Cheese Database

Ädelost vs Aura

Ädelost

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Sweden

Ädelost is a blue cheese from Sweden, made with pasteurized cow's milk. The name means noble cheese, and Swedes also spell it Adelost. It was developed as a Swedish answer to imported blue cheeses, with a creamy paste and blue-grey veins. A thin rind carries a light dusting of mold. The flavor is salty, sharp, and tangy, and people use it as a table cheese or crumbled on a salad.

Aura

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
No rind
Country
Finland
Place
Äänekoski, Finland

Aura is a blue cheese made in Äänekoski, Finland, from cow's milk. Blue-green veins run through a pale, creamy paste that is salty, sharp, and tangy. The usual cheese is strong but still spreadable, and a longer-aged version sold as Aura Gold is fuller and more assertive. The name comes from the Aura River, not from the town where it is made today. It is the best known blue cheese of Finland.