# Is feta cheese goat cheese?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feta-cheese-goat-cheese/173573>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feta-cheese-goat-cheese/173573 "2003-05-07T02:49:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feta-cheese-goat-cheese/173573/1 "2003-05-07T02:49:51Z")

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I thought no until someone recently said yes. I then did a quick Google and one site said feta cheese is sheep cheese.

What’s the word?

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feta-cheese-goat-cheese/173573/2 "2003-05-07T02:55:50Z")

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Feta is made with both goats and sheep’s milk. The package usually says which it is.

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**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feta-cheese-goat-cheese/173573/3 "2003-05-07T03:22:09Z")

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> It was originally made with goat’s or sheep’s milk, but today much is often made commercially with pasteurized cow’s milk

[link](http://www.foodreference.com/html/artfetacheese.html)

Although, not everyone seems to agree and cow’s feta is sometimes considered inferior.