days – 3 months
Pecorino in grotta del viterbese	Italy, Lazio	2–3 months	10–11 °C
Pecorino maturato in grotta	Italy, Emilia-Romagna	at least 3 months
Pecorino Romano PDO	Italy, the whole of Sardinia and Lazio, and the province of Grosseto in Tuscany	at least 5 months	6–12 °C
Pecorino Siciliano PDO	Italy, the whole of Sicily	at least 20 days	14–18 °C
Pélardon PDO	France, Cévennes, Montagne Noire, Hautes Corbières and the garrigues of Gard and Hérault	at least 11 days	8–16 °C		up to 4.5
Pichtogalo Chanion	Greece, Crete	24 h		1 %	4.4
Picodon PDO	France, Drôme and Ardèche, with the cantons of Valréas	at least 30 days	5–10 °C		4–4.5
Pljevaljski sir	Montenegro, Pljevlja municipality	at least 15 days	15–25 °C
Pont-l'Évêque PDO	France, Normandy	at least 18 days	4–15 °C
Port-Salut / Saint-Paulin	France	23–28 days	12 °C
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre PDO	France, Centre-Val de Loire, west of the Indre department	at least 9 days	9–16 °C
Pressato a mano	Italy, Lazio	up to 2.6 months	10–12 °C
Provola di bufala (semplice e affumicata)	Italy, southern Lazio	up to 7 days	6–8 °C
Provola di vacca (semplice e affumicata)	Italy, Lazio	24 h – 6 months	11–12 °C		5.1–5.2
Provolone vaccino (Lazio)	Italy, Lazio	30 days – 12 months	4–12 °C		5.1–5.2
Puzzone di Moena PDO	Italy, Trentino	at least 3 months	10–20 °C
Quark	Central Europe	20 h	58–60 °C		4.5–4.7
Queijo Amarelo da Beira Baixa	Portugal, Beira Baixa	at least 40 days	8–14 °C
Queijo coalho	Northeast Brazil	5–10 days	10–12 °C	1–2 %
Queijo de Azeitão PDO	Portugal, Setúbal peninsula	8–12 days	8–14 °C
Queijo de Cabra Transmontano	Portugal, Trás-os-Montes	at least 2 months	5–12 °C
Queijo de Castelo Branco (Queijo da Beira Baixa PDO)	Portugal, Beira Baixa	at least 40 days	8–14 °C		4.7–5.9
Queijo Mestiço de Tolosa	Portugal, Alto Alentejo	21–28 days
Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa	Portugal, Beira Baixa	at least 3.9 months
Queijo Rabaçal	Portugal, Centro, the Sicó hills	at least 20 days	10–15 °C
Queijo Serpa	Portugal, Baixo Alentejo	at least 30 days	6–15 °C
Queijo Terrincho	Portugal, Terra Quente Transmontana and the upper Douro	at least 3 months	8–14 °C	15–20 %
Queso adobera	Mexico, western states	18–24 h		1–2 %	5
Queso amasado (Carchi)	Ecuador, Carchi province	24 h – 10 days	5 °C		6.8
Queso Camerano	Spain, La Rioja	at least 15 days	9–15 °C
Queso Casín PDO	Spain, Asturias	at least 2 months	6–12 °C		6.3 → 4.71
Queso Castellano PGI	Spain, the whole of Castile and León	at least 30 days	3–18 °C		4.7–5.7
Queso Chihuahua	Mexico, Chihuahua State	30 days – 4 months	6.5 °C	2 %
Queso Colonia	Uruguay, Colonia department	10–12 days	8–11 °C
Queso de Flor de Guía PDO	Spain, Canary Islands, north-west Gran Canaria	at least 15 days	4–18 °C
Queso de l'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya	Spain, Catalonia	at least 45 days	11–14 °C
Queso de Tafí del Valle	Argentina, Tucumán	at least 30 days		25–33 %	5–5.4
Queso de Valdeón PGI	Spain, León, municipality of Posada de Valdeón	at least 30 days	5–10 °C		6.4–7.6
Queso do Cebreiro (Cebreiro PDO)	Spain, Galicia	at least 45 days	up to 15 °C
Queso fresco (Mexico, Central and South America)	Mexico, Central America, Andes	up to 7 days	up to 4 °C	1.5–2 %	6.6–6.9
Queso Manchego PDO	Spain, Castilla-La Mancha	30 days – 2 years	3–16 °C		4.8–5.8
Queso Nata de Cantabria PDO	Spain, Cantabria	at least 7 days
Queso Oaxaca (quesillo)	Mexico	24 days	8 °C	2 %	5.5–5.6
Queso paria	Peru, Puno region	30 min	34 °C
Raclette du Valais	Switzerland, canton of Valais	at least 3 months	7–14 °C		4.8–5.2
Rasco	Italy, Calabria	20 days
Reblochon	France, Savoie	at least 16 days	10–15 °C
Redykołka PDO	Poland, Podhale and nearby Carpathian districts	3–7 days
Reggianito	Argentina	at least 6 months	12 °C
Ricotta di capra fresca o affumicata (Trentino)	Italy, Trentino	up to 3 days
Ricotta di pecora e di capra dei Monti Lepini	Italy, Lazio	24–29 h	5 °C
Ricotta forte (scanta)	Italy, Puglia	2–6 months
Ricotta fresca o affumicata (Trentino)	Italy, Trentino	7 days
Robiola ticinese (formaggino)	Switzerland, Ticino	up to 7 days	4–13 °C
Rocamadour PDO	France, Causses du Quercy	at least 6 days	at least 10 °C	0.6–0.8 %
Rögös túró TSG	Hungary	4–20 h	22–32 °C
Roquefort	France, southern Massif Central	at least 3 months	at least -5 °C
Rushan (milk fan)	Dali, Yunnan, China	14 days			at least 5
Saint-Marcellin	France, Bas-Dauphiné	at least 10 days	7–26 °C		up to 4.6
Saint-Nectaire	France, Auvergne	at least 28 days	6–14 °C		5–5.5
Sainte-Maure de Touraine PDO	France, Touraine	at least 10 days	6–16 °C
Salers PDO	France, Auvergne, the Cantal mountains	at least 3 months	6–14 °C	at least 2 %
San Simón da Costa PDO	Spain, Galicia, Terra Chá district of Lugo	6 months	4 °C	14–17 %	5.8
Sbrinz AOP	Central Switzerland	at least 18 months	9–14 °C
Scamorza	Southern and central Italy	10 days	4 °C
Scamorza appassita (Cacetto di Supino)	Italy, Lazio	10 days	10–12 °C
Schlierbacher Schlosskäse (Schlierbacher Käse)	Austria, Upper Austria	14 days	12–18 °C	20 %
Schlipfechäs	Switzerland, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Appenzell Innerrhoden	12 h – 2 days
Seirass di latte	Italy, Piemonte	up to 4 days	0–4 °C
Selles-sur-Cher PDO	France, Centre-Val de Loire	at least 10 days	at least 10 °C
Sextner Almkäse (Formaggio di montagna di Sesto)	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, province of Bolzano	3–8 months	8–10 °C
Sir u ulju (Dalmatian cheese in olive oil)	Croatia, Dalmatia and the islands	7 days – 2 months			5.4–5.5
Squarquaglione dei Monti Lepini	Italy, Lazio	24 h – 4 days	4–6 °C
Staffordshire Cheese	England, county of Staffordshire	14 days – 12 months	7–10 °C	2.5 %
Stilton	England	42 days – 2.8 months			6
Stracchino / Crescenza	Lombardy, northern Italy	7 days	4 °C	15 %	5.2

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