Cheese Types List

Growing up, we all have had more than one kind of cheese. And I'm sure that you have one or more favorite cheese that you just love to eat. I mean, give any excuse and you're always ready to have it. Am I right? But even though we know that we are eating the best of the cheese found, there are hundreds (literally) of different cheeses available across the world. And when I found out, I've got say, I felt as if I had not eaten anything yet. In this article, we are going to do just that, find you all sorts of cheese and make a huge list of various cheeses. So, would you like to find out? If yes, then keep reading.

List of Cheese Types

Now don't just keep in mind that there are only certain cheeses given in our list of cheeses. Obviously there are the famous French cheese. But as I said before, there are many more delicious cheese found all over the world. There are so many flavors around us that influence the taste, texture, and color of cheese. We are all familiar with Ricotta, Pepper Jack, American Swiss, and Mozzarella cheese. But there are different types of cheese that not everyone is aware of. Which is why we have put together the following list according to their texture: hard, semi-hard, soft, and semi-soft. And here they are.

Hard
Hard (or firm) cheese are pigeon-holed as they are used as grating cheese. It takes hard cheese years to mature, and once it's ripe, these cheese require extra care. Below, we will see all different kinds of hard cheeses' list.

Abbaye du Mont des Cats Abertam Ackawi Acorn Allgauer Emmentaler Anejo Enchilado Anthoriro Ardi Gasna Asiago Balaton Barry's Bay Cheddar Basing Bavarian Bergkase Beauvoorde Berkswell Blue Boeren Leidenkaas Buffalo Cabrales Caerphilly Cairnsmore Canestrato Castellano Castelleno Castelmagno Castigliano Comte Coolea Coquetdale Corleggy Cotherstone Cotija Coverdale Crayeux de Roncq Crottin de Chavignol Curworthy Cwmtawe Pecorino Denhany Dorset Drum Derby Doolin

Dorset Blue Vinney Double Worcester Dry Jack Duddleswell Dunlop Duroblando Dutch Mimolette Emmental Etorki Evora De L'Alentejo Finlandia Swiss Fiore Sardo Folded cheese w/ mint Four Herb Gouda Fourme de Montbrison Fribourgeois Friesekaas Friesian Fromage a Raclette Frying Cheese Gabriel Gammelost Gaperon a l'Ail Garrotxa Gornyaltajski Gospel Green Gowrie Grafton Village Cheddar Grana Grana Padano Graviera Gruyere Halloumi Halloumy (Australian) Haloumi-Style Cheese Heidi Gruyere Herriot Farmhouse Iberico Idaho Goatster Idiazabal

Isle of Mull Jarlsberg Jindi Brie Kadchgall Kefalotyri Laguiole Lairobell Lancashire Laruns Lavistown Leafield Leicester Leyden Lincolnshire Poacher Llanboidy Llanglofan Farmhouse Loch Arthur Farmhouse Longhorn Lou Palou Mahon Malvern Manchego Manur Marble Cheddar Menallack Farmhouse Mihalic Peynir Montasio Monterey Jack Dry Northumberland Orkney Mature Cheddar Oschtjepka Parmesan (Parmigiano) Parmigiano Reggiano Pecorino Pecorino Romano Penbryn Piora Plymouth Cheese Pressato Pyengana Cheddar

Queso del Tietar Queso Iberico Queso Majorero Queso Para Freir Raclette Ragusano Reggianito Remedou Ricotta Salata Romano Roncal Saanenkaese Sainte Maure Salers Sancerre Sap Sago Sardo Sardo Egyptian Serat Shelburne Cheddar Shropshire Blue Smoked Gouda Spenwood Stinking Bishop Swaledale Swiss Tala Teifi Tillamook Cheddar Tomme d'Abondance Tyn Grug Tyning Ubriaco Wellington Wensleydale White Stilton Yarg Cornish Zamorano Zanetti Grana Padano Zanetti Parmigiano Reggiano

Semi-Hard
Semi-hard (or semi-firm) cheese are slightly firmer than, of course, the semi-soft kinds. They have very little humidity in them and taste a bit salted (most of them). And as these semi-hard cheeses mature, they start to get firmer. Below, we will see all different kinds of semi-hard cheeses' list.

Abbaye de Belloc Abondance Airedale Alverca Appenzell Aragon Ardrahan Aubisque Pyrenees Beaufort Bierkase Blarney Braudostur Brick Canadian Cheddar Cantal Chaumes Cheddar Cheshire Chevres Chontaleno Cojack Colby-Jack Crowley Devon Blue Devon Garland

Double Gloucester Edam Edelpilz Esbareich Esrom Filetta Fontal Fourme d' Ambert Friesla Fynbo Geitost Gjetost Gloucester Gouda Goutu Grabetto Graddost Greve Herrgardsost Herve Juustoleipa Kikorangi Leerdammer Maasdam Mamirolle

Maribo Matocq Meira Menonita Meyer Vintage Gouda Mimolette Mixte Molbo Mondseer Monterey Jack Murol Nokkelost Ossau Fermier Ossau-Iraty Oszczypek Passendale Penamellera Petit Pardou Podhalanski Port Salut Prastost Provolone Rabacal Ridder

Roquefort Royalp Tilsit Saaland Pfarr Sage Derby Saint-Paulin Samso San Simon Schloss Siraz Stilton String Sweet Style Swiss Testouri Tete de Moine Tibet Tilsit Toma Tomme de Romans Tommes Toscanello Touree de L'Aubier Tourmalet Turunmaa Vasterbottenost Yorkshire Blue

Soft
Soft cheeses have a high percent of water while production and thus makes the texture. These cheeses are meant to be consumed in 1 or 2 months after produced. Below, we will see all different kinds of soft cheese in our cheeses' list.

Ambert Anneau du Vic-Bilh Avaxtskyr Babybel Baguette Laonnaise Bakers Baladi Bandal Banon Basket Cheese Bath Cheese Beer Cheese Bergader Bleu d'Auvergne Bleu de Gex Bleu de Laqueuille Bleu Des Causses Blue Castello Bonchester Bosworth Bougon Boursault Boursin Bouyssou Breakfast Cheese Brebis du Lavort Brebis du Lochois Brebis du Puyfaucon Bresse Bleu Brie Brie de Meaux Brie de Melun Brin d' Amour Brinza (Burduf Brinza) Briquette de Brebis Broccio Broccio Demi-Affine Brousse du Rove Brusselae Kaas (Fromage de Bruxelles) Bryndza Buchette d'Anjou Butte Button (Innes) Buxton Blue Cabecou Caboc Cachaille Caciocavallo Caciotta Camembert de Normandie Caprice des Dieux Capricorn Goat Caravane Carre de l'Est Cashel Blue Castelo Branco Cathelain Cendre d'Olivet

Cerney Chabichou Chabichou du Poitou Chabis de Gatine Chaource Civray Coeur de Camembert au Calvados Coeur de Chevre Cold Pack Cooleney Cornish Pepper Cottage Cheese Cottage Cheese (Australian) Coulommiers Cream Cheese Crema Agria Crema Mexicana Creme Fraiche Crottin du Chavignol Cuajada Cure Nantais Delice des Fiouves Dessertnyj Belyj Dolcelatte Doppelrhamstufel Dreux a la Feuille Dunbarra Emlett Evansdale Farmhous Brie Explorateur Farmer Feta Figue Fin-de-Siecle Finn Fleur du Maquis Flor de Guia Flower Marie Fondant de Brebis Fontainebleau Fougerus Fourme de Haute Loire Fresh Mozzarella Fresh Ricotta Frinault Fromage Corse Fromage Frais Fruit Cream Cheese Galette du Paludier Galette Lyonnaise Gastanberra Golden Cross Gorgonzola Grand Vatel Grataron d' Areches Gratte-Paille Greuilh Gris de Lille

Guerbigny Hereford Hop Humboldt Fog Jubilee Blue Kenafa Kernhem Kervella Affine Klosterkaese Kugelkase L'Aveyronnais L'Ecir de l'Aubrac La Taupiniere La Vache Qui Rit Le Lacandou Le Roule Lebbene Limburger Little Rydings Lyonnais Macconais Mahoe Aged Gouda Maredsous Margotin Mascarpone Mascarpone (Australian) Mascarpone Torta Metton (Cancoillotte) Mine-Gabhar Mothais a la Feuille Mozzarella Mozzarella di Bufala Mozzarella Fresh Mozzarella Rolls Munster Mycella Myzithra Nantais Neufchatel Niolo Olivet au Foin Olivet Cendre P'tit Berrichon Palet de Babligny Panela Pannerone Pant ys Gawn Pate de Fromage Patefine Fort Pave d'Affinois Pave de Chirac Peekskill Pyramid Pelardon des Cevennes Pelardon des Corbieres Pencarreg Petit-Suisse Picodon de Chevre Pithtviers au Foin Plateau de Herve

Poivre d'Ane Pouligny-Saint-Pierre Pourly Prince-Jean Provel Pyramide Quark Quark (Australian) Quatre-Vents Quercy Petit Queso Blanco Queso de Murcia Queso del Montsec Queso Fresco Queso Jalapeno Queso Quesadilla Regal de la Dombes Requeson Richelieu Ricotta Ricotta (Australian) Rigotte Romans Part Dieu Rouleau De Beaulieu Rustinu Saga Saint-Marcellin Scamorza Selles sur Cher Selva Serra da Estrela Sharpam Sirene Somerset Brie Soumaintrain Sussex Slipcote Taupiniere Telemea Texas Goat Cheese Timboon Brie Tomme des Chouans Torta del Casar Trois Cornes De Vendee Truffe Tupi Tymsboro Vacherin-Fribourgeois Valencay Venaco Vendomois Vieux Corse Vignotte Vulscombe Washed Rind Cheese (Australian) Weichkaese Whitestone Farmhouse Woodside Cabecou Yarra Valley Pyramid

Semi-Soft
Semi-soft cheeses a bit firmer than the soft types. They contain about 62 to 67 percent of moisture, thus making the texture. Below, we will see all different kinds of semi-soft cheeses in our cheeses' list.

Adelost Airag Aisy Cendre American Cheese Ami du Chambertin Aromes au Gene de Marc Asadero Autun Baby Swiss Beenleigh Blue Bel Paese Bergere Bleue Beyaz Peynir Bishop Kennedy Bocconcini (Australian) Boulette d'Avesnes Brillat-Savarin Brin Bruder Basil Butterkase Calenzana Casciotta di Urbino

Celtic Promise Charolais Chevrotin des Aravis Colby Cougar Gold Cream Havarti Croghan Curd Danbo Danish Fontina Dauphin Durrus Feta (Australian) Folded Fontina Val d'Aosta Fresh Jack Fromage de Montagne de Savoie Gubbeen Havarti Hipi Iti Hushallsost Il Boschetto al Tartufo

King River Gold Lajta Langres Lappi Le Brin Le Fium Orbo Livarot Loddiswell Avondale Maroilles Milleens Monastery Cheeses Morbier Morbier Cru de Montagne Mozzarella (Australian) Neufchatel (Australian) Oaxaca Paneer Pasteurized Processed Pave d'Auge Pepper Jack Picos de Europa Pinconning

Polkolbin Port Nicholson Quartirolo Lombardo Queso Blanco con Frutas-Pina y Mango Raschera Reblochon Rocamadour Rollot Rubens Saint-Nectaire Sonoma Jack Sottocenare al Tartufo Sourire Lozerien Taleggio Tamie Tetilla Tomme de Chevre Tomme de Savoie Tronchon Ulloa Waterloo Wigmore

That was our extensive list of different chesses. It's a shame we can't try all of them; only if you have a lot of time and money at hand and you can spend it on searching for all these cheeses in this lifetime. But what if someone could? Wouldn't that be amazing? That calls for a mention in the Guinness World Records.