🧀 Beyaz peynir
Also known as: Turkish white cheese, Ezine cheese
Beyaz peynir is a Turkish brined cheese made from rennet-coagulated curd, eaten fresh or ripened.
Beyaz peynir ('white cheese') is a Turkish brined cheese. According to the Turkish Food Codex Cheese Communiqué, it is made by processing the curd (teleme) obtained by coagulating the raw material with rennet, and it can be fresh or ripened.
The communiqué allows cow's, sheep's, goat's and buffalo milk and suitable mixtures of them as raw material. Milk for cheese eaten fresh must have had at least a pasteurisation-level heat treatment. Pasteurisation is defined as at least 72 °C for 15 seconds or at least 63 °C for 30 minutes, or an equivalent time–temperature combination, confirmed by a negative alkaline phosphatase test.
The communiqué defines a brined cheese as one ripened and/or kept in brine until it is repackaged or sold, and brine as a solution of drinking water and salt. Cheeses are classified by fat content and by ripening status, and both must be stated on the label together with the product name.
The regional name Ezine Peyniri is registered in the EU as a PDO (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2746); it is a protected name, whereas beyaz peynir is the general type.
Facts
What it includes
How it connects to Cheese
🧀 Beyaz peynir → similar → 🧀 Feta → kind of → 🧀 Cheese
Links
- Made from which milk
- 🥛 Cow's milk, 🥛 Sheep's milk
- Part of
- 🧂 Brined cheeses
- Similar and different
- 🧀 Feta
Frequently asked questions
What milk is beyaz peynir made from?
The Turkish cheese communiqué allows cow's, sheep's, goat's and buffalo milk and suitable mixtures of them.
Is beyaz peynir fresh or ripened?
Either: the communiqué says beyaz peynir can be fresh or ripened, depending on the production stage.
Is Ezine Peyniri the same as beyaz peynir?
No. Ezine Peyniri is a name protected in the EU as a PDO (Regulation (EU) 2023/2746); beyaz peynir is the general type.
What to read next
- 🥛 Cow's milk — The most widespread milk in the world: versatile, inexpensive and the basis of almost all dairy products.
- 🧀 Feta — A brined cheese made from sheep's milk (up to 30% goat's milk allowed), a protected Greek name.
- 🥛 Sheep's milk — The richest in protein and calcium of the common milks; almost all of it goes into cheese.
Similar
🧀 Sirene · 🧀 Akkawi · 🧀 Telemea · 🧀 Chechil · 🧀 Shanklish · 🧀 Anari
ℹ️ Dairy products contain lactose and milk proteins: if you are lactose intolerant or allergic to milk protein, ask a doctor.
Sources
- Türk Gıda Kodeksi Peynir Tebliği (Tebliğ No: 2015/6), Resmî Gazete 29261, 8.02.2015
- Codex Alimentarius: Group Standard for Cheeses in Brine (CXS 208-1999)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2746: entering the name 'Ezine Peyniri' (PDO) in the register