Feta (FEH-tah)

the ambassador of Greek products

Feta is being produced in Greece since the ancient times. It’s the most well known greek traditional cheese and exclusively Greek. In 2005, after sixteen years of debate, the European Union’s highest court decreed that “feta” is protected as a traditional Greek product, and that none of the other EU member nations can use the name. It is a Protected Designation of Origin product and can be produced only in Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, the Peloponnese, Mainland Greece, and Lesvos.

Feta by law is produced from either 100% sheep’s milk or a combination of sheep’s and goat’s milk and matured traditionally in salt for at least two months before consumption.