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Retsina, a Greek white wine

Greece produces many food products.

Olive oil

A bottle of Cretan olive oil

Greece is the world's fifth ranked producer of olive oil, producing more than 1,079,000 tons of olive oil annually, more than 75% of that extra virgin. Greek olive oil is exported throughout the world.[1]

Olive oil plays an important role in the Greek diet, being the basis of many dishes.

Honey

Honey in Greece is mainly flower-honey from the nectar of fruit and citrus trees (lemon, orange, bigarade trees), thyme honey, and pine honey from conifer trees.

Mastic

Mastic is grown on the Aegean island of Chios.

Alcoholic beverages

Cheeses

Greek feta

Cured meat

Loukaniko

Wine

Greece is a heavy producer and consumer of wine.

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Olive Production by Country". AtlasBig. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2022-09-27.