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World Cheeses

Name: World Cheeses
Creator: TidyTuesday
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

A catalog of cheeses from around the globe with their key traits. Want to know what cheeses come from France versus Italy? Which ones are made from goat milk? How certain flavors compare across regions? This data has it all: milk types, flavor profiles, texture, fat content, country of origin, and whether they're vegetarian or vegan. It's like a reference guide you can query and analyze.

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All cheeses with their characteristics

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academic

Type: academic
Scope: global
Updates: scheduled
License: CC0-1.0

How this data is collected

Sourced from cheese.com, covering 1,500+ commercial and specialty cheeses globally.
Attributes include milk type, fat/calcium content, flavor, texture, aroma, and origin.
Crowdsourced data with variable completeness; some entries have missing fields.

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Coverage skews toward commercially available cheeses; small local producers may be underrepresented.
Sensory descriptors (flavor, aroma) are subjective and may vary across sources.
Some entries have incomplete information, with null values in certain fields.
Data is static and reflects cheese.com state as of publication; doesn't capture new releases or discontinued cheeses.
Nutritional data (fat, calcium content) may be approximate or based on averages rather than specific producer information.
Cheeses from less-documented regions or developing countries may be absent.

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