It's also called red ring cheese, after the red-wax coating typically applied to wheels. Baker's cheese, the name for the ...

Edam’s mild flavour and semi-hard texture has a lot in common with the little cheese. Edam also (crucially) comes with a thin red wax coating, similar to that of Babybel’s. Edam Holland’s ...

There are also low-fat and vegetarian Edams available, both coated in the same red wax as the standard cheese. Edam with a green wax coating will have been flavoured with herbs; brown wax ...