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France has thousand different cheese varieties, including soft cheeses (Camembert, Coulommiers, Munster), blue-veined cheeses (Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Bleu dâAuvergne), pressed cooked cheeses (Gruyere, ComtĂ©, Parmesan), 45 controlled designations of origin cheeses and 38 protected designations of origin cheeses.
Here is a list of the mon common ones:
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Cheese Name | Family | Type |
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A |
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Abondance | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Angors | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Anneau du Vic-Bilh | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Appenzeller | Cow | Pressed cooked |
B |
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Beaufort AOP | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Bergues Torchon | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Besace FermiĂšre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Bethmale | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Bichonnet | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Bleu dâAuvergne AOP | Cow | veined |
Bleu de Bonneval | Cow | veined |
Bleu de brebis | Sheep | veined |
Bleu de chĂšvre | Goat | veined |
Bleu de Gex | Cow | veined |
Bleu de la Chataigneraie | Cow | veined |
Bleu de laqueuille | Cow | veined |
Bleu des Causses AOP | Cow | veined |
Bleu du Val dâAillon | Cow | Pressed uncooked marbled |
Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage | Cow | veined |
Boulette dâavesnes | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Brézain (Raclette fumée) | Cow | Uncooked pressed, smoke on a wood fire |
Brie de Meaux AOP | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Brie de Melun AOP | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Brocciu AOP | Goat | Fresh whey cheese from goats and sheep, produced in Corsica. |
Brie de Nangis | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Brillat-Savarin AOP | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Brillat-Savarin Truffoné | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Brin dâAmour (Fleur du Maquis) | Sheep | Soft with a natural rind |
Briquette | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Briquette de brebis | Sheep | Soft with a natural rind |
Briquette de Cocumont | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Briquette du Cantal | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Briquette du Nord â Domino | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
C |
||
Camembert de Normandie AOP | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Cantal AOP | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Cantal (entre-deux) | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Carré blanc | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
Carré du Vinage | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Chabis cendré | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Carré Mirabelle | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Chabis du BĂ©arn | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Chaource fermier AOP | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Charolais AOP | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Chùteau Noir roulé dans la cendre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Cheddar | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
ChÚvre cendré de Cocumont | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Chevrillon | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Chevrotin des Aravis | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
CĆur de chĂšvre | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
Colombier des Aillons | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Compostelle | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Comté AOP | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Cosne du Morvan | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Coulommiers | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Couronne des 4 Montagnes | Cow | Soft with a natural rind |
Couronne lochoise | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
CrĂ©meux dâOssau | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
CrottâIndre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Crottin au poivre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Crottin de Chavignol | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Crottin du Viornay | Goat | Soft and flowery rind |
Crottin de Cocumont | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
Curé Nantais | Cow | Soft washed rind |
D |
||
Doux chĂȘne | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
E |
||
Elgines | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Epoisses | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Etivaz | Cow | Pressed cooked |
F |
||
Fiore di muntagna | Sheep | Soft washed rind |
Feuille du Limousin | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Fleur du Maquis Corse (Brin dâAmour) | Sheep | Soft with a natural rind |
Fontina dâalpage | Cow | veined |
Fourme dâAmbert | Cow | veined |
Fourme de Montbrison | Cow | veined |
Fourme fermiĂšre ValciviĂšres | Cow | veined |
G |
||
Galet au Fenugrec | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Galet boisé | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Gaperon | Cow | Soft with a natural rind |
Gaperon au chĂšvre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Gorgonzola cremoso AOP | Cow | veined |
Gouda 48 mois | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Gouda au Cumin | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Gouda Truffé | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Grand Carré | Cow | Pressed cooked |
GruyÚre français | Cow | Pressed cooked |
GruyĂšre Suisse dâAlpage AOC | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Guérandais fermier | Goat | Soft washed rind |
H |
||
Hervé doux | Cow | Soft with a natural rind |
J |
||
Jolirond | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
K |
||
Kaltbach | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
L |
||
LâAngors | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Laguiole | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Lambet | Sheep | Soft washed rind |
Langres | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Livarot | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Lorenthym | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Luzenac | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
M |
||
Manchego | Sheep | Uncooked pressed |
Maroilles | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Mascaré | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Massadel fermier | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Mimolette | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Merzer | Cow | reduced to 12% fat, Production in Brittany |
Mizotte | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Moelleux du Revard | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Mont dâOr | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Moulis de Vache | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Morbier artisanal | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Mothais sur feuille | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana | Buffalo cow | Fresh pasta |
Munster au cumin | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Munster-Géromé | Cow | Soft washed rind |
N |
||
NeufchĂątel | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
O |
||
Olivet cendré | Cow | Soft with a natural rind |
Ossau-Iraty | Sheep | Uncooked pressed |
P |
||
Pardou | Cow / Sheep | Uncooked pressed |
Parmigiano reggiano | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Pavé des Cévennes | Sheep | Soft with a natural rind |
Pavé du Larzac | Sheep | Soft with flower rind |
Pavé Fermier | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Pavin | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Pecorino Stagionato | Sheep | Pressed cooked |
PĂ©raldou | Sheep | Soft with a natural rind |
Persillé de ChÚvre | Goat | Marbled dough |
Persillé de Tignes | Cow / Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Petit Gaugry | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Petit Louvie | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Petit Saint Point | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Picodon | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Pierre Blanche | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
Plaisir au Chablis | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Pont lâĂvĂȘque | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Pouligny-Saint-Pierre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Pyramide fermiĂšre | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
R |
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Raclette | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Raclette au foin | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Reblochon | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Rigotte de vache | Cow | Soft, natural rind, unpressed and uncooked |
Rocamadour | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Roquefort | Sheep | veined |
Rove fermier | Goat | Fresh |
Rovethym | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
S |
||
Saint-FĂ©licien | Cow | Soft with flower rind |
Saint-Marcellin | Cow | Soft with a natural rind |
Saint-Nectaire | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Saint-Paulin | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Sainte-Maure de Touraine | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Salers | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Saulzais | Sheep | Soft cheese with a natural rind |
Sauvaget | Goat | Soft cheese with a natural rind |
Selles-sur-Cher | Goat | Soft with flower rind |
Skieur | Cow | Pressed cooked |
Soumaintrain | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Souréliette | Sheep | Uncooked pressed |
Stilton bleu | Cow | veined |
T |
||
Taleggio | Cow | Soft washed rind |
TaupiniĂšre | Goat | Soft cheese with a natural rind |
Tome des Bauges AOP | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tome du Cruzille | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Tome du SĂ©gala | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tome le Saulnois | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme Ail des ours | Cow | Uncooked pressed dough |
Tomme au chniu | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme au foin | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme brossée à la biÚre | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme crayeuse fermiĂšre | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme dâAnjou | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Berry | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Brebis du BĂ©arn | Sheep | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de chÚvre des Pyrénées | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de chĂšvre de Savoie | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Montagne | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Montagne Dent du Chat | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Savoie | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de vache du BĂ©arn | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme de Yenne | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme des Allobroges | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme du Jura | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme fermiĂšre aux fleurs | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme fermiĂšre dâAlpage cĂ©ronnĂ©e | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme fermiĂšre du pigeon blanc | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme fermiĂšre Savoyarde | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme fumée | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme mixte ChĂšvre-Brebis | Goat Ewe | Uncooked pressed |
Tomme mixte Vache-Brebis du BĂ©arn | Sheep cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tommette de ChĂšvre de Savoie | Goat | Uncooked pressed |
Tommette de Missilier | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tommette de Montagne | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Tourret | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
V |
||
Vacherin des Bauges | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Vacherin Fribourgeois | Cow | Uncooked pressed |
Vacherin Mont dâOr AOP | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Vacherin Vaudois | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Valençay | Goat | Soft with a natural rind |
Vieux Lille | Cow | Soft washed rind |
Sources
https://www.france-hotel-guide.com/en/blog/french-cheeses/
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