Brânzeturi DOP & Maturate
Telemea de Ibănești DOP
Telemea de Ibănești, un produs natural, din lapte de vacă.
- Formats
- 400 g · 4,5 kg · 14 kg
- Pairing
- Fetească Regală sau Sauvignon Blanc de Târnave
Sommelier’s recommendation · tasting and pairing guide
Est. 1994 · Ibănești · Mureș · România
Lactate de Ibănești, a mountain of taste.
The first Romanian product with a Protected Designation of Origin — the same European protection carried by Parmigiano Reggiano. Thirty years of work by the Todoran family, on the pastures of the Gurghiu Valley.
Since 1994, the Todoran family has processed milk from the untouched pastures of the Gurghiu Valley — milk with a taste that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. That is the secret of Telemea de Ibănești.
Romania’s first PDO product · EU 2016Milk from Ibănești, Gurghiu and Hodac
- Heritage1994 → 2026Three decades, one family
- Milk processed50 L → 100.000 La day, in Ibănești and Reghin
- Origin46°46′N 24°56′EIbănești · Gurghiu · Hodac
ITerroir · the pastures
Three villages. One milk.
The milk comes only from Ibănești, Gurghiu and Hodac: mountain meadows untouched by chemicals, where cows graze from the first grass of spring until the first snow. A terroir that cannot be moved anywhere else.
“These people do not raise their animals on compound feed and chemicals. And you can taste all of it in our products.”
Mircea & David Todoran
IIAlchemy · the salt
The Orșova brine. Exactly as the earth gives it.
Not factory salt, but the brine of the Orșova spring: salt water risen from deep underground, exactly as the earth gives it. For generations the people of the valley have salted their cheese, pickles and soup with it.
beneath the mountain crustNaCl · halit
“For salting we use the brine from the Orșova spring, exactly as the earth gives it to us.”
Our story
IIIThe milk route
From 50 litres to 100,000.
Brothers Mircea and David Todoran carried on and expanded the dairy founded by their parents. Today: two factories — Ibănești and Reghin — and the first Romanian product recognised as a PDO by the European Union.
The Milk RouteThe Brine Route
- 1994
The cheese workshop opens in Ibănești · 50 litres of milk a day.
- 400+
Pages in the file submitted to the European Commission for Telemea de Ibănești.
- 2016
March: Telemea de Ibănești — the first Romanian product with a Protected Designation of Origin.
- 2024
Featured in the European Commission cookbook “Sensational”.
- 100k
Litres of milk a day, in the Ibănești and Reghin factories.
“The 400-plus pages of documentation did less than a single piece of Telemea de Ibănești placed on a table in Brussels.”
Our story
The flagship · EU PDO 2016
Telemea de Ibănești — a cheese recognised by Europe.
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 variety and the format.
Fresh
Aged · 60 days
Drag the line · rotate the block
- 400+
pages in the PDO certification file submitted in Brussels
- 38%
minimum fat in dry matter
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„Senzațional”Telemea de Ibănești in the European Commission cookbook — “Romanian bread baked with Telemea de Ibănești and goat cheese sauce”, by chef Alex Petricean.
The cellar & the round table of the sheepfold
22 products. One valley.
Not a supermarket shelf, but a round table of solid wood, laid as in the Gurghiu Valley. Each product has a name, a story — Mitruț, Ileana, Nelia — and a taste profile on four axes. Spin the table and choose by family or by occasion.
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The Todoran brothers · in their own words
A chronicle of three decades. Mircea & David.
The story, the taste and the legacy — written by the two brothers who took telemea from Ibănești all the way to Brussels.
Where to find us
From the Gurghiu Valley, into your basket.
Order online or look for Lactate de Ibănești in partner chains and neighbourhood shops across Romania.
- Carrefour
- Kaufland
- Mega Image
- Annabela
- Profi
- Sezamo
- Freshful
- Auchan
Are you a distributor, retailer or chef?
We distribute Lactate de Ibănești nationwide and welcome new partnerships — shops, retail chains, HoReCa and international export.
- Ibănești factory
- Nr. 273, Ibănești, jud. Mureș
- Reghin factory
- Str. Gurghiului nr. 67, mun. Reghin, jud. Mureș
- Direct contact
- +40 732 409 508
office@mirdatod.ro
RO / EN / DE
Epilogue · Our legacy · 1994 — eternity
“The 400-plus pages of documentation did less than a single piece of Telemea de Ibănești placed on a table in Brussels.”
“Like any man in his right mind, we have always wished to leave something behind us, once God gathers us in. For this telemea of Ibănești is made after a recipe kept as something sacred, from the milk of the cows that graze our meadows and with the brine of the Orșova spring, exactly as the earth gives it to us.”
Mircea & David Todoran
Bring the mountain to your table