The document discusses several Cretan products including Gruyere cheese, Dittany herb, and Cretan rusks. Gruyere cheese is a pale yellow, hard cheese with holes and a natural crust that has a sweet and brackish taste. Dittany is an aromatic shrub grown on Crete that is used for flavoring, medicine, and ornamentally and has pink flowers. Cretan rusks are made from barley, wheat or rye flour and contain vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and fibers with about 80 calories per medium sized rusk.

1. Cretan Products
Gruyere Rusk
Dittany

2. Gruyere
Cretan gruyere is characterized as a very pale yellow, hard cheese
with asymmetric holes and natural crust. It has a particularly
pleasant sweetish and slightly brackish taste with a hearty flavor
of pure milk , causing a feeling of wellness and fullness to
whoever tastes it.
Nutritional value per 30 g
Calories : 118
Protein: 7.7 g
Fat: 9.7 g
Calcium : 267 mg
How much calcium we need ;
Infants and children 10 years old: 500-700
Children and Adolescents 10-18 years old: 1,300
Adults 19-65 years old: 1,000
Women in Menopause :1300
Adults over 65 years old: 1,300

3. Dittany
Dittany is a small aromatic shrub that grows on the
island of Crete. It is used for flavoring food, for
medicinal purposes and as an ornamental plant. It has
around its green leaves a velvety texture and tiny pink
flowers. It is also used for wound healing, as a
sedative of the digestive system and as an antiseptic.

4. • The Cretan rusks are usually made from barley,
wheat or rye flour . They have been honored with
the distinction of Protected Designation of Origin.
• The barley rusks contain vitamin B, the main folic
acid and vitamin B6 , fibers , antioxidants , silica (it
helps regenerate and protect our bones ) , chromium
( adequate intake is associated with better glucose
control for diabetic ), amino acids , magnesium and
phosphorus.
• A medium sized rusk has about 80 calories .

5. More information
http://www.samaria.com.gr/
http://www.mylopotamos.gr/products.php