🇮🇹Protected designations of Italy

Acciughe sotto sale del Mar Ligure is a PGI covering anchovies of the species Engraulis encrasicolus L., fished by the traditional lampara net method in Ligurian coastal waters, then processed and packaged within the region of Liguria.

Aceto Balsamico di Modena is a vinegar produced within the provinces of Modena and Reggio Emilia from partially fermented, boiled, and/or concentrated grape must blended with wine vinegar.

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena is a condiment produced exclusively from cooked grape must within the municipalities of the province of Modena.

A traditional balsamic vinegar produced and matured entirely within the province of Reggio Emilia from grape must boiled from permitted local varieties.

Aglio Bianco Polesano is a dry white garlic produced in the Polesine area of Rovigo Province, Veneto.

Aglio di Voghiera is a garlic ecotype grown exclusively in five municipalities of the Province of Ferrara, Italy.

Alto Crotonese is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced in a defined group of municipalities in the province of Crotone, Calabria.

Amarene Brusche di Modena is a PGI-protected sour cherry jam produced within a defined area of the Province of Modena and adjoining municipalities in the Province of Bologna.

Aprutino Pescarese is a protected designation of origin for extra virgin olive oil produced within the province of Pescara in Abruzzo, Italy.

Arancia del Gargano is a fresh orange registered as a PGI under file number PGI-IT-0296, with EU protection granted on 26 October 2006.

Arancia di Ribera is an Italian PDO registered on 7 January 2008 (file PDO-IT-0669) covering fresh navel oranges grown in the Ribera zone of Agrigento province, Sicily.

Arancia Rossa di Sicilia is a PGI covering blood oranges of the Tarocco, Moro, and Sanguinello varieties grown in a defined zone of eastern Sicily.

Asiago is a semi-cooked cow's milk cheese produced in the provinces of Vicenza, Trento, Padua, and Treviso, existing in two distinct versions: pressed and ripened.

Asparago Bianco di Bassano is a PDO-protected white asparagus produced exclusively from the local ecotype 'Comune — o Chiaro — di Bassano' within designated municipalities of Vicenza province near Bassano del Grappa.

Asparago Bianco di Cimadolmo is a PGI covering white asparagus shoots grown and harvested within eleven municipalities in the Province of Treviso, Italy.

Asparago di Badoere is a PGI-protected asparagus produced in a defined area spanning parts of the Provinces of Padua, Treviso, and Venice.

White asparagus grown exclusively in the municipality of Cantello, Varese province, Italy.

Green asparagus shoots grown within a defined area spanning the provinces of Bologna and Ferrara, Italy, and registered as a PGI under file number PGI-IT-0127.

Basilico Genovese is a fresh whole basil plant of the species Ocimum basilicum L., grown from locally selected ecotypes along the Tyrrhenian coast of the administrative Region of Liguria.

Bitto is a raw, whole cow's milk cheese, permitted to include raw goat's milk up to a maximum of 10 %, produced exclusively during the alpine summer period from 1 June to 30 September in a defined mountainous area spanning Sondrio province and specified communes of Alta Valle Brembana and Lecco province.

Bra is a fat or semi-fat pressed cow's milk cheese produced in the Province of Cuneo and the municipality of Villafranca Piemonte.

Bresaola della Valtellina is a salted and naturally aged whole-muscle beef product, produced exclusively from specified muscles of the upper hind leg of cattle aged between 18 months and four years, and made entirely within the Province of Sondrio in Lombardy.

Extra virgin olive oil produced in the Ravenna and Forlì provinces of Emilia-Romagna, made from groves in which the Nostrana di Brisighella variety accounts for at least 90 %.

Bruzio is an extra virgin olive oil produced within the province of Cosenza, Calabria, registered as a PDO on 13 June 1997 under file number PDO-IT-1518.

Burrata di Andria is a fresh cow's milk pasta filata cheese produced within the Region of Apulia, consisting of a stretched-curd casing enclosing a filling of hand-shredded pasta filata drenched in cream, known as stracciatella.

Caciocavallo Silano is a semi-hard, spun-curd cow's milk cheese produced across a defined zone of the southern Apennines spanning provinces in Calabria, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, and Puglia.

Hard paste cheese produced from between 70% and 90% full ewe's milk and between 10% and 30% full goat's milk, ripened exclusively in the traditional fondaci of the Moliterno zone.

Canestrato Pugliese is a hard, matured sheep's milk cheese produced in the province of Foggia and adjacent communes of the province of Bari forming a continuous area.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a defined zone in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, from Caninese and related varieties.

Cantuccini Toscani and Cantucci Toscani are PGI-protected Tuscan baked biscuits made from a dough of wheat flour, whole unpeeled sweet almonds, eggs, butter, honey, and sugar, shaped into a characteristic semi-oval form by diagonal cutting of the baked dough log.

Capocollo di Calabria is a whole-muscle cured meat produced exclusively in the Calabria Region of southern Italy.

Cappellacci di zucca ferraresi are fresh stuffed pasta produced within the province of Ferrara, Italy.

Cappero di Pantelleria is a salt-cured caper produced exclusively on the Island of Pantelleria, Province of Trapani, from plants of the botanical species Capperis spinosa, variety inermis, cultivar nocellara.

Carciofo Brindisino is a fresh artichoke of the Cynara cardunculus species, Scolymus subspecies, belonging to the local 'Carciofo Brindisino' ecotype, grown exclusively in eight named municipalities in the province of Brindisi, Apulia.

Carciofo di Paestum is a PGI covering heads of the Romanesco artichoke biotype known as Tondo di Paestum, grown in a defined area of the Province of Salerno.

Carciofo Spinoso di Sardegna is a PDO-protected artichoke grown exclusively in Sardinia from the local 'Spinoso Sardo' ecotype of Cynara scolymus.

Cartoceto is a PDO-registered extra virgin olive oil produced in a defined area of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche.

Casatella Trevigiana is a fresh, soft cow's-milk cheese produced exclusively within the province of Treviso.

Casciotta d'Urbino is a cylindrical, semi-cooked-curd cheese made from whole sheep's milk and whole cows' milk, produced across the entire province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy.

Castagna Cuneo is a PGI covering chestnuts of the species Castanea sativa, excluding interspecific hybrids, grown in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont.

Castagna del Monte Amiata is a PGI-protected chestnut grown on the slopes of Monte Amiata across nine named municipalities in the Provinces of Grosseto and Siena.

Castagna di Montella is a PGI-protected chestnut produced in six communes of the Province of Avellino, Campania.

Castagna di Vallerano is a PDO-protected chestnut grown exclusively within the Municipality of Vallerano, in the province of Viterbo, Lazio.

Castelmagno is a PDO-protected Italian cheese produced exclusively in the municipalities of Castelmagno, Pradleves, and Monterosso Grana in the province of Cuneo.

Cedro di Santa Maria del Cedro PDO designates fresh citrons of the 'liscia-diamante', 'italiana' or 'calabrese' varieties of Citrus medica grown and packed within a defined coastal strip of the province of Cosenza, Calabria.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within the Chianti Classico zone of Tuscany, between Florence and Siena.

Ciauscolo is a spreadable pigmeat salame produced in designated municipalities across the Provinces of Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region of Italy.

Cilento is a protected designation of origin for extra virgin olive oil produced in the southern part of the province of Salerno, Campania.

Ciliegia dell'Etna is a fresh sweet cherry registered as a PDO under file number PDO-IT-0572, with EU protection granted on 23 November 2006 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000013946).

Ciliegia di Lari is a PGI registered under file number PGI-IT-02855, granted EU protection on 30 June 2022, covering fresh sweet cherries (Prunus avium L.) grown in the Lari area of Tuscany, Italy.

Ciliegia di Marostica is a fresh cherry registered as a PGI (file number PGI-IT-0146) and protected under EU law since 18 April 2001.

Ciliegia di Vignola is a fresh cherry registered as a PGI on 21 February 2011 under file number PGI-IT-0858 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000014011), produced in the Vignola area of Modena, Emilia-Romagna.

Cioccolato di Modica is a cold-worked granular chocolate produced exclusively within the municipality of Modica, in the province of Ragusa, Sicily.

Cipolla bianca di Margherita is a fresh white bulb onion produced from local ecotypes of Allium cepa L. grown along the Adriatic coastal strip of Puglia.

Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria is a red onion PGI covering bulbs of the species Allium Cepa grown from three local ecotypes — Tondo Piatta, mezza campana, and Allungata — in a defined coastal and inland zone of Calabria.

Cipollotto Nocerino PDO covers the bulb of Allium Cepa L. grown in the Sarno Valley basin within the Agro Nocerino area of Salerno Province and the south-western part of Naples Province.

Clementine del Golfo di Taranto is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-IT-0247, covering fresh clementines of the species Citrus clementine Hort. ex Tanaka produced within the province of Taranto, Italy.

Clementine di Calabria is a pip-free clementine registered as a PGI on 25 November 1997 under file number PGI-IT-1548 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000013331).

Colatura di alici di Cetara is a clear, amber-to-brown-mahogany liquid obtained by fermenting anchovies of the species Engraulis encrasicolus in sea salt inside wooden barrels and terzigni.

Collina di Brindisi is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced in eight communes of the province of Brindisi, Puglia.

Extra virgin olive oil produced in the hills of the provinces of Rimini and Forlì-Cesena in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy.

Colline Pontine is a PDO extra virgin olive oil produced in twenty-five municipalities of the Province of Latina, Lazio.

Colline Salernitane is a protected designation of origin for extra virgin olive oil produced within part of the province of Salerno, Campania.

Colline Teatine is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced within the province of Chieti in Abruzzo.

Coppa di Parma is a whole-muscle cured pork neck produced within a defined area of the Po plain and surrounding provinces.

Coppa Piacentina is a salted and naturally matured pigmeat product, covered in pig's abdominal wall and produced from muscle mass from the upper neck area.

Coppia Ferrarese is a sourdough bread produced entirely within the Province of Ferrara, Italy.

Cotechino Modena is a cooked pork sausage produced within a defined area of central and northern Italy, made from a mixture of pig meat from striated muscles, pig fat, and rind.

Cozza di Scardovari is a PDO-registered mussel of the species Mytilus galloprovincialis, farmed exclusively in the Sacca di Scardovari lagoon within the Po Delta, province of Rovigo.

Crudo di Cuneo is a dry-cured ham produced exclusively in the Cuneo province of Piedmont, Italy, from fresh legs of pigs born, reared, and slaughtered within the designated area.

Culatello di Zibello is a naturally cured, uncooked pork product made from the crural muscles and inner thigh of fresh pig hindquarters.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within the Province of Foggia, Puglia, registered as a PDO and marketed under the name Dauno with four permitted geographical references: Alto Tavoliere, Basso Tavoliere, Gargano and Sub-Appennino.

Fagioli Bianchi di Rotonda is a PDO covering two ecotypes of Phaseolus vulgaris L. — Fagiolo Bianco and Tondino (or Poverello) Bianco — grown within the irrigation area of the Valle del Mercure on the Basilicata side, across four municipalities in Potenza Province.

Fagiolo Cannellino di Atina PDO covers dry beans produced from the local ecotype 'Cannellino di Atina' of Phaseolus vulgaris L., grown in defined districts of the Province of Frosinone, Lazio.

Fagiolo Cuneo covers pods at the waxy stage for shelling and dried seeds of specified climbing bean ecotypes and varieties grown across all 183 municipalities of the Province of Cuneo.

A PGI covering pods at the waxy stage for shelling and dried seeds of specified ecotypes and varieties of climbing bean grown across all 183 municipalities of the Province of Cuneo, Italy.

Fagiolo di Sarconi designates fresh, shelling, and dried beans of local cannellino and borlotto varieties grown in eleven municipalities of the Alto Val dell'Agri in Basilicata.

Sweet chestnut flour produced within a defined area of the province of Lucca, Tuscany, from Castanea sativa Mill. varieties including Carpinese, Pontecosi and Mazzangaia, among others.

Farro della Garfagnana is polished emmer grain, produced from the local population of Triticum dicoccum Schubler, grown exclusively in the Garfagnana area of Tuscany.

A local ecotype of Triticum dicoccum emmer wheat grown in the mountainous south-east of Perugia Province, Umbria, at an altitude of at least 700 m above sea level.

Fico Bianco del Cilento is a PDO covering dried figs of the Ficus carica domestica L. species, restricted to biotypes related to the Dottato cultivar, grown and processed within the Cilento area of Campania.

Fichi di Cosenza is a PDO covering dried figs of the Dottato (or Ottato) variety of Ficus carica sativa grown and dried within a defined area of the Cosenza province in Calabria, Italy.

Ficodindia dell'Etna is a PDO-protected prickly pear fruit registered under file number PDO-IT-0241, granted EU protection on 12 November 2002.

Ficodindia di San Cono is a PDO-protected fresh prickly pear registered under file number PDO-IT-0647, granted EU protection on 26 September 2007.

Finocchiona is a Tuscan salame distinguished by the use of fennel seeds and/or flowers in the mixture, which impart its characteristic pronounced aroma.

Fiore Sardo is a whole-milk hard uncooked sheep's cheese produced across the entire territory of the autonomous region of Sardinia.

Fontina is a raw, whole-milk cheese produced exclusively from Valdostana-breed cattle within the entire territory of Valle d'Aosta.

Formaggella del Luinese is a semi-hard cheese produced exclusively from whole, raw goat's milk within a defined zone of northern Varese Province, Lombardy.

Formaggio di Fossa di Sogliano is an Italian PDO cheese produced from ewes' milk, cows' milk, or a mixture of the two, and aged in sealed underground pits for a minimum of 80 and a maximum of 100 days.

Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana is a PDO-protected semi-cooked cheese made from whole cows' milk, produced within the high Valle Brembana communes of the province of Bergamo.

Fungo di Borgotaro is a PGI covering fresh and dried sporocarps of four Boletus varieties — Boletus aestivalis, Boletus pinophilus, Boletus aereus, and Boletus edulis — gathered within a defined area of the Parma and Massa Carrara Apennines.

Extra virgin olive oil produced on the shores of Lake Garda in the Provinces of Brescia, Verona, Mantova and Trento, registered as a PDO under file number PDO-IT-1516.

Gorgonzola is a blue-veined cheese made exclusively from pasteurised whole cows' milk, produced within a defined area of Piedmont and Lombardy.

Hard cooked-paste cheese produced from raw, partially skimmed cow's milk in a defined Po Valley area of Italy, registered as a PDO under file number PDO-IT-0011.

Insalata di Lusia is a PGI-protected lettuce comprising exclusively the Cappuccia and Gentile varieties of Lactuca sativa, grown in a defined area spanning municipalities in the provinces of Rovigo and Padua.

Extra virgin olive oil produced in named municipalities of the Province of Avellino, Campania, from groves in which the Ravece variety constitutes 60 % or more of the olive composition.

Kiwi Latina is a fresh kiwifruit registered under PGI (file number PGI-IT-0295, EU protection granted 5 June 2003), produced in the Latina plain of Lazio, Italy.

A Protected Designation of Origin covering table olives produced from the 'Bella di Cerignola' cultivar grown in a defined zone of the Tavoliere della Puglia in Puglia, Italy.

Extra virgin olive oil produced on the shores of Lakes Como and Iseo in Lombardy, registered as a PDO on 25 November 1997 under file number PDO-IT-1543.

Lardo di Colonnata is cured pig back fat produced in the village of Colonnata, in the Apuan Alps of Tuscany.

A protected geographical indication covering lentils of a local ecotype of Lens culinaris grown on the Castelluccio plateau in the municipalities of Norcia and Castel Sant'Angelo sul Nera, Umbria, at an average altitude of 1,400 m above sea level.

Limone Costa d'Amalfi is a PGI-protected lemon grown on the Amalfi coast in the province of Salerno, Campania, produced exclusively from the Sfusato Amalfitano cultivar.

Limone di Rocca Imperiale is a PGI-protected lemon from the municipality of Rocca Imperiale in Calabria, produced exclusively from cultivars of the Femminello group.

Limone di Siracusa is a PGI-protected lemon grown exclusively from the Femminello cultivar and its clones within a defined coastal strip of the province of Syracuse, Sicily.

Limone di Sorrento is a PGI-protected lemon grown on the Sorrento peninsula in Campania, Italy.

A PGI covering fresh lemons of the Femminello del Gargano designation, produced in the municipalities of Vico del Gargano, Ischitella, and Rodi Garganico in the province of Foggia, Apulia.

Limone Interdonato Messina is a PGI lemon produced from the Interdonato cultivar — a natural hybrid between a citron clone and a lemon clone — grown along the Ionian coast of the Province of Messina in Sicily.

Lucanica di Picerno is a dry cured pork sausage produced in a defined area of the Potenza province in Basilicata.

Lucca PDO designates extra virgin olive oil produced and bottled within a defined area of Lucca province, Tuscany.

Dried egg pasta produced exclusively in the municipality of Campofilone, province of Fermo, Marche.

Marrone del Mugello is a protected chestnut designation covering nuts of the Florentine Chestnut variety, known as Marrone Fiorentino, grown within a defined area of the Province of Florence in Tuscany.

Marrone della Valle di Susa is a PGI-protected chestnut produced from five local ecotypes grown across named municipalities in the Susa Valley, Province of Turin.

Marrone di Caprese Michelangelo is a PDO-protected chestnut produced from a local ecotype of the Marrone variety grown in mountain areas of the municipality of Caprese Michelangelo and part of Anghiari, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany.

Marrone di Castel del Rio is a PGI-protected chestnut produced in four communes of the Santerno valley in the Bologna Apennines.

Marrone di Combai is a chestnut ecotype grown in Alpine foothill municipalities of Treviso province, Veneto.

Marrone di Roccadaspide is a PGI-protected chestnut produced from the Anserta, Abate and Castagna Rossa ecotypes, all linked to the Marrone variety, grown at altitudes above 250 metres in designated municipalities of the province of Salerno, Campania.

Marrone di San Zeno PDO covers 'locale Marrone' chestnuts of the species Castanea Sativa Mill, selected and propagated agamically by producers within the Monte Baldo territory of Verona.

Marrone di Serino/Castagna di Serino PGI covers fresh, peeled, dried in-shell, and whole dried shelled chestnuts of the Castanea Sativa Miller species, specifically the Montemarano and Verdola varieties, grown and processed across named municipalities in the Provinces of Avellino and Salerno in Campania, Italy.

Fresh chestnuts of the local ecotype of Castanea sativa Mill., var sativa, grown across nineteen municipalities in Treviso province.

Mela Alto Adige / Südtiroler Apfel is a PGI registered on 18 January 2005 (file PGI-IT-0207) covering fresh apples of specified varieties grown in 72 municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Alto Adige/Südtirol).

Mela di Valtellina is a protected geographical indication covering fresh apples grown in the Valtellina valley, Sondrio, Italy, registered as a PGI on 28 November 2006 under file number PGI-IT-0574.

Mela Rossa Cuneo is a fresh red apple registered as a PGI under file number PGI-IT-0915, with EU protection granted on 16 December 2011 (eAmbrosia: EUGI00000013963).

Mela Val di Non is a protected designation of origin covering fresh apples produced in the Val di Non area of Trentino, Italy.

Melannurca Campana is a PGI registered under file number PGI-IT-0193, granted EU protection on 7 June 2005.

Mele del Trentino is a PGI registered on 7 August 2017 under file number PGI-IT-2320, covering fresh apples produced in Trentino, Italy.

Melone Mantovano is a fresh melon registered as a PGI on 13 July 2011 under file number PGI-IT-0883.

Miele della Lunigiana PDO covers acacia, chestnut, heather, honeydew and wildflower honeys produced within a defined mountainous area of the province of Massa Carrara, Tuscany.

Honey produced in the mountainous Belluno province of the Veneto by a local ecotype of Apis mellifera, available in six types — Millefiori, Acacia, Tiglio, Castagno, Rododendro and Tarassaco — each defined by distinct chemico-physical and pollen requirements.

Miele Varesino is a monofloral acacia honey produced exclusively from Robinia pseudoacacia nectar within the province of Varese, Italy.

Molise is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced within the administrative boundaries of the Molise region of Italy.

Montasio is a cooked cow's-milk cheese produced across Friuli-Venezia Giulia and defined parts of Veneto, made from unpasteurised milk and matured for a minimum of 60 days.

Extra virgin olive oil produced on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, made predominantly from the native 'Nocellara Etnea' variety.

Monte Veronese is a PDO-protected cow's milk semi-cooked cheese produced in communes of the province of Verona.

Monti Iblei is a PDO extra virgin olive oil produced within the provinces of Syracuse, Ragusa and Catania in Sicily.

Mortadella Bologna is a cooked pork-butchery product, generally oval or cylindrical in shape, made from pigmeat encased in natural or synthetic casings and subjected to prolonged cooking.

Mortadella di Prato is a cooked pork charcuterie product from Prato, Tuscany, distinguished by the mandatory inclusion of Alkermes liqueur, which imparts a characteristic deep-pink interior colour.

A fresh pasta filata cheese produced exclusively from whole, fresh milk of the Italian Mediterranean buffalo breed, within a delimited area spanning provinces in Campania, Lazio, Apulia, and Molise.

A fresh stretched-curd cheese made exclusively from whole cow's milk and a whey starter culture, produced within a defined zone of the Murge plateau in Apulia.

Murazzano is a full-fat, uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk, which may be supplemented with cow's milk, produced in a continuous area of communes within the province of Cuneo, Piedmont.

Nocciola del Piemonte / Nocciola Piemonte is a PGI reserved exclusively for hazelnuts of the Tonda Gentile Trilobata variety, grown in designated hazelnut-producing municipalities across seven provinces of the Piedmont region.

Nocciola di Giffoni is a PGI-protected hazelnut produced exclusively from the 'Tonda di Giffoni' cultivar in a defined area of the Province of Salerno, Campania.

Nocciola Romana is a PDO-protected hazelnut from volcanic hill zones in the provinces of Viterbo and Rome, Lazio.

Nocellara del Belice is a PDO-protected table olive produced in the municipalities of Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara, and Partanna in the province of Trapani, Sicily.

Nostrano Valtrompia is a semi-fat, extra-hard raw cow's milk cheese produced year-round in the Valle Trompia municipalities of the province of Brescia, distinguished by the mandatory addition of saffron to the milk and a minimum ripening period of 12 months.

Extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively within the Campania region of Italy, obtained from nineteen named olive varieties or blends thereof, with other varieties permitted up to a maximum of 15 % of raw material.

Extra-virgin olive oil produced across the entire Calabria region, required to contain at least 90 % oil from named native cultivars including Carolea, Ottobratica, Sinopolese, and Grossa di Gerace, among others.

Extra virgin olive oil produced exclusively within the Puglia region of Italy, obtained from a defined set of regional cultivars that must account for at least 70 % of trees in each grove.

Extra virgin olive oil produced entirely within the Basilicata region of southern Italy, registered as a PGI under file number PGI-IT-02458.

Oliva Ascolana del Piceno is a PDO covering the ascolana tenera variety of olive, produced either in brine or stuffed, within defined municipalities in the Provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Teramo, across the Marche and Abruzzi regions.

A round durum-wheat sourdough loaf produced in the Dittaino valley municipalities of the Provinces of Enna and Catania, Sicily.

Pampepato di Terni / Panpepato di Terni is an oven-baked spiced chocolate cake produced in the Province of Terni and specified municipalities of the Province of Perugia.

Pancetta di Calabria is a rectangular, rind-on cured meat cut from pigs' side ribs, produced exclusively within the Region of Calabria.

Pancetta Piacentina is a salted, naturally matured raw pork product produced from the fatty layer and abdominal muscle tissue of the half-carcase, rolled into a cylindrical form and matured within the province of Piacenza.

Pane casareccio di Genzano is a PGI-protected bread produced exclusively within the commune of Genzano, made from zero or double-zero flour, natural yeast, mineral salt, and water, with no chemical or organic additives.

Pane di Altamura is a durum-wheat sourdough bread produced within a defined area of the north-west Murgia region of Apulia, Italy.

Pane di Matera is a durum wheat sourdough bread produced entirely within the Province of Matera, Italy.

Pane Toscano is a saltless sourdough bread produced exclusively within the administrative territory of Tuscany, made from type '0' soft-wheat wholegrain flour grown in the same region, water, and natural sourdough starter.

Panforte di Siena is a baked confectionery produced within the province of Siena, made by kneading and baking a dough of flour, candied fruit, dried fruit, sugars, honey, and spices.

Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard cooked cow's-milk cheese produced within a defined area of Italy and registered as a PDO under file number PDO-IT-0016.

Pasta di Gragnano is a dried durum wheat semolina pasta produced exclusively within the Municipality of Gragnano, Province of Naples.

Patata del Fucino denotes ripe tubers of Solanum tuberosum grown on the former bed of Lake Fucino in the Province of L'Aquila, at 700 metres above sea level.

Patata della Sila designates conservation potatoes of the Solanum tuberosum species grown exclusively on the Altopiano della Sila in Calabria, Italy.

Patata di Bologna is a PDO potato grown and packed exclusively within the Province of Bologna, Italy.

Patata novella di Galatina is a PDO-protected new potato produced exclusively from the Sieglinde variety within a defined area of the province of Lecce, Italy.

Pecorino Crotonese is a hard, semi-cooked cheese produced exclusively from whole sheep's milk within a defined area of Calabria centred on the Province of Crotone.

Pecorino di Filiano is a hard, semi-cooked cheese produced from raw whole sheep's milk in 30 municipalities of the province of Potenza, Basilicata.

Pecorino di Picinisco is a raw-milk, raw-paste cylindrical sheep's cheese produced in the Val di Comino area of Lazio, Italy.

Pecorino Romano is a hard, cooked sheep's milk cheese produced exclusively from fresh full-fat milk of sheep bred in Sardinia, Lazio, and the province of Grosseto.

Pecorino Sardo is a PDO-protected semi-hard cheese made from whole ewe's milk, produced exclusively within the Sardinia Autonomous Region.

Pecorino Siciliano is a hard, uncooked, matured cheese made from whole sheep's milk, produced across the entire territory of the autonomous region of Sicily.

Pecorino Toscano is a soft or semi-hard cheese made exclusively from whole sheep's milk sourced within a defined area of Tuscany and specified bordering communes in Umbria and Lazio.

Penisola Sorrentina is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced within the Sorrento peninsula in the province of Naples.

Peperone di Pontecorvo is a PDO-protected fresh pepper grown in the Liri Valley of Frosinone Province, Italy, from the local ecotype Capiscum annum, type Cornetto di Pontecorvo.

Peperone di Senise is a pepper of the species Capsicum annuum, grown in a defined area of Basilicata and not ascribable to any officially recognised cultivar but to a locally found ecotype.

Pera dell'Emilia Romagna is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-IT-1534, granted EU protection on 21 January 1998, covering fresh pears produced within a defined area of Emilia-Romagna.

Pera Mantovana is a fresh pear registered as a PGI on 21 January 1998 under file number PGI-IT-1533.

Pesca di Leonforte is an Italian PGI registered on 3 October 2007 (file PGI-IT-0651) covering late-ripening peaches grown from two local ecotypes, Bianco di Leonforte and Giallone di Leonforte, in the Province of Enna, Sicily.

Pesca di Verona is a PGI-protected designation (file PGI-IT-0579, registered 15 December 2006) covering fresh peaches and nectarines of the species Persica vulgaris Mill. produced on the Verona plain, Italy.

Pesca e Nettarina di Romagna is a PGI registered in Italy, file number PGI-IT-1535, granted EU protection on 21 January 1998.

Pescabivona is a PGI registered in Italy on 31 July 2013 (file PGI-IT-1139; eAmbrosia EUGI00000014360) covering fresh clingstone peaches of four ecotypes — Murtiddara or Primizia Bianca, Bianca, Agostina, and Settembrina — grown in the Bivona area of Agrigento province, Sicily.

Piacentinu Ennese is a pressed, raw whole-milk sheep's cheese produced in nine municipalities of the province of Enna, Sicily.

Piadina Romagnola / Piada Romagnola is a PGI-protected Italian flatbread produced in Romagna from a cooked dough of common wheat flour, water, salt, and fat.

Piave is a hard, cooked cow's-milk cheese produced exclusively in the province of Belluno, Italy, and marketed in five age-defined types: Fresco, Mezzano, Vecchio, Vecchio Selezione Oro, and Vecchio Riserva.

Pistacchio di Raffadali is a PDO-protected pistachio produced in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, from the 'Napoletana' cultivar (also known as 'Bianca' or 'Nostrana') of Pistacia vera, grafted onto Pistacia terebinthus rootstock.

Pistacchio Verde di Bronte PDO covers the fruit, in shell, shelled or peeled, of Pistacia vera cultivar Napoletana grafted onto Pistacia terebinthus, grown on volcanic soils in the municipalities of Bronte, Adrano and Biancavilla in the Province of Catania, at between 400 m and 900 m above sea level.

Pitina is a hemispherical smoked meatball produced exclusively in twelve named municipalities of the Province of Pordenone, Friuli.

Pizzoccheri della Valtellina is a buckwheat pasta produced entirely within the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.

Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio PDO designates small tomatoes of five named ecotypes — 'Fiaschella', 'Lampadina', 'Patanara', 'Principe Borghese' and 'Re Umberto' — grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

Pomodoro di Pachino PGI covers fresh tomatoes of the species Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. grown in a defined area of south-eastern Sicily, produced in three types — smooth round, ribbed, and cherry — and distinguished by firm flesh, a small placenta cavity, and a quantity of soluble solids greater than Brix 4,5, placing them in the extra or prime product categories.

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Porchetta di Ariccia is a cooked whole pig or central portion, produced exclusively within the municipality of Ariccia in Lazio, seasoned with black pepper, rosemary and garlic.

Pretuziano delle Colline Teramane is a PDO extra virgin olive oil produced in the hill zone of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo.

Prosciutto Amatriciano is a dry-cured ham produced within a defined zone of the Province of Rieti, Lazio.

Prosciutto di Carpegna is a matured raw ham produced from hind legs of heavyweight pigs, processed for no less than 13 months within the municipality of Carpegna, Pesaro-Urbino Province, Marche Region.

Prosciutto di Modena is a matured, dry-cured ham produced exclusively in the hills of the Panaro river basin in Emilia-Romagna.

Prosciutto di Norcia is a dry-cured raw ham produced in five municipalities of the Umbrian highlands, each situated at an altitude of over 500 metres above sea level.

Prosciutto di Parma is a PDO-protected aged raw ham produced exclusively in a defined zone within the Province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna.

Prosciutto di San Daniele is a matured, dry-cured ham produced exclusively in the municipality of San Daniele del Friuli, Province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Prosciutto di Sauris is a smoked, salted raw ham produced exclusively within the municipality of Sauris in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region.

Prosciutto Toscano is a dry-cured ham produced entirely within Tuscany, salted using a dry process with salt, pepper, and natural aromatic herbs, and aged for a minimum period determined by final weight.

Prosciutto Veneto Berico-Euganeo is a dry-cured, aged ham produced in the Berici and Euganean hills of Veneto, Italy.

Provola dei Nebrodi is a pasta filata cow's milk cheese produced in the Nebrodi mountains of Sicily in five varieties: fresh, semi-aged, aged, Sfoglia, and con limone verde.

Provolone del Monaco is a semi-hard, kneaded-curd, raw-milk cheese produced exclusively within thirteen named municipalities in the province of Naples.

Semi-hard stretched-curd cheese made from raw whole cows' milk, produced across a defined Po Valley area in northern Italy.

Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì is a semi-cooked, washed-rind cow's milk cheese produced in the Fiemme, Fassa and Primiero–Vanoi valleys of the Province of Trento and two municipalities in the Province of Bolzano.

Quartirolo Lombardo is a soft table cheese made from raw or pasteurised cow's milk drawn from at least two milkings, produced within a defined belt of Lombardy provinces.

Radicchio di Chioggia is a PGI-protected chicory of the species Cichorium intybus, variety silvestre, produced in a defined area spanning the Provinces of Venice, Padua and Rovigo.

Radicchio di Verona is a protected chicory designation covering two varieties — early and late — of the Rossa di Verona cultivar grown across specified municipalities in the Veneto region.

Radicchio Rosso di Treviso is a PGI-protected chicory produced in two distinct types — tardivo (late-growing) and precoce (early-growing) — grown, blanched, forced, and packaged within a defined area of the Treviso province.

Radicchio Variegato di Castelfranco is a forced and blanched chicory head grown across defined municipalities in the provinces of Treviso, Padua, and Venice.

Ragusano is a raw whole cow's milk pasta filata cheese produced on the Hyblaean plateau of Sicily, shaped as a parallelepiped with a square cross-section and rounded corners.

Raschera is a full-fat pressed cheese made from cows' milk, with the possible addition of small quantities of sheeps' and/or goats' milk, produced and matured within the Province of Cuneo.

Ricciarelli di Siena are almond biscuits produced exclusively within the province of Siena, made from a mixture of sweet almonds, sugar and egg white, baked and coated with icing sugar.

Ricotta di Bufala Campana is a fresh, unmatured dairy product made by heat-coagulation of buffalo milk whey, itself a by-product of mozzarella di bufala production.

Ricotta Romana is a fresh dairy product made exclusively from the whey of whole milk from ewes of the Sarda, Comisana, Sopravvissana, Massese breeds and their crosses, reared and processed within the Lazio Region.

Riso del Delta del Po is a Japonica Superfino rice restricted to four varieties — Carnaroli, Volano, Baldo and Arborio — grown in the easternmost cone of the Po valley across specified municipalities in the provinces of Rovigo and Ferrara.

Riso del Delta del Po is a PGI-protected Japonica Super-fino grade rice grown in the Po Delta across the provinces of Rovigo and Ferrara.

Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese is a PDO rice produced in a defined zone within the Provinces of Biella and Vercelli in north-east Piedmont.

Riso Nano Vialone Veronese is a PGI-protected rice of the Vialone Nano variety, grown exclusively in named municipalities of the southern province of Verona.

Riviera Ligure is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced across the entire administrative territory of Liguria, Italy.

Robiola di Roccaverano is a soft, fresh or matured Italian cheese produced in a defined zone of the Asti and Alessandria provinces.

Sabina is an Italian extra virgin olive oil produced in a delimited zone spanning parts of the provinces of Rome and Rieti in Lazio, lying to the east of the River Tiber.

Salama da sugo is a spiced, wine-cured pork sausage encased in a natural pig's bladder, produced within the province of Ferrara.

Salame Brianza is a dry pork sausage produced within the Brianza region of Lombardy, registered as a PDO under file number PDO-IT-0326.

Salame Cremona is an uncooked cured and matured dry sausage produced across Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Piedmont and Veneto, distinguished by a minimum casing diameter of 65 mm, coarse-ground pork from heavy Italian pigs, and mandatory use of natural casings.

Salame di Varzi is a pigmeat dry sausage produced within the Comunità Montana Oltrepò Pavese in the province of Pavia, Italy.

Salame Felino is a dry-cured pork sausage produced within the Province of Parma, Italy, registered as a PGI under file number PGI-IT-0597.

Salame Piacentino is a salted, naturally matured dry sausage cased in pig gut, produced from lean pig meat with added pig fat, intended to be eaten raw.

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Salamini italiani alla cacciatora is a small dry pork salami produced and packaged within eleven named regions of central and northern Italy, from pigs also originating in that same area.

Sale Marino di Trapani is sea salt extracted from the salt pans of the municipalities of Trapani, Paceco and Marsala in Sicily.

Salmerino del Trentino is a PGI covering farmed Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus L.) bred and slaughtered within the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Bagolino municipality in the Province of Brescia.

Salsiccia di Calabria is a matured pork sausage produced entirely within the Calabria Region, made from shoulder, haunch and upper rib cuts mixed with fat and natural aromatic ingredients including salt, black pepper, and chilli pepper or red bell pepper of the genus Capsicum L.

Salva Cremasco is a soft, raw whole cows' milk table cheese of parallelepiped form, produced in a defined zone of the Po Valley in Lombardy.

Sedano Bianco di Sperlonga is a white celery PGI reserved exclusively for the 'Bianco di Sperlonga' ecotype of Apium graveolens L. var dulce Mill., grown within the municipalities of Fondi and Sperlonga in the Latina province of Italy.

Extra virgin olive oil produced across the island of Sicily, bearing PGI protection since 29 January 2015.

Silter is a PDO-protected hard cooked cow's-milk cheese produced in the Valle Camonica and parts of the Sebino Bresciano in the Province of Brescia.

Soppressata di Calabria is a dry, matured sausage produced entirely within the Calabria Region of southern Italy.

Soprèssa Vicentina is an uncooked, matured sausage product made from all prime cuts of pig, produced entirely within Vicenza province.

Speck Alto Adige is a boned, dry-salted, spiced, cold-smoked and aged pork ham produced exclusively in the autonomous province of Bolzano-Alto Adige.

Spressa delle Giudicarie is a cylindrical, medium-hard, partially skimmed cow's milk cheese produced in the Giudicarie, Chiese, Rendena and Ledro valleys of the province of Trento.

Squacquerone di Romagna is a soft, rapidly maturing cow's milk cheese produced in the Emilia-Romagna provinces of Ravenna, Forlì-Cesena, Rimini, Bologna, and part of Ferrara.

A PDO cow's milk cheese produced exclusively within six named districts of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Italy.

Strachitunt is a raw whole cow's milk blue cheese produced exclusively in four municipalities of the Valtaleggio area in Bergamo province, made by the ancient dual-curd technique using two curds obtained from separate milkings approximately 12 hours apart.

Susina di Dro PDO covers fresh fruit of the local Prugna di Dro cultivar grown in a defined area of the Autonomous Province of Trento.

Taleggio is a soft cow's milk cheese of parallelipiped form with a straight base and straight sides, produced within a defined continuous area spanning eight Italian provinces.

Terra d'Otranto is an extra-virgin olive oil produced in Lecce province and parts of Taranto and Brindisi provinces in Puglia.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within the administrative communes of the province of Bari, Puglia.

Terre Aurunche is a protected designation of origin for extra virgin olive oil produced in seventeen municipalities of the province of Caserta, Campania.

Extra virgin olive oil produced within a defined group of municipalities in the western province of Taranto, Puglia.

Tinca Gobba Dorata del Pianalto di Poirino is a PDO covering fresh, unprocessed specimens of Tinca tinca farmed, born, and developed in a defined area of the Pianalto di Poirino plateau in Piedmont.

Toma Piemontese is a PDO-protected Italian cheese produced exclusively from cows' milk, available in two varieties: full-fat (intero), made from whole milk, and half-fat (semigrasso), made from partially skimmed milk.

Extra virgin olive oil produced across the entire administrative territory of Tuscany, Italy, registered as a PGI on 21 March 1998 under file number PGI-IT-1512.

Trote del Trentino is a PGI covering rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) farmed and slaughtered within the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Bagolino municipality in the Province of Brescia.

Tuscia is a PDO-protected extra-virgin olive oil produced exclusively within the Province of Viterbo, Lazio, from groves composed of at least 90 % Frantoio, Caninese, and Leccino varieties.

Extra virgin olive oil produced across the Umbria Region of Italy under five sub-zone place names, with the Moraiolo variety playing the defining role in the oil's character.

Uva da tavola di Canicattì is a protected geographical indication for the Italia variety of table grape grown in designated communes in the provinces of Agrigento and Caltanissetta, Italy.

Uva da tavola di Mazzarrone is a protected geographical indication for table grapes produced in the Mazzarrone district on the Catania–Ragusa border in Sicily, registered as a PGI on 17 November 2000 under file number PGI-IT-0170.

Uva di Puglia is a Protected Geographical Indication registered under file number PGI-IT-0653, granted EU protection on 11 October 2007.

Val di Mazara is an Italian extra virgin olive oil produced in the province of Palermo and specified municipalities of the province of Agrigento, Sicily.

Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo is a PDO-protected partly skimmed cow's milk cheese, with optional addition of goat's milk, produced across the entire Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta.

Valle d'Aosta Jambon de Bosses is a salted, naturally cured, uncooked dry-cured prosciutto produced exclusively in the Commune of Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses, Valle d'Aosta, at an elevation of 1600 metres.

Valle d'Aosta Lard d'Arnad is a PDO-protected cured lard obtained from the shoulder and back of pigs at least nine months old, brined with crystallised sodium chloride, garlic, bay leaf, rosemary, and sage in wooden containers called doils, and produced exclusively within the municipality of Arnad in the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta.

Valli Trapanesi is a PDO-protected extra virgin olive oil produced in named communes of the province of Trapani, Sicily.

Valtellina Casera is a PDO cheese made from partly skimmed cows' milk drawn from traditional cow breeds of the province of Sondrio.

Vastedda della valle del Belìce is a fresh, rindless, kneaded-curd cheese made exclusively from the raw whole milk of Valle del Belìce breed ewes reared within a defined area of Sicily's Belìce valley.

Riso Nano Vialone Veronese is a PGI rice produced exclusively from the Vialone Nano variety, grown and milled within a defined area of the southern province of Verona, Italy.

Vulture is a protected designation of origin covering extra virgin olive oil produced within nine named municipalities on the eastern and south-eastern slopes of Mount Vulture, an extinct volcano in Basilicata, Italy.

Zafferano di Sardegna is a PDO-protected saffron consisting of dried stigmas or pistils of cultivated Crocus sativus L., grown, harvested, and packaged exclusively in the municipalities of San Gavino Monreale, Turri, and Villanovafranca in the province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia.

Zampone Modena is a prepared and cooked meat product consisting of a seasoned mixture of pig meat, fat, and rind stuffed into the natural skin casing of a pig's foreleg, complete with the distal phalanges.