List of French PDO cheeses

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The list of French AOP cheeses lists cheeses that have received the Appellation d'Origine Protégée (AOP), formerly Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) , German: Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) .

French AOP cheese

The main cheeses with the AOP label in France

The cheeses classified by the French Institute national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) come from milk

  • the cow
  • the goat
  • of the sheep
  • of goat and sheep


The types of pâtes recognized by the INAO :

table

Overview Regulations
Name (Appellation d'Origine Protegée): milk Art origin obtained through Changes
Abondance cow heated hard cheese Val d'Abondance ( Haute-Savoie ) 23/03/1990

15/11/1993

Banon goat Soft cheese with natural rind Haute-Provence ( Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , Hautes-Alpes , Var and Vaucluse ) 23/07/2003
Beaufort cow heated hard cheese Beaufortain, Maurienne and Tarentaise , part of the Val d'Arly ( Savoie and Haute-Savoie ) 19/01/2001
Bleu d'Auvergne cow Mold cheese Puy-de-Dôme , Cantal , Haute-Loire , Aveyron , Corrèze , Lot and Lozère 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Bleu de Gex cow Mold cheese Haut-Jura ( Ain and Jura ) 13/09/2005
Bleu des Causses cow Mold cheese southern massif central ( Aveyron , Lot and Lozère ) 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage cow Mold cheese Plateau du Vercors ( Drôme and Isère ) 07/30/1998
Brie de Meaux cow Soft cheese with a white mold coating Aube , Loiret , Marne , Haute-Marne , Meuse , Seine-et-Marne and Yonne 18/06/1990

15/11/1993
08/08/1994

Brie de Melun cow Soft cheese with a white mold coating Seine-et-Marne , Aube and Yonne 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Brocciu , Brocciu passu Goat sheep cream cheese Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud 10/06/1983
(abrogé) 		03/06/1998
Camembert de Normandy cow Soft cheese with a white mold coating Normandy (Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime) 1983
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Cantal cow heated hard cheese Aveyron , Cantal , Corrèze and Puy-de-Dôme 1956
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Chabichou du Poitou goat Soft cheese with natural rind Vienne, Deux-Sèvres and Charente 1990
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Chaource cow Soft cheese with a white mold coating Aube and Yonne 1977
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994
15/11/1999

Charolais goat Soft cheese with natural rind Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Loire and Allier 21/01/2010
Chevrotin goat Hard cheese Massifs du Mont-Blanc, du Chablais, des Aravis et des Bauges ( Haute-Savoie and Savoie ) xx /
01/2001 (abrogé) 		02/05/2002
Comté cow heated hard cheese Massif jurassien ( Jura , Doubs, Ain ) as well as Saône-et-Loire and Haute-Savoie 14/01/1958 1976/1979/1986/1998
Crottin de Chavignol goat Soft cheese with natural rind Cher, Loiret and Nièvre 1976
(abrogé) 		29/12/1986

08/08/1994

Epoisses cow Soft cheese with washed rind Côte-d'Or, Haute-Marne and Yonne 1991
(abrogé) 		16/07/2004
Fourme d'Ambert cow Mold cheese Puy-de-Dôme , Cantal and Loire 1972
(abrogé) 		02/22/2002
Fourme de Montbrison cow Mold cheese Loire and Puy-de-Dôme 1972
(abrogé) 		02/22/2002
Laguiole cow Hard cheese Massif de l'Aubrac ( Aveyron , Cantal and Lozère ) 28/07/2000

29/03/2004

Langres cow Soft cheese with washed rind Haute-Marne , Vosges and Côte-d'Or 1975
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Livarot cow Soft cheese with washed rind Calvados and Orne 1975
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Mâconnais cow Soft cheese with natural rind Saône-et-Loire 2005
Maroilles cow Soft cheese with washed rind Aisne and North 1976
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Mont d'Or cow Soft cheese with washed rind Doubs 1981
(abrogé) 		07/21/2000
Morbier cow Hard cheese Massif jurassia ( Ain , Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire) 22/12/2000
Muenster cow Soft cheese with washed rind Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, Haute-Saône, Territoire de Belfort and Vosges 1969
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Neufchâtel cow Soft cheese with a white mold coating Pays de Bray (Seine-Maritime and Oise) 1969
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Ossau-Iraty sheep Hard cheese Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées 1980
(abrogé) 		15/11/1993

08/08/1994
16/01/1996
04/10/1996
15/11/1999
23/11/2001

Pélardon goat Soft cheese with natural rind Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère , Tarn 25/08/2000
Picodon goat Soft cheese with natural rind Ardèche, Drôme and canton de Valréas ( Vaucluse ) 25/08/2000
Pont-l'Évêque cow Soft cheese with washed rind Normandy (Calvados, Eure, Manche, Orne and Seine-Maritime) and Mayenne 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Pouligny-Saint-Pierre goat Soft cheese with natural rind Indre 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Reblochon cow Hard cheese Savoie and Haute-Savoie 15/11/1993
Rigotte de Condrieu goat Soft cheese with a white mold coating
 Loire and Rhône 13/01/2009
Rocamadour goat Soft cheese with natural rind Aveyron , Corrèze , Dordogne, Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne 26/11/2004
Roquefort sheep Mold cheese Aude, Aveyron , Gard, Hérault, Lozère and Tarn 22/01/2001
Saint-Nectaire cow Hard cheese Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Sainte-Maure de Touraine goat Soft cheese with natural rind Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Vienne 29/06/1990
Salers cow Hard cheese Aveyron , Cantal , Corrèze , Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme 1961 14/03/2000
Selles-sur-Cher goat Soft cheese with natural rind Cher, Indre and Loir-et-Cher 15/11/1993

08/08/1994

Tome of the building cow Hard cheese Savoie and Haute-Savoie 12/11/2002

(abrogé)

13/01/2009
Valençay goat Soft cheese with natural rind Cher, Indre, Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher 13/07/1998

See also

literature

  • Martine and Daniel Sassier, Guide des fromages de France et d'Europe, Paris, Brussels, Montreal, Zurich 1995
  • Engelmann, Holler, Das Feinschmecker Handbuch Käse, Potsdam 2013