List of Italian PDO cheeses

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This List of PDO Italian cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status under European Union regulations.

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 Convention of 1958, and the modifications made to it at Stockholm in 1967, and by the TRIPS accord of 1994.)

All of the existing “DO” cheeses were registered by the EU as “PDO” cheeses during the course of 1996.

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

List of PDO Italian cheeses
Name and styles DO PDO Milk Production zone
Regions Provinces
Asiago
 Asiago d’allevo “mezzano”
 Asiago d’allevo “vecchio”
 Asiago pressato
1978 1996 Cows Veneto Padua, Treviso (part), Vicenza (part)
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trento (part)
Bitto 1995 1996 Cows (80%)
Goats (20%)
Lombardy Bergamo, Sondrio
Bra
 dura
 tenera
 di Alpeggio
1982 1996 Cows Piedmont Cuneo, Turin
Caciocavallo Silano 1993 1996 Cows Calabria Crotone, Catanzaro, Cosenza
Campania Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Naples
Molise (Entire territory)
Puglia Bari, Taranto, Brindisi
Basilicata Matera, Potenza
Canestrato Pugliese 1985 1996 Sheep Puglia Province of Foggia
Casciotta d'Urbino[1] 1982 1996 Sheep (70%–80%)
Cows (20%–30%)
Marche Province of Pesaro and Urbino
Castelmagno 1982 1996 Cows
Sheep and/or Goats (optionally a little)
Piedmont Cuneo
Fiore Sardo[2] 1955 1996 Sheep Sardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
Fontina 1955 1996 Cows Aosta Valley (Entire territory)
Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana 1985 1996 Cows Lombardy Bergamo
Gorgonzola 1955 1996 Cows Piedmont Novara, Vercelli,
Lombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia
Grana Padano 1955 1996 Cows Lombardy Lodi, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Mantova (to the north of the Po), Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, Lecco, Varese
Piedmont Alessandria, Asti, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
Trentino‑South Tyrol Trento
Veneto Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice, Verona, Vicenza
Emilia‑Romagna Bologna (east of the Reno), Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena,

Piacenza, Ravenna, Rimini

Montasio[3] 1986 1996 Cows Friuli‑Venezia Giulia Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, Trieste
Veneto Belluno, Treviso, Padua, Venice
Monte Veronese 1993 1996 Cows Veneto Verona
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana 1993 1996 Buffalo Campania Caserta, Salerno, Naples, Benevento,
Lazio Frosinone, Latina, Rome
Murazzano 1982 1986 Sheep (60%–100%)
Cows (0%–40%)
Piedmont Province of Cuneo
Parmigiano-Reggiano 1955 1996 Cows Emilia‑Romagna Modena, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Bologna (west of the Reno)
Lombardy Mantova (south of the Po)
Pecorino Romano 1955 1996 Sheep Lazio Rome
Tuscany Grosseto
Sardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
Pecorino Sardo 1991 1996 Sheep Sardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
Pecorino Siciliano 1955 1996 Sheep Sicily (Entire territory)
Pecorino Toscano[4] 1986 1996 Sheep Tuscany Arezzo, Pisa, Massa Carrara, Livorno, Grosseto, Firenze, Prato, Lucca, Pistoia, Siena
Provolone Valpadana 1993 1996 Cows Lombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Mantova, Milan
Veneto Padua, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza
Emilia‑Romagna Piacenza
Trentino‑South Tyrol Trento
Quartirolo Lombardo 1993 1996 Cows Lombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, Varese
Ragusano 1995 1996 Cows Sicily Ragusa, Syracuse
Raschera 1982 1996 Cows
Sheep and/or Goats (optionally a little)
Piedmont Cuneo
Ricotta Romana[5] 2005 Lazio (Entire territory)
Robiola di Roccaverano 1979 1996 Cows (max 85%)
Sheep and/or Goats (min 15%)
Piedmont Provinces of Alessandria, Asti
Spressa delle Giudicarie[6] 2003 Cows Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Western Trentino
Taleggio[7] 1988 1996 Cows Lombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia
Veneto Treviso
Piedmont Novara
Toma Piemontese[8] 1993 1996 Cows Piedmont Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
Valle d’Aosta Fromadzo
(or Vallée d’Aoste Fromadzo)[9]
1995 1996 Cows Aosta Valley (Entire territory)
Valtellina casera 1995 1996 Cows Lombardy Sondrio

Contents

[edit] Key to acronyms

DO 
Denominazione di Origine (Appellation of Origin)
DOP 
Denominazione di Origine Protetta (PDO, or Protected Designation of Origin)
DPR 
Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica (Presidential Decree)
DPCM 
Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio (Prime-ministerial Decree)
PDO 
Protected Designation of Origin

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This list is complete and up-to-date as of 2006-10-04.
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