This is a list of cheeses typical of the United States. Types of cheese are included; brand names are only included if they apply to a distinct variety of cheese. Many additional European-type cheeses are also made in the United States, such as Brie, Cheddar, Gouda, mozzarella and provolone. Also, many local dairies throughout the country produce artisan cheeses and other more localized flavors. (The term "American cheese" is also sometimes misunderstood outside the United States to refer to processed cheese products.) Many American cheese varieties are related to European cheeses, with slightly different recipes, and with European-sounding names, such as Swiss cheese, which is not normally found or produced in Switzerland. Almost half of the cheese produced in the United States comes from Wisconsin and California.^[1]

American cream cheeses

• Bergenost
• Cream cheese
• Creole cream cheese
• Cup cheese
• Red Hawk cheese, triple-crème cow's milk cheese with a brine washed rind, made in California
• Kunik cheese

American soft cheeses

• Brick cheese
• Cheese curd
• Colby cheese
• Colby-Jack cheese
• Farmer cheese
  • Hoop cheese, drier version of farmer cheese
• String cheese, particular American variety of mozzarella with a stringy texture
• Cougar Gold cheese, An American cheddar
• Humboldt Fog, made in California
• Liederkranz cheese
• Monterey Jack
  • Pepper jack cheese, variety of Monterey Jack
• Pinconning cheese, aged variety of Colby
• Muenster cheese, extremely mild, semi-soft with annatto exterior, nothing like name-controlled washed rind Alsacian Muenster
• Swiss cheese
• Teleme cheese
• Vermont cheddar

American hard cheeses

• Capricious, goat's milk cheese made in Petaluma, California
• American generic parmesan, developed in the United States but inspired by Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese from Italy

American blue cheeses

• Maytag Blue cheese, brand name which is also a distinct variety of cheese

Processed cheeses

• American cheese, a variety of processed cheese usually created from a combination of Colby and Cheddar cheeses
• Government cheese, variety of processed cheese food
• Nacho cheese
• Pimento cheese
• Provel cheese
• Velveeta, brand name for a softer style of processed cheese than American cheese