This is a list of cheeses from, or connected with, the

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– a hard cow's milk cheese, traditionally from cows grazed on sea-clay soil in

polders A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a lake or the seabed # Flood plains ...

. * Boerenkaas – "farmhouse cheese", prepared using raw unpasteurised milk * Edam - a red-waxed semi-hard cows' milk cheese named after the town of Edam * Graskaas - "grass cheese", a seasonal cows' milk cheese made from the first milkings after the cows are let into the

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s in spring. * Gouda - a semi-hard cows' milk cheese traditionally traded in Gouda, now often used as a worldwide

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for Dutch-style cheese. * Kanterkaas - "edge cheese", a hard cheese produced in Friesland, with variants flavoured with cumin and cloves. *

Leerdammer Leerdammer () is a Dutch semihard cheese made from cow's milk. It has an ageing time around 3–12 months. It has a creamy white texture and was made to be similar in appearance and flavor to Emmental. Its sweet and somewhat nutty flavour becomes ...

– a trademarked

Emmental The Emmental ( en, Emme Valley) is a valley in west-central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern. It is a hilly landscape comprising the basins of the rivers Emme (river), Emme and Ilfis (river), Ilfis. The region is mostly devoted to ...

-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese *

Leyden Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...

- a cows' milk cheese flavoured with cumin and caraway seed * Limburger - a soft cheese with a distinctive smell, traditionally from the area of the former

Duchy of Limburg The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of the area of the duchy is today located within Liège Province of Belgium, with a small portion in the municipality of Voeren, an exclave of the neighbourin ...

* Maaslander - a trademarked Gouda-style cheese made in Huizen * Maasdam - an Emmental-style semi-firm cows' milk cheese * Nagelkaas - "clove cheese", flavoured cows' milk cheese from Friesland. * Old Amsterdam – a hard cows' milk cheese * Parrano – a trademarked Gouda-style semi-firm cheese :*

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- a similar style of cheese trademarked by a different company. * Roomano - an aged, hard cheese with a lower butterfat percentage than other Gouda-style cheeses * Vlaskaas – "flax cheese", a firm, yet creamy texture and a sweet, sharp flavor

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