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List of Greek Protected Designations of Origin cheeses

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Feta, the most popular of Greek cheeses, has PDO status since 2002

In 1996, 19 cheeses from Greece were awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status defining their areas of origin and methods of production. Feta received the same status in 2002 and Xygalo Sitias in 2008. The designated cheeses are made from fresh milk by traditional methods.They contain predominantly sheep or sheep and goat's milk.[1]

The use of cow's milk is not traditional in Greece as the nature of much of the terrain favours the farming of sheep and goats. Such cow's milk as is produced is mainly destined for drinking or the production of processed cheese.[2] The Greek cheeses containing cow's milk that have PDO status are Graviera Naxou, San Michali[3] and Metsovone (which also contains sheep's milk).

Cow's milk cheeses

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Metsovone
Anthotyros
Kopanisti
Ladotyri Mytilinis
Manouri
Mizithra
San Michali
Anevató

Sheep's milk cheeses

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Mixed milk cheeses

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Cow/Sheep

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Sheep/Goat

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Goat's milk cheese

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There are several types of cheese made solely from goat's milk in Greece, but no applications have been submitted for PDO status, yet.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Donnelly 2016, p. 328.
  2. ^ Donnelly 2016, p. 329.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Discover the unique Greek PDO cheeses". Ambrosia Magazine. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ Donnelly 2016, p. 30.

Sources

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  • Donnelly, Catherine, ed. (25 October 2016). The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-933090-4.
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