List of French Cheeses
The following is a list of cheeses from France. France is home to a very large variety of cheese types. An estimate of this number is between 350 and 400.
List of Protected Designation of Origin French cheeses
Many familiar generic types, like Boursin, are not covered. It may come as a surprise to see varieties of Emmental cheese protected as a French cheese. This list differs from those of AOC status.
- Abondance
- Beaufort
- Bleu d'Auvergne (AOC, Auvergne)
- Bleu des Causses
- Bleu du Haut-Jura, de Gex, de Septmoncel
- Bleu du Vercors
- Brie de Meaux
- Brie de Melun
- Brocciu Corse or Brocciu
- Cancoillotte
- Cantal or Fourme de Cantal or Cantalet (AOC, Auvergne)
- Camembert de Normandie
- Chabichou du Poitou
- Chaource
- Chevrotin
- Comt?
- Crottin de Chavignol ou Chavignol
- Emmental de Savoie
- Emmental fran?ais est-central
- ?poisses de Bourgogne
- Fourme d'Ambert or Fourme de Montbrison (AOC, Auvergne)
- Laguiole
- Langres
- Livarot
- Maroilles or Marolles
- Mimolette
- Mont d'or or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs
- Morbier
- Munster or Munster-G?rom?
- Neufch?tel
- Ossau-lraty
- P?lardon
- Picodon de l'Ard?che or Picodon de la Dr?me
- Pont-l'?v?que
- Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
- Reblochon or Reblochon de Savoie
- Rocamadour
- Roquefort
- Ringring (not cheese)
- Saint-Nectaire (AOC, Auvergne)
- Sainte-Maure de Touraine
- Saint Agur Blue
- Salers (AOC, Auvergne)
- Selles-sur-Cher
- Tomme de Savoie
- Tomme des Pyr?n?es
- Valen?ay
Other French cheeses include:
- Banon
- Bleu de Bresse
- Boursin cheese
- Brillat-Savarin
- Broccio Passu
- Cabecou
- Cancoillotte
- Carr? de l'Est
- Chamois d'Or
- Chaumes cheese
- Coeur de Neufchatel
- Coulommiers
- Delice Du Calvados
- Gaperon
- Mimolette
- Olivet Cendr?
- Port Salut
- Raclette
- Rigotte de Condrieu
- Roue de Brie
- Saint Albray
- Saint-Andr?
- Saint-F?licien
- Saint-Marcellin
- Tome des Bauges
- Tomme Boudane
- Tomme Butone
- Tomme au Fenouil
- Tomme du Revard
- Vacherin Mont d'Or
- Vieux-Boulogne