Cheese Database

Cheddar vs Colby

Cheddar

Milk
Cow
Texture
Hard
Type
Pressed
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom
Place
Cheddar, Somerset

Cheddar is a pressed cow's-milk cheese from Somerset, in the west of England. The name comes from the village of Cheddar and from Cheddar Gorge, but most cheddar eaten today is made far from that village.

Colby

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Pressed
Rind
No rind
Country
United States
Place
Wisconsin

Colby is a washed-curd cow's-milk cheese first made in Colby, Wisconsin, in 1885. Joseph F. Steinwand, a local cheesemaker, devised it and named it for the town.