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[[File:Pecorino Sardo Cheese.jpg|thumb|Pecorino Sardo PDO/DOP]]
[[File:Mozzarella di bufala3.jpg|thumb|Mozzarella di Bufala Campana ("Campana buffalo mozzarella") PDO/DOP)]]
This '''List of Italian PDO/DOP cheeses''' includes all the [[List of Italian cheeses|Italian cheeses]] which have [[protected designation of origin]] ({{lang|it|denominazione di origine protetta}}, or DOP/PDO), status under [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union|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 controllata|denominazione di origine]]'' (DO) system, which arose out of the 1951 Stresa Conference and was established under the Italian law 125/54. These [[Geographical indication|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==
{{Complete list|date=October 2011}}
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

{| class="wikitable wt_shade-even-rows" <!-- seems to do nothing -->
|+ List of DOP/PDO Italian cheeses
|-style="font-weight:bold;color:#555;"
!rowspan=2|Name and styles
!rowspan=2|DO
!rowspan=2|DOP/PDO
!rowspan=2|Milk
!colspan=2|Production zone
|-style="font-weight:bold;color:#555;"
!
!Provinces
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Asiago cheese|Asiago]]<br />&nbsp;Asiago&nbsp;d'allevo&nbsp;"mezzano"<br />&nbsp;Asiago&nbsp;d'allevo&nbsp;"vecchio"<br />&nbsp;Asiago&nbsp;pressato
|rowspan="2"|1978
|rowspan="2"|1996
|rowspan="2"|Cow
|[[Veneto]] || [[province of Padua|Padua]] (part), [[Province of Treviso|Treviso]] (part), [[Province of Vicenza|Vicenza]]
|-
|[[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] || [[Trentino]]
|-
|Bitto
|1995
|1996
|Cow (80%)<br />Goat (20%)
|[[Lombardy]] || [[province of Bergamo|Bergamo]], [[province of Sondrio|Sondrio]]
|-
|[[Bra (cheese)|Bra]]<br />&nbsp;dura<br />&nbsp;tenera<br />&nbsp;di Alpeggio
|1982
|1996
|Cow
|[[Piedmont]] || [[province of Cuneo|Cuneo]], [[Province of Turin|Turin]]
|-
|rowspan=5 | [[Caciocavallo Silano]]
|rowspan=5 |1993
|rowspan=5 |1996
|rowspan=5 |Cow
|[[Apulia]] || [[province of Bari|Bari]], [[province of Taranto|Taranto]], [[province of Brindisi|Brindisi]]
|-
|[[Calabria]] || [[province of Crotone|Crotone]], [[province of Catanzaro|Catanzaro]], [[province of Cosenza|Cosenza]]
|-
|[[Campania]] || [[province of Avellino|Avellino]], [[province of Benevento|Benevento]], [[province of Caserta|Caserta]], [[province of Naples|Naples]]
|-
|[[Molise]] || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Basilicata]] || [[province of Matera|Matera]], [[province of Potenza|Potenza]]
|-
|[[Canestrato Pugliese]]
|1985
|1996
|Sheep
|Apulia || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Casatella Trevigiana]]
|
|2008
|Cow
|Veneto || [[Province of Treviso|Treviso]]
|-
|[[Casciotta d'Urbino]]<ref>[http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/casciottaurbino.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Casciotta d'Urbino'']</ref>
|1982
|1996
|Sheep (70%–80%)<br />Cow (20%–30%)
|[[Marche]] || Province of [[Province of Pesaro e Urbino|Pesaro and Urbino]]
|-
|[[Castelmagno (cheese)|Castelmagno]]
|1982
|1996
|Cow<br />Sheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)
|Piedmont || Cuneo
|-
|[[Fiore Sardo]]<ref>[http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/fioresardo.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Fiore Sardo'']</ref>
|1955
|1996
|Sheep
|[[Sardinia]] || [[province of Cagliari|Cagliari]], [[province of Nuoro|Nuoro]], [[province of Oristano|Oristano]], [[province of Sassari|Sassari]]
|-
|[[Fontina]]
|1955
|1996
|Cow
|[[Aosta Valley]] || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Formaggella del Luinese]]
|
|2011
|Goat
|[[Lombardy]] || [[province of Varese|Varese]] (Alpine foothills in the north of the province)<ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:220:0018:0021:EN:PDF ''Official Journal of the European Union'', C 220/18, 14 August 2010].</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Formaggio di Fossa]] di [[Sogliano al Rubicone|Sogliano]]<ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:108:0015:0019:EN:PDF Official Journal of the European Union, C 108/15, 12 May 2009]</ref>
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|2009
|rowspan=2|Sheep and/or Cow
|[[Emilia-Romagna]]||[[Province of Bologna|Bologna]] (part), [[Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena]], [[Province of Ravenna|Ravenna]], [[Province of Rimini|Rimini]]
|-
|[[Marche]]||[[Province of Ancona|Ancona]], [[Province of Ascoli Piceno|Ascoli Piceno]], [[Province of Macerata|Macerata]], [[Province of Pesaro-Urbino|Pesaro-Urbino]]
|-
|[[Formai de Mut]] from [[Val Brembana|Alta Valle Brembana]]
|1985
|1996
|Cow
|Lombardy || Bergamo
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[Gorgonzola cheese|Gorgonzola]]
|rowspan=2|1955
|rowspan=2|1996
|rowspan=2|Cow
|Piedmont || [[province of Novara|Novara]], [[province of Vercelli|Vercelli]],
|-
|Lombardy || Bergamo, [[province of Brescia|Brescia]], [[province of Como|Como]], [[province of Cremona|Cremona]], [[province of Lodi|Lodi]], [[province of Milan|Milan]], [[province of Pavia|Pavia]]
|-
|rowspan="5" |[[Grana Padano]]
|rowspan="5" |1955
|rowspan="5" |1996
|rowspan="5" |Cow
| Lombardy ||Lodi, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, [[province of Mantova|Mantova]] (to the north of the [[Po River|Po]]), Milan, Pavia, Sondrio, [[province of Lecco|Lecco]], [[province of Varese|Varese]]
|-
| Piedmont || [[province of Alessandria|Alessandria]], [[province of Asti|Asti]], Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
|-
|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol || Trento
|-
| Veneto || Padua, [[province of Rovigo|Rovigo]], Treviso, [[province of Venice|Venice]], [[province of Verona|Verona]], Vicenza
|-
| [[Emilia-Romagna]] || [[province of Bologna|Bologna]] (east of the [[River Reno|Reno]]), [[province of Ferrara|Ferrara]], [[province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena]],
[[province of Piacenza|Piacenza]], [[province of Ravenna|Ravenna]], [[province of Rimini|Rimini]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Montasio]]<ref>For DO date see DPR 10.3.86, quoted in [http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/montasio.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Montasio'']</ref>
|rowspan="2"|1986
|rowspan="2"|1996
|rowspan="2"|Cow
|[[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]] || [[province of Udine|Udine]], [[province of Pordenone|Pordenone]], [[province of Gorizia|Gorizia]], [[province of Trieste|Trieste]]
|-
|Veneto || [[province of Belluno|Belluno]], Treviso, Padua, Venice
|-
|[[Monte Veronese]]
|1993
|1996
|Cow
|Veneto || Verona
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Mozzarella di Bufala Campana]]
|rowspan=4|1993
|rowspan=4|1996
|rowspan=4|[[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|Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle]]
|1950
|2020
|Cow
|[[Apulia]]
[[Basilicata]]
|[[Province of Bari]]
[[Province of Taranto]]

[[Province of Matera]]
|-
|[[Murazzano (cheese)|Murazzano]]
|1982
|1986
|Sheep (60%–100%)<br />Cow (0%–40%)
|Piedmont || Province of Cuneo
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Parmigiano-Reggiano]]
|rowspan="2"|1955
|rowspan="2"|1996
|rowspan="2"|Cow
|Emilia‑Romagna ||[[Province of Modena|Modena]], [[Province of Parma|Parma]], [[Province of Reggio Emilia|Reggio Emilia]], Bologna (west of the Reno)
|-
|Lombardy || Mantova (south of the Po)
|-
|[[Pecorino di Filiano]]
|
|2007
|Sheep
|Basilicata || [[Province of Potenza|Potenza]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Pecorino Romano cheese|Pecorino Romano]]
|rowspan="3"|1955
|rowspan="3"|1996
|rowspan="3"|Sheep
|Lazio || Rome
|-
|[[Tuscany]] ||[[province of Grosseto|Grosseto]]
|-
| Sardinia ||(Entire Region)
|-
|[[Pecorino Sardo]]
|1991
|1996
|Sheep
|Sardinia || Cagliari, Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari
|-
|[[Pecorino Siciliano]]
|1955
|1996
|Sheep
|[[Sicily]] || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Pecorino Toscano]]<ref>[http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/pecorinotoscano.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Pecorino Toscano'']</ref>
|1986
|1996
|Sheep
|Tuscany || [[province of Arezzo|Arezzo]], [[province of Pisa|Pisa]], [[province of Massa-Carrara|Massa Carrara]], [[province of Livorno|Livorno]], Grosseto, [[province of Firenze|Firenze]], [[province of Prato|Prato]], [[province of Lucca|Lucca]], [[province of Pistoia|Pistoia]], [[province of Siena|Siena]]
|-
|[[Pecorino di Crotone]]
|
|2014
|Sheep
|Calabria
|[[Province of Crotone]]
|-
|[[Piacentinu Ennese]]<ref>[https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/piacentinudiennapressato.htm 'Piacentinu di Enna Piacentinu Ennese Dop'], Atlante dei prodotti tipici, Formaggi tipici italiani</ref>
|
|2011
|Sheep
|Sicily || [[Province of Enna|Enna]] (only within the [[comune|commune]] of [[Enna]])
|-
|[[Piave cheese|Piave]]<ref>[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:234:0018:0022:EN:PDF ''Official Journal of the European Union'', C 234/20, 29 September, 2009 2010].</ref><ref>[https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/piave.htm 'Piave DOP'], ''Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani'', Agraria.it</ref>
|
|2010
|Cow
|[[Veneto]]||[[Province of Belluno]]
|-
|[[Provolone del Monaco]]<ref>[https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/provolonedelmonaco.htm 'Provolone del Monaco DOP'], ''Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani'', Agraria.it</ref>
|
|2010
|Cow
|[[Campania]] ||[[Province of Naples|Naples]]
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Provolone Valpadana]]
|rowspan="4"|1993
|rowspan="4"|1996
|rowspan="4"|Cow
|Lombardy|| Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Mantova, Milan
|-
|Veneto || Padua, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza
|-
|Emilia‑Romagna ||Piacenza
|-
| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ||Trento
|-
|[[Puzzone di Moena]]
|
|2014
|Cow
|Trentino-Alto
Adige/Südtirol
|[[Val di Sole|Val di Fassa]]
[[Moena]]

[[Val di Fiemme (district)]]

Valle di Primiero

|-
|[[Quartirolo Lombardo]]
|1993
|1996
|Cow
|Lombardy || Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia, Varese
|-
|[[Ragusano cheese|Ragusano]]
|1995
|1996
|Cow
|Sicily || Ragusa, Syracuse
|-
|[[Raschera]]
|1982
|1996
|Cow<br />Sheep and/or Goat (optionally a little)
|Piedmont || Cuneo
|-
|[[Ricotta Romana]]<ref>[https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/ricottaromana.htm www.agraria.org, ''Ricotta Romana'']</ref>
|
|2005
|
|[[Lazio]] || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Robiola di Roccaverano]]
|1979
|1996
|Cow (max 85%)<br />Sheep and/or Goat (min 15%)
|Piedmont || Provinces of Alessandria, Asti
|-
|[[Salva Cremasco]]<ref>{{CELEX|32011R1377|format=PDF|text=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)]}}</ref>
|
|2011
|Cow
|Lombardy || Lowlands of Cremasco, Bergamo and Brescia
|-
|[[Spressa delle Giudicarie]]<ref>https://www.agraria.org, [https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/spressadellegiudicarie.htm ''Spressa delle Giudicarie'']</ref>
|
|2003
|Cow
|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol || Western Trentino <!--try to find details-->
|-
|[[Stelvio or Stilfser]]
|
|2007
|Cow
|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol || [[South Tyrol]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Taleggio (cheese)|Taleggio]]<ref>For DO date see [http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/taleggio.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Taleggio''] which quotes from DPR 15.9.88</ref>
|rowspan="3"|1988
|rowspan="3"|1996
|rowspan="3"|Cow
|Lombardy || Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lodi, Milan, Pavia
|-
|Veneto ||Treviso
|-
|Piedmont || Novara
|-
|[[Toma Piemontese]]<ref>DPCM 10.5.93, quoted in [http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/tomapiemontese.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Toma Piemontese'']</ref>
|1993
|1996
| Cow
|Piedmont || Alessandria, Asti, [[province of Biella|Biella]], Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Vercelli
|-
|[[Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo]]<br />(or Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo)<ref>[http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/valledaostafromadzo.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo''], [http://www.milkonline.com/fiera/cheese/disciplinari/disciplinari.htm www.milkonline.com, ''Disciplinari''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017171428/http://www.milkonline.com/fiera/cheese/disciplinari/disciplinari.htm |date=17 October 2006 }} and [http://www.inalto.org/temi/sapori/formaggi/fromadzo.shtml www.inalto.org, ''Vallée d'Aoste Fromadzo DOP''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008064321/http://www.inalto.org/temi/sapori/formaggi/fromadzo.shtml |date=8 October 2007 }} seem to be correct in dating the DO to 1995. [http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/formaggiitaliaDOP.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Formaggi Italiani DOP e STG''], however, has 1955</ref>
|1995
|1996
|Cow
|Aosta Valley || (Entire territory)
|-
|[[Valtellina Casera]]
|1995
|1996
|Cow
|Lombardy || [[Province of Sondrio]]
|-
|[[Vastedda della valle del Belìce]]<ref>[https://www.agraria.org/prodottitipici/vasteddadellavalledelbelice.htm Vastedda della Valle del Belice DOP'], ''Atlante dei prodotti tipici: Formaggi tipici italiani'', Agraria.it</ref>
|
|2010
|Sheep
|[[Sicily]] || [[Province of Agrigento|Agrigento]] (part), [[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] (part), [[Province of Palermo|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]]).<ref>[https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/d%252F1%252F9%252FD.9d1048772e78fc11139e/P/BLOB%3AID%3D2070 'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta «Nostrano di Valle Trompia»'], Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.</ref> The application was submitted on 22 September 2010.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/appliedName.html?denominationId=2703 DOOR database entry]</ref>
*[[Pecorino di Picinisco]]<!--Judging by what’s on the Mipaaf site, 'Picorino' appears to be an EU miss-spelling, rather than a dialect form-->, 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]]).<ref>[http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/d%252Fb%252F4%252FD.e16d8f0d79402ca54dad/P/BLOB%3AID%3D3335 'Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Protetta "Pecorino di Picinisco D.O.P.'], Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.</ref>  The application was submitted on 28 February 2011.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/appliedName.html?denominationId=3654 DOOR database entry].</ref>
* [[Squacquerone|Squacquerone di Romagna]], a cows' milk cheese from the region of [[Emilia-Romagna]] in the provinces of [[Province of Ravenna|Ravenna]], [[Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena]], [[Province of Rimini|Rimini]] and [[Province of Bologna|Bologna]], and in part of the [[province of Ferrara]].<ref>[http://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeAttachment.php/L/IT/D/5%252F9%252F2%252FD.1a9031aeeedf6ae4a3b9/P/BLOB%3AID%3D3335 ''Disciplinare di produzione Squacquerone di Romagna DOP''], Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali.</ref> The application was submitted on 4 December 2009.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/appliedName.html?denominationId=2358 DOOR database entry].</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Food|Lists}}
* [[Italian cuisine]]
* [[List of Italian cheeses]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|30em}}

==References==
*Useful sources for the dates of recognition and copies of the production regulations for many of these cheeses include:
**[http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/formaggiitaliaDOP.htm www.formaggio.it, ''Formaggi Italiani DOP e STG'']
**[https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/browse.html?display European Commission DOOR database]

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