Cheese Database

Korall vs La Vache qui Rit

Korall

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Processed
Rind
No rind
Country
Russia

Korall is a soft processed cheese from Russia, made with cow's milk and a shrimp flavor. The paste is pink, smooth, and easy to spread, and black pepper often comes with the seafood taste. It is sold in small boxes and tubes rather than as a cut wheel with a rind. Several firms make it, and no single company owns the name. The cheese is a flavored spread, not a farmhouse round you age at home.

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.