Bezi Original Labneh

Co-founders Ilay and Hasan grew up eating labneh at breakfast and dreamed of making it a staple in every American kitchen. Labneh is a creamy, spreadable dairy dip traditionally enjoyed across the Middle East and Mediterranean. Ilay, a McKinsey consultant turned cheesemaker, moved to New York from Istanbul to pursue her MBA. During that time, she followed her passion and worked on a farm milking cows and sheep and learned the art of making cheese from scratch. Hasan, on the other hand, is a Berkeley engineer and an heir to one of Turkey's largest cheesemaking families. His grandfather, known as "The Cheese King" in Turkey, built the Bahcivan Gida factory from the ground up, transforming it into an empire. Their paths serendipitously crossed at a previous job where they bonded over a shared passion for dairy. Together, they embarked on a mission to make labneh a thing in the US and created BEZI: the labneh that labnehs better than any other labneh out there. High in protein, low in tang, and ready to party!