Cheese production - Gligora Dairy Croatia

History and development of Gligora Dairy

The history of Gligora Dairy involves its founder Ivan Gligora and his family. Ivan was born in 1950 in a peasant and poor family in Kolan at the island of Pag. His family house can be seen today next...

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The Pag cheese tradition

Pag cheese is a beauty made of sage and immortelle, mugwort and cistus, Jerusalem thorn and fennel salted by hurricanes from two basins eaten by Biliška and Mrkuša Kaloka and Rogulja, Ćala and...

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Why are we the best

Love for tradition and cheese profession is what has been passed on in the family Gligora for years. Dedication to unquestioned quality, the desire for the old and the new knowledge, constant...

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Authenticity of Pag cheese

In order to protect the authenticity of Pag cheese, in 2005 The association of Pag cheese producers was established. The Association includes the most important registered producers of Pag cheese on...

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Awards and acknowledgements

The Gligora Dairy is the most awarded dairy in Croatia and one of the most awarded in the world. Since 2002, when Pag cheese won the first prize at Italian fair Franciacorta in Bianco in the category...

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Our Dairy and technology

The new Dairy built in 2009 is the most modern Dairy of such size in Croatia. It consists of the production area on the zero ground, the ripening area in the basement, and offices and tasting rooms on...

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The Gligora Dairy in our community

One of our important features is sustainable life on the island. We would like to be a trigger of development of Kolan, Pag and wider community, mostly in the field of sheep farming, cheese production...

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Human resources and contests

Gligora Dairy is in a constant search for quality team members. If you can see yourself working in our team, in production, shopping, marketing and accountancy, feel free to contact us at:...

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