Dairy
Assaf
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Assaf sheep are an Israeli dairy composite of Awassi and East Friesian, built to combine desert hardiness with higher milk volume. The milk is rich, versatile, and now a backbone of industrial and farmstead sheep dairies in the Mediterranean and beyond. Expect excellent yoghurt texture and reliable cheese yield. Flavour sits between mild East Friesian sweetness and deeper Awassi character depending on the blood fraction and feed. Assaf is the practical choice when a dairy wants sheep milk litres without pure Friesian fragility in heat.
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Israeli breeders crossed Awassi with East Friesian to form the Assaf dairy sheep.
Assaf flocks dominated intensive Israeli sheep-milk production.
Spain and other Mediterranean dairies imported Assaf for commercial sheep milk.
Global sheep-cheese makers adopted Assaf for yield and adaptability.