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
Aaruul	Mongolia	4–5 days	44–55 °C		4.7–5
Abaza peyniri (Sakarya Abhaz peyniri)	Turkey, Sakarya province	2 months	3–6 °C
Abondance PDO	France, Haute-Savoie	at least 3.3 months	10–13 °C
Acharuli chlechili (Adjarian chlechili)	Georgia, Autonomous Republic of Adjara	30 days – 2 months		4–6 %
Adyghe cheese (adygeysky syr)	Russia, North Caucasus	3 days	2–6 °C
Afuega'l Pitu PDO	Spain, central-western Asturias	5 days – 2 months			4.1–5
Agrì di Valtorta	Italy, Lombardia	at least 7 days		2.5 %
Ainuzzi	Italy, Sicilia	24 h	30 °C
Akanthou cheese (Akanthiotiko tyri)	Cyprus, Akanthou village	3 days
Akkawi	Levant	14 days – 6 months	4 °C	10 %
Algunder Bauernkäse halbfett (Formaggio contadino semigrasso di Lagundo)	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano	2 months	14 °C
Algunder Butterkäse (Formaggio di Lagundo)	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano	2 months	14 °C
Allgäuer Bergkäse PDO	Germany, the Allgäu	4 months
Allgäuer Emmentaler PDO	Germany, the Allgäu	3 months
Allgäuer Sennalpkäse PDO	Germany, Bavaria, the alpine mountain area of the Allgäu districts Ostallgäu, Oberallgäu and Lindau, at 800 m or higher	at least 3 months
Allgäuer Weißlacker PDO	Germany — the Allgäu	12–15 months	6–8 °C	20–22 %
Altenburger Ziegenkäse PDO	Germany, the border area of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt	8–10 days
Anari	Cyprus	1 h	70–80 °C
Anevato	Greece	at least 2 months
Animaletti di provola	Italy, Calabria	4–5 days
Antep Peyniri	Turkey, Gaziantep province	2–3 months	3–5 °C	2–4 %
Anthotyros	Greece				6.8
Appenzeller	Appenzell Innerrhoden and Ausserrhoden, and parts of St. Gallen and Thurgau, Switzerland	at least 3 months		20 %
Ardrahan	Ireland, County Cork	28 days		4.1 %	6.8
Arzúa-Ulloa PDO	Spain, central Galicia	at least 6 days	up to 15 °C		5–5.5
Asiago PDO (pressato/d'allevo)	Veneto/Trentino	at least 20 days	at least 5 °C
Axridda	Italy, Sardegna	3 months – 2 years
Ayib (Ethiopian cottage cheese)	Ethiopia	2.1–3 days	30 °C
Bagòss	Italy, Lombardy, province of Brescia, the commune of Bagolino	at least 6 months	4–19 °C
Banon PDO	France, Haute-Provence around the town of Banon	5–10 days	at least 8 °C
Bastardo del Grappa	Italy, Veneto, Monte Grappa massif	at least 25 days
Batzos PDO	Greece, Thessaly and Western and Central Macedonia	at least 3 months		10–12 %
Beaufort PDO	Savoie, France	at least 5 months	6–12 °C
Beddo	Italy, Piemonte	at least 7 days
Bëggia	Italy, Piemonte	at least 30 days
Beli sir (Serbian white brined cheese)	Serbia	30 days – 2 months	14–16 °C	12 %
Belicino	Italy, Sicilia	24 h
Bernardo	Italy, Lombardia	15–20 days	13 °C
Berner Alpkäse / Berner Hobelkäse AOP	Switzerland, Bernese Oberland summer pastures	at least 18 months	up to 20 °C
Bettelmatt	Italy, Piemonte	at least 2 months
Beyaz peynir	Turkey	2.1–3.3 months	4–8 °C	16 %	6.4
Biancospino	Italy, Sardegna	15–30 days	8–10 °C	23 %
Bitto PDO and Storico Ribelle	Italy, Lombardy, the province of Sondrio	12 months – 10 years
Bjelovarski kvargl	Croatia, Bjelovar-Bilogora county	2–3 days	20–25 °C
Bleu d'Auvergne PDO	France, Massif Central	at least 28 days	0–6 °C		4.9–5.1 → 6.11
Bleu de Gex Haut-Jura / Bleu de Septmoncel PDO	France, the high Jura mountains	at least 21 days	6–14 °C	at least 0.8 %
Bleu des Causses PDO	France, Causses limestone plateaus	at least 12 days
Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage PDO	France, the Vercors massif west of Grenoble	at least 21 days	9–14 °C
Bloderkäse and Sauerkäse AOP	Switzerland, twelve communes of St. Gallen	at least 2 months	10–18 °C		4.3–4.7
Bocconcini alla panna di bufala	Italy, Campania
Boerenkaas	Netherlands	at least 13 days	at least 12 °C	18–22 %	5.2–5.4
Bonassai	Italy, Sardegna	20–30 days	8 °C
Bonchester Cheese PDO	Scotland and England, the Border lands within 90 km of Peel Fell in the Cheviot Hills	6–12 days	11 °C
Bouhezza	Algeria, the Chaouia area of the east	2.3 months			4.7 → 3.99
Boves	Italy, Piemonte	24 h – 30 days
Bovški sir PDO	Slovenia, the Bovec area in the upper Soča valley, Julian Alps	at least 45 days
Bra PDO (Tenero and Duro)	Italy, Piedmont, the whole province of Cuneo plus Villafranca Piemonte	at least 6 months	up to 18 °C
Brânză de Măgura	Moldova, Slobozia-Măgura village, Bursuceni commune, Sângerei district	at least 30 days	12–16 °C	8–12 %
Brânză de Năsal	Romania, Cluj county	25–30 days	14–15 °C	1 %	5.5 → 5.65
Brânză frământată de Teaca	Romania, Teaca village	2–3 days		up to 3.5 %
Branzi	Italy, Lombardia	2–12 months	7–13 °C	13–17 %
Bratkäse	Switzerland, Unterwalden	42 days – 2.3 months	13–14 °C
Bregenzerwälder Alpkäse and Bergkäse	Austria, Vorarlberg	2–3 days
Brick cheese	Wisconsin, USA	at least 2 months	10 °C
Brie de Meaux PDO	France, the eastern Paris basin	at least 28 days	4–14 °C		up to 4.9
Brie de Melun PDO	France, the Brie country east of Paris	56 days – 2.3 months			up to 6.5 → 4.8
Brillat-Savarin PGI	France, parts of the departments of Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne, Seine-et-Marne and Aube	at least 24 h	up to 14 °C		up to 4.9
Brînză de Popeasca	Moldova, Ștefan Vodă and Căușeni districts	at least 30 days		5–7 %
Brocciu PDO	France, Corsica	at least 21 days		0.5–1 %	at least 6.2
Brossa	Italy, Valle d'Aosta
Brousse du Rove PDO	France, Provence: the dry limestone hills of the Bouches-du-Rhône, the far south of the Vaucluse and the west of the Var
Brunost (brown cheese) / mysost / geitost	Norway	up to 1.5 h
Brus	Italy, Piemonte	at least 20 days
Brus da ricotta	Italy, Piemonte	30–40 days	8–10 °C
Brùzzo	Italy, Liguria	7 days
Bryndza (Slovak / Podhale)	Carpathian Mountains	10–13 days	12–22 °C	4–6 %	5.1–5.3
Bryndza Podhalańska PDO	Poland, Podhale	14 days
Brynza (Russia, Ukraine)	Russia and Ukraine	30 days – 2.5 months	-4–6 °C	2–4 %
Bulgarian white brined sirene (Bulgarsko byalo salamureno sirene PDO)	Bulgaria	45 days – 2 months	10–14 °C	18–22 %	4.2–4.4
Bündner Bergkäse	Switzerland, Graubünden	at least 3 months	up to 18 °C
Bundz	Poland, Podhale	14 days			6.4
Burrata di Andria PGI	Italy, Puglia	20–30 min			6.3
Burrata di bufala	Italy, Lazio	12 h
Burrell' (Scamorza con burro all'interno)	Italy, Lazio	7 days	6–8 °C
Burrino	Italy, Molise	at least 2 months
Büscion	Switzerland, Ticino	36 h			4.3–4.5
Butirro	Italy, Calabria	7 days – 2 months
Butterkäse	Germany and Austria	3–4 days		3.7 %	5.7–5.9
Buxton Blue PDO	England, Derbyshire	28 days – 2.3 months	8–14 °C	0.3 %
Cabécou	France, Massif Central	at least 6 days	at least 10 °C	0.6–0.8 %
Cabrales PDO	Asturias, Spain	at least 2 months	6–10 °C
Caci figurati	Italy, Sicilia	30 days – 3 months
Cacio di Genazzano	Italy, Lazio	3–6 months	12–14 °C	3.5 %
Cacio di nonno Nino di Montalto di Castro	Italy, Lazio	2–6 months	9 °C
Cacio di vacca bianca	Italy, Abruzzo	30 days – 6 months
Cacio fiore	Italy, Lazio	40 days – 2 months	7–10 °C
Cacio in forma di limone	Italy, Marche	4–10 days
Cacio magno (semplice e alle erbe)	Italy, Lazio	20–30 days	13 °C
Cacio marcetto (Pecorino marcetto)	Italy, Abruzzo
Cacio-ricotta	Italy, Molise	6 months
Caciobarile	Italy, Campania	4–6 months		25 %
Caciocapra	Italy, Veneto	2–6 months
Caciocavallo abruzzese	Italy, Abruzzo	3 months – 2 years	10–15 °C
Caciocavallo affumicato	Italy, Campania	at least 2 months
Caciocavallo del Formicoso	Italy, Campania	24 h
Caciocavallo del Matese	Italy, Campania	up to 18 months	8–15 °C
Caciocavallo di Agnone	Italy, Molise, Alto Molise	2 months – 2 years
Caciocavallo di bufala	Italy, Campania, the buffalo mozzarella provinces of Napoli, Salerno and Caserta	at least 2 months
Caciocavallo di bufala (semplice e affumicato)	Italy, Lazio	20 days – 3 months	6–8 °C
Caciocavallo di Castelfranco	Italy, Campania, province of Benevento, Castelfranco in Miscano and nearby villages of the Miscano valley	3 months – 2 years
Caciocavallo di Ciminà	Italy, Calabria, province of Reggio Calabria, the Aspromonte foothills of the Ionian side	at least 2 days
Caciocavallo di grotta del Cervati e delle Gole di Pertosa	Italy, Campania, province of Salerno, the Tanagro valley, Monte Cervati and the Alburni mountains	4 months – 2 years
Caciocavallo di Massa di Maratea	Italy, Basilicata, province of Potenza, the commune of Maratea	up to 2 months
Caciocavallo di Supino	Italy, Lazio	at least 15 days
Caciocavallo irpino di grotta	Italy, Campania, province of Avellino, the mountain areas of the Ufita and Ofanto valleys, Terminio–Cervialto and the Alta Irpinia	45 days – 2 years	10–15 °C
Caciocavallo palermitano	Italy, Sicily, province of Palermo	at least 30 days
Caciocavallo Podolico	Italy, Basilicata	6 months – 5 years
Caciocavallo podolico dauno	Italy, Puglia, province of Foggia, the Gargano and the Sub-Appennino Dauno	6–12 months
Caciocavallo podolico dei Monti Picentini	Italy, Campania, the Picentini mountains: Montella, Bagnoli Irpino, Cassano Irpino, Nusco, Volturara Irpina and Serino	at least 15 days
Caciocavallo Silano PDO	Italy, southern Apennines	at least 30 days
Caciocavallo stagionato in grotta del Tanagro	Italy, Campania, province of Salerno, the communes of the Tanagro valley, above all Caggiano	3 months – 2 years	15–18 °C	20–25 %
Caciocavallo vaccino (semplice e affumicato)	Italy, Lazio	15 days – 8 years	4–12 °C		5–5.2
Caciocchiato	Italy, Campania, province of Avellino, the commune of Ariano Irpino	2–12 months
Caciofiore aquilano	Italy, Abruzzo, all provinces	30–40 days
Cacioricotta caprino del Cilento	Italy, Campania, province of Salerno, the whole Cilento	2 days – 4 months
Cacioricotta caprino orsarese	Italy, Puglia, province of Foggia, Orsara di Puglia and some nearby communes	50 days – 2 months
Cacioricotta di bufala	Italy, Lazio	2–12 months	4 °C
Caciotta	Italy	30 days	9 °C	37 %	5.3
Caciotta (marchigiana)	Italy, Marche	2–6 months
Caciotta caprina	Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, the whole region	14 days – 8 months			6.5
Caciotta cepranese	Italy, Lazio	at least 15 days	12 °C
Caciotta degli Elimi	Italy, Sicily, province of Trapani, the communes of Calatafimi and Vita	at least 3 months
Caciotta dei Monti della Laga	Italy, Lazio	30 days
Caciotta della Lunigiana	Italy, Tuscany, province of Massa-Carrara, the Lunigiana	4–30 days
Caciotta della Sabina (semplice e alle erbe)	Italy, Lazio	20–30 days	12–13 °C
Caciotta di bufala pontina	Italy, Lazio	30 days	8–12 °C
Caciotta di capra dei Monti Lattari	Italy, Campania	2–40 days
Caciotta di mucca	Italy, Lazio	15 days – 6 months	8 °C
Caciotta di pecora	Italy, Tuscany, province of Grosseto, the Maremma, above all Sorano and Manciano	20–40 days
Caciotta di vacca ciociara (semplice e alle erbe)	Italy, Lazio, province of Frosinone, the commune of Ferentino	10–20 days	4 °C
Caciotta dolce	Italy, Toscana	at least 20 days
Caciotta genuina romana	Italy, Lazio	at least 15 days	4–14 °C
Caciotta mista ai bronzi	Italy, Lazio	45 days
Caciotta mista della Tuscia	Italy, Lazio	20 days – 3 months	8–15 °C
Caciotta mista ovi-vaccina del Lazio	Italy, Lazio	24 h – 30 days	7–11 °C
Caciotta stagionata	Italy, Toscana	at least 6 months
Caciotta vaccina frentana	Italy, Abruzzo	15 days
Caciottina canestrata di Sorrento	Italy, Campania
Caciottina di bufala di Amaseno (semplice o aromatizzata)	Italy, Lazio	2 months	4–10 °C		5.1–5.2
Caciotto di Cirella di Platì	Italy, Calabria	30 days – 4 months

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