Key facts
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Source of milk
- Cows
- Pasteurised
- No
- Texture
- Hard
- Aging time
- 8–20 months
- Certification
- Italy: DOC : 1955, EU : PDO : 1996
via Wikipedia infobox
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 1,392 products
- Energy
- 393 kcal
- Fat
- 29.1 g
- — of which saturates
- 18.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 0.1 g
- — of which sugars
- 0.1 g
- Fibre
- 0 g
- Protein
- 33.1 g
- Salt
- 1.45 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- brand
- Subclass of
- Grana Cheese
- Country
- Italy
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Material used
- cow's milk
- Location
- Geographical region of Italy
- Official website
- www.granapadano.it
- Image
- Grana Padano DOP.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- product certification
- Protected designation of origin
- Commons category
- Grana Padano
- location of creation
- Lombardy
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Grana Padano is an Italian cheese originating in the Po Valley. It is similar to Parmesan but with less strict regulations governing its production. This hard, crumbly-textured cheese is made with unpasteurized cows' milk that is semi-skimmed. To preserve the authenticity of the manufacturing processes and raw materials used to make this cheese, Grana Padano was registered as a denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) in 1955, and as a European Union protected designation of origin (PDO) in 1996. Outside of the EU, its name is protected in several other countries on the basis of the Lisbon Agreement and bilateral agreements.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grana Padano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.