| Abaza peyniri (Sakarya Abhaz peyniri) | Turkey, Sakarya province | Whole cow milk, boiled | 2 months at 3–6 °C | |
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| Acharuli chlechili (Adjarian chlechili) | Georgia, Autonomous Republic of Adjara | | 30 days – 2 months | |
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| Bocconcini alla panna di bufala | Italy, Campania | | 4–4.5 h | None or a thin skin; smooth, glossy, damp, bluish porcelain white |
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| Burrata di Andria PGI | Italy, Puglia | Cow milk, raw or pasteurised, plus cream | None; a fresh cheese kept at 4 °C ±2 | |
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| Burrata di bufala | Italy, Lazio | | 24 h | None; glossy porcelain-white skin |
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| Burrell' (Scamorza con burro all'interno) | Italy, Lazio | Cow milk, whole; raw at Picinisco, pasteurised at 68–70 °C for 30 s at Cassino | About 7 days of drying at Picinisco (7–10 days in one ONAF sheet); none at Cassino | |
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| Burrino | Italy, Molise | | at least 2 months | Very thin, glossy, straw-yellow (especially when made in spring) |
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| Caciocavallo affumicato | Italy, Campania | | 60 days to more than 12 months | Fairly thin, smooth, matt; straw to orange |
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| Caciocavallo di bufala (semplice e affumicato) | Italy, Lazio | | 20 days – 3 months | |
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| Caciocavallo di Supino | Italy, Lazio | | at least 15 days | Thin, smooth, straw-yellow |
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| Caciocavallo Podolico | Italy, Basilicata | Raw milk of Podolica cows or their crosses, or of other cows at pasture | 6 and 12 months in one study; large forms up to 4–5 years | |
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| Caciocavallo Silano PDO | Italy, southern Apennines | Raw cow milk only, which may be thermised at the dairy to 58 °C for 30 seconds | At least 30 days; 'extra' at least 4 months; 'gran riserva' at least 9 months | |
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| Caciocavallo vaccino (semplice e affumicato) | Italy, Lazio | | 15 days – 8 years | Thin, smooth, straw-yellow; darker when smoked |
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| Cașcaval de Săveni PGI | Romania, northern half of Botoșani County | Raw cow milk from the delimited area of Botoșani County | At least 60 days at 2–8 °C | |
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| Ciambella di Morolo | Italy, Lazio | | 20–30 days | Smooth, smoke-yellow |
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| Diyarbakır Örgü Peyniri | Turkey, Diyarbakır province and its districts | | 3 months | |
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| Fior di latte / Mozzarella STG | Italy | Whole cow milk that arrives raw and is pasteurised at the dairy (TSG) | Fresh; sold in liquid and kept at 0–4 °C | |
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| Fiordilatte dell'Agro Pontino | Italy, Lazio | Whole cow milk from the Agro Pontino, protein above 3 % and fat above 3.6 % | None; eaten very fresh | None; a thin, smooth, glossy pearl-white skin |
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| Gran cacio di Morolo | Italy, Lazio | Whole raw cow milk | At least 5 months (1 kg) to about 18 months (5 kg) | |
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| Kashkaval / Kaşar | Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula | Balkan is sheep milk, Vitosha cow milk, Preslav a mixture (BDS 14:2010, as summarised) | 2–6 months for the full aroma | |
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| Kasseri PDO | Greece | Sheep milk, or sheep milk mixed with goat milk | At least 3 months | |
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| Klenovecký syrec | Slovakia, Gemer-Malohont | | at least 20 days | Closed surface stamped with a toothed circle around a cross or four-leaf ornament |
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| Malkara Eski Kaşar Peyniri | Turkey, Tekirdağ province | | at least 3 months | Hard, thick, dirty-straw to dark-straw yellow |
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| Mavrovo Reka mountain-pasture kashkaval (Galichki kashkaval) | North Macedonia, Mavrovo National Park on Bistra mountain | Raw sheep milk from summer mountain pastures; no starter | 45 min | |
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| Metsovone PDO | Greece, Epirus, Metsovo province of the Ioannina prefecture | Cow milk, or cow milk with up to 20% sheep or goat milk, from the Metsovo area | At least 3 months at 15–17 °C before smoking | |
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| Mozzarella di Bufala Campana PDO | Italy, Campania, with parts of Lazio, Puglia and Molise | Whole fresh Italian Mediterranean buffalo milk, at least 7.2% fat and 4.2% protein, used within 60 h of milking | None; sold fresh in its liquid | |
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| Mozzarella di vacca (Molise) | Italy, Molise | Whole cow milk of local breeds, raw or thermised | 20 days | None; smooth, glossy, porcelain-white skin |
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| Oscypek | Poland, Podhale and nearby Tatra and Beskid areas | Raw sheep milk, at least 60 %, with optional Polish Red cow milk | 3–7 days | |
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| Provola di bufala (semplice e affumicata) | Italy, southern Lazio | Raw whole buffalo milk | At most one week | Thin, smooth skin; white to pale yellow, hazelnut-brown if smoked |
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| Provola di vacca (semplice e affumicata) | Italy, Lazio | Whole cow milk, raw (Latina) or pasteurised | Primo sale after 1–2 days; traditionally over 30 days and up to 6 months | Smooth, glossy; white (primo sale) to straw-yellow, amber when smoked |
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| Provolone vaccino (Lazio) | Italy, Lazio | Whole cow milk, raw (Latina) or pasteurised at 70–72 °C (Amatrice) | 30–60 days to 1 year; the ARSIAL description gives 60 days to 1 year | Hard, smooth, straw-yellow, deepening with age, with brownish mould spots |
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| Redykołka PDO | Poland, Podhale and nearby Carpathian districts | Unpasteurised sheep milk, with up to 40% cow milk | 3–7 days | |
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| Scamorza | Southern and central Italy | Cow milk; sheep and buffalo versions exist | Short, under 30 days; 10 days at 4 °C in the Lazio make | |
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| Scamorza appassita (Cacetto di Supino) | Italy, Lazio | Raw whole cow milk from Ciociaria herds | Fresh within 48 hours, or withered about 10 days | Very thin, elastic, sometimes waxy skin; straw-yellow |
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| Sulguni | Georgia | Cow, buffalo or goat milk or a mix; raw or pasteurised | Fresh, sold from 24 hours after salting; may be dried for days or weeks | |
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| Zázrivské vojky | Slovakia, Zázrivá | | 2–10 min | |
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| Zázrivský korbáčik | Slovakia, the village of Zázrivá in Orava | Lump cheese from raw or pasteurised cow milk | None after braiding; springiness falls as it ages | |
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| Ainuzzi | Italy, Sicilia | | 24 h | Thin skin, milk-white to light straw after a few days |
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| Animaletti di provola | Italy, Calabria | | 4–5 days | None; surface just dried, smooth, straw-yellow |
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| Butirro | Italy, Calabria | | 7 days | Thin, shiny, white to pale straw skin |
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| Caci figurati | Italy, Sicilia | | 30 days – 3 months | Clean, thin, straw to amber |
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| Caciobarile | Italy, Campania | | 7 days | Clean, smooth, leathery, golden yellow, fairly thin |
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| Caciocavallo abruzzese | Italy, Abruzzo | | at least 2 h | Thin smooth skin, deep yellow |
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| Caciocavallo del Matese | Italy, Campania | | up to 25 days | Clean; white and smooth when fresh, straw, then brown and rough when aged |
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| Caciocavallo di Agnone | Italy, Molise | | at least 2 months | Thin, hard, smooth, hazel; mould-mottled if long aged |
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| Caciocavallo di bufala | Italy, Campania | | 2 months | Clean, smooth, white to straw (ochre if smoked); mould spots on aged cheese |
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| Caciocavallo di Castelfranco | Italy, Campania | | 3 months – 2 years | Clean, smooth, pale to deeper straw; thin to slightly thick |
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| Caciocavallo di Ciminà | Italy, Calabria | | 4–10 h | Fresh: none, smooth shiny white; aged: thin, fairly hard, wrinkled, whitish-yellow |
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| Caciocavallo di grotta del Cervati e delle Gole di Pertosa | Italy, Campania | | 25–30 min | Mouldy; pale straw to grey depending on surface mould |
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| Caciocavallo di Massa di Maratea | Italy, Basilicata | | up to 2 months | None or thin; smooth, white |
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| Caciocavallo irpino di grotta | Italy, Campania | | 25–30 min | Clean, smooth, straw to light brown; light white mould traces |
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| Caciocavallo palermitano | Italy, Sicilia | | 30 days – 4 months | Clean, smooth, sharp edges; straw to amber/brown, up to ~3 mm |
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| Caciocavallo podolico dauno | Italy, Puglia | | 4–5 h | Thin, smooth, shiny; alabaster to amber yellow |
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| Caciocavallo podolico dei Monti Picentini | Italy, Campania | | 15 days | Clean; alabaster white when young, straw to reddish-yellow when aged |
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| Caciocavallo stagionato in grotta del Tanagro | Italy, Campania | | 3 months | Clean, smooth, matt, pale straw; mould spots removed at end of ageing |
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| Caciocchiato | Italy, Campania | | 2–12 months | Clean, smooth, matt, straw to amber; mould spots removed |
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| Caciotta di vacca ciociara (semplice e alle erbe) | Italy, Lazio | | 10–20 days | Thin, smooth, elastic, white; ochre after smoking |
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| Caciotto di Cirella di Platì | Italy, Calabria | | 4 months | Thin shiny skin, ivory to straw-yellow |
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| Casizolu | Italy, Sardegna | | 6–8 months | Clean, thin, smooth, yellow to ochre |
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| Casizolu di pecora | Italy, Sardegna | | 7 days | None or thin, smooth, white to light straw |
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| Chechil | Armenia, Georgia | Skimmed cow milk | 5–10 min | |
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| Cofanetto | Italy, Sicilia | | at least 20 days | Skin or clean rind, light straw to amber/brown, up to ~3 mm |
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| Cosacavaddu ibleo | Italy, Sicilia | | up to 2 months | Skin (fresh), clean or oil-treated; golden straw darkening to brown |
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| Meskhuri chechili (Meskhetian chechili) | Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti | | 5–10 min | |
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| Mozzarella di Brugnato | Italy, Liguria | | 20–30 min | None, or a very thin skin |
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| Mozzarella nella mortella | Italy, Campania | | 12–24 h | Thin skin, glossy, myrtle-leaf imprints |
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| Mozzarella o Fior di latte | Italy, Puglia | | 20–40 min | None; very thin white to ivory skin |
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| Mozzarella silana | Italy, Calabria | | 24 h | Smooth shiny milk-white skin |
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| Mozzarelle di Avigliano | Italy, Basilicata | | 2 h | Thin smooth shiny skin; white |
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| Pallone di Gravina | Italy, Puglia | | up to 4 months | Thin to medium, smooth, straw to amber; brownish mould spots may stay after washing |
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| Piddiato | Italy, Sicilia | | up to 12 months | None; smooth white surface |
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| Provola affumicata | Italy, Campania | | 2–3 days | Skin, straw yellow; aged: slightly rough, ochre to reddish |
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| Provola affumicata di bufala | Italy, Campania | | 2–3 days | Thin skin, smooth, straw to ochre |
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| Provola dei Monti Sicani | Italy, Sicilia | | 30 days | Very thin skin or clean rind, white to straw |
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| Provola delle Madonie | Italy, Sicilia | | 10–20 days | Clean, thin, light straw (dark hazel if smoked) |
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| Provola e caciotta a pasta filata | Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Trento | | 2–3 h | Thin skin, white (brown if smoked) |
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| Provola siciliana | Italy, Sicilia | | 30 days – 3 months | Clean, thin, smooth, ivory to straw/amber |
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| Provoletta di latte vaccino sardo | Italy, Sardegna | | 7–9 days | Clean, thin, light straw |
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| Queso asadero | Mexico, especially the north and the Huasteca of San Luis Potosí | Cow milk, often raw in small dairies | None; a fresh cheese with a shelf life of days | |
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| Queso de mano / Guayanés | Venezuela | Cow milk | 7 days | |
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