Cheese Types List

There are different types of cheese available around the world. Here’s a Tastessence article that gives you cheese types list according to various textures.

“A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be over-sophisticated. Yet it remains, cheese, milk’s leap toward immortality.”
― Clifton Fadiman, American writer and editor; New Yorker book reviewer

Available in a wide range of textures, flavors, colors, sizes, shapes, and forms, cheese is produced from milk. Many cultures around the world use either the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, donkey, camel, sheep, yak, or reindeer.

In order to compile a list, we decided to take divide the cheeses into 4 texture categories―hard, semi-hard, semi-soft, and soft. Keeping that in mind, go through the rest of the article to find more information.

List of Cheeses

• Hard cheeses
• Semi-hard cheeses
• Semi-soft cheeses
• Soft cheeses

There are so many flavors around us that influence the taste, texture, and color of the 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. Take a look.

Types of Hard Cheeses

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.

Types of Semi-hard Cheeses

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.

Types of Semi-Soft Cheeses

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.

Types of Soft Cheeses

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.

Depending on where you live, you will be able to find any of the popular varieties, along with some local assortments as well.