This is the best cheese in the Canary Islands 2023

Regarding the participation by islands, 5 samples and 2 cheese factories from El Hierro were registered; 28 and 9 of Fuerteventura; 31 and 14 of Gran Canaria; 9 and 4 of La Gomera; 17 and 4 from Lanzarote; 36 and 12 of Tenerife; and 39 of 11 from La Palma.

A total of 12 Great Gold Medals, 19 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals and 7 special distinctions have been distributed.

Don Nicolás made from pasteurized aged cow’s milkproduced by the cheese factory Finca de Uga, from Lanzarote, has been selected as the Best Cheese of the Canary Islands 2023 under the Official Agrocanarias Contestorganized by the Canarian Government, through the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA), to recognize the best productions of the archipelago.

This cheese factory He also received the award from the children’s jury of the contest for Rojillo made from semi-cured goat’s pasteeurized milk spread with paprikathat shares with the company Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura for semi-cured Selectum mixed with paprika, a Gold Medal for Vulcano made from pasteurized cured cow, goat and sheep milk, and a Silver Medal for Secreto del Majo pasteurized tender goat milk.

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands, narvay quinterochaired today, Friday, July 28, the act of reading the decision of the jury of the contest, accompanied by the director of the ICCA, Luis Arraez.

During his speech, the counselor explained that a total of 50 prizes are awarded within the framework of this edition of the contest, which seeks to be a tool to make visible and promote these productions by granting them a distinctive quality distinctive that helps producers to position themselves in the market and that constitutes a benchmark for consumers. “We have to feel proud of our cheeses, singular and unique products, internationally recognized, and from the public administrations we have to support our livestock subsector,” he added.

Best image and presentation

The distinction of Best Image and Presentation went to Aborigenfrom raw cured goat’s milk, produced by Jenifer Santos Cabrera (Tenerife), a producer that also receives recognition from Best Organic Cheese and a Silver Medal for this production in its tender version.

Cardon era raw cured goat’s milk, produced by Luis Martel Perdomo (Gran Canaria) obtains the prize awarded by the popular jury and a Gold Medal, and placido cheese raw tender goat’s milk, from Rosario Cabrera Negrín (La Gomera), the one from best limited production and a Grand Gold Medal.

He rest of Great Gold Medals have been for maxorata pasteurized soft goat cheese (PDO Queso Majorero, Grupo Ganaderos de Fuerteventura), Julian Diaz semi-cured pasteurized goat spread with paprika and Julian Diaz pasteurized cured goat milk spread with gofio (both from the DOP Queso Majorero, produced by Arquema SL), La Pared raw semi-cured goat milk spread with paprika (PDO Queso Majorero, from Ganadería La Pared), Tetir cheese raw cured goat’s milk spread with paprika (PDO Queso Majorero, from Quesos Tetir SL), El Caidero made from raw old cow’s milk (produced by Yolanda Arencibia Díaz, Gran Canaria), La Pastorcita made from raw cured sheep’s milk spread with gofio (Ganadería La Pared, Fuerteventura), and El Minero from Granja Ara made of raw goat’s milk covered with ash and penicillium candidum (from Melquiades Ancor Expósito Hernández, Tenerife).

To these are added those obtained by the brand The farmhouse of Caiderosby Cristóbal Antonio Moreno Díaz, who won three Great Gold Medals for his Guide Cheese made from raw semi-cured sheep’s milk, the Half Flower Cheese with a mixture of vegetable rennet and others, and the Flor Cheese with vegetable rennet, all from the PDO Queso de Flor de Guía, Cheese de Media Flor de Guía and Queso de Guía (Gran Canaria).

Gold medals

Receive a Gold Medal the tofio pasteurized tender smoked goat (Fuerteventura Livestock Group), The Farito pasteurized tender smoked goat’s milk (El Faro Cheese Factory, Lanzarote), guarapo semi-cured smoked goat’s milk pasteurized (Guarapo Colombina, La Gomera), Montesdeoca pasteurized cured goat’s milk (Lácteos Montesdeoca, Tenerife), Montesdeoca old pasteurized goat and sheep smeared with gofio, The Candlelight raw tender smoked goat’s milk (PDO Queso Palmero, made by Moisés Carmona), the ampuyenta raw tender goat’s milk (Héctor Luis Cabrera, Fuerteventura), caprarius raw semi-cured goat’s milk spread with paprika (PDO Queso Majorero, Rayco Ramos Rodríguez), the caidero raw old goat milk (Yolanda Arencibia, Gran Canaria), Path of Incense raw semi-cured cow’s milk spread with paprika (María del Carmen Montesdeoca Pérez, Gran Canaria), Pavon farmhouse of raw semi-cured sheep’s milk (PDO Flor de Guía, Media Flor de Guía and Queso de Guía, produced by José de la Cruz Mendoza), and Delicacy of Tejeda dand tender mixed raw milk (Escolástica María Mayor Huertas, Gran Canaria).

In addition, the Farm brand Las Cuevas receives 5 Gold Medals for their elaborations of smoked blended cured raw milk, aged blended raw milk, cured sheep raw milk, aged sheep raw milk, and semi-cured blended raw milk smeared with gofio (Félix Alberto Gil Rodríguez, La Palma ).

silver medals

They have been awarded a Silver Medal, the tofio semi-cured goat pasteurized with paprika, maxorata semi-cured pasteurized goat cheese spread with paprika (PDO Queso Majorero) and the tofio pasteurized cured goat smeared with paprika, all from the Grupo Ganadero de Fuerteventura, The Isorano pasteurized cured goat spread with gofio (Quesería El Guanche, Tenerife), Cardon era raw tender goat milk (Luis Martel Perdomo, Gran Canaria) and also in its semi-cured form, Tetir cheese raw semi-cured goat’s milk spread with paprika (PDO Queso Majorero), caprarius raw cured goat’s milk spread with gofio (PDO Queso Majorero from Rayco Ramos Rodríguez), and Wood Rose raw cured goat’s milk spread with paprika (Fuerteventura), and The caves of raw milk semi-cured smoked mix (Félix Alberto Gil Rodríguez, La Palma).