Where is panela cheese from?

"Panela cheese" is actually not a cheese at all! It's a type of unrefined cane sugar, known as " panela" in Spanish.

Panela is made by evaporating sugarcane juice, which is a process that originated in South America.

While it's most common in Colombia, it's also popular in other Latin American countries like Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru.

If you're looking for a cheese that's similar in texture to panela, then you might be thinking of queso panela, which is a fresh, semi-hard cheese that originated in Mexico.