02. PDO cheeses

The Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) is a European sign of identification, created in 1992. It protects the name of an PDO cheese of which the production, transformation and elaboration must have taken place in a determined geographical area with an accepted and certified savoir-faire method.

In Italy, AOC corresponds to DOC for Denominazione di Origine Controllata. In Germany, there is the "QbA" for wines (Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete), and in Spain "D.O." for Denominación de origen. Switzerland uses the same terminology as France.

More than 180 European cheeses, butters and creams benefit from the AOP, of which 49 are French. These products come from a specific geographical area and are made according to a specific, ancestral, savoir-faire method.

France has 49 PDO cheeses :
Abondance, Banon, Beaufort, Beurre et Crème d'Isigny, Beurre Charentes-Poitou, Bleu d'Auvergne, Bleu de Gex Haut-Jura, Bleu des Causses, Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, Brie de Meaux, Brie de Melun, Brocciu, Camembert de Normandie, Cantal, Chabichou du Poitou, Chaource, Chevrotin, Comté, Crottin de Chavignol, Époisses, Fourme d'Ambert, Fourme de Montbrison, Laguiole, Langres, Livarot, Mâconnais, Maroilles, Mont-d'or, Morbier, Munster, Coeur de Neufchâtel, Ossau-Iraty, Pélardon, Picodon, Pont-l'évêque, Pouligny Saint-Pierre, Reblochon, Rigotte de Condrieux, Rocamadour, Roquefort, Saint-Nectaire, Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Salers, Selles-sur-cher, Tome des Bauges, Valençay, Gruyère francais.

Belgium has one PDO cheese:
Le Herve

Neederlands has four PDO cheeses :
Boeren-Leidse
Kanter
Edammer
Gouda.

Great Britain has 13 PDO cheeses :
Swaledale cheese, Swaledale ewes´ cheese,
White Stilton cheese
Blue Stilton cheese,
West Country farmhouse Cheddar cheese,
Teviotdale Cheese
Staffordshire Cheese,
Single Gloucester,
Dovedale cheese,
Buxton Blue cheese,
Bonchester cheese,
Beacon Fell traditional Lancashire cheese
Chevington Cheese
Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese

Italy has 34 PDO cheeses:
Valtellina Casera
Valle d'Aosta Fromadzo
Toma Piemontese
Taleggio
Stelvio ; Stilfser
Spressa delle Giudicarie
Robiola di Roccaverano
Ricotta Romana
Raschera
Ragusano
Quartirolo Lombardo
Provolone Valpadana
Pecorino Toscano
Pecorino Siciliano
Pecorino Sardo
Pecorino di Filiano
Pecorino Romano
Parmigiano Reggiano
Murazzano
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana
Monte Veronese
Montasio
Grana Padano
Gorgonzola
Formai de Mut dell'Alta Valle Brembana
Fontina
Fiore Sardo
Castelmagno
Casatella Trevigiana
Casciotta d'Urbino
Canestrato Pugliese
Caciocavallo Silano
Bra
Bitto
Asiago
et fromages en attente d'AOP :
Grana Padano
Pecorino Toscano
Provolone del Monaco
Formaggio di Fossa di Sogliano al Rubicone e Talamello
Parmigiano Reggiano
Bitto
Carciofo Spinoso di Sardegna
Gorgonzola
Vastedda della valle del Belice
Valtellina Casera
Spressa delle Giudicarie
Salva Cremasco
Provolone Valpadana
Raschera
Robiola di Roccaverano
Pecorino Sardo
Piave
Pecorino Romano
Montasio
Fontina
Formaggella del Luinese
Castelmagno

Spain has 23 PDO cheeses:
San Simón da Costa
Cebreiro
Quesucos de Liébana
Queso de Valdeón
Picón Bejes-Tresviso
Mahón-Menorca
Idiazábal
Torta del Casar
Roncal
Queso Zamorano
Queso Palmero ; Queso de la Palma
Queso Tetilla
Queso Nata de Cantabria
Queso Majorero
Queso Ibores
Queso Manchego
Queso de l'Alt Urgell y la Cerdanya
Queso de Murcia
Queso de Murcia al vino
Queso de La Serena
Gamoneu ; Gamonedo
Cabrales
Afuega'l Pitu
Arzúa-Ulloa
and 5 cheeses awaiting AOP classification :
Roncal
Queso Camerano
UVAS DE ESPUÑA
Queso Flor de Guía y Queso de Guía
Queso Casín

Greece has 20 PDO cheeses :
Formaella Arachovas Parnassou
Feta
Sfela
San Michali
Pichtogalo Chanion
Xynomyzithra Kritis
Batzos
Metsovone
Manouri
Ladotyri Mytilinis
Kopanisti
Kefalograviera
Katiki Domokou
Kasseri
Kalathaki Limnou
Graviera Naxou
Graviera Kritis
Graviera Agrafon
Galotyri
Anevato
Xygalo Sisteias

Portugal has15 PDO cheeses  :
Queijo de Azeitão
Queijo Rabaçal
Queijos da Beira Baixa (Queijo de Castelo Branco, Queijo Amarelo da Beira Baixa, Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa)
Queijo Terrincho
Queijo Serra da Estrela
Queijo Serpa
Queijo S. Jorge
Queijo do Pico
Queijo de Nisa
Queijo de cabra Transmontano
Queijos da Beira Baixa (Quaijo de Castelo Branco, Queijo Amarelo da Beira baixa, Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa) En attente.

Ireland has one PDO cheese : Imokilly Regato

Sweden has 2 PDO cheeses :
Hushållsost
Svecia

Austria has 6 PDO cheeses :
Vorarlberger Alpkäse
Vorarlberger Bergkäse
Tiroler Bergkäse
Tiroler Graukäse
Tiroler Almkäse ; Tiroler Alpkäse
Gailtaler Almkäse

Germany has 4 AOP cheeses :
Odenwälder Frühstückskäse
Allgäuer Emmentaler
Allgäuer Bergkäse
Altenburger Ziegenkäse

Poland had 3 PDO cheeses :
Redykolka
Oscypek
Bryndza Podhala�?ska

Denmark has 2 PDO cheeses :
Esrom
Danablu