| Abondance PDO | France, Haute-Savoie | Raw whole milk from Abondance, Tarentaise and Montbéliarde cows, at least 45% Abondance breed | At least 100 days from renneting | |
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| Allgäuer Bergkäse PDO | Germany, the Allgäu | Raw cow milk from the Allgäu, not heated above 40 °C before renneting | 4 months | |
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| Allgäuer Emmentaler PDO | Germany, the Allgäu | Raw cow milk from the Allgäu, not heated above 40 °C before renneting | 3 months, including at least 4 weeks at 20 °C or more in a fermentation cellar | |
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| Allgäuer Sennalpkäse PDO | Germany, Bavaria, the alpine mountain area of the Allgäu districts Ostallgäu, Oberallgäu and Lindau, at 800 m or higher | Raw cow milk from the alp; evening milk usually skimmed | At least 3 months (wheels up to 15 kg) or 4 months (over 15 kg) | |
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| Appenzeller | Appenzell Innerrhoden and Ausserrhoden, and parts of St. Gallen and Thurgau, Switzerland | Raw cow milk from cows fed only grass and hay | At least 3 months (Mild-Würzig); 4–5 months (Kräftig-Würzig) | |
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| Asiago PDO (pressato/d'allevo) | Veneto/Trentino | cow milk, whole for Fresco and part-skimmed by creaming for Stagionato | Fresco at least 20 days; stagionato at least 90 days (mezzano over 4 months, vecchio over 10, stravecchio over 15) | |
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| Bagòss | Italy, Lombardy, province of Brescia, the commune of Bagolino | Raw cow milk, partly skimmed by creaming | At least 6 months (proposed PDO rules); 12–24 months in the regional product sheet | |
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| Beaufort PDO | Savoie, France | Raw whole cow milk from Tarine and Abondance herds | At least 5 months at 6–12 °C | |
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| Berner Alpkäse / Berner Hobelkäse AOP | Switzerland, Bernese Oberland summer pastures | Raw milk from cows on alpine summer pastures, made daily on the alp | Alpkäse at least 4½ months; Hobelkäse at least 18 months | |
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| Bitto PDO and Storico Ribelle | Italy, Lombardy, the province of Sondrio | Raw whole cow milk from one milking, up to 10% goat milk (10–20% for Storico Ribelle) | At least 70 days (PDO); at least 12 months (Storico Ribelle); can age for years | |
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| Branzi | Italy, Lombardia | | 2–12 months | |
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| Bregenzerwälder Alpkäse and Bergkäse | Austria, Vorarlberg | | 2–3 days | |
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| Comté PDO | France, Jura massif | Raw milk from within a 25 km circle, cooled straight after milking to 10–18 °C and heated to no more than 40 °C before renneting | On spruce boards for at least 120 days from the making date, the fermentation cellar at 19 °C or below | |
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| Emmental de Savoie PGI | France, Savoie and Haute-Savoie | Raw cow milk only; the coarse fodder comes entirely from the area | At least 75 days from making to leaving the cellars | |
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| Emmental français Est-Central PGI | France, Doubs, Haute-Marne, Haute-Saône, Jura, Territoire de Belfort and Vosges | Raw cow milk; grazing for at least 6 months a year; all basic fodder from the area | At least 12 weeks (84 days) from making; 6 weeks for standard French Emmental | |
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| Emmentaler AOP | Switzerland | Raw cow milk from silage-free farms, made into cheese within 24 hours | At least 4 months in the area; warm cellar 30–70 days at 19–24 °C | |
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| Fontina PDO | Italy, the whole Aosta Valley | Whole raw or thermised milk of Valdostana cows, from one or more consecutive milkings, processed within 40 h of the first milking | At least 80 days at 4–12 °C and RH 90% or more; at least 180 days for "lunga stagionatura" | |
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| Formaggio d'Alpe grasso | Italy, Lombardia | | at least 6 months | Hard, straw yellow, darker straw if treated with linseed oil |
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| Formaggio d'alpe ticinese AOP | Switzerland, Ticino, summer alpine farms | | At least 60 days; grading may start from day 45 with lab results | |
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| Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana PDO | Italy, Lombardy, upper Brembana valley | | At least 45 days; 'Riserva' after more than 6 months | |
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| Fromages du Jura / Jurabergkäse (Chaux-d'Abel, Grand Chaux-d'Abel, Moron, Fornet) | Switzerland, the Bernese Jura and canton of Jura | | at least 2.5 months | |
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| Gailtaler Almkäse PDO | Austria, Carinthia, alpine pastures of the Upper Gail valley | Raw alpine cow milk, with goat milk up to 10 % | At least 7 weeks; 5 weeks for use in the alpine dairies' own restaurants; 75 days if airtight-packed | |
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| Garda Tremosine | Italy, Lombardia | Brown Alpine cows only, attested by a voluntary breed certification | 12 months – 2 years | Thick, hard, oiled with refined linseed oil, dark straw to brown; not edible |
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| Glarner Alpkäse | Switzerland, canton of Glarus | | at least 2 months | Firm, cared-for smear rind that dries with age |
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| Graviera Agrafon | Greece, the Agrafa area of Karditsa prefecture | Ewe milk, or ewe milk with at most 30 % goat milk; thermised or pasteurised | 3 months in all; at least 3 months in the EU summary | |
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| Graviera Kritis PDO | Greece, Crete | Sheep milk, or sheep milk mixed with goat milk | At least 3 months at 14–18 °C, with up to 10 surface saltings | |
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| Graviera Naxou PDO | Greece, Cyclades, the island of Naxos | Cow milk, with sheep or goat milk not over 20 % of the milk weight | 70–80 days at 15 °C | |
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| Greviera di Ozieri | Italy, Sardegna | | at least 3 months | Firm, smooth or slightly rough, straw yellow turning darker |
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| Großwalsertaler Bergkäse ('Walserstolz') | Austria, Vorarlberg | | 8–12 months | Granular, yellow-brown to brown |
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| Gruyère (French IGP) | France, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Ain, Jura, Doubs, Haute-Saône, Côte-d'Or, Haute-Marne and nearby | | At least 120 days after renneting | Rubbed, solid, grainy, golden to brown |
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| Hartkäse Gran Spicchio & Gran Dolomiti (Formaggio duro) | Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano | | 6–15 months | Hard, thick, rustic, dark straw |
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| Herrgårdsost | Sweden | Pasteurised cow milk | More than 3 months at 10–18 °C | Hard, springy and dry, paraffin-coated |
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| Kars Gravyer Peyniri | Türkiye, Kars province | | 6–12 months in all | |
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| L'Etivaz | Switzerland, Vaud Alps | Raw milk from the alp's own summer pasture; whole morning milk plus naturally skimmed evening milk; no silage | Until at least day 135; à rebibes dried at least 30 months | Slightly moist, evenly brownish smear (morge); à rebibes: smear removed, smooth, dry, yellowish |
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| Le Gruyère AOP | Switzerland, cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel and Jura, and parts of the canton of Bern | Raw milk from cows fed no silage, delivered twice a day from within 20 km, never cooled below 15 °C | At least 5 months at 12–18 °C on unplaned spruce boards in humid cellars | |
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| Montasio PDO | Italy, all of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the provinces of Belluno and Treviso, and parts of Padua and Venice | Cow milk from the production area only, raw or thermised, never pasteurised | At least 60 days; at least 12 months for grating | |
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| Monte Baldo | Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Trento | | 7 months – 4 years | Smooth or slightly rough, fairly thick, straw-yellow to light brown |
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| Montegranero | Italy, Piemonte | | at least 4 months | Hard, smooth, deep straw or light brown, sometimes with moulds |
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| Nanoški sir PDO | Slovenia, the upper part of the Vipava valley | Cow milk, at least 80 % Brown breed, heat-treated at 63–69 °C | At least 60 days | |
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| Nostrano Valtrompia PDO | Italy, Lombardia | Raw milk from at least 90% Brown Swiss cows, part-skimmed by creaming for 10–48 hours | At least 12 months after salting | |
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| Obwaldner Alpkäse | Switzerland, canton of Obwalden | | From three months; mature at about eight months; can be kept two years | |
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| Piave PDO | Italy, Veneto | | at least 20 days | |
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| Queso Colonia | Uruguay, Colonia department | | 10–12 days | |
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| San Michali PDO | Greece, island of Syros | | At least 4 months at 14–16 °C and 85 % humidity | |
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| Silter PDO | Italy, Lombardy | | At least 100 days | |
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| Swiss semi-hard regional Alpkäse (Bündner, St. Galler, Urner, Nidwaldner, Schwägalp) | Switzerland, eastern and central Alps | | 2–6 months | |
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| Tiroler Almkäse/Alpkäse PDO | Austria, Tyrol | Raw milk from cows grazed on Tyrolean alpine pastures, partly skimmed | About 4½ to 6 months | |
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| Tiroler Bergkäse | Austria, Tyrol | | at least 3 months | Smeared and dried on, brownish-yellow to brown |
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| Tolminc PDO | Slovenia, Zgornje Posočje | Raw or thermised cow milk, at least 80 % from brown cows | At least 60 days | |
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| Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo PDO | Italy, the whole Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta | Cow milk from at least two milkings, partly skimmed by resting; a little goat milk allowed | At least 60 days, up to 8–10 months | |
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| Valtellina Casera PDO | Italy, Lombardy, the whole province of Sondrio | Partly skimmed cow milk of traditional breeds | At least 70 days; well-aged cheese can be grated | |
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| Västerbottensost | Sweden, Västerbotten | Pasteurised cow milk from northern Sweden | At least 14 months; an extra-aged type at least 24 months | |
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| Vezzena | Italy, Trentino | Raw cow milk of two milkings, partly skimmed by creaming; Presidium cheese only from summer alpine-pasture milk | At least 4 months (mezzano), 1 year (vecchio) or over 2 years (stravecchio) in the PAT sheet; the Presidium sells it at 18 or 24 months | |
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| Vorarlberger Alpkäse PDO | Austria, Vorarlberg, officially recognised alpine farms and Vorsäß/Maisäß pastures at about 1,000–1,800 m | Raw alpine cow milk, silage-free; evening milk partly skimmed by hand | At least 3 months at 10–17 °C | Dried, grainy, yellowish-brown to brown |
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| Vorarlberger Bergkäse PDO | Austria, Vorarlberg | Raw cow milk from Vorarlberg, partly skimmed; no silage or fermented feed | At least 3 months | Smear-ripened to dried, brownish-yellow to brown and granular |
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| Pleasant Ridge Reserve | United States, Wisconsin | Milk from about 150 crossbred cows grazing 500 acres, used only while the cows are on pasture | Aged 9 months or more (producer) | |
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