| Bouhezza | Algeria, the Chaouia area of the east | Raw goat, cow or sheep milk, as lben and as whole milk | 2.3 months | |
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| Brânză frământată de Teaca | Romania, Teaca village | | 2–3 days | Bladder membrane, plain (semi-glossy to matt) or coated with food-grade cheese wax (glossy); may be sold sliced |
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| Çömlek peyniri | Türkiye, Central Anatolia | Cow milk, about 10 L per kg of cheese; sheep or goat milk may be added | At least 4 months in sealed pots | |
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| Darfiyeh | Lebanon, north | Raw goat milk from extensive mountain herds | 1 to 6 months in the skin, in a natural cave | |
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| Erzincan Tulum Peyniri PDO | Türkiye, Erzincan province | Raw milk of Akkaraman sheep fed in the province, at least 95% | At least 4 months at −2 to 0 °C | |
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| Kope cheese (Kurdish jar cheese) | Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Türkiye and Syria | | 37 days – 6.1 months | |
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| Motal | North-west Iran | Raw sheep milk (Iran) or goat milk (Armenia) | 3 months in one Iranian lab study; Slow Food says Armenian Motal can age for over six months | |
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| Sir iz mišine (cheese ripened in a lamb-skin sack) | Croatia | | 45 days is called the optimal ripening time (Sesar 2022); a 2014 study does not recommend more than 45 days | |
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