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Roquefort cheese
Roquefort (; Languedocien: Ròcafòrt) is a sheep-milk blue cheese from southern France. Though, within differences between legal roqueforts, indistinguishable cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (in the Occitania region) may bear the name "Roquefort", as it is a recognised geographical indication, and has a protected designation of origin.
Cantal
Cantal cheese is an uncooked firm cheese produced in the Auvergne region of central France.
Bleu d'Auvergne
French AOP blue cheese, made from cow's milk, named for its place of origin in the Auvergne region of south-central France
fourme d'Ambert
semi-hard French AOC blue cheese, made from raw cow's milk from the Auvergne region of France
laguiole cheese
French cheese
fourme de Montbrison
French cheese
bleu des Causses
French cheese
Rocamadour
French cheese
Banon cheese
French cheese
Saint-Nectaire
Saint-Nectaire (; ) is a French cheese made in the Auvergne region of central France.
salers
French semi-hard com milk cheese originating from Salers, located in the Massif Central, central France
Picodon
Picodon () is a goats-milk cheese made in the region around the Rhône in southern France. The name means "spicy" in Occitan.
Gaperon
Gaperon () is a French cheese of the Auvergne region. The Gaperon has been produced for over 1200 years in Auvergne.
Pélardon
Pélardon (), formerly called paraldon, pélardou and also péraudou, is a French cheese from the Cévennes range of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It is a traditional cheese made from goat's milk. It is round soft-ripened cheese covered in a white mold (à pâte molle à croûte fleurie) weighing approximately 60 grams, with a diameter of 60–70 mm and a height of 22–27 mm. Pélardon has benefited from ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) status since August 2000.
Saint Agur Blue
pasteurized blue cheese from central France
Cabécou
Cabécou () is a soft goat cheese that comes from the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France. It has a thin striped rind and after two weeks its crust grows blue mold changing its taste. It is one of Aquitaine's most famous foods. Aquitaine is a region in the lower bottom of France. The coloration of this creation is a calm cream color. Cabécou is a cheese generally made from raw goat's milk originating from the regions of the Massif Central such as Quercy, Rouergue, Haute-Auvergne, Limousin and Périgord.
Chaumes
Chaumes (; ; ) is a cow's milk cheese from Saint-Antoine-de-Breuilh in the Périgord in south west France, made by traditional cheese-making processes. Translated literally, "chaumes" is French for stubble.
Tomme des Pyrénées
French cheese
Rochebaron
Rochebaron (; ) is a soft blue cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk, in the town of Beauzac in the Auvergne region, in the Massif Central, France.
Pavin
French cheese from Auvergne
Cathare
Cathare () is a goat's milk cheese from the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. The cheese comes in flat discs whose face is covered in charcoal powder with the Occitan cross inscribed. Under the rind, Cathare is pure white with a soft, creamy texture. Its goat-milk flavor intensifies as it ages, and reaches its prime after two to three weeks, which makes it typically unavailable in the United States, due to the Food and Drug Administration's stance that raw milk soft cheeses can pose a health risk. The sale of raw milk cheese aged under 60 days is illegal in the United States.