List of Bosnia and Herzegovina cheeses

List of Bosnia and Herzegovina cheeses is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Location of cheese producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and milk industry sites (blue dots indicate traditional and small cheese manufactures).

Traditionally, many distinct types of cheeses have originated from Bosnia and Herzegovina, with as many varieties within each type.[1]

Protected designation of origin

Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, certain established cheeses are covered by a protected designation of origin (PDO), and other, less stringent, designations of geographical origin for traditional specialities, such as the French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, the Italian denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) system, and the Spanish Denominación de origen system.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina the process of protection according to national categorization is currently in progress. For that purpose, among other, the Association of Cheese Producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AoCP BiH) was established in 2012, in coordination with Farma BiH, and it gathers cheese producers from all BiH. The members of this state – level association are processing companies, agricultural cooperatives, individual producers and smaller regional associations. Important regional and local subsidiaries are Association of producers of the traditional Livno cheese "Cincar" and "Cincar 2" Agricultural Cooperative. Another organization managing quality and originality control is established, Center for Sack Cheese Maturation (Serbo-Croatian: Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha), concerned with this particular variety production.[2][3][4][5]

Cheese Type of milk Image Producing region AoCP BiH recognized;
year 		Note
Bosnian Gruyère cheese[6] Cow's milk Yes;
Bosnian smoked cheese Sheep's, cow's, goat's milk and/or mixtures
Cincar cheese[2] Cow's milk Cincar, Livno Yes;
Herzegovina sack cheese[7][8] Skimmed and/or whole sheep's, goat's, cow's milk and/or mixtures Nevesinje Yes;
Herzegovina "squeaking" cheese[9] Raw sheep's or cow's milk Trebinje, Ivanica, Slavogostići, Gacko in southern Herzegovina Yes; Squeaking cheese from Lika in Croatia is often smoked.
Kupres cheese[10] Sheep's and cow's milk mixtures Kupres Yes;
Livno cheese[2][11][12][13] Sheep's and cow's milk in 80:20 ratio
Livanjsko polje, Livno Yes;
Mladi sir Raw cow's milk
Mons goat cheese[14] Tešanj Yes;
Trappista cheese Cow's milk
Mariastern abbey, Banja Luka Yes;
Vlašić cheese[3][15] Sheep's, cow's and mixtures
Vlašić, Travnik Yes;
Zlatna kap / Tešanj cheese [12][14] Tešanj Yes;
Zlatni sir (transl. Golden cheese)[6][12] Foča Yes;
Donkey on Vlašić mountain, carries canisters of sheep's milk.

Other cheeses and dairy's products

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Prodotti dell'Arca del Gusto in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The protection of the Livno cheese and exercising the rights of small-volume producers — natureforpeople.org". natureforpeople.org. WWF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Cheese from Vlašić" (PDF). farmabih.ba. The Association of cheese producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Galicic, Ajna. "U Nevesinju je svečano otvoren Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha i promociju tipičnih hercegovačkih proizvoda" (in Croatian). Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "U Nevesinju otvoren Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha". Akta.ba. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "The Man who produces Bosnian Gruyère Cheese: I just wanted to show that it could be done!" (hhtml). i-platform. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Herzegovina sack cheese". Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mrvljeni sir iz mješine prema ilirskom receptu". Agroklub.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. ^ "The squeaking cheese". Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Kupres Cheese Seizes Local Market". UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Livno cheese". Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b c "Tri bh. sira nagrađena u Beogradu". Savez udruženja organskih proizvođača ORGANSKO FBiH (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Traditional Livno Cheese - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Bh. sirevi - Beograd: Kupreški sir pobjednik!". kfbih.com (in Bosnian). Chamber of economy and commerce, FBiH. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Vlašic Cheese - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Kajmak from the Sheepskin Sack - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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