Name Grey Pippin Apple of Torriana Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Description The Renetta Grigia di Torriana takes its name from the characteristic of its peel, completely rusty brown, and from the homonymous town of Barge , where it is grown and where its origin lays. It has an…
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Cuneo Strawberry
Name Cuneo Strawberry Seal of quality Typical food-farming productDescription “Fragola Cuneo” is intended solely for the fruits of the cultivars of Alba, Arosa, Asia, Clery, Record, Sugar Lia, Roxana, Albion, Charlotte, Diamante, Elsinore, Evie 2, Irma, and for the even more ameliorative clones of these varieties, grown in the area of origin. The productions obtained…
Cuneo Bean
Name Cuneo Bean Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) – Typical Food Farming Product. IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) status requested. Description The bean varieties cultivated in this area are the climbing varieties belonging to the Phaseolus vulgaris and Phaseolus coccineus species and among these there are varieties suitable for the production of dry grain,…
The Nucetto Chickpea
Name The Nucetto Chickpea Description The chickpea (Latyrus sativus) is a pulse originating from the East, which in the past was widely cultivated in the area of the Tanaro valley, as it provided a food of great nutritional value, even in arid soil conditions. Chickpea cultivation began in early March, with seed planting and continued…
Chestnut
Name Chestnut Seal of quality Protected geographic Indication- PGI. (IGP) Regolamento (CE) N. 1050/2007 del 12 settembre 2007 Currently in the phase of “provisional protection” at a national level and awaiting community recognition). Description The protected geographic indication “Castagna Cuneo” is reserved for fresh and dried fruits, obtained from the sweet chestnut woods ( Castanea…
Carota San Rocco Castagnaretta
Name Carota San Rocco Castagnaretta Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical Food Farming Product. Description The carrot of San Rocco Castagnaretta presents a linear, almost cylindrical taproot, with a short greenish-purplish blue crown, a soft and crispy texture and a sweet taste. Its most important characteristic is its simple method of processing,…
Round Apricot of Costigliole
Name Round Apricot of Costigliole Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) – Typical Food Farming Product. The procedure has begun for PAT recognition. Description The fruit of the Tonda di Costigliole variety is round and medium-sized; the skin is orange-yellow-coloured with reddish marbling; the pulp is yellow-orange-coloured and of a hard consistency. It is…
Actinidia of Cuneo
Name Actinidia of Cuneo Seal of quality Prodotto Agroalimentare Tradizionale (PAT) / Typical food-farming product. Description The characteristic of this long-shaped fruit is its very hairy brownish skin. The colour of the inner part is a beautiful bright green and presents numerous seminal cavities inside which there are small black seeds (1000-1500 per fruit). From…
Fruit and Vegetables
In this province the fruit and vegetable sector numbers more than 31,000 acres (75% of the Piemontese patrimony), and an average production of 3.5 million quintals of fruit. Over 1 million quintals of apples are produced, approx. 800,000 quintals of actinidia, even the peaches and nectarines together exceed 1 million quintals, and almost 400,000 quintals…
Testun
Name Testun Seal of quality Typical food-farming product (PAT) Description This cheese has a semi-hard texture, and is traditionally produced using a blend of the milk of the various reared animals: cow, sheep and goat, it is sometimes mixed with goat or sheep milk in the months between March and July. It is of cylindrical…