Arvanitis SA from Neochorouda, Greece, is celebrating after winning the prestigious 2011 Great Taste Award.

Arvanitis SA is the only Greek cheese producer that has been presented with a coveted Gold Great Taste Award for its Feta P.D.O and Fresh cheese Tsantila from sheep milk.

One more great success was added on the cheeses we do produce in Arvanitis Dairy. In 23rd of October in Piraeus took place the 3rd biannual Greek Milk and Cheese Festival, where our company faithfully to the tradition and the quality of its cheeses took place successfully on the 3rd Greek Cheese Contest. We did distinguish with 8 awards, more than any other dairy.

During their visit to the Arvanitis Dairies HQs in Thessaloniki, Mr. Karafoulidis Fotis / President, Mr. Poulidis Peter, Secretary General, and Palisidis George / Scientific Advisor of “Olympian Zeus” Northern Greece Chefs Club had an official meeting with Mr. Arvanitis Michael / General Manager, Mr. Mpolkas Kriton / Sales Manager and Kastanopoulos Akis /Export Manager.  

At “Flavor & Taste” the first National Contest for Feta cheese organized by the Chefs Club at the International Food & Drink Show DETROP 2011 in March, Arvanitis Dairies received an award and a distinction for their Feta in tin and Feta in barrel. The awards were based on 12 taste criteria set by the contest committee, following a blind testing by exceptional chefs, restaurateurs and hoteliers of Feta cheese from many producers.

In the traditional dairy of Arvaniti we create the conditions to revive the old recipes of the cheese history of Makedonia that was kept traditionally in the narrations of grandmothers.

We use chosen full fat fresh milk from the grassland of Makedonia in order to give life to the excellent cheeses with the authentic Greek taste, such as the Tsantilas Fresh Cheese. Like the old days in the village, the Tsantilas Fresh Cheese is produced according to the old fashioned way.

Full taste with smooth texture, it is made of carefully selected sheep’s and goat’s milk and it is strained in the Tsantila (the cloth). That’s how we get the unique taste and you can have a piece of healthy, pure and rich cheese as it comes from the Greek cheese tradition!