| Boerenkaas | Netherlands | Raw milk, mainly from the farm's own herd | At least 13 days at 12 °C or more | |
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| Butterkäse | Germany and Austria | | No legal minimum age in Germany; ripened at about 10 °C in Austria | |
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| Colby | United States | Cow milk, pasteurised or raw; raw-milk cheese is cured at least 60 days | US standard: at least 60 days at no less than 35 °F if the milk is not pasteurised | |
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| Danbo PGI | Denmark | Pasteurised cow milk | 2–4 weeks at 7–21 °C for the typical flavour and texture; older Danbo is stronger | |
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| Edam Holland PGI | Netherlands | Dutch farm milk standardised to 40–44% fat in dry matter | Natural ripening at 12 °C or more for at least 28 days (baby at least 21 days) | |
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| Friese Nagelkaas (Kanternagelkaas PDO) | Netherlands, Friesland and the Westerkwartier | | At least 4 weeks at 12 °C or more; eaten from 4 weeks to over a year old | |
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| Fynbo | Denmark, the island of Funen | Cow milk | At least six weeks before sale (Mini-Fynbo four weeks) | Hard, dry, yellow; may be waxed or plastic-coated |
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| Gouda Holland PGI / Noord-Hollandse Gouda PDO | Netherlands | Dutch farm milk cooled to 6 °C or less, at the dairy within 96 h, pasteurised at 72 °C or more for 15 s | Natural ripening on cheese boards (mostly traditional wooden ones) at 12 °C or more for at least 28 days; foil ripening is excluded | |
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| Havarti | Denmark | Pasteurised cow milk only (PGI) | With rind: 1–2 weeks at 14–18 °C, then 1–3 weeks at 8–12 °C; rindless: 3 weeks at 12–20 °C (2014 PGI text) | |
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| Hushållsost | Sweden | | 2 months | Hard, tough, dry (paraffin); straw-yellow to yellow |
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| Innichner Bergkäse (Montagna San Candido) | Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Prov. Bolzano | | at least 2 months | Edible, thin, elastic, intense straw |
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| Jarlsberg | Norway | Cow milk (Wikipedia) | at least 3 months | |
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| Kanterkaas PDO | Netherlands, Friesland and the Westerkwartier | Pasteurised cow milk from Friesland and the Westerkwartier | At least four weeks at 12 °C or more | Smooth and free of mould; natural or coated colourless or yellow (red allowed for the caraway cheese) |
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| Leidse Kaas PDO (Boeren-Leidse met sleutels) | Netherlands, polder districts around Leiden in the Oude Rijn basin | | at least 13 days | |
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| Maasdam / Leerdammer | Netherlands | Pasteurised cow milk, standardised for fat and protein | About 10 days cool, 3 weeks in a warm room, then cold storage up to 150 days in one make | |
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| Maribo | Denmark | | at least 42 days | Semi-hard to hard, dry, may be waxed or plastic-coated; square blocks are also made rindless |
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| Mimolette (extra-vieille) | France | Pasteurised cow milk | At least 13 months for vieille and 18 months for extra-vieille (Label Rouge); jeune is 3–6 months | |
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| Monterey Jack | United States | Pasteurised cow milk, nonfat milk or cream | Typically 3–6 weeks | |
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| Pepper Jack | USA | | | |
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| Pinzgauer Bierkäse | Austria, Salzburg | | 42 days | Smooth, crack-free, moist to dried yellow to red-brown smear; sometimes peppered |
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| Queijo do Reino | Brazil | Pasteurised, standardised cow milk | Traditionally 40 days; the study followed cheeses to 156 days | Thin, smooth, painted red or pink, with or without paraffin |
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| Queso chanco | Chile | Pasteurised cow milk in dairy practice | Short, about 21 days | |
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| Rossiysky (Russian cheese) | Russia and other former Soviet states | | at least 2 months | |
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| Samsø | Denmark | | Normally from 3 weeks at 8–17 °C for cheese ready to eat | |
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| Svecia PGI | Sweden, the low-lying areas all over the country | Pasteurised cow milk | At least 2 months | Waxed |
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| Trappista (Hungary) | Hungary and the former Yugoslavia | Cow milk, which may be skimmed, part-skimmed or membrane-adjusted, with cream allowed | 4 weeks at 12 ± 1 °C and 85 % relative humidity in one lab make | |
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| Tybo | MERCOSUR countries | Pasteurised milk standardised in fat (the standard says only "milk"; Wikipedia says cow's milk) | At least 25 days | |
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| Molbo | Denmark | Cow milk and other bovine milk products | At least 3 weeks | |
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| Prästost | Sweden | Cow milk | 12–18 months | |
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| Beemster (polder Gouda) | Beemster polder, North Holland, Netherlands | Cow milk from grass grown on sea clay in a polder 4 m below sea level (outline only) | | |
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| Bruder Basil | Germany, Bavaria | Pasteurised cow milk | Not published | |
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| Coolea | Ireland, Co. Cork | cow milk | At least 4 months, up to 18 months | |
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| Gammel Knas | Denmark | cow milk | more than 24 months | |
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| Kalimpong cheese | India, West Bengal | Cow milk | | |
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| Karaván (füstölt sajt) | Hungary | | | |
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| Kryddost | Sweden | | 9–10 months | |
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| Nøkkelost | Norway | Cow milk | Eight weeks (rindless) to at least three months (rinded) | |
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| Norvegia | Norway | | About 3 months (Original), about 9 months (Vellagret) | |
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| Oltermanni | Finland | cow milk | | |
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| Turunmaa | Finland | Pasteurised cow milk | 2 months or more (cheese database) | |
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