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
Lattecrudo di Tremosine	Italy, Lombardia	at least 2 months
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
Leidse Kaas PDO (Boeren-Leidse met sleutels)	Netherlands, polder districts around Leiden in the Oude Rijn basin	at least 13 days	at least 12 °C	18–22 %	5.2–5.3
Leipäjuusto / juustoleipä (squeaky cheese)	Finland	1.5 h			6.6
Lički škripavac	Croatia, Lika	up to 1 h		1.5–3 %
Liederkranz	United States	21–28 days	7 °C
Lietuviškas varškės sūris PGI	Lithuania	12 h	28 °C		at least 4.3
Lighvan	Iran, East Azerbaijan province	at least 3 months	5–9 °C	10–12 %	5.6 → 5.36
Limburger	Belgium	at least 2 months	at least 2 °C		4.8
Liptauer (körözött)	Slovakia, Hungary and Austria	10–13 days	12–22 °C	4–6 %	5.1–5.3
Liptovská bryndza PDO	Slovakia, Liptov region	14–28 days		up to 2 %
Livanjski sir PGI	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Livno field	at least 2 months	13–16 °C	18–22 %
Livarot PDO	France, Normandy, Pays d'Auge	at least 21 days	6–9 °C
Lor	Türkiye	15 min		0.1 %
Maasdam / Leerdammer	Netherlands	up to 4.9 months	2–4 °C		5.2 → 5.7
Maccagno	Italy, Piemonte	at least 20 days
Magnoca	Italy, Lombardia	at least 2 months
Magro di latteria	Italy, Lombardia	at least 30 days	10–12 °C
Magro di Piatta	Italy, Lombardia	at least 45 days
Mahón-Menorca PDO	Spain, Balearic Islands	at least 2 months
Maiorchino	Italy, Sicilia	8 months
Maiorchino di Novara di Sicilia	Italy, Sicilia	30 days – 2 years
Majevički dimljeni sir Zarac	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Majevica mountain in the north-east	at least 3 days		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	4–5 h		1 %
Manteca del Cilento	Italy, Campania	25 h	75–80 °C
Maribo	Denmark	at least 42 days	10–20 °C
Maroilles PDO	France, Thiérache	at least 35 days	9–16 °C		5–6.9
Marzolino di Lucardo	Italy, Toscana	30–40 days
Marzolino di Teano	Italy, Campania	3–6 months
Marzolino o Marzolina	Italy, Lazio	30 days – 3.9 months
Mascarpa	Italy, Piemonte
Mascarpone (BOUNDARY)	Italy, Lombardy	20 h			5.7–6.6
Mascarpone di bufala	Italy, Campania	24 h – 2 days	4–8 °C
Mató	Spain, Catalonia	10 min – 24 h
Matusc	Italy, Lombardia	30 days – 12 months
Mavrovo mountain-pasture kashkaval (Galichki kashkaval)	North Macedonia, Mavrovo National Park on Bistra mountain	45 min	38 °C	2.3 %	5.5 → 5.28
Mengen Peyniri	Turkey, Bolu	24 h	4 °C
Meskhuri chechili (Meskhetian chechili)	Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti	5–10 min	38–40 °C
Metata ayib	Ethiopia, Amhara region	15–20 days			6.4 → 4
Metsovone PDO	Greece, Epirus, Metsovo province of the Ioannina prefecture	at least 3 months	15–17 °C		5.1–5.3
Mihaliç peyniri	Turkey, Marmara region	3 months	3–5 °C	12 %
Milleens	Ireland, County Cork	28 days – 2.3 months		1.6 %
Mimolette (extra-vieille)	France	at least 13 months	8–16 °C		5.1–5.6
Mish (Egyptian long-fermented cheese)	Egypt	at least 12 months		7.6 %
Misto capra	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Trento	at least 2 months
Mohant PDO	Slovenia, Bohinj	up to 2 months	12–16 °C
Mollana della Val Borbera	Italy, Piemonte	12–15 days	up to 4 °C		6–6.5
Mont d'Or / Vacherin du Haut-Doubs PDO	France, Haut-Doubs	at least 21 days	2–8 °C
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
Monte Baldo	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Trento	7 months – 4 years	12–15 °C
Monte Re	Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia	at least 4 months
Monte Veronese PDO	Italy, Veneto	at least 25 days
Montebore	Italy, Piemonte	at least 5 days	12–17 °C
Montegranero	Italy, Piemonte	at least 4 months	8–12 °C
Monterey Jack	United States	21–42 days
Monteson	Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, upper Val di Non	30 days – 2 months	15 °C
Montgomery's Cheddar and the Artisan Somerset Cheddar Presidium	England, Somerset	11 months – 2 years
Morbier	France, Jura massif	at least 45 days	7–15 °C		up to 5.4
Mortrett	Italy, Piemonte	2–12 months
Mostviertler Schofkas	Austria, Lower Austria	24 h
Motal	North-west Iran	3 months	6–12 °C	3 %	5.3 → 4.71
Motelì	Italy, Lombardia	3–15 days	15–18 °C
Mothais sur feuille PDO	France, southern Poitou	at least 36 h	18–25 °C		up to 4.6
Motta	Italy, Piemonte	7–14 days
Mozzarella di Brugnato	Italy, Liguria	30–45 min	38 °C
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 Gioia del Colle DOP	Italy	at least 2 h			5.1–5.4
Mozzarella di vacca (Molise)	Italy, Molise	20 days
Mozzarella nella mortella	Italy, Campania	12–24 h
Mozzarella o Fior di latte	Italy, Puglia	10 min – 7 h	32–36 °C
Mozzarella silana	Italy, Calabria	24 h
Mozzarelle di Avigliano	Italy, Basilicata	2 h
Mugnaia di bufala	Italy, Lazio	4–4.5 h
Munster	France, Vosges massif	at least 21 days			4.5–4.9
Murazzano PDO	Italy, Piemonte	at least 4 days
Murianengo	Italy, Piemonte	3–5 months
Murtaler Steirerkäs	Austria, Styria	2–3 days		1 %
Murtarat	Italy, Piemonte	at least 2 months
Musulupu dell'Aspromonte	Italy, Calabria	1 h	26–30 °C
Mutschli	Switzerland, German-speaking Switzerland, Valais, Fribourg and the Romansh-speaking area	14 days – 3 months	up to 15 °C
Myzithra (Mizithra)	Greece				6.2 → 5.83
Nabulsi	Palestine	3–9 months		18 %
Nanoški sir PDO	Slovenia, the upper part of the Vipava valley	at least 2 months
Neufchâtel	France, Normandy	at least 10 days	10–14 °C		4.2–4.6
Nisso	Italy, Lombardia	12 months – 2 years
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
Nostrale d'Alpe	Italy, Piemonte	35 days – 12 months	up to 12 °C
Nostrano grasso	Italy, Lombardia	at least 6 months
Nostrano semigrasso	Italy, Lombardia	10–16 months
Nostrano Valtrompia PDO	Italy, Lombardia	at least 12 months	2–7 °C
O' Peluso	Italy, Campania
Obatzda	Germany, Bavaria
Obwaldner Alpkäse	Switzerland, canton of Obwalden	3 months – 2 years	10–20 °C
Olomoucké tvarůžky PGI	Czechia, Haná region around Olomouc	14 days – 12 months		4.5 %	7.3
Oravský korbáčik PGI	Slovakia, Orava river basin	2–10 min		up to 5.5 %	4.9–5.2
Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar	Scotland, Orkney Islands	6–18 months	8–10 °C	1.6–2.1 %	5.1–5.4
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
Otlu peynir (Van herb cheese)	Türkiye, Van and Hakkari provinces	4–7 months		5.8 %	3.9
Ovčí hrudkový syr – salašnícky	Slovakia, mountain and foothill sheep farms	2–3 days	18–22 °C		4.9–5.2
Ovčí salašnícky údený syr	Slovakia	2–3 days	18–22 °C	10–15 %
Padraccio	Italy, Basilicata	30 min	36–38 °C
Paglierina	Italy, Piemonte	7–30 days
Pallone di Gravina	Italy, Puglia	3–4 days
Paneer	South Asia	2 h
Panerone	Italy, Lombardia	10–15 days
Parmigiano Reggiano	Italy	at least 12 months	16–18 °C	1.5–1.8 %	5.2–5.4
Paški sir PDO	Croatia, island of Pag and the islets of Maun and Škrda	at least 2 months	10–20 °C
Pastorella del cerreto di Sorano	Italy, Toscana	21 days	10–12 °C	20 %
Payoyo	Villaluenga del Rosario and the Sierra de Grazalema, Cádiz, Spain	2 months	10–12 °C		5.2–5.2
Paznauner Almkäse	Austria, Tyrol, the Paznaun valley and its side valleys	at least 42 days
Pecorino a crosta fiorita	Italy, Toscana	2–3 months	12 °C
Pecorino a latte crudo abbucciato	Italy, Toscana	20 days – 2 months	12 °C
Pecorino a latte crudo della montagna pistoiese	Italy, Toscana	at least 2 months
Pecorino a latte crudo della Provincia di Siena	Italy, Toscana	at least 2 months
Pecorino ai bronzi	Italy, Lazio	45 days
Pecorino alle erbe aromatiche	Italy, Toscana	30–45 days
Pecorino bagnolese	Italy, Campania	at least 20 days	10–15 °C	20 %
Pecorino Crotonese PDO	Italy, Calabria	2–3 months
Pecorino d'Abruzzo	Italy, Abruzzo	3–12 months	10–14 °C	18 %
Pecorino dei Monti della Laga	Italy, Lazio	3–6 months
Pecorino del Casentino	Italy, Toscana	at least 20 days
Pecorino del Matese	Italy, Molise	at least 2 months
Pecorino del Monte Marzano	Italy, Campania	2–12 months	8–10 °C
Pecorino del Monte Poro DOP	Italy	20 days – 2 years
Pecorino del Parco di Migliarino-San Rossore	Italy, Toscana	2 months
Pecorino del pastore (Romagna)	Italy, Emilia-Romagna	15 days – 8 months
Pecorino del Pollino	Italy, Calabria	3–5 months
Pecorino dell'Appennino Reggiano	Italy, Emilia-Romagna	30 days – 12 months
Pecorino della Costa Apuana	Italy, Toscana	2 months
Pecorino della Garfagnana e delle Colline Lucchesi	Italy, Toscana	30 days – 3 months
Pecorino della Locride	Italy, Calabria	40–50 min
Pecorino della Lunigiana	Italy, Toscana	at least 20 days
Pecorino della Sabina (semplice e alle erbe)	Italy, Lazio	30 days – 6 months	12–13 °C
Pecorino della vallata Stilaro-Allaro	Italy, Calabria	4–10 months
Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane DOP	Italy, Toscana	up to 10 days			5–5.4
Pecorino delle cantine di Roccalbegna	Italy, Toscana	at least 3 months
Pecorino delle colline senesi	Italy, Toscana	at least 20 days
Pecorino di Amatrice	Italy, Lazio	6–12 months	12 °C
Pecorino di Atri	Italy, Abruzzo	40 days – 2 years
Pecorino di Capracotta	Italy, Molise	2 months – 2 years	12–15 °C
Pecorino di Carmasciano	Italy, Campania	3 months – 2 years	10–15 °C
Pecorino di Farindola	Italy, Abruzzo	4–12 months	10–14 °C
Pecorino di Ferentino	Italy, Lazio	6–12 months
Pecorino di Filiano PDO	Italy, Basilicata	at least 5.9 months	12–14 °C
Pecorino di Laticauda	Italy, Campania	2–12 months	4–15 °C

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