Gouda cheese

Waxed yellow round

Gouda cheese is a semi-hard Dutch cheese made from cow's milk, named after the city of Gouda in the Netherlands.

It has a mild, slightly sweet flavor when young, becoming more complex and caramel-like as it ages.

Gouda ranges from creamy and pliable to hard and crumbly depending on aging: aged Gouda with crackers, a slice of smoked Gouda.

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Opposites
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production origin

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G