Xynotyri is an unpasteurizedwheycheese fromGreece made fromsheep's milk orgoat's milk, with a hard and flaky consistency, a pungent aroma and ayogurt-like sweet and sour taste. "Xynotyri" means "sour cheese" inGreek. Traditionally, the cheese is drained and cured in reed baskets or allowed to mature in bags made of animal skin.Cow's milk is not utilized in the production.
Xynotyri cheese can be consumed either as fresh cheese or after being ripened with the use of naturally dominatingmicroflora during a three-month maturing period.[1] TheLactobacillus strains in Xynotyri haveantibacterial effects that killSalmonellapathogens.[2]
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