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Caerphilly cheese

Caerphilly
Production Area??
Milk??
Pasteurized??
Texturehard
Fat contentapprox. ??%
Protein contentapprox. ??%
Dimensions/weight??cm x ??cm thick/??-??kg
Aging timeapprox. ?? months
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Caerphilly cheese is the only one of the "Cheddar family" of hard cheeses from Britain that originates outside England - in the area around the town of Caerphilly in Wales.

It is a light-coloured (almost white) crumbly cheese, quite different in texture from traditional Cheddar cheese.

See also: List of cheeses, List of British cheeses