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Sales figures of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO in international markets are getting brighter and brighter. With 64,202 tons exported in 2022, the export share increased by two percentage points up to 47 percent. Among destination countries, the best-performing markets last year were Spain (+11.3% with 1,602 tons vs. 1,439 in 2021), the US, which is the f...

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In 2022, on the domestic market, rising costs and feed supply difficulties led farmers to slowdown production. According to Ismea data, after two years of strong increases (+4.5% in 2020 and +3.3% in 2021), milk deliveries in the January-July 2022 period have recorded a real setback (+0.1% compared to the same fraction last year). Amid this scenari...

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Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the oldest and richest cheeses in the world. It is essentially produced like 9 centuries ago: using the same ingredients (milk, salt and rennet), with the same craftsmanship and production technique that has undergone very few changes over the centuries, thanks to the decision to keep a fully natural production, withou...

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The web portal TasteAtlas, a digital gastronomic encyclopedia that catalogs traditional dishes, local food and wine products, and restaurants around the world, has these days published its ranking of the world's most popular cheeses. The ranking is based on votes cast by portal users who have tested these products. And out of 100 cheeses, Italy not...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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