Cheese Database

Mozzarella vs Oaxaca

Mozzarella

Milk
Cow
Texture
Fresh
Type
Stretched curd
Rind
No rind
Country
Italy
Place
Southern Italy

Mozzarella is a stretched-curd cheese. On this page it is the cow's-milk cheese, fior di latte. Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a separate cheese, made from water buffalo milk, when it carries that protected name.

Oaxaca

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Stretched curd
Rind
No rind
Country
Mexico
Place
Oaxaca

Queso Oaxaca is a Mexican stretched-curd cheese from the state of Oaxaca, wound into a ball of strings. In Oaxaca it is often called quesillo.