Jāņi cheese

Jāņi cheese is a Latvian sour milk cheese, traditionally eaten on Jāņi, the Latvian celebration of the summer solstice. Nowadays the cheese has also become one of the symbols of Latvian culture.

On November 16, 2015, Jāņi cheese was included in the European Council's Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) register. Currently 5 manufacturers ("Valmieras piens", "Rankas piens", "Lazdonas piensaimnieks", "Straupe", and "Dundaga") fulfil the TSG criteria and can label their product as Jāņi cheese.