The Parmigiano Reggiano PDO Protection Consortium announced very positive figures for 2022. Volume sales grew by +3% (138,364 tons vs 134,367 in 2021), accounting for +3.6% in the domestic market and +1.7% abroad. After a positive 2021, which closed with a consumer turnover of 2.7 billion euros, the good performance of Italy’s “King of Cheeses” con...

The latest plenary meeting of the Consortium for the Protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO approved a record budget estimate: 56.5 million euros in revenues in 2023. Resources allocated to promotional activities will amount to 39.5 million. Marketing and communication investments will amount to 34.2 million euros, with the goal of supporting the de...

Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese won 126 medals, an unprecedented achievement, at the World Cheese Awards 2022, the world’s most important cheese competition. This year’s competition was held in Oviedo, Spain, from Nov. 3-6. The international jury of 250 experts awarded Parmigiano Reggiano PDO the historic record of 7 Super Gold medals, 6 of which we...

From red or brown cows, mountain or organic, table or meditation, halal or kosher: by now, Parmigiano Reggiano PDO is increasingly declined in many deluxe versions, and “more than 12 percent of the production has an additional process certification to the PDO designation,” says Nicola Bertinelli, President of the Protection Consortium. Over 490,000...

During the General Meeting of the Consortium Members, the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium presented the financial data of the first nine months of 2022 (January – September 2022). After a successful 2021, with a consumer turnover of 2.7 billion euros, the Consortium has recorded in 2022 a 2.9% increase of total sales (95,079 vs 92,366 tons) vs the f...

For Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese, the first nine months of 2022 ended with a +2.9 percent increase in total sales – amounting to 95,079 tons compared to 92,366 tons sold in the same period in 2021. In 2021, the total consumer turnover was 2.7 billion euros. Exports grew by +1.3% or 43,887 tons of product sold. Sales grew in Spain (+12.4%, with 99...

The Consortium for the protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO has just presented economic data for the first half of 2022. After a record-breaking 2021, with a consumer turnover of 2.7 billion euros, total sales in the first six months of 2022 increased further, by +2.4 percent (68,461 tons vs. 66,884 in 2021), with export volumes increasing by +1.6...

Authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano can only be produced in one specific area of the world, located in Emilia-Romagna, specifically in the provinces of Parma, Reggio-Emilia, Modena, Bologna on the left side of the Reno river, and Mantova on the right side of the Po river. Only Parmigiano produced here can obtain the PDO certification (DOP in Italian, fir...

Think you know Parmigiano Reggiano cheese? Hint: it doesn’t come in a can! I can’t really tell you what’s in the can of cheese in your fridge, but I can tell you this. It’s not the real deal, and it may not even be cheese. Am I a bit of cheese snob? Possibly, but you can’t blame me. It’s what happens to you when you visit Italy, or France, or any c...

The Parmigiano Reggiano Design Challenge 2022 is a competition inviting professional designers and design students to submit products at the intersection of food and design. This is the second year that the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium presented this event with the support of iconic Italian design brand Alessi Inc., and in collaboration with Kart...