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The difference between Camembert and Brie

Oct 20, 2005
All and sundry

How, exactly, to distinguish between these two excellent French cheeses has always eluded me. They are, in fact, very similar but there are important differences. In this very important and completely not pointless post, I’m going to give you the facts!

  • Brie is made with more butterfat, making it oozier and creamier.
  • Camembert is made with Penicillium camemberti, while Brie is made with Brevibacterium linens.
  • Brie is flatter and wider than camembert.
  • Brie tastes a little more mushroomy.

So now you know. And now I desperately need to eat some.

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  1. Natty J  •  Mar 4, 2007 @9:52 am

    Your aren’t alone in your wonderment at the difference between these two cheeses.

    My next is to find the difference between a couple of salamis that one particular brand makes (it may only be the ONE brand that seems to have just re-labelled a cured meat with three different labels as the contents and nutritional info on the label was exactly the same for ALL three!)