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Italy’s cheese consortium has announced it is taking steps to tackle the hugely lucrative market of counterfeit parmesan. Parmigiano-Reggiano, a hard aged cheese, has become an icon of Italian gastronomy. But it has also spawned a thriving spin-off market of fake parmesan cheese. A fraudulent cheese market worth billionsParmigiano-Reggiano is one o...

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For the past two years, the Parmigiano Reggiano Design Challenge has invited professional designers and students to enter product designs that elevate the rituals of cooking and enjoying food. In other words, this competition focuses on the magic that happens at the intersection between food and design. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is well-known as o...

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  The Consortium for the protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese chose the Cibus 2022 showcase to present its economic data for the first quarter of 2022. After a record-breaking 2021, with a consumer turnover of 2.7 billion euros, total volume sales in the first quarter of 2022 grew further, by +3.6% (equal to 33,341 tons). This excellent res...

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It's rare that a spirited discussion about Italian food is without mention of cheese. And a conversation of Italian cheese always has a way to involve the country's most iconic one: Parmigiano Reggiano.  In the US, you might refer to Parmigiano Reggiano as parmesan. At the very least, you've probably seen both labels at your local grocery store. Wh...

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The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium has announced call for entries for the 2022 Parmigiano Reggiano® Design Challenge, produced in partnership with iconic design brands Kartell and Alessi for the second consecutive year. The competition challenges professional designers and design students to create product concepts that elevate the rituals of cooki...

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Good news for Made in Italy: Parmigiano Reggiano has won its legal battle against Kraft. In Ecuador Kraft will not be allowed to use the wording Parmesan Cheese. According to the local office that deals with intellectual property rights, Kraft cannot register the trademark Kraft Parmesan Cheese because it has too many similarities with the protecte...

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Proving that its business strategy is on the right track, Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium has announced positive financial results for 2021 despite global supply chain challenges and other factors. The cheese name revealed that it hit a milestone of $3 billion for consumer turnover, an all-time high, and a significant increase for the $2.64 billion...

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In 2021, the turnover of the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO sector reached yet another all-time high. Consumer turnover reached 2.7 billion euros, compared to 2.35 billion in 2020 (+8.2% compared to 2019), as the value generated at production reached 1.71 billion. Record levels also for production, which grew by +3.9% overall compared to 2020, for a total...

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The word “Parma’‘ has been used in 65 New York Times crossword puzzles. It has been clued in several different ways, including “Toscanini’s birthplace” and “Cheese city.” Parmigiano Reggiano, a beloved cheese Americans refer to as Parmesan cheese or “parm,” has a solid fan base composed of cheese lovers around the globe. The name of the pungent pow...

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A record budget – 56 million euros in revenues – has just been planned by the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO production sector. “The two-year period 2020-2021 was marked by the pandemic, which brought upheaval and unforeseen uncertainties,” says Consortium President Nicola Bertinelli. “The supply chain responded well to this phase. In 2020, at the height...

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