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cheeses. Italy is the country with the highest variety of cheeses in the world, with over 2500 traditional varieties, among which are about 500 commercially recognized cheeses and more than 300 kinds of cheese with protected designation of origin ( PDO, PGI and PAT). Fifty-two of them are protected at a European level. In terms of raw production volume, Italy is the third largest cheese producer in the European Union, behind France and

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. Lombardy is the first Italian region for number of protected cheeses, with 77 varieties including Granone Lodigiano, ancestor of all Italian granular cheeses such as

Grana Padano Grana Padano is a cheese originating in the Po river Valley in northern Italy that is similar to Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. There are less strict regulations governing its production compared to Parmigiano Reggiano. This hard, crumbly- textur ...

and

Parmigiano-Reggiano Parmesan ( it, Parmigiano Reggiano; ) is an Italian hard, granular cheese produced from cows’ milk and aged at least 12 months. It is named after two of the areas which produce it, the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia (''Parmigiano'' i ...

Mascarpone Mascarpone (, , ) is a soft Italian acid-set cream cheese. It is recognized in Italy as a ("traditional agri-food product"). Outside Italy, mascarpone is sometimes mispronounced as "marscapone", even by food professionals. Production process ...

, and the well-known

Gorgonzola Gorgonzola (; ) is a veined blue cheese, originally from Italy, made from unskimmed cow's milk. It can be buttery or firm, crumbly and quite salty, with a "bite" from its blue veining. History Historically, gorgonzola has been produced for ...

blue cheese. Italian cheeses

Mozzarella Mozzarella (, ; nap, muzzarella ) is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from Italian buffalo's milk by the pasta filata method. Fresh mozzarella is generally white but when seasoned it turns to a light yellow depending on the anim ...

and

Ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses. Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after th ...

are some of the most popular cheeses worldwide. See

List of Italian DOP cheeses This List of Italian PDO/DOP cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin (, or DOP/PDO), status under European Union regulations. All of the formerly existing "DO" cheeses (protected under Italian law) ...

for a list of those Italian cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin under EU law, together with their areas of origin.

A

* Abbamar – Sardinia; a semi-soft cheese made from a mixture of cows’ and sheep's milk * Accasciato – (usually mixed) sheep and cow's milk cheese from

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* Acceglio – from Piedmont; a fresh cows’ milk cheese made in the area of Acceglio (province of Cuneo) * Acidino (or Formaggio Acidino) – Veneto; a goats’ milk cheese * Aglino * Agrì di Valtorta – Lombardy; made with fresh cows’ or goats’ milk in the Alta Valle Brembana (Province of Bergamo) * Ainuzzi – Sicily; a cows’ milk cheese made in Cammarata and San Giovanni Gemini (Province of Agrigento) * Aladino * Algunder Bauernkäse Halbfett ( it, formaggio contadino semigrasso di Lagundo) – from Burggrafenamt ( it, Burgraviato), South Tyrol * Algunder Butterkäse ( it, formaggio di Lagundo) – from Burggrafenamt ( it, Burgraviato), South Tyrol * Algunder Ziegenkäse ( it, formaggio di capra di Lagundo) – South Tyrol; a goats’ milk cheese from Burggrafenamt ( it, Burgraviato) * Almkäse – South Tyrol * Alpeggio di Triora - Province of Imperia, Ligury * Alpepiana :* Alpepiana Macig * Alpigiana – South Tyrol * Alpkäse – South Tyrol * Amatriciano – Lazio, around Amatrice and Leonessa * Ambra di Talamello – originated in Marche, it is a type of Formaggio di Fossa, a designation for cheeses that are aged underground * Ambrosiana * Animaletti di Provola – Calabria * Arunda – South Tyrol * Aschbacher Magerkäse ( it, formaggio Aschbach magro) – South Tyrol, from Burggrafenamt ( it, Burgraviato) Asiago

Asiago Asiago (; Venetian: ''Axiago'', Cimbrian: ''Slege'', German: ''Schlägen'' ) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) in the surrounding plateau region (the ''Altopiano di Asiago'' or '' Altopiano dei Sette Comuni'', Asiago plateau) in th ...

– DOP – Veneto, Trentino :* Asiago d'allevo (see

) :* Asiago Montasio :* Asiago pressato (see

) :* Asiago stravecchio * Asìno – Friuli Venezia Giulia; a curious cheese, although not made from ass's milk * Auricchio – Pieve San Giacomo, Province of Cremona, Lombardy

B

* Baciodilatte * Bagòs (synonym for Bagòss) * Bagoss (synonym for Bagòss) * Bagòss – from Lombardy; a grana coloured with

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from the

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of Bagolinohttp://www.agraria.org , ''Formaggi tipici'' * Bagòss di Bagolino (synonym for Bagòss) * Baricot * Bastardo del Grappa – from Veneto; a cheese traditionally made with mixed milks, hence ‘bastardo’, in the area of Monte Grappa * Bauernkäse – South Tyrol; a cheese made from pasteurised, semi-skimmed cow's milk around

Meran Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ''comune'' in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Generally best known for its spa resorts, it is located within a basin, surrounded by mountains standing up to above sea level, at the entrance to the Passeier ...

and

Vinschgau The Vinschgau, Vintschgau () or Vinschgau Valley ( it, Val Venosta ; rm, Vnuost ; lld, Val Venuesta; medieval toponym: ''Finsgowe'') is the upper part of the Adige or Etsch river valley, in the western part of the province of South Tyrol, Italy. ...

* Bebé di Sorrento – Campania; a cow's milk cheese produced in a similar manner to Caciocavallo sorrentino in the

Sorrentine Peninsula The Sorrento Peninsula or Sorrentine Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy which separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south. Geography Overview The peninsula is named after its main town, ...

in the

Province of Naples The Province of Naples ( it, Provincia di Napoli; nap, Pruvincia 'e Nàpule) was a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. In 2014/2015, the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990 and Law 56/2014), replaced the Province of Naples ...

* Beddo – Piedmont; a soft, compact, white-bodied cheese made from cow's milk in the lower Cervo valley (Commune of Pralungo and the Oropa valley in the Comune of

Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin a ...

* Bedura * Begiunn − Piedmont; a creamy-granular

ricotta Ricotta ( in Italian) is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses. Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after th ...

made in summer in the alpine pastures of Sauze d’Oulx and San Sicario (Commune of

Cesana Torinese Cesana Torinese (French ''Césanne'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France. Cesana is a popular winter ski resort, being connected ...

) in the upper

Val di Susa The Susa Valley ( it, Val di Susa; pms, Valsusa; french: Val de Suse; oc, Val d'Ors) is a valley in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the sou ...

, and also in

Bardonecchia Bardonecchia (; french: Bardonèche or ; pms, Bardonecia ; oc, Bardonescha ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village ...

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* Bel Paese * Bella Badia – South Tyrol; a soft cow's milk cheese, or recent introduction, made in the commune of

Bruneck Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol. Geography Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps ...

with milk from the mountain farmsteads of the

Puster Valley The Puster Valley ( it, Val Pusteria ; german: Pustertal, ) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The S ...

* Bella Lodi – Lombardia; typical Italian hard cheese from Lodi, "Granone" lodigiano * Belicino – Sicily; a fresh sheep's mik cheese from the

Belice The Belice, , is a river of western Sicily. It is about long. From its main source near Piana degli Albanesi it runs south and west for as the Belice Destro ("right Belice") until it is joined near Poggioreale by its secondary branch, the Be ...

valley, containing stoned olives of the type '' Oliva da Tavola Nocellara del Belice''. The cheese, whose origins are post-World Two, is made within the communal territories of Calatafimi,

Castelvetrano Castelvetrano ( scn, Castiḍḍuvitranu) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the municipal territory. The municipality borders with Campobello d ...

Poggioreale Poggioreale ( Sicilian: ''Poggiuriali'') is a ghost town and '' comune'' in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice valley. The Economy was mostly based on agriculture and fruit cultivation. Earthquak ...

, Salaparuta,

Campobello di Mazara Campobello di Mazara ( scn, Campubbeddu) is a town in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. Its inhabitants are scattered in the town center and the minor seaside ''frazioni'' of Tre Fontane and Torretta Granitola, populated mostly ...

, Gibellina, Santa Ninfa, Petrosino and

Salemi Salemi is a town and ''comune'' in southwestern Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani. History Salemi is where Giuseppe Garibaldi announced the annexation of Sicily on May 14, 1860, as part of the Expedition of the T ...

. * Belmonte – Lombardy * Bettelmatt – Piedmont * Bergkäse * Bernardo – Lombardy * Biancospino *

Bocconcini Bocconcini (; singular , "small mouthful") are small mozzarella cheese balls. Like other mozzarellas, they are semi-soft, white, and rindless unripened mild cheeses that originated in Naples and were once made only from the milk of water buffal ...

* Bocconcini alla panna di bufala (see

) * Bianco verde – Trentino; a cows’ milk cheese from

Rovereto Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier ...

* Bitto – DOP – Lombardy :* Bitto d'Alpe :* Bitto Valtellina (synonym for Bitto) * Bleu d'Aoste –

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* Blu :* Blu Alpi Cozie :* Blu Antico :* Blu del Moncenisio – Piedmont ::* Blu del Moncenisio d'alpeggio :* Blu di montagna :* Blu Val Chiusella * Bonassai – Sardinia * Bonrus – Piedmont * Boscatella di Fiavè – Trentino; a recently developed soft cheese made in Fiavè * Boschetto al Tartufo – a cheese incorporating pieces of white truffle * Bormino * Boves – Piedmont Bra Duro cheese

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– DOP – Province of Cuneo, Piedmont; made in three varieties: :* Bra d'alpeggio :* Bra duro :* Bra tenero * Branzi – Val Brembana, Lombardy, a similar cheese to Formai del Mut * Brebidor – Sardinia; a soft sheep's milk cheese * Brebiblu – Sardinia; a modern, soft, ‘blue’ (really green) sheep's milk cheese inoculated with Penicillium roqueforti, made by Argiolas Formaggi in Dolianova ( Province of Cagliari) * Bresciannella * Bricchetto tartufo * Brocciu (see Brotzu) Bruss ligure mendatica in vaschetta

* Bros (see

Brös Brös (also Bros, Bross, Brus or Bruss) is a Piedmontese and Ligurian preparation of cheese and grappa which, in former centuries, was typical of the peasant cuisine of the Upper Langa and West Liguria. Its pungent flavour gave rise to the pro ...

) – Langhe, Piedmont *

* Bross (see

) * Brotzu :it:Formaggi sardi * Brus (see

) :* Brus da latte :* Brus da ricotta * Bruss (see

) :* Bruss delle Langhe (see

) :* Bruss di Castelmagno – Piedmont :* Bruss di Frabosa * Bruz :* Bruz d'Murazzan :* Bruz d'Murazzanivan * Bruzzu * Budino di capra con uvetta e vin santo * Buflona Burrata2

* Burrata – type of mozzarella, stuffed with a mixture of mozzarella and cream :* Burrata delle Murge – Puglia; a Burrata produced since the early twentieth century in Andria (BA) and

Martina Franca Martina Franca, or just Martina ( Martinese: ), is a town and ''municipality'' in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy. It is the second most populated town of the province after Taranto, and has a population (2016) of 49,086. Since 1975, th ...

:* Burrata di Andria – Burrata with PGI status :* Burrata di bufala – made from the milk of

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* Burrell – Lazio * Burrino – Basilicata, Molise, Campania, Calabria :* Burrino e burrata di bufala (

's milk cheeses from

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) :* Burrino farcito con soppressata – Basilica :* Burrino in corteccia – Campania * Busche * Butirro – Calabria * Butterkäse (Lagundo) (see Algunder Butterkäse)

C

* Cachat – Piedmont * Cacio :* Cacio a forma di limone – Marche :* Cacio di fossa – hard, sharp sheep's milk cheese, not unlike Pecorino :* Cacio di vacca bianca – Abruzzo :* Cacio figurato :* Cacio magno – Lazio ::* Cacio magno alle erbe :* Cacio marcetto – Abruzzo :* Cacio ubriaco

Caciocavallo Caciocavallo is a type of stretched-curd cheese made out of sheep's or cow's milk. It is produced throughout Southern Italy, particularly in the Apennine Mountains and in the Gargano peninsula. Shaped like a teardrop, it is similar in taste to ...

:* Caciocavallo abruzzese – Abruzzo :* Caciocavallo affumicato – Campania :* Caciocavallo del Monaco – Campania :* Caciocavallo di bufala –

; in both smoked and un-smoked varieties, from

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) :* Caciocavallo di Castelfranco in Misciano – Campania :* Caciocavallo di Cimina – Calabria :* Caciocavallo farcito – Campania :* Caciocavallo di Godrano :* Caciocavallo ragusano – DOP – Sicily; former name for the cheese now officially listed as Ragusano :* Caciocavallo silano – DOP – Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, Molise and Puglia :* Caciocavallo podolico – Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Puglia (from Gargano); takes the name from the breed of the cow ::* Caciocavallo podolico campano - Campania ::* Caciocavallo podolico picentino * Caciocotto – Basilicata * Caciofiore aquilino – Abruzzo * Cacioforte – Campania * Cacioreale – Lombardy *

Cacioricotta Cacioricotta is a typical southern-Italian cheese produced in the regions of Basilicata, Apulia, and Calabria. Production Method Cacioricotta is produced with a "hybrid" method of preparation, following both the steps used in the production o ...

– Campania, Abruzzo, Lazio, Calabria, Basilicata, Puglia :* Cacioricotta campana – Campania :* Cacioricotta di bufalaProdottitipici.com, ''Formaggi e Latte Bufalini'' :* Cacioricotta di capra cilentina – Cilento, Campania :* Cacioricotta fresca – Lazio :* Cacioricotta lucano – Puglia, Campania, and especially Basilicata :* Cacioricotta pugliese – Puglia * Caciotta – Central and South Italy :* Caciotta amiatina :* Caciotta al peperoncino – Campania :* Caciotta calabra – Calabria :* Caciotta campana – Campania :* Caciotta del Fermano – Marche :* Caciotta del Montefeltro – Marche :* Caciotta del Monte Lazzarina – Emilia-Romagna :* Caciotta della Lunigiana – Toscana :* Caciotta misto pecora :* Caciotta degli Elimi :* Caciotta dei Monti della Laga – Lazio :* Caciotta della sabina – Lazio :* Caciotta di Asiago – Veneto :* Caciotta di Brugnato :* Caciotta di capra – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Caciotta di latte caprino :* Caciotta di Montemauro – Emilia-Romagna :* Caciotta di pecora :* Caciotta genuina romana – Lazio :* Caciotta mista della Tuscia :* Caciotta di bufala – Lazio ::* Caciotta di bufala pontina :* Caciotta Manzone :* Caciotta sarda – Sardinia :* Caciotta senese – Toscana :* Caciotta toscana – Toscana :* Caciotta vaccina frentana * Caciottina :* Caciottina canestrata di Sorrento – Province of Naples, Campania :* Caciottina di bufala :* Caciottina di bufala di Amaseno :* Caciottina di bufala di Amaseno aromatizzata) * Caciottone di Norcia, applied for PGI status in 2021 * Cadolet di capra – Val Camonica, Lombardy * Cafone * Calcagno – an Italian type of pecorino cheese prepared using raw sheep milk and peppercorns, it originated in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. * Callu de cabreddu * Camasciano *

Canestrato Canestrato is a hard cheese from the Italian regions of Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, and Abruzzo, made from a mixture of sheep milk and goat milk. It is listed on the Ark of Taste. The cheese is typical in Basilicata. It is also a specialty of ...

– Trentino, Puglia, Basilicata, Sicily, Sardinia :* Canestrato crotonese – Calabria :* Canestrato d'Aspromonte – Calabria :* Canestrato di Calabria – Calabrio Canestrato di Moliterno (IGP)

:* Canestrato di Moliterno – hard mixed sheep’s and goats’ milk cheese from Puglia; it is matured for at least 60 days and may be eaten at table or grated. The PGI status was registered in 2010. :*

Canestrato pugliese Canestrato is a hard cheese from the Italian regions of Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, and Abruzzo, made from a mixture of sheep milk and goat milk. It is listed on the Ark of Taste. The cheese is typical in Basilicata. It is also a specialty of C ...

– Puglia; PDO cheese made in the

Province of Foggia The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy. This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, an ...

:* Canestrato sardo – Sardinia :*

Canestrato trentino Canestrato is a hard cheese from the Italian regions of Basilicata, Apulia, Sicily, and Abruzzo, made from a mixture of sheep milk and goat milk. It is listed on the Ark of Taste. The cheese is typical in Basilicata. It is also a specialty ...

– Trentino :* Canestrato vacchino – Sicily * Candela di Langa * Cansiglio – Province of Belluno Veneto, Province of Pordenone Friuli Venezia Giulia * Cappello del Mago * Capretta * Capridor * Caprini bergamaschi – Province of Bergamo Lombardy * Caprino (goats’ cheese) – Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Calabria, Sardinia :* Caprino a coagulazione lattica – Lombardy :* Caprino a coagulazione presamica – Lombardy :* Caprino al lattice di fico – Marche :* Caprino al pepe di Bagnolo – Piedmont ::* Caprino bicchierino :* Caprino da grattugia :* Caprino dell'Aspromonte – Calabria :* Caprino degli Alburni – Campania :* Caprino della Carnia pasta dura e pasta morbida – Carnia, Province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Caprino della Limina – Calabria :* Caprino della Val Brevenna :* Caprino della Val Vigezzo :* Caprino di Baceno – Piedmont :* Caprino di Cavalese :* Caprino di Demonte – Piedmont :* Caprino di malga delle Alpi Marittime – Piedmont :* Caprino di Montefalcone del Sannio :* Caprino di Rimella – Piedmont :* Caprino di Urbino – Marche :* Caprino Francese :* Caprino fresco – Abruzzo :* Caprino fresco veneto – Veneto :* Caprino lattico piemontese – Piedmont :* Caprino lombardo - Lombardy :* Caprino ossolano – Piedmont :* Caprino presamico piemontese – Piedmont :* Caprino sardo – Sardinia :* Caprino spazzacamino :* Caprino stagionato – Basilicata, Campania :* Caprino trentino – Trentino :* Caprino vaccino – Lombardy :* Caprino Valle – Piedmont :* Caprino valsesiano * Cappucetto roso * Capriola * Capritilla * Carboncino * Carletta-Tometta cremosa di pecora * Carlina Robiola di pura capra * Carmasciano * Carnia – Carnia, Province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia * Casale de Elva – Province of Cuneo Piedmont; cheese made in the Commune of Elva (CN), in the upper Val Maira which may be sold fresh or aged. In the latter case it resembles Castelmagno. Alternative names include Toma di Elva, Caso di Elva and Tumo de Caso). * Casalina * Casareccio di Gorreto * Casàt Gardesano * Casatella :* Casatella Romagnola :* Casatella Trevigiana * Casatta nostrana di Corteno Golgi – Lombardy *

Casciotta di Urbino Casciotta d'Urbino or ''Casciotta di Urbino'' is a type of Caciotta cheese, made in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region, central Italy. This cheese is generally made of between 70 and 80% sheep milk with 20-30% cow's milk. F ...

– DOP – Marche * Casel Bellunese – Province of Belluno Veneto * Casera :* Casera Crotto :* Casera giovane Valtellina – Valtellina Lombardy :* Casera uso monte * Casieddu di Moliterno – Basilicata * Casizolu - Sardinia :* Casizolu di pecora * Caso :* Caso conzato :* Caso di Elva (synonym for Casale de Elva) :* Caso peruto * Casolet - Lombardy, Trentino :* Casolet della Val di Sole – Lombardy * Casoretta * Cassatella * Castel Ariund – strongly flavoured cows milk cheese from

Entracque Entracque is a small town in the Valle Gesso of the Maritime Alps of north-west Italy, about southwest of Cuneo and close to the French border. It is the principal settlement and '' capoluogo'' of the comune or municipality of the same name (popul ...

in the Maritime Alps of the

Province of Cuneo Cuneo (Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Haut ...

Piedmont, often eaten with the local honey Castelmagno (formaggio)

* Castelmagno – DOP – Piedmont * Castelrosso * Casu - Sardinia :* Casu axedu o Frue :* Casu becciu :* Casu cundhídu (see Casu marzu) Casu Marzu cheese

:* Casu marzu or formaggio marcio – traditional Sardinian

sheep milk Sheep's milk (or ewes' milk) is the milk of domestic sheep. It is commonly used to make cultured dairy products such as cheese. Some of the most popular sheep cheeses include feta (Greece), ricotta (Italy), and Roquefort (France). Sheep breed ...

cheese, notable for containing live insect

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e :* Casu modde (see Casu marzu) :* Casu de cabreddu :* Casu friscu – Formaggio fresco from Sardinia :* Casu spiattatu – Sardinia * Cavrin (Cevrin) di Coazze – Piedmont; goat cheese *

Cesio Cesio ( lij, Cexi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia. Cesio borders the following municipalities: Caravonica, Casanova Le ...

* Chabri stagionato * Charbonet * Cherz – Veneto; a name used in

Livinallongo del Col di Lana Livinallongo del Col di Lana (; lld, Fodóm; german: Buchenstein) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northwest of Belluno. Ninety percent of the ...

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'' * Ciabutin * Cimbro * Cingherlino (Zincarlin) * Cofanetto *

Comelico Comelico ( lld, Cumélgu, ''Comélgu'' or ''Comélgo''; Sappada German: ''Komèlk'';Dizionario Sappadino-Itali ...

* Conciato di San Vittore – Lazio * Conciato romano – Lazio * Contrin * Cosacavaddu ibleo – Sicily * Costa d'Oro * Crema :* Crema del Friuli – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Crema del Cuc – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Crema del Gerrei – Sardinia :* Crema di Fobello capra * Crescenza – Lombardy * Crottino al tartufo * Crucolo – Trentino; cow's milk * Crutin – Piedmont * Cuc * Cuincir * Cuor :* Cuor di Neve :* Cuor di Valle * Cuoricino pagina * Cusiè – Piedmont

D

* Darraghetto di Viareggio – Tuscany * Degli Albanesi – Calabria * Del Colle * Delizia del Colle * Devero *

Dobbiaco Toblach (; it, Dobbiaco ) is a ''comune''/''Gemeinde'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located in the Puster Valley about northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had ...

– South Tyrol * Dolce Isola misto * Dolcelatte – cheese related to

, made for the export market * Dolce sardo – Sardinia * Dolcezza d'Asiago – Veneto *

Dolomiti The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form par ...

– Trentino * D'ora ligure – Ligury * Due latti quadrotta delle Langhe – Piedmont

E

* Erborinato :* Erborinato di Artavaggio :* Erborinato di capra :* Erborinato di monte :* Erborinato di pecora delle Alpi Cozzie * Ericino * Escarun di pecora – Piedmont

F

* Falagnone * Farci-Provola * Fatulì della Val Saviore – Lombardy * Fallone di Gravina * Felciata di Calabria – Calabria * Fiacco di capra * Fior :* Fior di campo :*

Fior di latte Fior di latte may refer to: * Mozzarella made from cow rather than buffalo milk * A popular gelato type with no flavor added * ''Fior di Latte'' (song), a 2017 song by Phoenix off the album ''Ti Amo'' * "Fior Di Latte", a chapter of the serialize ...

:* Fior di latte laziale – Lazio :*

Fior di monte Fior may refer to: People * Fior Vásquez (born 1977), Dominican shot putter * Liza Fior (born 1962), British architect and designer * Robin Fior (1935-2012), British designer Places * San Fior San Fior is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Pr ...

* Fiordivalle * Fiore :* Fiore sardo – DOP – Sardinia :* Fiore sicano * Fioreta * Fiorone della Valsassina * Fiurit * Flors – Friuli Venezia Giulia * Fodòm * Fondue –

, Piedmont * Fontal – Trentino :* Fontal Fiavè – Trentino Fontina PDO

* Fontina – DOP –

* Formadi – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Formandi frant :* Formadi salat (also known as formaggio salato, and related to Asìno) * Formaggella – Piedmont, Lombardy :* Formaggella del Bec – Lombardy :* Formaggella del Luinese :* Formaggella dell'Adamello :* Formaggella della Val Brembana :* Formaggella della Val Camonica :* Formaggela della Val di Sabbia :* Formaggella della Val di Scalve :* Formaggella della Val Seriana :* Formaggella della Val Trompia :* Formaggella di caglio – Piedmont :* Formaggella tremosine :* Formaggella uso monte :* Formaggella Valcavallina * Formaggello spazzacamino * Formaggetta :* Formaggetta della Valle Argentina :* Formaggetta di Bonassola :* Formaggetta di mucca :* Formaggetta di Stella San Giovanni :* Formaggetta savonese – Liguria * Formaggina * Formaggio' :* Formaggio a crosta rossa :* Formaggio agordino di malga :* Formaggio Alta Pusteria (see Hoch Pustertaler) – South Tyrol :* Formaggio Bastardo del Grappa :* Formaggio caprino del Cilento – Campania :* Formaggio caprino della Limina :* Formaggio coi vermi – Lombardy :* Formaggio caprino d'alpeggio :* Formaggio da spalmare :* Formaggio dei Zaccuni :* Formaggio d'alpeggio di Triora :* Formaggio d'alpe – Piedmont :* Formaggio del cit – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Formaggio del Gleno – Lombardy :* Formaggio del fieno :* Formaggio del monte – South Tyrol :* Formaggio delle Langue o Trifulin – Piedmont :* Formaggio di capra ::* Formaggio di capra di Calabria – Calabria :* Formaggio di "caso" – Piedmont :* Formaggio di colostro ovino :* Formaggio di Fossa – Emilia-Romagna, Marche :* Formaggio di malga dei 7 comuni :* Formaggio di Menconico :* Formaggio di montagna ::* Formaggio di montagna di Sesto ::* Formaggio di montagna friulano – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Formaggio fiore or Fiore sardo – Sardinia :* Formaggio in crema – Piedmont :* Formaggio marcio or casu marzu – Sardinia :* Formaggio pecorino di Atri :* Formaggio Piave :* Formaggio pressato – Lombardy :* Formaggio salato o Asino (synonym for Formadi salat) Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Formaggio saltarello :* Formaggio di S. Stefano di Quisquina :* Formaggio semigrasso d'alpe – Lombardy :* Formaggio ubriaco – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Formaggio Val Seriana * Formaggiola caprina * Formaggiu ri capra

* Formai :* Formai de Livign :* Formai de Mut ::* Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana – DOP – Lombardy * Formaio embriago – Veneto * Furmaggitt di Montevecchia – Lombardy * Furmaggiu du quagliu * Furmai :* Furmai del sieur Mario :* Furmai marçèt * Formazza * Formella del Friuli – Friuli Venezia Giulia * Frachet – Piedmont *

Fresa Fresa may refer to: * Fresa (slang), slang, socially used in Mexico and some parts of Latin America to describe a cultural stereotype of superficial youngsters * Armando Fresa, (1893 - 1957), Italian politician and Civil Engineer Officer See al ...

– Sardinia * Frico balacia – Friuli Venezia Giulia * Frue

G

* Galbanino * Garda Tremosine * Giacobin de Zena * Giganti – Basilicata * Giglio sardo – Sardinia * Gineprino * Gingherlino – Lombardy * Giuncata * Gioda * Gioddu – Sardinia * Giuncà – Piedmont * Gorga Ciccarelli Viareggio – Tuscany *

– DOP – Lombardy, Piedmont :* Gorgonzola a due paste :* Gorgonzola con la coda :* Gorgonzola bresciano :* Gorgonzola tipo piccante * Gran cacio di Morolo * Grana – class of hard, mature cheeses :* Grana calabrese – Calabria :*

– DOP – Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino, Veneto, Emilia‑Romagna :* Grana Trentino – Trentino * Grande Vecchio di Montefollonico * Granone Lodigiano – Lodi, Lombardy * Grappino * Grasso d'alpe – Piedmont * Graukäse - South Tyrol :* Graukäse della Valle Aurina – South Tyrol * Gresal – Veneto; the name used in

Sedico Sedico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about west of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 9,143 and an area of .All demographics and oth ...

for Pressato * Groviera La Leonessa * Guttus di pecora grossetano – Tuscany

H

* Hoch Pustertaler – South Tyrol; a cow's milk cheese, also known as formaggio Alta Pusteria; made in the

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

Toblach Toblach (; it, Dobbiaco ) is a ''comune''/''Gemeinde'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located in the Puster Valley about northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had ...

and Niederdorf

I

* Incavolata - Piedmont; soft mixed milk cheese (such as robiola), wrapped in cabbage leaves * Ircano – Sardinia; cheese made from goats’ milk in the

San Nicolò Gerrei San Nicolò Gerrei, Pauli Gerrei in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion. San Nicolò Gerrei ...

, Tertenia and

Guspini Guspini (Gùspini in Sardinian) is a town and ''comune'' of about 12,000 inhabitants in west Sardinia (Italy), in the province of South Sardinia. It is from the capital Cagliari and from the railway station at San Gavino Monreale. Close to Gusp ...

* Italico – Lombardy; cows’ milk cheese made particularly in the provinces of Lodi and

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the cap ...

; a synonym for Bel Paese

J

* Jasperino lombardo – Lombardy

K

* Kiba torinese – Province of Turin, Piedmont

L

* Lacarian * Lagrein * La Res * Latteria – Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Latteria Delebio :* Latteria di Fagagna – Province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Latteria di Livigno – Valtellina, Lombardy * Liptauer triestino – Province of Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia

M

* Macagn – Piedmont; mountain cows’ milk cheese made in the

province of Vercelli A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

in the areas of

and the

Valsesia Valsesia ( pms, Valsesia; Walser German: ''Tseschrutol''; it, Valle della Sesia) is a group of valleys in the north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia. The major towns located h ...

Maccagno Maccagno was a ''comune'' (municipality) of 2,000 inhabitants located in the province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located in the Val Veddasca about 70 km northwest of Milan and about 25 km northwest of Varese. On 1 January ...

o Toma Maccagno * Madonie Provola – Sicily; stretched curd cows’ milk cheese made in the mountains of Madonie in the

province of Palermo The Province of Palermo ( it, provincia di Palermo; Sicilian: ''pruvincia di Palermu'') was a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital was the city of Palermo. On 4 August 2015, it was replaced ...

* Maggot cheese – Sardinia * Magnocca :* Maioc-Magnocca gordana – Lombardy * Magnùn – Piedmont * Magro di piatta – Lombardy * Maiorchino :* Maiorchino di Novara di Sicilia – Sicily * Malga :*

Malga altopina o dei Sette Comuni Malga is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone located in the Great Rift Valley, Malga is bordered on the south by Gorche on the southwest by Shebedino, on the wes ...

:* Malga bellunese – Province of Belluno, Veneto :* Malga Fane :* Malga o Ugovizza – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Malga stagionato nelle vinacce :* Malga Stelvio – Lombardy, South Tyrol * Manteca * Maria provolone di Potenza – Basilicata * Marzolina * Marzolino :* Marzolino del Chianti – Toscana :* Marzolino di Lucardo * Marzotica – Province of Lecce, Puglia * Mascarpin de la Calza * Mascarpa *

:* Mascarpone di bufala :* Mascarpone di bufala di Battipaglia – Campania :* Mascarpone torta – Mascarpone layered with basil and pine kernels * Mastela * Mattone or Zeigel * Mattonella al rosmarino * Matusc o Magro di latteria – Lombardy * Mezzapasta – Piedmont * Millefoglie all'aceto balsamico/Marzemino * Misto :* Misto capra :* Misto capra di malga :* Misto pecora fresco dei Berici * Moesin di Fregona * Mollana della Val Borbera * Moncenisio (see Murianengo) – Piedmont * Montagna * Montanello (Caciotta dolce) Montasio kaasbrokkels

* Montasio – DOP – Friuli‑Venezia Giulia, Veneto * Mont Blanc :* Mont Blanc peppe * Monte Baldo e Monte Baldo primo fiore * Monte delle Dolomiti – Trentino * Monte Veronese – DOP – Veneto :* Monte Veronese di malga :* Monte Veronese ubriaco all'amarone - Veneto * Montébore – Piedmont; cheese made from mixed cows’ and sheep's milk in the south-east of the ( province of Alessandria) close to the

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n border, particularly in the area of Mongiardino Ligure * Montegranero * Morello, Tuscan cheese made from ewe's milk with added live lactic cultures * Morlâc *

Morlacco ( vec, Morlac) or Morlacco del Grappa is an Italian cow's-milk cheese from Monte Grappa, in the provinces of Vicenza, Treviso, and Belluno) where cheesemakers once produced a soft cow's milk cheese, low in fat, with an uncooked curd that wa ...

(or Morlacco di Grappa) from the area of Monte Grappa in the

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* Mortrett (Murtret) * Mortaràt – Piedmont; class of cheeses from the area of

in which the

curd Curd is obtained by coagulating milk in a sequential process called curdling. It can be a final dairy product or the first stage in cheesemaking. The coagulation can be caused by adding rennet or any edible acidic substance such as l ...

s are coated with natural flavourings such as alpine herbs, spices, walnuts, maize flour. Examples include Ostrica di montagna,http://www.formaggio.it ,
Ostrica di montagna
'' Ciambella all'Aglio, Maccagnetta alle erbe, Maccagnetta alle noci, and Mattonella al rosmarino :* Mortaràt Ciambella aromatica * Motelì * Motta * Mottolina (historical name for Bettelmatt – Piedmont * Mottolino Mozzarella di bufala *

– Campania, Provinces of Latina and Frosinone, Lazio, Puglia :* Mozzarella di bufala campana – DOP – Campania, Lazio, Puglia * Murazzano – DOP – Piedmont * Murianengo – Piedmont; also known as Moncenisio this is a Gorgonzola-like cows’ milk cheese from the province of Turin. * Mursin * Murtarat * Musulupu

N

* Nevegal * Nis * Nocciolino di ceva * Nostrale d'alpe – Piedmont * Nostrano (local produce) :* Nostrano di malga :* Nostrano d'alpe – Piedmont :* Nostrano de casèl – Trentino :* Nostrano del Primiero (see Nostrano della Val di Fassa) – Trentino :* Nostrano di Costalta :* Nostrano di Crodo – Piedmont :* Nostrano di latteria – Piedmont :* Nostrano di malga trentino – Trentino :* Nostrano Fiavé :* Nostrano grasso :* Nostrano misto capra – Trentino :* Nostrano prealpino :* Nostrano semigrasso – Trentino :* Nostrano della Val di Fassa – Trentino :* Nostrano Valchiese – Trentino :* Nostrano Valtrompia DOP * Nusnetto bresciano – Province of Brescia, Lombardy

O

* Ol Sciür - Lombardy * Ormea – Piedmont * Orrengigo di Pistoia – Tuscany * Ortler – South Tyrol * Ostrica di montagna – Piedmont; one of the Mortaràt specialities of the area of

* Ossolano d'alpe – cows' milk cheese made in Piedmont

P

* Paddaccio * Paddraccio * Padduni * Paglierina – Piedmont :* Paglierina apassitta :* Paglierina di rifreddo – Piedmont * Paglietta – Piedmont :* Paglietta delle Langhe :* Paglietta piemontese * Pallone di Gravina – Apulia and Basilicata‘Pallone di Gravina’
''Arca del Gusto'', Slow Food Foundation. * Pampanella * Pancette - Basilicata * Pannarello * Pannerone Lodigiano – Lodi, Lombardy Parmigiano reggiano piece

– DOP – Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy * Pastore * Pastorella del Cerreto di Sorano * Pastorino * Pecora * Pecoricco – Apulia * Pecorini – Calabria *

Pecorino Pecorino cheeses are hard Italian cheeses made from sheep's milk. The name "" derives from ''pecora'' which means sheep in Italian. Overview Of the six main varieties of pecorino, all of which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) stat ...

– sheep's-milk cheese Pecorino di Filiano

:* Pecorino a crosta fiorita :* Pecorino baccellone :* Pecorino bagnolese – Piedmont :* Pecorino brindisino – Province of Brindisi, Apulia :* Pecorino d'Abruzzo – Abruzzo :* Pecorino dei Berici :* Pecorino del Casentino – Tuscany :* Pecorino del Parco di Migliarino-San Rossore :* Pecorino della costa apuana – Ligury :* Pecorino della Garfagnana – Tuscany :*

Pecorino della Lunigiana Pecorino cheeses are hard Italian cheeses made from sheep's milk. The name "" derives from ''pecora'' which means sheep in Italian. Overview Of the six main varieties of pecorino, all of which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status ...

– Tuscany :* Pecorino della Versilia – Tuscany :* Pecorino delle balze volterrane – Tuscany :*

Pecorino di Carmasciano Pecorino di Carmasciano, or simply Carmasciano, is an Italian cheese of the Pecorino family of cheeses made from sheep's milk. It has been recognized since 2009 by the Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies as a ''prodotto ag ...

:* Pecorino di Farindola :*

Pecorino di Filiano Pecorino di Filiano is a firm cheese from the Italian region of Basilicata made from sheep milk. It was granted protected designation of origin (PDO) in 2007. Pecorino di Filiano is produced in the province of Potenza, in the communes of Atella, ...

– hard pecorino from the Province of Potenza, Basilicata, for which an application for PDO status was published in the ''Official Journal of the European Union'' on 19.4.2007 :* Pecorino di Garfagnina – a Tuscan Pecorino made with milk from Garfagnina Bianca ewes :* Pecorino di Moliterno :* Pecorino di montagna :* Pecorino di Osilo :* Pecorino di Pian di Vas – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Pecorino di Pienza stagionato – Tuscany :* Pecorino di Romagna :* Pecorino fiorone :* Pecorino foggiano – Province of Foggia, Apulia :* Pecorino leccese – Province of Lecce, Apulia :* Pecorino lucano – Basilicata :* Pecorino Monte Re – Friuli Venezia Giulia :*

Pecorino Romano Pecorino Romano () is a hard, salty Italian cheese, often used for grating, made with sheep's milk. The name "pecorino" simply means "ovine" or "of sheep" in Italian; the name of the cheese, although protected, is a simple description rather t ...

– DOP – Lazio, Tuscany, Sardinia :* Pecorino rosso volterrano - Tuscany :* Pecorino sardo – DOP – Sardinia :* Pecorino senese – Sienna, Tuscany :*

Pecorino siciliano Pecorino siciliano DOP ( scn, picurinu sicilianu) is an origin-protected firm sheep milk cheese from the Italian island and region of Sicily. This cheese comes from the classical Greek world: in ancient times it was recognized as one of the best ...

– DOP – Sicily :* Pecorino stagionato in foglie di noce :* Pecorino subasio (an alternative name n dialectfor Pecorino umbro)- Umbri
Pecorino umbro – Umbria – Formaggi e Latte – Ovini
:* Pecorino toscano – DOP – Tuscany :* Pecorino umbro – Umbria :* Pecorino veneto – Veneto * Pepato * Peretta – Sardinia * Perlanera * Pettirosso "Tipo Norcia" * Piacentinu or Piacentino * Piacentinu di Enna or Piacentino ennese – Sicily * Piattone * Piave – DOP – Veneto :* Piave Fresco :* Piave Mezzano :* Piave Vecchio :* Piave Vecchio Selezione Oro :* Piave Vecchio Riserva * Piddiato * Pierino * Pioda S.Maria * Piodino * Piramide :* Piramide di capra :* Piramide in foglia * Piscedda * Pirittas * Pojna enfumegada (see Poina enfumegada) – Trentino * Poina enfumegada – Trentino * Pratolina * Pressato – Veneto * Presolana-Valseriana – Lombardy * Prescinseua – Liguria * Primo sale * Primolino * Primusali * Provola :* Provola affumicata – smoked cow’s milk cheese from

::* Provola affumicata di bufala – smoked water buffalo’s-milk cheese from

:* Provola di bufala –

's-milk cheese from

: provinces of

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and

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the ...

:* Provola affumicata di bufala – smoked

's-milk cheese from

: provinces of

and

:* Provola Capizzi :* Provula casale (Floresta) :* Provola dei Monti Sicari :* Provola dei Nebrodi – Sicily :* Provola delle Madonie – Sicily :* Provola ragusana – Sicily :* Provola siciliana – Sicily :* Provola silana – Calabria * Provole – Basilicata Provolone layered

Provolone Provolone (, ) is an Italian cheese. It is an aged ''pasta filata'' (stretched-curd) cheese originating in Campania near Vesuvius, where it is still produced in pear, sausage, or cone shapes long. Provolone-type cheeses are also produced in othe ...

:* Provolone del Monaco :* Provolone piccante :* Provolone sardo – Sardinia :* Provolone siciliano – Sicily :* Provolone Valpadana – DOP – Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Trentino :* Provolone Vernengo * Pusteria * Pustertaler – South Tyrol * Puzzone :* Puzzone Bochiotti :* Puzzone di Moena – Trentino :* Puzzone Vandercaro

Q

* Quadro :* Quadro di capra :* Quadro provenzale * Quagliata ligure – Liguria * Quartirolo Lombardo – DOP – Lombardy

R

* Raschera – DOP – Piedmont :* Raschera d'alpeggio – Piedmont; a Raschera, made at least 900m above sea level in certain Alpine areas of the

province of Cuneo Cuneo (Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Haut ...

* Ragusano – DOP – Sicily; * Rasco * Raspadüra * Ravaggiolo romagnolo * Raveggiolo – Tuscany * Raviggiolo :* Raviggiolo di pecora * Raviggiolu – Sardinia * Reblec de crama –

; cow's milk * Réblèque –

; cow's milk * Reblo :* Reblò alpino (see

Reblochon Reblochon () is a soft washed-rind and smear-ripened 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 massi ...

)See Quaderni della Regione Piemonte :* Reblo cremoso Valle Susa – Piedmont Reblochon AOC

– Piedmont * Rebruchon (see

) * Regato * Renàz * Riavulillo RicottaSpoon

:* Ricotta affumicata di Mammola :* Ricotta caprina friulana – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Ricotta di bufala ::* Ricotta di bufala affumicata ::* Ricotta di bufala infornata ::* Ricotta di bufala salata ::* Ricotta essiccata di bufala ::* Ricotta fresca di bufala :* Ricotta di fuscella :* Ricotta forte – Campania :* Ricotta gentile – Sardinia :* Ricotta moliterna :* Ricotta mustia :* Ricotta pecorina Monte Re – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Ricotta romana – DOP – Lazio :* Ricotta salata^,^, :* Ricotta siciliana – Sicily :* Ricotta vaccina affumicata ossolana – Piedmont :* Ricottadi :*

Ricotta forte Ricotta forte (strong ricotta) is a very traditional soft cheese of Basilicata and Apulia, in southeastern Italy. It is creamy, spicy and slightly bitter. Its preparation is similar to the Greek cheese called '' kopanisti'': the milk is fermen ...

- Apulia * Rigatino di Castel San Pietro Robiola di Roccaverano

* Robiola :* Robiola Alta Langa – Piedmont :* Robiola bresciana – Lombardy :* Robiola Cavour – Piedmont :* Robiola contadina :* Robiola d'Alba al tartufo – Piedmont :* Robiola della nonna :* Robiola della Val Bormida :* Robiola della Valsassina :* Robiola delle Langhe – Piedmont :* Robiola di Bossolasco :* Robiola di Castel San Giovanni :* Robiola di Ceva o Mondovì – Piedmont :* Robiola di Cocconato :* Robiola di Intropio :* Robiola di Montevecchia – Lombardy :* Robiola di pecora :* Robiola di Roccaverano – DOP – Piedmont :* Robiola di serosa :* Robiola La Rustica :* Robiola piemontese classica – Piedmont * Romita piemontese – Piedmont * Rosa Camuna – Val Camonica, Lombardy; mild compact paste cheese made with partially skimmed cow's milk * Rosso di lago

S

* Salignon – lower

; goats's and/or sheep’ milk cheese, usually smoked * Salagnun * Salato :*

Salato duro friulano Salato is a surname. The Salato surname is generally considered to be of Italian origin. Ancestral records date the surname back many centuries within Italy. The oldest reference to the surname was a decree to Constantino Salato from Guaimar IV ...

– Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Salato morbido del Friuli – Friuli-Venezia Giulia * Salgnun (Salignun) – Lombardy * Salondro or Solandro – Trentino :* Salondro di malga :* Salondro magro * Salva – Lombardy *

Santo Stefano d'Aveto Santo Stefano d'Aveto ( lij, San Stê) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria. Santo Stefano d'Aveto borders the comuni of Bedonia, Borzonasca, Ferriere, Rezzoaglio and Tornolo. Geogr ...

(also known as San Stè) – from the upper Aveto valley and particularly from within the municipal boundaries of the

Rezzoaglio Rezzoaglio ( lij, Rezzoagi, locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria. Rezzoaglio borders the following municipalities: Borzonasca, Favale di Malvaro, Ferriere, Fontanigorda, Lorsi ...

and

- Ligury * Sappada (cheese) – Province of Belluno, Veneto * Saras del Fèn – PiedmontGiuseppe Zepp
''Cheeses of the Piedmont Region of Italy''
, Dairy Science and Food Technology. * Sarasso * Sarazzu (see Sarasso) * Sargnon or Serniun – Piedmont * Sbrinz – Lombardy * Scacciata * Scacione (Caprone)

* Scamorza :* Scamorza calabra – Calabria :* Scamorza di bufala – Campania :* Scamorza molisana – Molise * Scheggia * Schiz * Schlander * Scuete frante – Friuli Venezia Giulia * Scuete fumade or Ricotta affumicata – Friuli Venezia Giulia * Scimuda d'alpe – Lombardy * Scimudin – Lombardy * Scimut * Scodellato * Secondo sale * Seras – lower

; cows’ milk cheese known since 1267 and often eaten with polenta * Seré (see Seras) * Seirass (see Seras) :* Seirass del Fen (see Seras) – Piedmont :* Seirass del Lausun – Piedmont :* Seirass di latte :* Seirass di siero di pecora :* Seirass stagionato * Semicotto :* Semicotto caprino :* Semicotto ovino * Semitenero loiano * Semuda * Sigarot :* Sigarot cenese :* Sigarot miele :* Sigarot naturale * Silandro – South Tyrol * Silter – Lombardy :* Silter della Val Camonica – Lombardy * Shtalp * Smorzasoel * Soera (Sola della Valcasotto) – Piedmont * Sola – Piedmont :* Sola stagionata * Sora :* Sora di pecora brigasca :* Sora tre latti * Sot la Trape – Friuli Venezia Giulia

* Sottocenere al tartufo * Spalèm – Lombardy * Spessa – Trentino * Spress – Piedmont * Spressa delle Giudicarie – DOP – Trentino * Squacquerone di Romagna DOP – Emilia-Romagna * Squarquaglione dei Monti Lepini * Sta'el * Stagionato de Vaise * Stella di mare * Stelvio or Stilfser – DOP * Sterzinger – South Tyrol * Stintino di Luino

Stracchino Stracchino (), also known as ''crescenza'' (), is a type of Italian cow's-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, and Liguria. It is eaten very young, has no rind and a very soft, creamy texture and normally a mild and delicate flavou ...

:* Stracchino della Valsassina :* Stracchino di bufala :* Stracchino di Nesso :* Stracchino nostrano di Monte Bronzone :* Stracchino orobico :* Stracchino tipico – Lombardy :* Stracchino toscano – Tuscany * Stracciata * Stracciatella di bufala * Strachet – Lombardy * Strachitunt * Stracòn * Strica

T

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* Tabor – Province of Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia * Taburet *

Taleggio Taleggio may refer to: *Taleggio, Lombardy Taleggio ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 Decembe ...

– DOP – Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont :* Taleggio bergamasco :* Taleggio mandello lario * Tella Alto Adige – South Tyrol * Tendaio – semi-soft cows milk cheese made in

Castiglione di Garfagnana Castiglione di Garfagnana is a medieval walled town and '' comune'' of 1,878 inhabitants in the province of Lucca. It sits on a hillside above the river Esarulo, a tributary of the Serchio. The town is renowned for the band Filarmonica Alpina, fo ...

, with ancient origins * Testùn – Piedmont :* Testùn ciuc * Tipo :* Tipo dolce – Lombardy :* Tipo fresco – Piedmont :* Tipo malga friulano – Friuli Venezia Giulia :* Tipo stagionato – Piedmont * Tirabuscion * Tirolese –

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

* Toblach or Toblacher Stangenkäse – South Tyrol (see

) * Toma :* Toma Ajgra – from the

in the

Province of Vercelli A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

, Piedmont :* Toma alpigiana :* Toma of Basilicata :* Toma biellese – made with milk from the Pezzata Rossa d’Oropa cattle breed in the

Province of Biella The Province of Biella ( it, Provincia di Biella, Piedmontese: ''Provincia ëd Biela'') is a province of Italy located in Piedmont. It was created in 1992 and its capital is the city of Biella. It has an area of , and a total population of 17 ...

, Piedmont :* Toma brusca – Piedmont :* Toma del botGiorgio Ottogalli
''Atlante dei formaggi'', p359
Hoepli Editore, 2002. :* Toma del lait brusc (or Formag lait brusc) – cows’ milk cheese from the Susa Valley, Piedmont :* Toma del Maccagno – cows’ milk cheese from the Biellese, Piedmont :* Toma del Mottarone :* Toma del Pastore :* Toma della Valle di Susa – cows’ milk cheese from the Province of Turin, Piedmont :* Toma della Valle Stura – Province of Cuneo, Piedmont :* Toma della Valsesia – Province of Vercelli, Piedmont :* Toma di Balme – Piedmont :* Toma di Boves – Piedmont :* Toma di capra – Piedmont and Lombardy. ::* Toma di capra d'alpeggio ::* Toma di capra Crava :* Toma di Celle – from the area around Celle Macra in the Valle Maira, Piedmont :* Toma di Elva (synonym for Casale de Elva) :* Gressoney Toma (french: Tomme de Gressoney, TTitsch: ''Kesch'') – Lys Valley,

; a Toma made with cows’ milk in the Alpine summer pastures of the

Lys Valley Lys or LYS may refer to: Places *Les Lys, a Premier cru vineyard in Chablis * Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, France (by IATA code) * Lys (department), a ''département'' during the First French Empire, now in Belgium * Lys (Dora Baltea), a stream ...

:* Toma di Lanzo – Piedmont :* Toma di Mendatica – from the upper Valle Arroscia, the Val Roja, and the Valle Impera :* Toma ossolana – Piedmont ::* Toma ossolana al prunent ::* Toma ossolana d'alpeggio ::* Toma ossolana di casa :* Toma ovicaprina :* Toma di Pragelato – Piedmont :* Toma di Valgrisenche (french: Tomme de Valgrisenche) – Valgrisenche,

:* Toma lucana – Basilicata :* Toma piemontese – DOP cheese from Piedmont produced in the provinces of Novara, Verbania, Vercelli, Biella, Turin and Cuneo and in parts of the provinces of Asti and Alessandria :* Toma Valle Pelice * Tombea – Lombardy * Tometta – Piedmont :* Tometta al barolo :* Tometta di Barge :* Tometta Monte Ciuc :* Tometta Valle Elvo * Tometto (Tumet) * Tomini di Bollengo e del Talucco – Piedmont * Tomino – Piedmont :* Tomino canavesano asciutto :* Tomino canavesano fresco :* Tomino da padella :* Tomino del bec :* Tomino del boscaiolo :* Tomino del bot :* Tomino del mel :* Tomino del Talucco :* Tomino delle Valli Saluzzesi :* Tomino di Andrate :* Tomino di Bosconero :* Tomino di Casalborgone :* Tomino di Rivalta :* Tomino di San Giacomo di Boves :* Tomino di Saronsella (Chivassotto) :* Tomino di Sordevolo :* Tomino di Talucco – Piedmont :* Tomino "Montoso" * Torta (cheese) :* Torta orobica :* Torta mascarpone * Toscanello * Tosela – Trentino :* Tosèla del Primiero – Trentino * Toumin dal mel – Piedmont * Tre Valli – Province of Pordenone, Friuli Venezia Giulia * Treccia :* Treccia dura – Basilicata :* Treccia dei Cerviati e Centaurino – Campania * Trifulin – Langhe, Piedmont * Trizza * Tronchetto :* Tronchetto alpino :* Tronchetto di capra :* Tronchetto stagionato * Trugole * Tuma – Piedmont :* Tuma 'd Trausela – Piedmont :* Tuma di Celle :* Tuma di langa sotto vetro :* Tuma sicula * Tumazzu :* Tumazzu di pecura ccu pipi :* Tumazzu di piecura :* Tumazzu di vacca :* Tumazzu di vacca ccu pipi * Tumet di Pralungo – Piedmont * Tumin :* Tumin del mello * Tumo de Caso (synonym for Casale de Elva)

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* Ubriaco – Veneto :* Ubriaco al traminer di capra * Uova di bufala (See

)

V

* Vaciarin * Val Brandet – Lombardy * Valcasotto – Piedmont * Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo or ''Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo'' – DOP –

* Valligiano * Valsevia ubriaca * Valtellina casera – DOP – Lombardy * Vastedda :* Vastedda della Valle del Belice :* Vastedda palermitana – Province of Palermo, Sicily * Vezzena, Vézzena – Trentino

Z

* Ziegenkäse (see Algunder Ziegenkäse) - South Tyrol * Ziger – South Tyrol * Zigercäse (synonym for Ziger) * Zighera – Trentino; a smoked cheese made in the mountains of Pinetano and the area of Valfloriana * Zincarlin * Zumelle (cheese), Zumelle – Veneto * Zufi – Piedmont; a fermented ricotta, somewhat related to

, made in Val Formazza, province of Novarahttp://www.prodottitipici.com ,
Zufi
'' * Zuvi (synonym for Zufi.)

References

;Bibliography * Rubino, R., et al. (2005), ''Italian Cheese'',

External links

Prodottitipici.com, ''Formaggi e Latte''
– provides extensive coverage of traditional varieties of Italian cheese
Formaggio.it
– also covers a very wide coverage of Italian cheeses
Milkonline.com
– concentrates (not exclusively) on PDO cheeses, often providing details of the production regulations

Prodotti Tradizionale SAG Elenco Regioni
– a list of traditional Italian food products by region
Cheeses – Aosta Valley Tourism Board

Assolatte – Associazione Italiana Lattiero Casearia
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