How many varieties of cheese are there in France?
Food hard Data from 2023
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The answer
1,200 cheeses
Roughly 1.2K.
France produces around 1,200 distinct cheeses, though only about 45 hold protected designation of origin status. De Gaulle’s famous line about governing a country with 246 cheeses was, if anything, an undercount.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Centre National Interprofessionnel de l’Economie Laitière (CNIEL) |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | cheeses |
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