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Rising Temperatures Are Threatening Italy’s Bank Reserves—Because They’re Made of Parmesan Cheese (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] BeUnique@lemmy.zip 7 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Ahhh so this explains the Parmesan cartel. If you don't know, the only "true" Parmesan comes from Italy and there's a cartel of pretty ruthless (legally, not like drug cartels or anything lol) people that try their best to keep it that way.

There was a bunch of drama once about a guy in the US that was a cheese making hobiest that tried to make his own parmesan using some methods he thought of. The Parmesan cartel in Italy sent him a cease and decist letter.

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 20 hours ago

this is true across a wide variety of products deemed "cultural exports" by the eu and is a portion of their soft power throughout the globe

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 19 hours ago

The names Parmigiano Reggiano and Parmesan are protected designations of origin (PDO) for cheeses produced in these provinces under Italian and European law.[1] Outside the EU, the name Parmesan is legally used for imitations, with only the full Italian name unambiguously referring to PDO Parmigiano Reggiano.[2] A 2021 press release by the Italian farmer-rancher association Coldiretti reported that, in the United States, 90% of "Italian sounding" cheese sold as parmesan, mozzarella, grana, and gorgonzola was produced domestically.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

(legally, not like drug cartels or anything lol)

I don’t believe you…..

They may have gone legit, though. (Although… there is that island that makes the cheese with the jumping maggots… that’s technically illegal.)