France is also famous for its different kind of cheese, actually there are 500 types of cheese of different flavours so you'll have a long list where choose from, of course the french cheese is part of many french foods, salads, pastas, sandwiches, and also as an aperitif. The French cheese has calcium, which is essential for the building and for the preservation of bones and teeth and the prevention of osteoporosis. French cheeses have the Protected Designation of Origin, this is a European Union designation for all the well-established cheeses.

French cheeses are divided in those groups:

« Blue Cheeses
« Fresh Cheeses
« Goat Cheeses
« Pressed, uncooked cheeses
« Pressed, cooked cheeses
« Processed Cheeses
« Soft, bloomy-rind cheeses
« Soft, washed rind cheeses

By milk:

« Cow and Ewe's milk
« Cow and unpasteurised milk
« Cow or Goat's milk
« Cow's milk
« Ewe and goat's milk
« Ewe's milk
« Goat's milk

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