page_title: Feta
section_title: Similar cheeses
hierarchical_section_title: Feta / Similar cheeses
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek salad (horiatiki salata). At Psaropoulo restaurant, Hydra, Hydra.
context_page_description: Feta is a brined curd white cheese made in Greece from sheep milk or from a mixture of sheep and goat milk. It is a crumbly aged cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture in comparison to other cheeses. Feta is used as a table cheese, in salads such as Greek salad, and in pastries, notably the phyllo-based Greek dishes spanakopita and tyropita. It is often served with olive oil or olives, and sprinkled with aromatic herbs such as oregano. It can also be served cooked, as part of a sandwich, in omelettes, or as a salty alternative to other cheeses in a variety of dishes.
  Since 2002, feta has been a protected designation of origin product in the European Union. According to the relevant EU legislation, only those cheeses produced in a traditional way in particular areas of Greece, which are made from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep's and up to 30% of goat's milk from the same area, can be called feta. However, similar white, brined cheeses are made traditionally in the Eastern Mediterranean and around the Black Sea and more recently elsewhere, often partly or wholly of cow's milk, and they are sometimes also called feta.
context_section_description: Similar cheeses can be found in other countries:
  Albania (djathë i bardhë or djathë i Gjirokastrës)
  Azerbaijan (ağ pendir, lit. 'white cheese')
  Bosnia (Travnički/Vlašićki sir, lit. "cheese from Vlašić/Travnik")
  Bulgaria (бяло сирене, bjalo sirene, lit. "white cheese")
  Canada (feta style cheese, or simply feta for those companies producing the cheese prior to October 2013)
  Czech Republic (balkánský sýr, lit. "Balkan cheese")
  Egypt (domiati)
  Finland (salaattijuusto, "salad cheese")
  Georgia (ყველი, kveli, lit. "cheese")
  Germany (Schafskäse, "sheep cheese")
  Iran (Lighvan cheese; پنیر لیقوان panīr-e līghvān')
  Israel (gvina bulgarit, lit. "Bulgarian cheese")
  Italy (casu 'e fitta Sardinia)
  Lebanon (gibneh bulgharieh, lit. "Bulgarian cheese")
  Netherlands (schapenkaas, "sheep cheese")
  North Macedonia (сирење, sirenje)
  Palestine and Jordan (Nabulsi cheese; جبنة نابلسية, and Akkawi; عكاوي)
  Poland (bryndza)
  Romania (brânză telemea)
  Russia (брынза, brynza)
  Serbia (брнза, сир, sir)
  Slovakia (Balkánsky syr, lit. "Balkan cheese")
  Spain (Queso de Burgos, lit. "Burgos cheese")
  Sudan (gibna beyda, lit. "white cheese")
  Turkey (beyaz peynir, lit. "white cheese")
  Ukraine (бринза, brynza)
caption: A Greek salad with a slice of feta
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