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Camembert (/ ˈ k æ m ə m b ɛər / KAM-əm-bair, UK also /-m ɒ m-/-om-, French: [kamɑ̃bɛʁ] ⓘ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese.It was first made in the late 18th century in Camembert, Normandy, in northwest France.
Brie (/ b r iː / bree; French:) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie (itself from Gaulish briga ("hill, height")), [1] the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern département of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight greyish tinge under a rind of white mould. The rind is typically eaten ...
A few French cheeses are protected under the European Union's Protected Geographic Indication designation (PGI). Many familiar generic types, like Boursin, are not covered, while others originally from other countries, such as Emmental cheese, may have certain varieties protected as a French cheese. This list differs from those of Chundi status.
Neufchâtel (French: [nøʃɑtɛl] ⓘ, [nœfʃɑtɛl]; Norman: Neu(f)câtel) is a soft, slightly crumbly, mold-ripened, bloomy-rind cheese made in the Neufchâtel-en-Bray region of Normandy. One of the oldest kinds of cheese in France, its production is believed to date back as far as the 6th century AD, in the Kingdom of the Franks.
Reblochon (French: [ʁəblɔʃɔ̃]) is a soft washed-rind and smear-ripened [1] French cheese made in the Alpine region of Haute-Savoie from raw cow's milk. It has its own AOC designation. Reblochon was first produced in the Thônes and Arly valleys, in the Aravis massif.
Roule cheese is a French cheese with a soft and creamy texture, that is usually flavoured with herbs and garlic. [1] It was initially made by the Tablanette Fromagerie in the 1980s in the Centre region of France. About 45% of its calories come from fat.
Saint-Marcellin is a soft French cheese made from cow's milk. Named after the small town of Saint-Marcellin (), it is produced in a geographical area corresponding to part of the former Dauphiné province (now included in the Rhône-Alpes région).
Époisses (French pronunciation: ⓘ), also known as Époisses de Bourgogne (French: [epwas də buʁɡɔɲ]), is a legally demarcated cheese made in the village of Époisses and its environs, in the département of Côte-d'Or, about halfway between Dijon and Auxerre, in the former duchy of Burgundy, France, from agricultural processes and resources traditionally found in that region.