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On this page you will find everything you may want to know about the manufacture of local products from Menorca.
Menorca has historically been an island of agricultural production with specialties such as cheese, wine, wool and meat, as well as manufactured products, such as footwear.
Selection of factories and local productions that you can visit in Menorca:
Menorca has a strong manufacturing tradition and export of local products.
Although it is true that in the Middle Ages and in the following centuries the production of grain and sheep’s wool dominated, from the 18th and 19th centuries the island specialized in the following products:
Since the beginning of the 18th century and up to the present, Menorca has had a powerful footwear industry, with companies ranging from artisans to important industrial productions.
Menorcan cheese has been praised since the time of classical Greece. In the 18th century, up to 2 sailboats loaded with Mahón Cheese departed from the port of the capital in the direction of different European destinations. Today there are several Minorcan cheese productions. Some of them can be visited.
In the British domination of the 18th century Minorcan wine production experienced its golden age. Today there are several small local wine productions, some of which can be visited.
Since time immemorial, carnixua and sobrasada have been produced on this Balearic island.
Of the great variety of products that the bakeries and patisseries of Menorca produce daily, the famous ensaimadas, formatjades, rubiols and carquinyols stand out.
