King of cheeses

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Various cheeses have been called the king of cheeses. [1] The title is informal, and there is no standard definition, but a few are more consistently called that than others, especially in their countries of origin:

Cheeses are idiosyncratically named "kings" of particular types of cheese by individual writers: Maroilles, the king of strong cheeses; [11] Halloumi, the "king of cooking cheeses"; [12] Västerbotten, the king of Swedish cheeses. [13] [14]

Sometimes lower ranks of nobility are used for other cheeses, e.g., Camembert, the "prince" of cheeses. [15]

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