Cheese Database

Cream cheese vs La Vache qui Rit

Cream cheese, field guide plate
Cream cheese, photographed

Cream cheese

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Fresh
Type
Fresh
Rind
No rind
Country
United States

Cream cheese is a fresh, rich cow's-milk cheese set with acid. It was developed in the United States in the late nineteenth century, and it is made to spread.

La Vache qui Rit, field guide plate

La Vache qui Rit

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Processed
Rind
No rind
Country
France

La Vache qui Rit is a French brand of processed cow's milk cheese, known in English as The Laughing Cow. The usual piece is a soft triangular wedge, wrapped in foil and packed in a round box. The picture on the box is a laughing cow with earrings, and that mark is how shoppers recognize the brand. The cheese is mild, creamy, and salted for spreading. It is a manufactured product, not a farmhouse wheel from one region of France.