This is a list of cheeses from
Poland. The history of
cheesemaking
Cheesemaking (or caseiculture) is the craft of making cheese. The production of cheese, like many other food preservation processes, allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material, in this case milk, to be preserved in concentrat ...
in Poland goes back to 5500 BC, when cheese similar to
mozzarella was produced in
Neolithic times in
Kujawy (north-central Poland).
Poland is the 6th largest
cheese
Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...
producer in the world and has the 18th highest cheese consumption.
Marek Kosmulski described over 600 types of Polish cheeses manufactured between 1948 and 2019.
"Atlas serów polskich : Producenci i nazewnictwo serów w latach 1948–2019" Biblioteka Cyfrowa Politechniki Lubelskiej
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Some Polish cheeses are protected by European Union law as regional products.
Polish cheeses
See also
* List of cheeses
* Polish cuisine
* List of cheesemakers
This is a list of notable cheesemakers. Cheesemakers are people or companies that make cheese, who have developed the knowledge and skills required to convert milk into cheese. Cheesemaking involves controlling precisely the types and amounts of ...
References
External links
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Polish cheeses
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...