List of Italian cheeses: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Italian cheeses listed alphabetically}}

:''This page lists more than 1,000 types of Italian cheese but is still incomplete; you can help by expanding it.''

This is an article of '''[[Italy|Italian]] [[cheese]]s'''. Italy is the country with the highest variety of cheeses in the world, with over 2500 traditional varieties, among which are about 500 commercially recognized cheeses<ref>[http://www.formaggio.it/litalia-dei-formaggi/page/60/ L'Italia dei formaggi (partial list) (in Italian)]</ref> and more than 300 kinds of cheese with protected designation of origin ([[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union|PDO]], [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union|PGI]] and [[Prodotto agroalimentare tradizionale|PAT]]). Fifty-two of them are protected at a [[European Union|European]] level. In terms of raw production volume, Italy is the third largest cheese producer in the European Union, behind France and [[List of German cheeses|Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tag00040&language=en |title=Production of cheese |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=ec.europa.eu |publisher=[[Eurostat]] |access-date=2017-06-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234704/http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=tag00040&language=en |archive-date=2017-09-12 }}</ref> [[Lombardy]] is the first Italian region for number of protected cheeses, with 77 varieties including Granone Lodigiano, ancestor of all Italian [[granular cheese]]s such as [[Grana Padano]] and [[Parmigiano-Reggiano]], [[Mascarpone]], and the well-known [[Gorgonzola]] blue cheese. Italian cheeses [[Mozzarella]] and [[Ricotta]] are some of the most popular cheeses worldwide.