Sheep milk cheeses include the feta of Greece, Roquefort of France, Manchego of Spain; Serra da Estrela from Portugal; pecorino Romano (the Italian word for sheep is "pecora"), pecorino Sardo, and ricotta of Italy; Pag cheese of Croatia; Ġbejna of Malta; and Gomolya of Hungary; and Bryndza ("Slovenská bryndza" from Slovakia, brânza de burduf from Romania and "Bryndza Podhalańska" from Poland). Yogurts, especially some forms of strained yogurt, may also be made from sheep's milk. Milk composition analysis, per 100 grams: Sheep milk is extremely high in fat and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) compared to other milk producing species. There is also
History of cheese from the outset. It is the only form in which milk can be kept in a hot climate. Animal skins and inflated internal organs provided storage vessels for a range of foodstuffs. Cheese produced in Europe, where climates are cooler than in the Middle East, required less salt for preservation. With less salt and acidity, the cheese became a suitable environment for useful microbes and molds, giving aged cheeses their pronounced and interesting flavors. The earliest evidence of cheese () is the Sumerian cuneiform texts of Third Dynasty of Ur, dated at the early second millennium BC. Remains identified as