Every country has its protected designation of origin (DOP) products. In this article we want to talk about italian DOP products and their quality, excellence and originality. Here you can find also some information about ourfood products and especially olive oil considered a D.O.P. (Denominazione di origine protetta) product for all the humanity.
DOP: Denominazione di Origine Protetta
DOP is a short for Protected Designation of Origin and its ensures that products are locally grown and packaged. It is also a sort of promise to the consumer indeed it means and guarantees that the Dop food was made by local farmers and artisans, using traditional methods. Actually there is a particular law that dictates that only DOP products can carry the word ” traditional” on their labels and only if they adhere to local traditions. For this reason the DOP label may bring a higher price tag with it and promise at the same time the highest levels of quality.
One product can become DOP if it follows a strict set of guidelines from production to the packaging. In Italy there are a lot of foods that can be considered DOP. From the Mozzarella di bufala to the Balsamic vinegar. From San Marzano tomatoes to different kind of Olive oil. Let’s see these last products!
Olive oil as a italian DOP product
In Italy there are a lot of kind of olive oil considered as a DOP products. There are the olive oil from Abruzzo, Luguria, Puglia, Calabria, Tuscany and more other region. Consequently for each region, there are a lot of varieties of olive oil too. The modern techniques of olive oil production are always more attentive to the concept of traceability in order to achieve a high quality product. In the definition of extra virgin olive oil quality, all local farmers guarantee all physico-chemical and organoleptic properties that plays an important relevance for its traceability, throughout its training that led it “from field to fork”. These factor by the time, are origineted the concept of DOP products in order to guarantee for all consumer the highest level of quality eating a controlled and delicious food.
