Cheese Database

Colby-Jack cheese vs Monterey Jack

Colby-Jack cheese, field guide plate
Colby-Jack cheese, photographed

Colby-Jack cheese

Facts

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

Colby-Jack is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Wisconsin, in the United States, made by mixing Colby curds with Monterey Jack curds. The two stay in separate orange and white pieces, so a slice looks marbled. Both parent cheeses are mild and moist, and the blend keeps that easy character. It is a young cheese, sold in blocks and loaves rather than as a long-aged wheel. There is no strong rind flavor, because most pieces are rindless.

Monterey Jack, field guide plate
Monterey Jack, photographed

Monterey Jack

Facts

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

Monterey Jack is a mild cow's-milk cheese from California. Young Jack is pale, flexible, and one of the reliable melting cheeses of American cooking.