PGI articles Tag

Clementine: 10 Things to Know About the Star Fruit of Winter

tines also contain fiber, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. All this for only 20 to 25 calories per fruit. 4- The Corsican clementine benefits from a PGI. Since 2007, the Corsican clementine has been the only clementine produced in France to benefit from a Protected Geographical Indication or PGI. ...

05
Jan
2015

New Year's Eve: how to choose your foie gras?

r checks on products containing foie gras to verify their composition. Choose the labels For foie gras, there is a protected geographical indication: PGI duck foie gras from the South West. This PGI guarantees the geographical origin of the product at all stages of its manufacture, i.e. the b ...

31
Dec
2021

Fruit: 5 unusual facts about kiwi fruit

ruit from the antipodes to be democratized in France. Today, it is so successful in France that it is even cultivated in France and benefits from a PGI for Adour kiwis. 3- It is named after a New Zealand bird Before referring to the Actinidia fruit, kiwi is the name of an emblematic bird of N ...

10
Jan
2023

Emmental de Savoie: 6 things to know about this cheese.

ow-how for its production, and the final quality of this cheese are protected by a Protected Geographical Indication. The Emmental de Savoie has had a PGI since 1996. This European label is accompanied by strict specifications that guarantee the geographical origin of this cheese and impose product ...

24
May
2023

Saint-Marcellin: 5 Things to Know About This Cheese

is cheese could have been made with goat's milk. Today, the Saint-Marcellin IGP is a soft cheese with a bloomy rind made from cow's milk. It has had a PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) since 2013. Since 2013, Saint-Marcellin cheese has been protected by the IGP label, or Protected Geographical ...

01
Feb
2024

Climate: The orange tree zone expands in France.

rsica with Sicilian lemons and Corsican clementines. In France, citrus fruits are a specialty of the French Riviera with the equally famous Menton lemon PGI. However, in recent years, French citrus production has increasingly moved northward, to the point where oranges can now be grown in Gironde. ...

08
Feb
2024