🇪🇸Protected designations of Spain

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a defined area of the Province of Málaga and one municipality in the Province of Córdoba, Spain.

Aceite Campo de Calatrava is an extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from Cornicabra (at least 80 %) and Picual olives grown, processed, and bottled within a defined volcanic comarca in the Ciudad Real province of Castile-La Mancha.

Aceite Campo de Montiel is an extra-virgin olive oil produced exclusively within a defined area of the province of Ciudad Real, Spain.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within seven municipalities in the Province of Córdoba, Spain, from authorised varieties led by Picudo.

Extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from five olive varieties native to the Autonomous Community of Valencia — Farga, Serrana, Morrudas, Villalonga and Blanqueta — grown at elevations between 300 m and 600 m above sea level.

Aceite de Navarra is an extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively within a defined area of 135 municipalities in Navarra from the varieties Arróniz, Empeltre, and Arbequina.

Extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from three native varieties — Morruda or Morrut, Sevillenca, and Farga — grown and processed within the comarcas of Baix Ebre and Montsià in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia.

Extra virgin olive oil produced from Empeltre, Arbequina and Royal olives grown, processed and packaged in a defined area straddling the provinces of Zaragoza and Teruel in the Autonomous Community of Aragon.

Extra-virgin olive oil produced within a defined area of the province of Girona, Catalonia, from the Argudell, Curivell, Llei de Cadaqués and Arbequina varieties.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within eleven municipalities in the province of Seville and one municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain.

Aceite Gata-Hurdes is a Protected Designation of Origin covering extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from the Manzanilla Cacereña variety in a defined sierra region of northern Cáceres, Extremadura.

Aceite de La Alcarria is an extra-virgin olive oil produced exclusively from the Castellana (Verdeja) variety within the La Alcarria region of the provinces of Guadalajara and Cuenca, Spain.

Aceite de la Rioja is an extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively within the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, Spain.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a defined area in the south-east of the province of Lérida, Catalonia, from olives of the varieties Arbequina and Verdiell.

Aceite de Madrid is an extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively by mechanical means within 97 municipalities in the south-east of the Community of Madrid.

Aceite Monterrubio is an extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively within sixteen municipalities of the La Serena, La Siberia, and Campiña Sur regions of Badajoz province, Extremadura.

Extra virgin olive oil produced from Picual, Lucio, and Loaime as principal varieties, grown in the northern montes of Granada, Spain.

Montes de Toledo is a PDO-registered extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively from the Cornicabra variety by mechanical or other physical means.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within eight municipalities of the Sierra Morena mountains in the province of Córdoba, Spain.

Poniente de Granada is a PDO covering extra virgin olive oil produced in the western part of the province of Granada, Spain.

Extra virgin olive oil produced from Picudo, Hojiblanca and Picual olives grown and pressed within four municipalities in the south-east of the province of Córdoba, Andalucía.

Extra-virgin olive oil produced exclusively within a defined area of north-eastern Cádiz province and four municipalities of Seville province, from eight permitted olive varieties led by Lechín de Sevilla.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a delimited area of thirteen municipalities in the northeastern part of the province of Jaén, Andalucía.

Aceite Sierra del Moncayo is an extra virgin olive oil produced in the Queiles and Huecha river basins at the foot of the Moncayo massif in Zaragoza, Spain.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within sixteen municipalities of the Province of Jaén, Spain, from olives of which no less than 90 % must be of the Picual variety.

Siurana is a protected designation of origin covering extra virgin olive oil produced from Arbequina, Royal, and Morrut olive varieties grown across a defined area of the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia.

Extra-virgin olive oil produced in the Terra Alta district and parts of the Ribera d'Ebre district in southwestern Catalonia, Spain.

A protected designation of origin covering table olives of the indigenous Majorcan variety, produced in three variants: whole green, bruised green, and natural black.

A seasoned table olive produced from the Aloreña variety of olive tree, harvested before colour change, split, and sweetened in brine through natural fermentation without alkali treatment.

Ajo Morado de Las Pedroñeras is a PGI covering dry bulbs of the indigenous 'Morado de Las Pedroñeras' ecotype of Allium sativum L., of the 'Morado de Cuenca' variety, produced across two hundred and twenty-five localities in Castilla-La Mancha.

Alcachofa de Benicarló / Carxofa de Benicarló is a Protected Designation of Origin covering fresh artichoke flower heads of early white varieties grown in four coastal municipalities of Castellón, Spain.

Alcachofa de Tudela is a protected geographical indication covering artichokes of the Blanca de Tudela cultivar grown across 33 defined municipalities in Navarre, Spain.

Alfajor de Medina Sidonia is an Arab-style sweet produced exclusively in the Municipality of Medina Sidonia, Cádiz, from pure bees honey, almonds, hazelnuts, flour, breadcrumbs, and spices including coriander, cloves, aniseed, sesame, and cinnamon.

Almonds grown, processed, and packaged on the island of Mallorca, sold raw or roasted, peeled or unpeeled.

Alubia de La Bañeza-León is a PGI covering dried seeds of four local varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris L. — Canela, Plancheta, Pinta and Riñón menudo — grown in a defined area of the Province of León, Spain.

Arroz de Calasparra is a protected designation covering rice of the varieties Bomba and Balilla x Sollana, grown on alluvial land along the rivers Segura and Mundo in the municipalities of Calasparra and Moratalla in Murcia and Hellín in Albacete.

Rice of the species Oryza sativa, produced under the PDO 'Arroz de Valencia'/'Arròs de València' from eight permitted varieties grown in natural wetlands across the Valencian Community.

A white rice of the commercial category 'Extra', produced in the Ebro Delta within the Province of Tarragona, and belonging to the varieties Bahía, Tebre, Sénia, Fonsa, Bomba and Montsianell of the species Oryza sativa L.

Avellana de Reus is a PDO covering hazelnuts of five native varieties — Negreta, Pauetet, Gironella, Morella and Culplana — grown and processed in a defined area of the province of Tarragona, Catalonia.

Azafrán de la Mancha is a spice in the form of threads obtained by roasting stigmas of Crocus sativus L., grown, harvested, and dried within a defined area of Castile-La Mancha.

Berenjena de Almagro is a brine-fermented aubergine preserve produced exclusively from the indigenous variety Solanum Melongena var.

Preserved mackerel fillets produced by non-industrial methods in designated Andalusian coastal municipalities, using fish of the species Scomber japonicus and Scomber colias.

Calçot de Valls is a fresh onion-shoot registered as a PGI under file number PGI-ES-0171, with EU protection dating from 13 July 2001 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000013487).

Kaki Ribera del Xúquer is a Protected Designation of Origin registered under file number PDO-ES-0114, granted EU protection on 9 February 2002, covering fresh persimmon produced in the Ribera del Xúquer area of Valencia, Spain.

Protected fresh beef from cattle of the Avileña-Negra Ibérica breed, and from first-cross animals between Avileña-Negra Ibérica cows and Charolais or Limousin bulls, reared across a defined multi-region area of Spain and processed within a more restricted zone.

Fresh beef produced in the Autonomous Community of Cantabria from specified native and other permitted breeds, raised on natural pastures and managed according to traditional extensive livestock practices.

Castaña de Galicia is a PGI covering fresh and frozen chestnuts obtained from native Galician cultivars of Castanea sativa grown in the mountainous and highland interior of Galicia, Spain.

Cebolla Fuentes de Ebro is a fresh sweet onion registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0817, with EU protection granted on 8 July 2010 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000014312).

Cecina de León is a cured meat product made from four specific muscle parts of the hind leg of adult beef cattle — centre leg, round, stifle and sirloin — produced exclusively within the province of León, Spain.

Cerezas de la Montaña de Alicante / Cireres de la Muntanya d'Alacant is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-ES-0099, granted EU protection on 21 June 1996.

Cereza del Jerte is a PDO registered under file number PDO-ES-0233, covering fresh table cherries of the species Prunus avium L. grown in the Valle del Jerte, Cáceres, Spain.

A cured pork sausage produced across 72 named municipalities in the province of Segovia, Castilla y León.

Chorizo Riojano is a 'sarta'-type dry sausage of the 'Extra' category, manufactured exclusively in the Autonomous Community of La Rioja from lean pork cuts, rind-free fat, pepper, garlic, and salt, stuffed into natural pig intestine casings, without additives.

Dried tubers of Cyperus esculentus L. var. sativus Boeck., grown and processed in l'Horta Nord de Valencia, registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0055.

Coliflor de Calahorra is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-ES-0268, granted EU protection on 24 June 2006.

Fresh lamb meat and carcase cuts produced in Extremadura, Spain, from animals of Merino lineage slaughtered at no more than 100 days of age.

Protected geographical indication covering fresh lamb of the pure-bred Navarra and Lacha breeds, raised in the Autonomous Community of Navarre under extensive or semi-extensive systems.

Fresh lamb from the Manchega breed, raised and fattened exclusively within the natural region of La Mancha across the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Toledo.

Cordero Segureño is fresh lamb from male or female offspring of the Segureña breed, reared within a defined highland area spanning five Spanish provinces.

Espárrago de Huétor-Tájar is a PGI covering green asparagus of the local variety known as "Espárrago Verde Morado de Huétor-Tájar" or "Morado de Huétor" (Asparagus maritimus Mill. x Asparagus officinalis L.), grown in the Huétor-Tájar area of Granada, Spain.

Espárrago de Navarra is a PGI covering white or purple asparagus spears of twelve named varieties of Asparagus officinalis L., grown across 263 municipalities in the central Ebro valley spanning Navarre, Aragon and La Rioja, and sold fresh, fresh-cut or heat-preserved.

Faba Asturiana is a PGI covering dried beans of the Granja Asturiana variety, grown, harvested, cleaned, selected, classified, and packaged within the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias.

Faba de Lourenzá is a dried bean of the local Faba Galaica variety (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grown in the coastal valleys of A Mariña Luguesa, province of Lugo, Galicia.

Garbanzo de Escacena is a dry chickpea produced from the local ecotype Campo de Tejada of the species Cicer arietinum L., belonging to the 'Lechoso' commercial type, grown in the El Campo de Tejada zone of Huelva and Seville.

Garbanzo de Fuentesaúco designates dried chickpeas of the Cicer arietinum L. species, macrocarpum variety, Fuentesaúco ecotype, grown exclusively in twenty-two named municipalities of the Province of Zamora, Spain.

Granada Mollar de Elche, also registered as Granada de Elche, is a PDO covering fresh pomegranates of the Mollar de Elche variety (Punica granatum L.), produced within the Elche palm-grove zone of Alicante, Spain.

Dry-cured hams and shoulder hams produced from Iberian pigs or Iberian-Duroc crosses with a minimum of 75 % Iberian blood, salted and matured within a defined area centred on Guijuelo, Salamanca.

Dry-cured hams and shoulder hams produced from pure-bred Iberian or Iberian-Duroc cross pigs reared on dehesa pastures in Extremadura and Andalusia and processed exclusively within 31 municipalities of the district of La Sierra in the province of Huelva.

Dry-cured ham and shoulder ham produced exclusively from Iberian pigs, at least 75% Iberian breed, reared entirely within the Valle de los Pedroches dehesa in the north of the province of Córdoba.

Jamón de Teruel is a PDO dry-cured ham produced in the province of Teruel, Aragón, from hind legs of pigs bred by crossing Landrace, Large White, and Duroc breeds.

Jamón de Trevélez is a dry-cured ham produced from crosses of Landrace, Large-White, and Duroc-Jersey pigs in a delimited high-altitude area of the Sierra Nevada, province of Granada.

Dehesa de Extremadura is a PDO covering dry-cured hams and shoulder hams produced in Extremadura, Spain, from Iberian pigs reared and fattened on the dehesa.

Lechazo de Castilla y León is a Protected Geographical Indication covering carcasses of suckling lamb born and reared in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, from the Churra, Castellana, and Ojalada breeds or crosses between them, fed exclusively on their mothers' milk until slaughter.

Dried lentils of the variety Rubia de La Armuña, grown and packed within 34 municipalities of the District of Armuña in the north of the Province of Salamanca.

Lenteja de Tierra de Campos is the pardina lentil — Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris, microsperma variety, Europeae group — grown within a defined area of north-western Castile and Leon spanning parts of the provinces of León, Palencia, Valladolid and Zamora.

Mantecadas de Astorga are small, individually baked butter sponge cakes produced and packaged within four named municipalities in the province of León.

Mantecados de Estepa are baked dough pieces produced exclusively in the municipality of Estepa, province of Seville, from a base of wheat flour, pork lard and icing sugar.

Mantequilla de Soria is a PDO butter produced from the milk of Friesian or Pardo-Alpina cows, or crosses between the two, from dairy farms within 169 named municipalities in the province of Soria, Spain.

Manzana de Girona / Poma de Girona is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-ES-0154, granted EU protection on 14 September 2000.

Mazapán de Toledo is a fine-grained solid paste produced by mixing or kneading peeled, ground raw almonds with sugar or sugars, made exclusively within the province of Toledo.

Mejillón de Galicia or Mexillón de Galicia designates fresh mussels of the species Mytilus galloprovincialis cultivated on rafts in the internal maritime waters of the Galician rías.

Melva de Andalucía is a PGI covering canned fillets of bullet tuna and frigate tuna — species Auxis rochei and Auxis thazard — produced by non-industrial methods in designated municipalities along the Andalusian coast.

Miel de Galicia or Mel de Galicia is honey produced, processed, and packaged within the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain.

Miel de Granada is a Protected Designation of Origin honey produced exclusively within the province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Miel de La Alcarria is a PDO honey produced in a defined zone spanning municipalities in the Provinces of Guadalajara and Cuenca, Spain.

Miel de Liébana is a PDO honey produced in the comarca of Liébana, Cantabria, from two registered varieties: honeydew honey, derived principally from white oak and holm oak secretions alongside Erica and Rubus nectars, and monofloral heather honey, obtained from Erica cinerea, Erica vagans, Erica tetralix, Erica ciliaris, and Calluna vulgaris.

Honey produced by melliferous bees on the island of Tenerife from the nectar of flowers or secretions from plants growing across the island's distinct ecosystems.

Mojama de Barbate is a salted and dried tuna loin produced in Barbate, Cádiz, registered as a PGI under file number PGI-ES-01210.

Mongeta del Ganxet denotes the dried or cooked and preserved seeds of the indigenous ganxet variety of Phaseolus vulgaris L., grown within a defined area of Catalonia.

Morcilla de Burgos is a cooked blood sausage produced entirely within the province of Burgos, Spain.

Pasas de Málaga are sun-dried raisins produced exclusively from the Muscat of Alexandria variety of Vitis vinifera L., known locally as Moscatel Gordo or Moscatel de Málaga, grown and dried within a defined area of the Province of Málaga, Andalucía.

Patata de Galicia / Pataca de Galicia is a PGI registered on 30 September 2005 under file number PGI-ES-0205, covering fresh potato tubers of the variety Solanum tuberosum L. cv.

Patatas de Prades / Patates de Prades is a PGI registered on 25 April 2002 (file PGI-ES-0232) covering fresh potatoes grown in the Prades mountains, Tarragona, Spain.

Pera de Jumilla is a fresh pear registered as a PDO under file number PDO-ES-0315, entered in the EU register by Commission Regulation (EC) No 205/2005 of 4 February 2005.

Pera de Lleida is a protected designation of origin covering fresh pears of the Pyrus communis L. species, restricted to the limonera, blanquilla, and conference varieties, produced in the Lleida plain of Catalonia, Spain.

Pimentón de la Vera is a ground paprika produced from four named chilli varieties, dried exclusively over oak and holm oak wood smoke in a defined area of northern Cáceres, Extremadura.

Pimentón de Murcia is a sweet, unsmoked paprika produced exclusively from fully red Capsicum annuum L.

Pimiento Asado del Bierzo is a roasted pepper product made from Capsicum annuum L. of the Bierzo ecotype, grown across 17 municipalities in the El Bierzo district of León.

Pimiento de Fresno-Benavente is a fresh sweet pepper of the 'morro de vaca' or 'morrón' type, grown in irrigated river-valley municipalities across León, Zamora, and one municipality in Valladolid.

Pimiento de Gernika, also registered as Gernikako Piperra, is a PGI-protected fresh frying pepper from the Gernika zone of Bizkaia, Spain, registered under file number PGI-ES-0673 with EU protection dating from 31 January 2008 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000013822).

Fruit of the species Capsicum annuum L., of the 'piquillo' variety, grown and processed exclusively within eight municipalities of Navarre's Ribera Baja.

Plátano de Canarias is a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI-ES-0867) registered on 11 March 2011, covering fresh bananas of the Cavendish variety of the species Musa acuminata Colla (AAA) grown in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Polvorones de Estepa is a PGI-protected Christmas pastry produced in the municipality of Estepa, province of Sevilla.

Afuega'l Pitu is a high-fat cow's milk cheese produced in thirteen municipalities of central Asturias, made by lactic acid coagulation of whole pasteurised cow's milk.

Arzúa-Ulloa is a cow's milk cheese produced in the central districts of Galicia, Spain, in a defined area spanning municipalities of A Coruña, Lugo, and Pontevedra.

Blue-veined cheese made from raw whole milk — cow's, sheep's, goat's, or a mixture — ripened in natural limestone caves within the Picos de Europa area of Asturias.

Queso Camerano is a goat's milk cheese produced in the Sierra de Cameros uplands of La Rioja, Spain, distinguished by its cylindrical, cake-shaped form and the lattice impression left by the 'cilla' cane mould.

Queso Casín is a full-fat, hard or semi-hard mature cheese made from whole, unpasteurised cow's milk produced in the municipalities of Caso, Sobrescobio, and Piloña in south-eastern Asturias, Spain.

Cebreiro is a PDO cheese made from pasteurised cow's milk in thirteen municipalities of the province of Lugo, Galicia.

Queso de La Serena is a soft to semi-hard, full-fat to extra full-fat wheel cheese made exclusively from raw merino sheep's milk within 21 municipalities in the south-east of the province of Badajoz.

Queso de Murcia is a goat's milk cheese produced exclusively in the province of Murcia, Spain, in two distinct types: Queso de Murcia fresco, which is not aged, and Queso de Murcia curado, a matured pressed cheese.

A pressed, washed, uncooked fatty goat's-milk cheese produced exclusively in the province of Murcia from the milk of Murciano-Granadina goats.

Queso de Valdeón is a full-fat blue cheese produced exclusively in the municipality of Posada de Valdeón, León, from raw or pasteurised cows' milk or a mixture of cows' milk with sheep's and/or goats' milk.

A group of three protected sheep-dominant cheeses produced exclusively in the municipalities of Gáldar, Moya, and Santa María de Guía in north-western Gran Canaria.

Gamonéu or Gamonedo is a full-fat, ripened, lightly smoked cheese with a natural rind, made from raw cow's, sheep's and goat's milk or a mixture thereof, produced exclusively in the municipalities of Onís and Cangas de Onís in Asturias.

Queso Ibores is a full-fat cheese produced exclusively from raw milk of goats of the breeds Verata, Retinta, Florida, Malagueña and Murciana-Granadina, made within 35 municipalities in the south-east of the province of Cáceres, Extremadura.

Pressed, uncooked cheese made exclusively from raw milk of Latxa and Carranzana sheep within a defined area of Álava, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa and Navarre.

Queso Mahón-Menorca is a pressed, uncooked cow's milk cheese produced exclusively on the island of Menorca, Balearic Islands.

Pressed cheese made exclusively from the milk of Manchega-breed ewes, produced within a defined area of La Mancha spanning provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Toledo.

Picón Bejes-Tresviso is a full-fat blue cheese produced in the Liébana district of Cantabria, Spain, made from a blend of cow, ewe and goat milk.

San Simón da Costa is a smoked cow's milk cheese produced within the District of Terra Chá, Lugo, Galicia.

Queso Tetilla is a cow's milk cheese produced exclusively within the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Spain, made from the milk of Rubia Gallega, Friesian or Brown Alpine breeds or their crosses.

Queso Zamorano is a full-fat pressed cheese produced exclusively in the Province of Zamora, Spain, from the milk of Churra and Castellana breed ewes, or from first crosses (F1) of those ewes with Spanish Assaf rams.

Salchichón de Vic / Llonganissa de Vic is a traditional Catalan dry-cured sausage made from lean pork, fat, salt, pepper, and sugar as the only seasonings, produced exclusively within the municipalities of the Plain of Vic in the district of Osona, Province of Barcelona.

Sidra de Asturias is a PDO covering two distinct cider types — natural cider and cider — produced exclusively within the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias from apple varieties traditionally cultivated there.

Sobao Pasiego is a butter sponge cake produced within a defined set of municipalities in Cantabria, Spain.

Sobrasada de Mallorca is an uncooked, cured spreadable sausage produced across the whole island of Majorca.

Sobrasada de Mallorca is an uncooked, cured sausage produced across the whole island of Majorca, registered as a PGI under file number PGI-ES-0097.

Tarta de Santiago is a traditional Galician almond cake made from almonds, sugar and eggs, distinguished by a dusting of icing sugar bearing the Cross of the Order of Santiago.

Bovine meat from animals of the Asturiana de los Valles or Asturiana de la Montaña breeds, or crosses between them, born, reared and fattened in the Principality of Asturias.

Fresh meat and offal from young cattle slaughtered between 8 and 12 months of age, reared in the Aliste comarca of Zamora, Spain.

Ternera de Extremadura is fresh veal and beef from cattle of native Extremaduran breeds and specified crosses, reared under an extensive production system in the dehesa landscape of Extremadura, Spain.

Fresh beef and veal from the Catalan Pyrenees, produced from the Brune des Pyrénées, Aubrac, or Gasconne breeds, or their crosses with Charolaise, Limousine, or Blonde d'Aquitaine sires.

Fresh meat and offal from cattle of the Galician blond and Galician brown breeds and their crosses, reared, fattened, slaughtered and cut within the region of Galicia.

Tomate La Cañada is a fresh tomato registered as a PGI under file number PGI-ES-0664, with EU protection dating from 4 December 2007 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000013801).

Torta del Casar is a raw-milk cheese made exclusively from the milk of merino and entrefino breed ewes, coagulated with vegetable rennet derived from the cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), and matured for at least 60 days.

Turrón de Alicante is a hard nougat produced in the municipality of Jijona, Alicante province, composed of almonds, pure honey, sugars, egg white, and wafer.

Jijona is a soft nougat produced in the municipality of Jijona, Alicante, made from a mixture of almonds, pure honey and sugars in specified proportions.

Vinagre de Jerez is a wine vinegar produced and aged within the Jerez sherry triangle of Cádiz, Spain, through the traditional criaderas y soleras system in oak barrels.

Wine vinegar produced by acetous fermentation of certified Montilla-Moriles PDO wine, followed by ageing in American oak casks within a defined area of Córdoba province.

A wine vinegar produced by acetous fermentation of wine certified by the Condado de Huelva Designation of Origin, made from the native Zalema grape variety.