Herby cheese is a kind of traditional Turkish cheese, produced in Van, Bitlis, Siirt, Batman, Ağrı, and Diyarbakır province and is semihard, salty, and containing endemic herbs belong to the region (Ocak & Kose, 2015). In Herby cheese production, the raw milk of sheep and mixture of cow and goat milk are used along with the addition of herbs (Alemdar & Agaoglu, 2010) such as sirmo (Allium vineale L.), mendi (Chaerophyllum macropodum Boiss.), and siyabo (Ferula rigidula DC.) (Kose, 2015). The herbs give the cheese its characteristics flavor/aroma and appearance but also extend the shelf life of cheeses (Hayaloğlu & Fox, 2008). Herby cheese is generally produced in small families for many years (Andic, Genccelep, & Kose, 2010) and nowadays the cheeses are also produced commercially using pasteurized milk and starter cultures in some dairy factories in Van or other provinces of Turkey (Kose, 2015). In recent years, studies on Herby cheese consisted mainly of