Cheese Database

Brie vs Caravane cheese

Brie, field guide plate
Brie, photographed

Brie

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Bloomy rind
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
France
Place
Île-de-France

Brie is a soft cow's-milk cheese with a white bloomy rind, from the country east of Paris. The paste ripens from the rind toward the center.

Caravane cheese

Facts

Texture
Soft
Type
Bloomy rind
Rind
Bloomy rind
Country
Mauritania

Caravane is a brand of soft cheese from Mauritania, and it is made from camel milk. The wheel has a white bloomy rind and a pale, tender interior, in the manner of a small soft cheese with a downy coat. The flavor is mild, lightly salty, and gently sweet, with a creamy feel that can seem a little grainy. It is a rare cheese, because camel milk is seldom turned into a bloomy wheel. The brand name is what people mean when they ask for this cheese.