Cooperativa Produttori Latte e Fontina


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Why prefer DOP Fontina?

The Denomination of Protected Origin (DOP brand) is a recognition which makes reference to a communitary regulation ( Regolamento CE 2081/92 - Regolamento CE 510/2006), his political objective is to protect the consumer through a collective brand (for example DOP FONTINA), this recognition is a completly different matter from a commercial brand, as a matter of fact even if the both cases have to respect the regulations for the dairy- cheese sector, in the DOP products further rules are provided, rules which are expressed in the “Production Disciplinary” document issued in the Official Gazette (GUCE L.148/96 del 21.06.1996).

	FONTINA	FONTAL*
Recognition of the Denomination of Protected Origin (DOP brand) from the European Community	YES	NO
Certification of the branding made by a third company according to the production regulation (look at the PDF)	YES	NO
Protection of the DOP brand by a consortium	YES	NO
Identification of the producer and the date of production	YES	NO
Origin of the milk: Aosta Valley	YES	NO
Milk from Valdaostan breed	YES	NO
Feeding of the cowpat based on: • valdaostan hay • permanent pasture (Aosta Valley) • mountain pasture (Aosta Valley)	YES	NO
Supplement of the ration only with authorized concentrated feedstuff	YES	NO
Fresh raw material: only fresh milk	YES	NO
Refrigeration of the milk before the cheese making	NO	YES
Milk's thermical treatments before the cheese making	NO	YES
Craftmade transformation technology	YES	NO
Use of specific milk enzymes isolated in Aosta Valley	YES	NO
Area or maturing: Aosta Valley	YES	NO
Cave maturing	YES	NO
Hand made cheese turning over, brushing and salting	YES	NO
Naturally moulding of the rind	YES	NO
Sliced in Aosta Valley	YES	NO
*Fonte: Archives de Documents de la FAO. Titre: La fromagerie et les variétés de fromage du bassin méditerranéen (Chapitre 4).

Drawing a conclusion the only common features among the two cheeses, besides the assonance of the name, could be found in the transformation tecnology pocess.