Welcome to Yannakis cheese factory
Yannakis' cheese dairy has been a family business since 1928, producing pure cheese using EXCLUSIVELY GREEK MILK from Cephalonian areas without any adding of preservatives. The cheese we make has got pure and strong taste because following the tradition is one of our principles considering that our products themselves is the best advertisement. Our goal is to keep our customers more than satisfied when they choose Yannakis' cheese. Through our website you can not only see a big variety but you can also get information on our business. We wish you a pleasant navigation and we also encourage you to try our products reassuring you that you will be impressed and become a fan of Yannakis' cheese dairy products.
Products
Feta
Traditional Cephalonian cheese ripened in a barrel. Commonly, FETA CHEESE. We call it, however, like that because Cephalonia Island has been excluded from the P.D.O. areas, although our island has irrefutable evidence that the feta cheese has been produced in Cephalonia from ancient times and that it is the mother of feta cheese, the place that this cheese was born. Unfortunately, however, although the major efforts have given the Cephalonian cheese makers, they only received false promises from all Greek government agencies for a name that our cheese not only deserves to have it, but belongs to it. Wooden and plastic barrels, plastic bowls of 4Kgr - 2Kgr - 1Kgr - 400gr and pieces packed in vacuum in variable weights. The history of feta cheese The history of feta cheese is really old. The historical origins of feta cheese reach far into time.This cheese was first mentioned in homers odyssey... where the procedure of making it is also described. Another important fact proving that the naming feta belongs to Cephalonia is its name which has got Italian roots and means piece. As known, when Thrace, Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Central Greece and Lesvos were under the Turkish yoke , Cephalonia was under the Venetian possession . As a result cephalonian people added many Italian words to their vocabulary when Greeks from the areas mentioned above added Turkish words.So, it is easy to understand that this is the biggest proof that the history of feta begins in Cephalonia.
Goat Cheese
Brine cheese from 100% goat's milk with low fats and piquant flavor. Bowl of 4kgr - 2kgr - 1kgr - 400gr and pieces packed in vacuum on variable weights.
Kefalotiri
Traditional Cephalonian hard cheese from 70% sheep's milk the lower and 30% goat milk upper, which has piquant and salty taste.Kefalotiri has named like that probably from "Kefallinia" and "tiriâ"(=cheese in Greek). Besides kefalotiri and feta cheese are the two kind of cheese that were produced in Cephalonia since ancient times. Head of 12-16kgr, cut head of 6-8kgr, quarter cut head of 3-4kgr and pieces packed in vacuum on variable weight. Also grated in vacuum packages of 250gr. and 350gr.
What Our Customers Say
"Amazing cheese, their feta is to die for, probably the best I've ever tasted. The gruyere and goat cheese are also fantastic."
Tina Papavasileiou
Google review
The Dairy
The Yannakis cheese factory is located in the south-east side of Cephalonia, 40km from Argostoli, the capital of the island, and just 5km from the port of Poros.
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