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Emmental cheese is "true" Swiss cheese; i.e. it originates from the Emme valley, Switzerland. [2]It has a savory but mild taste. While "Emmentaler" is registered as a geographical indication in Switzerland, a limited number of countries recognize the term as a geographical indication: similar cheeses of other origins, especially from France (as Emmental), [3] the Netherlands, [4] Bavaria, and ...
Gouda – a semi-hard cows' milk cheese traditionally traded in Gouda, now often used as a worldwide generic term for Dutch-style cheese. Kanterkaas – "edge cheese", a hard cheese produced in Friesland, with variants flavoured with cumin and cloves. Leerdammer – a trademarked Emmental-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese.
Technically Swiss-type cheeses are "cooked", meaning made using thermophilic lactic fermentation starters, incubating the curd with a period at a high temperature of 45°C or more. [5] Since they are later pressed to expel excess moisture, the group are also described as "'cooked pressed cheeses'", [6] fromages à pâte pressée cuite in French ...
Name Image Region Description Bouhezza Aurès Mountains: Bouhezza is a ripened cheese that has traditionally been prepared by the Chaouia community between March and June. It has historically been made from raw goat or sheep milk (and is also now made with cow's milk) with the addition of lben (fermented milk), salt, and additional raw milk.
A number of European cheeses have been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union and UK law through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) regimes.
The United States Department of Agriculture uses the terms Swiss cheese and Emmentaler cheese interchangeably. [3] [4] In Australia, both terms are used, along with Swiss-style cheese, in some cases differentiating the two. [5] [6] The term Swiss cheese is sometimes used in India, [7] although it is also often referred to as Emmental.
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.
Jarlsberg cheese originated in 19th-century Norway and is made using similar methods to Emmental. Maasdam cheese is a Dutch version, devised in the late 20th century. [3] All of these are widely exported. In North America and some other areas outside Europe, Emmental is the best known, and is commonly called simply "Swiss cheese".