When making their Barber’s 1833 cheddar cheese, a cheese that’s included in the PDO, Barber’s producers use many techniques that the 19th-century founder would have recognized.

I tried 8 cheddar cheeses from the grocery store — Cracker Barrel, Kraft, Cabot, Tillamook, Sargento, Boar's Head and more — and one was the clear winner.

The World Cheese Awards, held earlier this month in Viseu, Portugal, has declared this US-based brand as having the best cheddar cheese in the world.

Cheddar cheese, named after the town of Cheddar in England where it originated, is a hard, aged cheese made from cow's milk. It has a sharp, tangy flavour and a crumbly texture.

We put 22 supermarket cheddars to the test and found 10 so terrible, they don’t even deserve a rating. Here’s the scoop on the 12 that do, ranked from best to worst.

When making their Barber’s 1833 cheddar cheese, a cheese that’s included in the PDO, Barber’s producers use many techniques that the 19th-century founder would have recognized.

When making their Barber’s 1833 cheddar cheese, a cheese that’s included in the PDO, Barber’s producers use many techniques that the 19th-century founder would have recognized.