Pegah Golpayegan is a dairy factory in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

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History

Pegah Golpayegan factory was purchased from the Republic of Bulgaria in 1973; in February 1983 it became operational, with a production capacity of 3 tons cheese

Cheese

Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....

 daily under management of Iranian Dairy Products Industries Corporation. The surface area of land of this factory equaled 11 hectares, with over 10,000 m² of building. Pegah Golpayegan factory is the first established industrial unit for cheese production in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In 1994 cheese production system in the industrial method was opened in the presence of first deputy of the president, and the facility had a production capacity of 25 tons cheese per day. The adopted technology for white cheese production line is a continuous coagulator made by the Alpmai Company of Germany. This system is one the most advanced cheese production technologies; it can convert 10 tons of milks per hour.

Company products

The Processed cheese

Processed cheese

Processed cheese, process cheese, cheese slice, prepared cheese, cheese singles or cheese food is a food product made from normal cheese and sometimes other unfermented dairy ingredients, plus emulsifiers, extra salt, food colorings, or whey...

 production line at Pegah Golpayegan is unique in Iran in that it can produce continually various types of processed cheese

Processed cheese

Processed cheese, process cheese, cheese slice, prepared cheese, cheese singles or cheese food is a food product made from normal cheese and sometimes other unfermented dairy ingredients, plus emulsifiers, extra salt, food colorings, or whey...

 in sterile form with high durability and prolonged viability (one year). Currently package of this product is in triangular shape. Yogurt and water production line is also automatic having packaging capacity of 2,000 bottle per hour in various sizes. Among other factory products are pizza

Pizza

Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...

 cheese, triangular and cup shaped package cream cheese

Cream cheese

Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese with a high fat content. Traditionally, it is made from unskimmed milk enriched with additional cream....

, cream yogurt, ordinary yogurt, garlic contained dehydrated yogurt, industrial liquid dried whey, dried black curds, coca dairy dessert, pasteurized milk, cocoa

Chocolate

Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

 milk, butter

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...

, rice milk

Rice milk

Rice milk is a kind of grain milk processed from rice. It is mostly made from brown rice and commonly unsweetened. The sweetness in most rice milk varieties is generated by a natural enzymatic process, cleaving the carbohydrates into sugars, especially glucose, similar to the Japanese amazake...

, confectionery

Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...

 cream and animal oils.

Honors

In production and packaging of products by Pegah Golpayegan, no preservative or chemical flavouring agent

Flavor

Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat as well as temperature and texture, are also very important to the overall...

s are used. Successes obtained by the Pegah Golpayegan Pasteurized milk factory have been obtained 3 international authorized certificates as follows :

• International Management Quality Standard ISO 9002 ( 1998 )
• International Management Environmental Standard ISO 14001 ( 1998 )
• Food Materials Safety Standard HACCP ( 2001 )

The factory has obtained the Iranian National Standard mark for producing white cheese

White cheese

White cheese may refer to:*Beyaz peynir, a salty, white cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk. The cheese has a slightly grainy appearance and is similar to Greek feta cheese*Feta, a brined curd cheese traditionally made in Greece...

, butter

Butter

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...

, yogurt and water and also has received numerous citations and letter of commendations from authorities and responsibles, different organizations, associations and festivals.