Cheese Database

Cream cheese vs Mascarpone

Cream cheese

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.

Mascarpone

Milk
Cow
Texture
Fresh
Type
Fresh
Rind
No rind
Country
Italy
Place
Lombardy

Mascarpone is a fresh, very rich cow's-cream cheese from Lombardy. Acid sets it. It is not aged, and it has no rind.