Édel de Cléron () is a traditional French cheese of relatively recent origin which carries the name of the village where it is made,

Cléron Cléron () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population Sights * The Château de Cléron is a 14th-century castle, remodelled over the years. Its privately owned and not open to ...

, in the valley of the

Loue The Loue () is a river of eastern France, a left tributary of the Doubs, which it joins downstream of Dole. It is long. Its source is a karst spring in the Jura mountains near Ouhans, which at least partly receives its water from the Doubs. Th ...

of the Doubs department in

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou dialect, Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; ; also ; ; all ) is a cultural and Provinces of France, historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of France, departments of Doub ...

. * By its taste, form and texture, it is close to a

Vacherin Mont-d'Or Vacherin Mont d'Or (), or simply Vacherin (), is a cow's milk (French ''vache'', "cow") cheese. Two main types of French or Swiss Vacherin cheeses exist. One type of Vacherin cheese is called mont d'Or, or Vacherin du Haut-Doubs, from France,'' ...

. * It is made from lightly

pasteurized In food processing, pasteurization ( also pasteurisation) is a process of food preservation in which packaged foods (e.g., milk and fruit juices) are treated with mild heat, usually to less than , to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life ...

cow's milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of lactating mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Milk contains many nutr ...

from the Doubs department. It is made all year long. * It is surrounded by a band, and packaged in a box, of natural aromatic pine bark from the

Jura mountains The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...

Notes and references

* http://cheeselibrary.com/ledeldecleron.html L'Edel de Cleron - Cheese Library French cheeses Cow's-milk cheeses {{France-cheese-stub