What is the difference btw goats cheese and feta cheese?

Question

I used to think it was the same until I ran into goat cheese somewhere and it looked at tasted different.

Answer 1

Feta (also spelled fetta) is a brined curd cheese traditionally made in Greece, Anatolia and the Levant with ewe's and goat's milk. Since 2005, feta has been a protected designation of origin in the European Union, and defined as having at least 70% sheep's milk, with the remainder being goat’s milk. Outside the EU, cheeses sold as 'feta' may include cow's milk.

Feta is an aged cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture. It is used as a table cheese, as well as in salads, pastries and in baking.

Goat's milk cheese, goat cheese or chèvre (French for goat) is cheese made from goat milk. In regions where domesticated goats are kept, many kinds of goat's milk cheeses are produced.

Although cow's milk and goat's milk have similar overall fat contents, the higher proportion of medium-chain fatty acids such as caproic, caprylic and capric acid in goat's milk contributes to the characteristic tart flavor of goat's milk cheese.

Answer 2

feta is a Greek cheese and tastes salty

Answer 3

Goats cheese and feta cheese taste different

Answer 4

fetta is normally a hard salty cheese in brine and goats cheese is softer and not stored in the salty brine. goats milk has a specific goaty flavour that is different to cows. fetta was traditionally made with goat but nowadays is mostly done with cow.  

Answer 5

Some feta is made of goat milk, some is from cow's milk. Some goat cheese is feta, but not all. They're just two categories of cheese that sometimes overlap.