Cheeses

🇷🇸Serbia

Miročki sir

Мирочки сир

Miročki sir is a firm white Serbian mountain cheese made in the Miroč area.

🇪🇬Egypt

Mish

مش

A pungent Egyptian fermented cheese, aged in brine and often mixed with peppers or spices.

🇬🇷Greece

Mizithra

Μυζήθρα

A Greek whey cheese, fresh and soft or dried and hard, from sheep or goat milk. Used in pies, pasta, or desserts, a national dairy staple, a versatile and ancient cheese.

🇸🇮Upper Carniola, Slovenia

Mohant

Bohinj's soft, pungent cheese, ripened in sealed containers until it turns creamy, strong-smelling and faintly bitter — an acquired local taste.

🇲🇩Moldova

Moldovan Sheep's Cheese

Brânză de oi

Salty white sheep's cheese kept in brine in wooden tubs, crumbled over mămăligă and into plăcinte — the default cheese of the country.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Mont d'Or

Mont d’Or

Seasonal winter cheese from Haut-Doubs sold in a spruce box, soft and spoonable.

🇺🇸United States

Monterey Jack

A mild, creamy, semi-soft California cheese that melts beautifully.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Morbier

Semi-soft cheese with a distinctive line of ash through the middle, creamy nutty flavor.

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Motal

Մոթալ

Sheep's cheese layered with wild thyme and packed into a cured skin or clay jar to ripen for months into a sharp, herbal, crumbly paste.

🇨🇴Colombia

Mote de Queso

A Caribbean-coast soup of cassava, costeño cheese, coconut milk, and cilantro, thick and creamy. A Córdoba and Sucre specialty, served with lime and avocado.

🇮🇹Italy

Mozzarella

Stretched-curd cow's milk cheese (fior di latte), softer and milder than buffalo mozzarella. The pizza cheese and a Caprese staple.

🇮🇹Campania, Italy

Mozzarella di Bufala Campana

PDO mozzarella from 100% water buffalo milk in Campania, Lazio, Apulia, and Molise. Softer, tangier, and richer than cow's milk mozzarella.

🇫🇷Alsace, France

Munster

Strong washed-rind cheese from Alsace with a pungent aroma and creamy interior.

🇵🇸Nablus, Palestine

Nabulsi Cheese

جبنة نابلسية

Semi-firm brined white cheese from Nablus, flavoured with mahlab and mastic, often studded with nigella seeds — used in knafeh or fried.

🇸🇮Slovenia

Nanoški Sir

Large hard wheels from cow's milk of the Vipava valley below the Nanos plateau, aged three months to a spicy, dry, slightly granular cheese.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Neufchatel

Heart-shaped Norman soft cheese with a grainy texture and mild flavor.

🇲🇪Njeguši and Cetinje, Montenegro

Njeguši Cheese

Njeguški sir

Hard cow's or mixed-milk cheese from the same mountain village, matured in olive oil in wooden tubs so it stays soft-edged and turns yellow.

🇳🇴Norway

Nøkkelost (Caraway Cheese)

Nøkkelost

A Norwegian semi-hard cheese with caraway and cumin seeds, mild and aromatic, a national and traditional cheese.cheese, a versatile and aromatic dairy, a table and family cheese, a spiced cheese, a dairy.

🇷🇴Transylvania, Romania

Năsal Cheese

Brânză de Năsal

Cow's milk cheese aged in the natural caves of Năsal in Transylvania, developing a pungent, creamy paste with a yellow rind.

🇨🇦Quebec, Canada

Oka Cheese

Fromage Oka

Semi-firm cheese made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec, with creamy texture and nutty flavor.

🇨🇿Olomouc, Czech Republic

Olomoucké tvarůžky

A Czech pungent ripened cheese from Olomouc, a regional and pub classic

🇫🇮Finland

Oltermanni Cheese

Oltermanni

Finland's most popular cream cheese, mild and slightly sour, similar to Havarti, with small holes and creamy texture.

🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar

Orkney Scottish Island Cheddar is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

🇵🇱Lesser Poland, Poland

Oscypek

A smoked sheep's milk cheese from Podhale, spindle-shaped with a decorative pattern, PDO-protected. Served warm with cranberry jam or grilled, a Tatra mountain icon, a shepherd's tradition.

🇫🇮Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oven Cheese

Uunijuusto

Baked cheese from colostrum or milk and eggs, similar to Swedish kalvdans, served with berries as dessert.

🇸🇰Central Slovakia, Slovakia

Oštiepok

Sheep's or mixed-milk cheese pressed in a carved wooden mould, brined and lightly smoked into a firm, patterned oval.

🇭🇷Croatia

Pag Cheese

Paški sir

Hard sheep's milk cheese from island of Pag, with distinctive salty, nutty flavor from sheep grazing on salt-covered herbs, PDO protected.

🇮🇳India

Palak Paneer

पालक पनीर

Paneer cubes in a smooth spinach puree flavored with garlic, cumin, and fenugreek. A nutritious North Indian vegetarian classic.

🇧🇶Bonaire

Pan Sera

Pan sera is a dense Curaçaoan farmer's cheese, pressed and salted until firm enough to grate or slice for sandwiches and snacks.

🇮🇳India

Paneer Butter Masala

पनीर बटर मसाला

Paneer in a mildly spiced, buttery tomato-cream gravy. It is the vegetarian counterpart to butter chicken.

🇭🇺Hungary

Pannónia Cheese

Pannónia sajt

Pannónia is a Hungarian Emmental-style cheese with characteristic holes and a firm texture that melts readily.

🇦🇲Shirak, Armenia

Panrkhash

Պանրխաշ

A traditional Armenian dish of layered lavash, chechil cheese and caramelised onions, baked with hot water until golden, from the Shirak region.

🇸🇰Central Slovakia, Slovakia

Parenica

Slovenská parenica

Steamed sheep's-milk cheese drawn into ribbons and wound into a flat spiral, half of it smoked, sold as a coil to be unrolled and eaten in strands.

🇮🇹Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Parmigiano Reggiano

The 'king of cheeses': PDO hard cheese from Parma and Reggio Emilia, aged 12-36 months. Granular, nutty, and crystalline—never pre-grated.

🇧🇪Flanders, Belgium

Passendale

Passendale is a traditional cheese from Belgium.

🇫🇷France

Pave de Chirac

Pave de Chirac is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.