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A number of food and drink products from Portugal have been granted
Protected Geographical Status Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promote and protect nam ...
under
European Union law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...
and
UK law The United Kingdom has four legal systems, each of which derives from a particular geographical area for a variety of historical reasons: English and Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Ireland law, and, since 2007, purely Welsh law (as a result o ...
through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) regimes. The legislation is designed to protect regional foods and came into force in 1992. In 2021, the following indications were registed: * 94 Portuguese PDOs or DOP (''Denominação de Origem Protegida'') * 85 Portuguese PGIs or IGP (''Indicação Geográfica Protegida'') * 1 Portuguese TSGs (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed) or ETG (''Especialidade Tradicional Garantida'') Do not confuse with DOC ('' Denominação de Origem Controlada''), which is a Portuguese national classification scheme. This list is sourced from the official index published by the European Commission and is not complete.


Olive oil and olives


Olive oil Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea''; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: ...

* Azeite de Moura (PDO) * Azeite de Trás-os-Montes (PDO) * Azeite do Alentejo Interior (PDO) * Azeites da Beira Interior (PDO) ** Azeite da Beira Alta (PDO) ** Azeite da Beira Baixa (PDO) * Azeites do Norte Alentejano (PDO) * Azeites do Ribatejo (PDO)


Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ' ...
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* Azeitona de Conserva Negrinha de Freixo (PDO) * Azeitonas de conserva de Elvas e Campo Maior (PDO)


Meat


Beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantit ...

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Carne alentejana Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...
(PDO) * Carne Arouquesa (PDO) * Carne Barrosã (PDO) * Carne Cachena da Peneda (PDO) *
Carne de Bravo do Ribatejo Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...
(PDO) *
Carne da Charneca Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...
(PDO) *
Carne Marinhoa The Marinhoa is a cattle breed from Portugal. A large animal with harmonious forms. Thick elastic and prominent skin; light brown coat, tending to straw; docile temperament; long and flat head; bulky but not large abdomen; long wide and deep back ...
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Carne Maronesa The Maronesa is a traditional Portuguese breed of mountain cattle. Its name derives from that of the Serra do Marão, which lies in the Trás-os-Montes and Douro Litoral regions in the northern part of the country. Its primary use is for dra ...
(PDO) *
Carne Mertolenga The Mertolenga is a Portuguese breed of cattle. It is named for the concelho of Mértola in south-eastern Alentejo, bordering with Spain. In 2003 it was one of thirteen registered Portuguese cattle breeds, constituting approximately 19 per cent ...
(PDO) *
Carne Mirandesa The Mirandesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Mirandesa breed has the protected geographical status of DOC (''Denominação de Origem Controlada'') from the European Commission Description Head: wide neck, raised and prominent. Save rema ...
(PDO) *
Carne dos Açores Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...
(PGI) *
Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros do Barroso Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...
(PGI) *
Vitela de Lafões Vitela is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alma Marina Vitela (born 1965), Mexican nurse and politician, a member of the Morena party *Rodolfo Vitela Rodolfo Vitela Arévalo (born 10 March 1949) is a Mexican former cyclis ...
(PGI)


Goat meat Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat ''(Capra aegagrus hircus)''. The common name for goat meat is simply "goat", while that from young goats can be called ''capretto'' (It.), ''cabrito'' (Sp. and Por.) or ''kid''. In South ...

* Cabrito Transmontano (PDO) * Cabrito do Alentejo (PGI) * Cabrito de Barroso (PGI) * Cabrito da Beira (PGI) * Cabrito da Gralheira (PGI) * Cabrito das Terras Altas do Minho (PGI)


Lamb and mutton Lamb, hogget, and mutton, generically sheep meat, are the meat of domestic sheep, ''Ovis aries''. A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton. Gen ...

* Borrego Serra da Estrela (PDO) * Borrego Terrincho (PDO) * Cordeiro Bragançano (PDO) * Cordeiro Mirandês or Canhono Mirandês (PDO) * Borrego do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) * Borrego da Beira (PGI) * Borrego do Nordeste Alentejano (PGI) * Borrego de Montemor-o-Novo (PGI) * Cordeiro de Barroso, Anho de Barroso or Cordeiro de leite de Barroso (PGI)


Pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved ...

* Carne de porco Alentejano (PDO) * Carne de Bísaro Transmontano or Carne de Porco Transmontano (PDO)


Meat products


Alheira

* Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Alheira de Vinhais (PGI)


Farinheira

* Farinheira de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Farinheira de Portalegre (PGI)


Presunto ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, ...
(dry-cured ham)

* Presunto de Barrancos (PDO) * Presunto do Alentejo and Paleta do Alentejo (PDO) * Presunto de Barroso (PGI) * Presunto de Campo Maior e Elvas e Paleta de Campo Maior e Elvas (PGI) * Presunto de Santana da Serra e
Paleta de Santana da Serra Paleta may refer to: * Paleta (dessert), a Mexican ice pop * Paleta (surname) * Paleta Frontón, a Peruvian sport * "Paleta" (song), by Ha*Ash *''Paleta'' is the term in Spanish for pork and lamb front leg cut, known as shoulder arm in some marke ...
(PGI) * Presunto de Vinhais or Presunto Bísaro de Vinhais (PGI)


Others

* Butelo de Vinhais, Bucho de Vinhais or Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais (PGI) * Cacholeira Branca de Portalegre (PGI) * Chouriça Doce de Vinhais (PGI) * Chouriça de Carne de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Chouriça de Carne de Vinhais or Linguiça de Vinhais (PGI) * Chouriço de Abóbora de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Chouriço Azedo de Vinhais, Azedo de Vinhais and Chouriço de Pão de Vinhais (PGI) * Chouriço de Carne de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Chouriço grosso de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Chouriço Mouro de Portalegre (PGI) * Chouriço de Portalegre (PGI) * Linguíça do Baixo Alentejo or Chouriço de carne do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) * Linguiça de Portalegre (PGI) * Lombo Branco de Portalegre (PGI) * Lombo Enguitado de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Assar de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Cozer de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) *
Paia de Estremoz e Borba Paia may refer to: *PAiA Electronics, an American synthesizer kit company established in 1967 *Paia, Hawaii, a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii *Paia, a type of embutido, an Iberian variety of cured, dry sausage *Promotion of Access t ...
(PGI) * Paia de Lombo de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Paia de Toucinho de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Painho de Portalegre (PGI) * Paio de Beja (PGI) * Salpicão de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Salpicão de Vinhais (PGI) * Sangueira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI)


Fish and fish products

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Bacalhau de Cura Tradicional Portuguesa () is the Portuguese word for cod and—in a culinary context—dried and salted cod. Fresh (unsalted) cod is referred to as (fresh cod). Portuguese and other cuisines dishes are common in Portugal, and also in former Portuguese colonies li ...
(TSG)


Vegetables and cereals


Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

* Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI)


Sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato ('' Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young ...

* Batata doce de Aljezur (PGI)


Potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Uni ...

* Batata de Trás-os-Montes (PGI)


Fresh fruits


Prune A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (''Prunus domestica''). Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of '' Prunus domestica'' varieties that have a high so ...

* Ameixa d´Elvas (PDO)


Pineapple The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...

* Ananás dos Açores/São Miguel (PDO)


Custard apple Custard apple is a common name for a fruit and for the tree that bears it, '' Annona reticulata.'' The tree’s fruits vary in shape; they may be heart-shaped, spherical, oblong or irregular. Their size ranges from 7 to 12 cm (2.8 to 4.7  ...

* Anona da Madeira (PDO)


Cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour '' Prunus cerasus''. The n ...

* Cereja de São Julião-Portalegre (PDO) * Cereja da Cova da Beira (PGI)


Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. The genus ''Citrus'' is native to ...

* Citrinos do Algarve (PGI)


Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancest ...

* Maçã Bravo de Esmolfe (PDO) * Maçã Riscadinha de Palmela (PDO) * Maçã de Alcobaça (PGI) * Maçã da Beira Alta (PGI) * Maçã da Cova da Beira (PGI) * Maçã de Portalegre (PGI)


Maracujá

* Maracujá dos Açores/S. Miguel (PDO)


Pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosacea ...

* Pêra Rocha do Oeste (PDO)


Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, n ...

* Pêssego da Cova da Beira (PGI)


Dried fruits


Almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries, including the Levant. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genu ...

* Amêndoa Douro (PDO)


Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrel ...

* Castanha da Padrela (PDO) * Castanha da Terra Fria (PDO) * Castanha do Marvão-Portalegre (PDO) * Castanha dos Soutos da Lapa (PDO)


Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

* Mel da Serra da Lousã (PDO) * Mel da Serra de Monchique (PDO) * Mel da Terra Quente (PDO) * Mel das Terras Altas do Minho (PDO) * Mel de Barroso (PDO) *
Mel do Alentejo Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (includin ...
(PDO) * Mel do Parque de Montezinho (PDO) * Mel do Ribatejo Norte (PDO) * Mel dos Açores (PDO)


Cheese and other dairy products


Cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During productio ...

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Queijo de Azeitão Queijo de Azeitão is a Portuguese cheese originating from the town of Azeitão, in the municipality of Setúbal. It is produced in Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra. It has been granted PDO status in the European Union. In 2014, Azeitão cheese ...
(PDO) * Queijos da Beira Baixa (PDO) ** Queijo Amarelo da Beira Baixa (PDO) ** Queijo de Castelo Branco (PDO) ** Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa (PDO) * Queijo de Cabra Transmontano (PDO) * Queijo de Évora (PDO) * Queijo de Nisa (PDO) * Queijo do Pico (PDO) * Queijo Rabaçal (PDO) * Queijo São Jorge (PDO) * Queijo Serpa (PDO) * Queijo Serra da Estrela (PDO) * Queijo Terrincho (PDO) * Queijo mestiço de Tolosa (PGI)


Other

dairy product Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items i ...
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* Requeijão da Beira Baixa (PDO) * Requeijão da Serra da Estrela (PDO) * Travia da Beira Baixa (PDO)


Confectionery


Pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ...

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Ovos Moles de Aveiro Ovos moles de Aveiro (literally, "soft eggs from Aveiro")—sometimes written as ovos-moles de Aveiro—are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar, and sometimes chocolate. This mixture is then put in ...
(PGI) * Pastel de Tentúgal (PGI)


Others


Salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quant ...

* Sal de Tavira or Flor de Sal de Tavira (PDO) Sal de Tavira / Flor de Sal de Tavira
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database of the European Union.


See also

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Portuguese cuisine The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled ''Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal'', from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. ''Culinária Portuguesa'', by António-Maria De O ...
* Denominação de Origem Controlada


References


External links


Official list of Portuguese protected foods




europa.eu

- EU Protected Food Names Scheme. defra.gov.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Portugal Food And Drink Products With Protected Status * Agriculture in Portugal Portugal-related lists Lists of foods by nationality