swap_horiz Västerbottensost Alternatives

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Challerhocker

The Challerhocker is a Swiss hard cheese produced in the Toggenburg Valley. Walter Räss developed this semi-hard cheese...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

9.1 Excellent

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Appenzeller Extra

Appenzeller Extra is a semi-hard Swiss alpine cheese produced from raw cow’s milk. Its extended maturation period exceed...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.9 Great

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Hoch Ybrig

Hoch Ybrig is a Swiss hard cheese originating from the Hoch Ybrig mountain range in Schwyz. It’s produced using raw cow'...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.9 Great

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Mont Vully

Mont Vully is an artisan Swiss hard cheese produced in the Fribourg region. The cheese’s notable characteristic stems fr...

Swiss Artisan Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.7 Great

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Gorwydd Caerphilly

Farmhouse Caerphilly made by the Trethowan family using unpasteurized milk, aged longer than commercial versions to deve...

Traditional Welsh British Cow Milk

8.6 Great

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Bagoss

Bagoss is a hard Italian cheese from Bagolino made from cow's milk, sometimes blended with goat's milk and aged for over...

Italian Artisan Northern Hard

8.4 Great

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Mimolette Extra Vieille

Mimolette Extra Vieille is a hard, aged French cow's milk cheese, visually distinguished by its bright orange color and...

French Northern Aged Hard

8.4 Great

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Emmentaler AOP Reserve

Emmentaler AOP Reserve is an aged Swiss cheese made from raw cow's milk, heavily distinguished by its exceptionally larg...

Swiss Alpine Dop Cow Milk

8.4 Great

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Hobelkäse

Hobelkäse is an extra-hard Swiss cheese originating in the Bernese Oberland region. Crafted from cow’s milk, its excepti...

Swiss Traditional Extra Hard Cow Milk

8.4 Great

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Bruny Island C2

Australian hard cheese produced by Bruny Island Cheese Co. in Tasmania, founded by cheesemaker Nick Haddow and known for...

Australian Artisan Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.3 Great

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Tête de Moine AOP

Swiss AOP hard cheese from Bellelay Abbey in the Jura mountains, with origins traceable to the 12th century, traditional...

Swiss Alpine Dop Cow Milk

8.2 Great

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Allgäuer Bergkäse

German PDO hard cheese from the Allgäu region of Bavaria, made from raw cow's milk and aged at least four months, with E...

German Alpine Dop Cow Milk

8.1 Great

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Appleby's Cheshire

Traditional unpasteurized clothbound Cheshire cheese made by the Appleby family at Hawkstone Abbey Farm in Shropshire, a...

Traditional British Crumbly Cow Milk

8.0 Great

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Prästost

Swedish 'priest's cheese' with roots in the 16th century, when clergy accepted it as tithe payments; now a mild, semi-ha...

Historic Traditional Swedish Cow Milk

6.9 Fair

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Grevé

Swedish semi-hard cheese with large holes, developed in 1964 by Swedish dairies as a domestically produced alternative t...

Traditional Swedish Cow Milk Semi Hard

6.8 Fair

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Kanterkaas

Kanterkaas is a Dutch hard cheese flavored with cloves and cumin seeds, produced in the Netherlands and closely related...

Traditional Dutch Farmhouse Cow Milk

6.8 Fair

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Svecia

Swedish semi-hard cow's milk cheese with centuries of documented history, produced throughout the country with a mild, t...

Mild Traditional Aged Swedish

6.8 Fair

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Nøkkelost

Norwegian semi-hard cow's milk cheese flavored with cumin and cloves, whose name 'key cheese' references the Leiden coat...

Norwegian Traditional Spiced Cow Milk

6.4 Fair

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Tilsiter

Tilsiter is a semi-hard washed-rind cheese originating in the town of Tilsit (now Sovetsk, Russia) in the mid-19th centu...

German Traditional Cow Milk Semi Hard

6.4 Fair

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Herrgårdsost

Swedish semi-hard cow's milk 'manor cheese' developed in the late 19th century, characterized by small holes and a mild,...

Traditional Domestic Swedish Cow Milk

6.2 Fair