List of Italian PDO cheeses

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Pecorino Sardo PDO/DOP
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Mozzarella di Bufala Campana ("Campana buffalo mozzarella") PDO/DOP)

This List of Italian PDO/DOP cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have protected designation of origin (denominazione di origine protetta, or DOP/PDO), status under European Union regulations. All of the formerly existing "DO" cheeses (protected under Italian law) were registered in the EU as "PDO/DOP" cheeses during the course of 1996. They have the Italian abbreviation for PDO (DOP) written on the cheese.

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Prior to 1996 when the PDO system came into operation, many Italian cheeses were regulated under a denominazione di origine (DO) system, which arose out of the 1951 Stresa Conference and was established under the Italian law 125/54. These appellations of origin were recognized in a number of European countries with which Italy had bilateral agreements. The international framework of recognition was further developed, and extended from cheese to include other agricultural products, by the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, and the modifications made to it at Stockholm in 1967. Italian cheeses protected under this agreement remain protected. Geographical indications are also protected through the TRIPS Agreement of 1994.

Italian PDO/DOP cheeses

The following table indicates for each cheese the year in which it acquired DO status (where applicable), the year of PDO/DOP registration and the approximate area within which the regulations permit it to be produced.

Key to acronyms

List of DOP/PDO Italian cheeses
Name and stylesDODOP/PDOMilkProduction zone
Provinces
Asiago
 Asiago d'allevo "mezzano"
 Asiago d'allevo "vecchio"
 Asiago pressato
19781996Cow Veneto Padua (part), Treviso (part), Vicenza
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino
Bitto19951996Cow (80%)
Goat (20%)
Lombardy Bergamo, Sondrio
Bra
 dura
 tenera
 di Alpeggio
19821996Cow Piedmont Cuneo, Turin
Caciocavallo Silano 19931996Cow Apulia Bari, Taranto, Brindisi
Calabria Crotone, Catanzaro, Cosenza
Campania Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Naples
Molise (Entire territory)
Basilicata Matera, Potenza
Canestrato Pugliese 19851996SheepApulia(Entire territory)
Casatella Trevigiana 2008CowVeneto Treviso
Casciotta d'Urbino [1] 19821996Sheep (70%–80%)
Cow (20%–30%)
Marche Province of Pesaro and Urbino
Castelmagno 19821996Cow
Sheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)
PiedmontCuneo
Fiore Sardo [2] 19551996Sheep Sardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
Fontina 19551996Cow Aosta Valley (Entire territory)
Formaggella del Luinese 2011Goat Lombardy Varese (Alpine foothills in the north of the province) [3]
Formaggio di Fossa di Sogliano [4] 2009Sheep and/or Cow Emilia-Romagna Bologna (part), Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna, Rimini
Marche Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro-Urbino
Formai de Mut from Alta Valle Brembana 19851996CowLombardyBergamo
Gorgonzola 19551996CowPiedmont Novara, Vercelli,
LombardyBergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia
Grana Padano 19551996CowLombardyLodi, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Mantova (to the north of the Po), Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, Lecco, Varese
Piedmont Alessandria, Asti, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolTrento
VenetoPadua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice, Verona, Vicenza
Emilia-Romagna Bologna (east of the Reno), Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena,

Piacenza, Ravenna, Rimini

Montasio [5] 19861996Cow Friuli-Venezia Giulia Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, Trieste
Veneto Belluno, Treviso, Padua, Venice
Monte Veronese 19931996CowVenetoVerona
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana 19931996 Italian buffalo Apulia Province of Foggia
Campania Province of Caserta, Province of Salerno, Province of Naples, Province of Benevento
Lazio Province of Frosinone, Province of Latina, province of Rome
Molise Venafro
Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle 19502020Cow Apulia

Basilicata

Province of Bari

Province of Taranto

Province of Matera

Murazzano 19821986Sheep (60%–100%)
Cow (0%–40%)
PiedmontProvince of Cuneo
Parmigiano-Reggiano 19551996CowEmilia‑Romagna Modena, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Bologna (west of the Reno)
LombardyMantova (south of the Po)
Pecorino di Filiano 2007SheepBasilicata Potenza
Pecorino Romano 19551996SheepLazioRome
Tuscany Grosseto
Sardinia(Entire Region)
Pecorino Sardo 19911996SheepSardiniaCagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
Pecorino Siciliano 19551996Sheep Sicily (Entire territory)
Pecorino Toscano [6] 19861996SheepTuscany Arezzo, Pisa, Massa Carrara, Livorno, Grosseto, Firenze, Prato, Lucca, Pistoia, Siena
Pecorino di Crotone 2014SheepCalabria Province of Crotone
Piacentinu Ennese [7] 2011SheepSicily Enna (only within the commune of Enna)
Piave [8] [9] 2010Cow Veneto Province of Belluno
Provolone del Monaco [10] 2010Cow Campania Naples
Provolone Valpadana 19931996CowLombardyBergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Mantova, Milan
VenetoPadua, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza
Emilia‑RomagnaPiacenza
Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolTrento
Puzzone di Moena 2014CowTrentino-Alto

Adige/Südtirol

Val di Fassa

Moena

Val di Fiemme (district)

Valle di Primiero

Quartirolo Lombardo 19931996CowLombardyBergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, Varese
Ragusano 19951996CowSicilyRagusa, Syracuse
Raschera 19821996Cow
Sheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)
PiedmontCuneo
Ricotta Romana [11] 2005 Lazio (Entire territory)
Robiola di Roccaverano 19791996Cow (max 85%)
Sheep and/or Goat (min 15%)
PiedmontProvinces of Alessandria, Asti
Salva Cremasco [12] 2011CowLombardyLowlands of Cremasco, Bergamo and Brescia
Spressa delle Giudicarie [13] 2003CowTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolWestern Trentino
Stelvio or Stilfser 2007CowTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol South Tyrol
Taleggio [14] 19881996CowLombardyBergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia
VenetoTreviso
PiedmontNovara
Toma Piemontese [15] 19931996CowPiedmontAlessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo
(or Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo) [16]
19951996CowAosta Valley(Entire territory)
Valtellina Casera 19951996CowLombardy Province of Sondrio
Vastedda della valle del Belìce [17] 2010Sheep Sicily Agrigento (part), Trapani (part), Palermo (part)

Applications under consideration

Applications have been made for DOP status in the case of the following cheeses:

See also

Notes

  1. www.formaggio.it, Casciotta d'Urbino
  2. www.formaggio.it, Fiore Sardo
  3. Official Journal of the European Union, C 220/18, 14 August 2010.
  4. Official Journal of the European Union, C 108/15, 12 May 2009
  5. For DO date see DPR 10.3.86, quoted in www.formaggio.it, Montasio
  6. www.formaggio.it, Pecorino Toscano
  7. 'Piacentinu di Enna Piacentinu Ennese Dop', Atlante dei prodotti tipici, Formaggi tipici italiani
  8. Official Journal of the European Union, C 234/20, 29 September, 2009 2010.
  9. 'Piave DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it
  10. 'Provolone del Monaco DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it
  11. www.agraria.org, Ricotta Romana
  12. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1377/2011 of 20 December 2011 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications [Salva Cremasco (PDO) ]
  13. https://www.agraria.org, Spressa delle Giudicarie
  14. For DO date see www.formaggio.it, Taleggio which quotes from DPR 15.9.88
  15. DPCM 10.5.93, quoted in www.formaggio.it, Toma Piemontese
  16. www.formaggio.it, Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo, www.milkonline.com, Disciplinari Archived 17 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine and www.inalto.org, Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo DOP Archived 8 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine seem to be correct in dating the DO to 1995. www.formaggio.it, Formaggi Italiani DOP e STG, however, has 1955
  17. Vastedda della Valle del Belice DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it
  18. 'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta «Nostrano di Valle Trompia»', Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.
  19. DOOR database entry
  20. 'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta "Pecorino di Picinisco D.O.P.', Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.
  21. DOOR database entry.
  22. Disciplinare di produzione Squacquerone di Romagna DOP, Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.
  23. DOOR database entry.

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