Brunost also known as mysost (Norwegian), mesost (Swedish), meesjuusto (Finnish), mysuostur (Icelandic), myseost (Danish), Braunkäse (German).

The Norwegian and German names mean brown cheese while others translated simply mean ‘whey cheese’. The most commonly exported varieties of Brunost are Geitost which is made with a mixture of goats and cow's milk, Ekte Geitost made with goat’s milk only, and Gudbrandsdalsost.

Brunost is a sweet, dense caramelized brown Scandinavian whey cheese produced under different names in various countries. The cheese gets its brown colour and fudge like texture from the slow simmering process which allows the milk sugars to caramelize. A low-fat variant is made by increasing the proportion of whey to milk and cream.

Brunost is served thinly sliced on rye toast or crisp bread. It is considered healthy because of its high content of iron, calcium and B vitamins.

• Made from pasteurized or unpasteurized cow's and goat's milk
• Country of origin: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Norway and Sweden
• Type: semi-soft, whey
• Fat content: 27 g/100g
• Calcium content: 360 mg/100g
• Texture: dense
• Rind: natural
• Colour: brown
• Flavour: caramel, sweet
• Producers: Tine
• Synonyms: mysost, mesost, meesjuusto, mysuostur, myseost, Braunkäse, geitost, Ekte Geitost, Gudbrandsdalsost

Other cheeses from Denmark:

• semi-hard cheeses: Danish Feta, Fynbo, Maribo, Molbo, Samso
• semi-soft cheeses: Beemster 2% Milk, Cream Havarti, Danablu (Danish Blue), Danbo, Danish Fontina, Esrom
• soft cheeses: Blue Castello, Mycella, Saga
• fresh soft cheeses: Quark

Other cheeses from Finland:

• semi-hard cheeses: Juustoleipa, Turunmaa
• semi-soft cheeses: Aura, Lappi, Oltermanni

Other German cheeses:

• hard cheeses: Allgauer Emmentaler, Bavarian Bergkase, Klosterkaese
• semi-hard cheeses: Bianco , Danish Feta, Edelpilz, Original Illertaler
• semi-soft cheeses: Basils Original Rauchkäse, Beemster 2% Milk, Bierkase, Bruder Basil, Butterkase, Cambozola Grand Noir, Chiriboga Blue, CreNoble , Limburger, Mirabo Brie with Walnut, Striegistaler Zwerge Camembert
• soft cheeses: Bavaria blu, Bonifaz, Cambazola, Champignon de Luxe Garlic, Champignon de Luxe Pepper, Champignon Mushrooom, CréMonté , Doppelrhamstufel, Dorblu, Montagnolo , Montsalvat, Petida, ReginaBlu, Rougette Bavarian Red, Rougette Grill Meister, St. Mang Original Allgäuer Limburger, Weichkaese
• fresh soft cheeses: FITAKI White Cheese, Quark

Other cheeses from Iceland:

• semi-hard cheeses: Braudostur
• soft cheeses: Avaxtskyr

Other cheeses from Norway:

• hard cheeses: Gammelost
• semi-hard cheeses: Geitost, Nokkelost, Ridder
• semi-soft cheeses: Jarlsberg
• fresh soft cheeses: Quark

Other cheeses from Sweden:

• hard cheeses: Almnäs Tegel, Blenda, Drommen, Dura, Himmelsraften, Himmelsraften Extra, Kummin, Tegan, Vasterbottenost, Wrångebäck Sweden
• semi-hard cheeses: Graddost, Greve, Herrgardsost, Hushallsost, Sveciaost
• semi-soft cheeses: Adelost, Prastost, Saaland Pfarr
• soft cheeses: Arådalen, Vera
• fresh soft cheeses: Moose , Quark