Cheese Database

Ädelost vs Roquefort

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.

Roquefort, field guide plate
Roquefort, photographed

Roquefort

Facts

Milk
Sheep
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
France
Place
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
Status
PDO

Roquefort is a blue sheep's-milk cheese ripened in the caves at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, in southern France. The protected cheese uses milk from a defined area, and the ripening happens in those caves.