Cheese Database

Chanco cheese vs Gouda

Chanco cheese

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Pressed
Rind
Natural rind
Country
Chile

Chanco cheese is a mild cow's milk cheese from Chile. The paste is pale yellow, buttery, and semi-soft, with small irregular eyes scattered through the body. A thin dry rind covers the outside, and the flavor stays gentle rather than sharp. People in Chile use it as an everyday slicing cheese and as a cheese that melts in hot food. It is one of the common cheeses in Chilean shops, beside other mild cow's milk styles.

Gouda, field guide plate
Gouda, photographed

Gouda

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Pressed
Rind
Waxed or sealed
Country
Netherlands
Place
Gouda

Gouda is a pressed cow's-milk cheese named for the Dutch city. Young Gouda is mild, supple, and often sealed in wax. Aged Gouda is hard, deep, and full of crystals.