List of Italian PDO cheeses

This List of Italian PDO/DOP cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have protected designation of origin (, 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.

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 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

+ List of DOP/PDO Italian cheesesName and stylesDODOP/PDOMilkProduction zoneProvincesAsiago Asiago d'allevo "mezzano" Asiago d'allevo "vecchio" Asiago pressato19781996CowVeneto Padua (part), Treviso (part), VicenzaTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol TrentinoBitto19951996Cow (80%)Goat (20%)Lombardy Bergamo, SondrioBra dura tenera di Alpeggio19821996CowPiedmont Cuneo, Turin Caciocavallo Silano19931996CowApulia Bari, Taranto, BrindisiCalabria Crotone, Catanzaro, CosenzaCampania Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, NaplesMolise (Entire territory)Basilicata Matera, PotenzaCanestrato Pugliese19851996SheepApulia (Entire territory)Casatella Trevigiana2008CowVeneto TrevisoCasciotta d'Urbinowww.formaggio.it, Casciotta d'Urbino19821996Sheep (70%–80%)Cow (20%–30%)Marche Province of Pesaro and UrbinoCastelmagno19821996CowSheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)Piedmont CuneoFiore Sardowww.formaggio.it, Fiore Sardo19551996SheepSardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, SassariFontina19551996CowAosta Valley (Entire territory)Formaggella del Luinese2011GoatLombardy Varese (Alpine foothills in the north of the province)Official Journal of the European Union, C 220/18, 14 August 2010.Formaggio di Fossa di SoglianoOfficial Journal of the European Union, C 108/15, 12 May 20092009Sheep and/or CowEmilia-RomagnaBologna (part), Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna, RiminiMarcheAncona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro-UrbinoFormai de Mut from Alta Valle Brembana19851996CowLombardy BergamoGorgonzola19551996CowPiedmont Novara, Vercelli,Lombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, PaviaGrana Padano19551996Cow Lombardy Lodi, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Mantova (to the north of the Po), Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, Lecco, Varese Piedmont Alessandria, Asti, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, VercelliTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trento Veneto Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venice, Verona, Vicenza Emilia-Romagna Bologna (east of the Reno), Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Piacenza, Ravenna, RiminiMontasioFor DO date see DPR 10.3.86, quoted in www.formaggio.it, Montasio19861996CowFriuli-Venezia Giulia Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, TriesteVeneto Belluno, Treviso, Padua, VeniceMonte Veronese19931996CowVeneto VeronaMozzarella di Bufala Campana19931996Italian buffaloApulia Province of FoggiaCampania Province of Caserta, Province of Salerno, Province of Naples, Province of BeneventoLazio Province of Frosinone, Province of Latina, province of RomeMolise VenafroMozzarella di Gioia del Colle19502020CowApulia BasilicataProvince of Bari Province of Taranto

Province of MateraMurazzano19821986Sheep (60%–100%)Cow (0%–40%)Piedmont Province of CuneoParmigiano-Reggiano19551996CowEmilia‑Romagna Modena, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Bologna (west of the Reno)Lombardy Mantova (south of the Po)Pecorino di Filiano2007SheepBasilicata PotenzaPecorino Romano19551996SheepLazio RomeTuscany Grosseto Sardinia (Entire Region)Pecorino Sardo19911996SheepSardinia Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, SassariPecorino Siciliano19551996SheepSicily (Entire territory)Pecorino Toscanowww.formaggio.it, Pecorino Toscano19861996SheepTuscany Arezzo, Pisa, Massa Carrara, Livorno, Grosseto, Firenze, Prato, Lucca, Pistoia, SienaPecorino di Crotone2014SheepCalabriaProvince of CrotonePiacentinu Ennese'Piacentinu di Enna Piacentinu Ennese Dop', Atlante dei prodotti tipici, Formaggi tipici italiani2011SheepSicily Enna (only within the commune of Enna)PiaveOfficial Journal of the European Union, C 234/20, 29 September, 2009 2010.'Piave DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it2010CowVenetoProvince of BellunoProvolone del Monaco'Provolone del Monaco DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it2010CowCampania NaplesProvolone Valpadana19931996CowLombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Mantova, MilanVeneto Padua, Rovigo, Verona, VicenzaEmilia‑Romagna Piacenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol TrentoPuzzone di Moena2014CowTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolVal di Fassa Moena

Val di Fiemme (district)

Valle di PrimieroQuartirolo Lombardo19931996CowLombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, VareseRagusano19951996CowSicily Ragusa, SyracuseRaschera19821996CowSheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)Piedmont CuneoRicotta Romanawww.agraria.org, Ricotta Romana2005Lazio (Entire territory)Robiola di Roccaverano19791996Cow (max 85%)Sheep and/or Goat (min 15%)Piedmont Provinces of Alessandria, AstiSalva Cremasco2011CowLombardy Lowlands of Cremasco, Bergamo and BresciaSpressa delle Giudicariehttps://www.agraria.org, Spressa delle Giudicarie2003CowTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Western Trentino Stelvio or Stilfser2007CowTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol South TyrolTaleggioFor DO date see www.formaggio.it, Taleggio which quotes from DPR 15.9.8819881996CowLombardy Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, PaviaVeneto TrevisoPiedmont NovaraToma PiemonteseDPCM 10.5.93, quoted in www.formaggio.it, Toma Piemontese19931996 CowPiedmont Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, VercelliValle d'Aosta Fromadzo(or Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo)www.formaggio.it, Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo, www.milkonline.com, Disciplinari and www.inalto.org, Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo DOP seem to be correct in dating the DO to 1995. www.formaggio.it, Formaggi Italiani DOP e STG, however, has 195519951996CowAosta Valley (Entire territory)Valtellina Casera19951996CowLombardy Province of SondrioVastedda della valle del BelìceVastedda della Valle del Belice DOP', Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani, Agraria.it2010SheepSicily Agrigento (part), Trapani (part), Palermo (part)

Applications under consideration Applications have been made for DOP status in the case of the following cheeses: Nostrano di Valle Trompia, a cows' milk cheese, coloured with saffron, produced in the Valle Trompia region of the province of Brescia (Lombardy).'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta «Nostrano di Valle Trompia»', Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali. The application was submitted on 22 September 2010.DOOR database entry Pecorino di Picinisco, a sheep's milk cheese (with the optional inclusion of up to 25% goats' milk), produced in the Valle di Comino region of the province of Frosinone (Lazio).'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta "Pecorino di Picinisco D.O.P.', Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali. The application was submitted on 28 February 2011.DOOR database entry. Squacquerone di Romagna, a cows' milk cheese from the region of Emilia-Romagna in the provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena, Rimini and Bologna, and in part of the province of Ferrara.Disciplinare di produzione Squacquerone di Romagna DOP, Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali. The application was submitted on 4 December 2009.DOOR database entry.

List of Italian PDO cheeses

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