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Greece

Name Image Region Description
Anthotyros A traditional fresh cheese. There are Dry Anthotyros and Fresh Anthotyros. Dry Anthotyros is a matured cheese similar to Mizithra. Anthotyros is made with milk and whey from sheep or goats, sometimes in combination. The ratio of milk to whey usually is 9-to-1. It is commonly a truncated cone, but when shipped in containers may be crumbled, as it is removed. It may be unpasteurized, where law allows.
Chloro Santorini
Feta PDO – Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Peloponnese, Lesbos Feta is a brined curd white cheese made only in Greece. It is made from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. The word "feta" in Greek means "slice".
Graviera PDO – Agrafa, Crete, Naxos Graviera is a type of Greek hard yellow cheese. It is made exclusively from sheep or goat milk.
Kasseri PDO – Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Lesbos
Kefalograviera PDO – Crete, Sterea Ellada
Kefalotyri
Kopanisti PDO – Cyclades
Malaka Crete Also known as Tiromalama. Made from Graviera curd.
Manouri PDO – Thessaly
Metsovone PDO – Metsovo, Epirus
Myzithra Crete
Tyrozouli Crete Made from Myzithra by adding salt, causing dehydration, and allowing maturation.