| A | B |
| Blue | White Blue-vein mold semi-soft crumbly |
| Brick | Mild to moderately sharp flavor, creamy yellow semi-soft |
| Brie | Mild to pugent flavor, soft |
| Cheddar (mild) | Firm nut-like cheddar flavor young cheese smooth breaks |
| Cheddar (sharp) | Firm Nut like cheddar flavor aged cheese smooth breaks strong flavor |
| Colby | Softer and more open than cheddar crumbly yellow-orange |
| Cream/Neufchatel | Soft and Smooth mild acid flavor white and sticky |
| Gouda | mellow nut like flavor semisoft may have wax |
| Monterey (Jack) | semisoft mellow flavor white crumbly |
| Mozzarella | Slightly firm and is plastic mild delicate flavor stringy white |
| Munster | semisoft mild mellow flavor may have wax on outside white in center |
| Provolone | Mellow to sharp flavor with smokey and salty overtones white |
| Ricotta | soft and may have a grainy consistency |
| Swiss | firm and smooth with medium to large round holes white |