Danish Fontina is pale yellow and semi-soft with a mild slightly sweet flavour. A derivative of its Italian namesake and a great table cheese that goes well with a light wine Fontina is also a good sandwich cheese.

• Country of origin: Denmark
• Type: semi-soft
• Vegetarian: no

Other cheeses from Denmark:

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