DOP · UE 2016
Romania’s first product with a Protected Designation of Origin — the same European protection Parmigiano Reggiano carries. Thirty years of the Todoran family’s work on the pastures of the Gurghiu Valley.
Since 1994, the Todoran family has been processing milk from the pristine pastures of the Gurghiu Valley — milk with a unique taste, impossible to replicate anywhere else in the world. This is the secret of Telemea de Ibănești.
The milk comes only from Ibănești, Gurghiu and Hodac: mountain meadows untouched by chemicals, where the cows graze from the first spring grass to the first snow. A terroir that cannot be moved anywhere else.
“These people don’t raise their animals on compound feed and chemicals. And you can taste all of it in our products.”Mircea & David Todoran
Not factory salt, but the brine of the Orșova spring: salt water risen from deep in the earth, exactly as the earth gives it. For generations the people of the valley have salted their cheese, pickles and soups with it.
“For salting, we use the brine from the Orșova spring, exactly as the earth gives it.”Our Story
Brothers Mircea and David Todoran carried on and expanded the cheese factory founded by their parents. Today: two factories — Ibănești and Reghin — and Romania’s first EU PDO product.
“The 400+ pages of documentation did less than one piece of Telemea de Ibănești placed on the table in Brussels.”Our Story
Just as Champagne can only be made in Champagne, Telemea de Ibănești can only be made here: mountain milk from three villages, Orșova brine, a recipe registered in Brussels. Choose the variant and the format.
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„Senzațional”Telemea de Ibănești in the European Commission’s cookbook — “Romanian bread baked with Telemea de Ibănești and goat cheese sauce” by chef Alex Petricean.
Not a supermarket shelf but a cellar collection. Every product has a name, a story — Mitruț, Ileana, Nelia — and a four-axis taste profile. Choose by family or by the table you are setting.
The story, the taste and the legacy — written by the two brothers who took telemea from Ibănești all the way to Brussels.
Order online or look for Lactate de Ibănești in partner chains and neighbourhood shops across Romania.
We distribute Lactate de Ibănești nationwide and are open to new partnerships — shops, retail chains, HoReCa and international export.