Meli Elatis Mainalou Vanilia
Abies cephalonica + Physokermes hemicryphus
PDOProtected designation of origin
A fir honeydew honey with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) from Greek fir forests. It is pale with a pearly, milky sheen, which earned it the name ‘vanilla’.
- Origin
- Mount Mainalo, Arcadia, Peloponnese
- Colour
- 42 mm · extra light amber
- Taste
- mild, reminiscent of vanilla or sweets
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Abies cephalonica + Physokermes hemicryphus · fir →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It was the first Greek honey to receive a PDO (1996), and at least 80% of it must be fir honeydew.
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