Switzerland is home to about 450 varieties of cheese. Cow's milk is used in 99% of the cheeses produced; the remaining share is mostly made up of sheep's and goat's milk. Look up Cow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cow may refer to: Female cattle, other bovines, or other large mammals including elephants and whales. ... A glass of cows milk Milk most often means the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Binomial name Ovis aries Linnaeus, 1758 A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries), which probably descends from the wild moufflon of south-central and south-west Asia. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ...

Some well-known Swiss cheeses:

extra-hard:

• Sbrinz

Sbrinz is a very hard cheese produced in central Switzerland. ...

hard:

• Emmentaler, generally known in the U.S. as "Swiss cheese"
• Gruyère/Greyerzer
• Berner Alpkäse
• Sapsago (Glarner Schabziger)

Swiss cheese being stored in a cellar in a small cheese dairy near St. Gallen

Emmental cheese Emmentaler, Emmenthal, or Emmental cheese is a Swiss cheese. ... Cubes of Emmental cheese Swiss cheese is the generic name, in the United States, for several related varieties of cheese, originally made in Switzerland. ... Categories: Food and drink stubs | Swiss cheeses ... Swiss cheese being stored in a cellar in a small cheese dairy near St. ... Swiss cheese being stored in a cellar in a small cheese dairy near St. ...

semi-hard:

• Appenzeller
• Bündner Bergkäse
• Mutschli
• Raclette cheese
• Tête de Moine
• Vacherin Fribourgeois
• Tilsiter

Appenzeller cheese is a cheese variety produced in the Appenzell region, in the north east of Switzerland. ... Raclette is a type of cheese from Switzerland (although French variations exist). ... A Vacherin cheese is a cows-milk (French vache, cow) cheese, as a chevrotin is a goats-milk cheese. ...

semi-soft:

• Vacherin Mont d'Or
• Formaggini

A Vacherin cheese is a cows-milk (French vache, cow) cheese, as a chevrotin is a goats-milk cheese. ...

soft:

• Gala

See also

• Cheese