Fontina vs Gruyère
Fontina
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Aosta Valley
- Status
- PDO
Fontina on this page is Fontina Val d'Aosta, a cow's-milk cheese from the Aosta Valley, and a protected cheese. The rind is washed. The paste is elastic and smells of the cellar.
Gruyère
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Fribourg
- Status
- AOP
Gruyère is a hard cow's-milk cheese from western Switzerland, centered on the canton of Fribourg and a defined neighboring zone. A true Swiss Gruyère has few holes, or none.