The delicious flavour of our Parmigiano Reggiano PDO has its origins on Ferrarini’s farms: our special combination of milk from Frisona and Jersey cows, reared on our own farms, gives this extra-mature cheese the subtle taste that makes it unique.
Flavour starts here
Every year, our fields produce enough fodder to make 50,000 hay bales, plenty to provide a healthy, balanced diet for our 5,000 cows. The 20 million litres of milk they produce every year is used exclusively in the production of our Parmigiano Reggiano and butter.
Our dairy cows
Our cowsheds are home to nearly 5,000 dairy cows of two different breeds: Jersey and Frisona. They are reared on fodder grown in Ferrarini’s 1200-hectare (3,000-acre) farmlands and stored in our barns. The diet and health of our cows are constantly monitored by our vets, through daily checks and precise feeding plans.
Two types of milk
The combination of classic Frisona cow’s milk and its fattier, creamier Jersey counterpart gives our Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese its subtle, distinctive flavor.
Over 600 quintals of milk
Our cows produce over 600 quintals litres of milk every day. The milk is then delivered to our two creameries, both of which are within 15 km of our farms, keeping the environmental impact to a minimum.
Over 100 cheeses are produced every day in our two Ferrarini creameries. These are located in the heart of the Emilian hills, in Puianello (Reggio Emilia) and Castelnuovo Monti, in the Reggiano Apennines.
Production chain and GMO-free
Ferrarini Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is produced exclusively using milk from our own cows, which are reared on fodder grown on our own farms. Thanks to certified quality control systems, Ferrarini can monitor the entire production chain. This, together with the experience of our cheese makers, gives Ferrarini Parmigiano Reggiano its unique, exclusive flavour. We are also able to offer a selection of GMO-free Parmigiano Reggiano and GMO-free butter, produced with milk obtained from a breeding process that uses no genetically modified foodstuffs.
Enjoy a taste of our Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in the comfort of your own home!
Enjoy a taste of our Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in the comfort of your own home!
Facts about Parmigiano Reggiano PDO
| Parmigiano Reggiano Average nutritional values per 100 g | |||||||
| Energy | Kcal | 388 | |||||
| Energy | Kj | 1612 | |||||
| Protein | g | 33 | |||||
| Total fat | g | 28.4 | |||||
| Of which saturates | g | 18.7 | |||||
| Carbohydrates | g | 0 | |||||
| Of which sugars | g | 0 | |||||
| Salt | g | 1.6 | |||||
The milk used for our cheese is raw, as excessive heat treatment would reduce the bacterial flora typical of the local area. Parmigiano Reggiano is therefore a natural, local product, right down to its tiniest particles – invisible to the naked eye – such as lactic bacteria. It is these bacteria that facilitate the creation of the cheese, giving the finished product its characteristic aroma.However, this is not enough. To allow the good (lactic) bacteria to multiply naturally for 24 hours, tradition dictates that the whey produced from the previous step should be added every day to the milk. This laborious process is the only way of avoiding using whey created in a laboratory. Finally, the rennet is never produced using microbial cultures; it is always natural, following a tradition that has continued for over nine centuries.
The milk used for our cheese is raw, as excessive heat treatment would reduce the bacterial flora typical of the local area. Parmigiano Reggiano is therefore a natural, local product, right down to its tiniest particles – invisible to the naked eye – such as lactic bacteria. It is these bacteria that facilitate the creation of the cheese, giving the finished product its characteristic aroma.However, this is not enough. To allow the good (lactic) bacteria to multiply naturally for 24 hours, tradition dictates that the whey produced from the previous step should be added every day to the milk. This laborious process is the only way of avoiding using whey created in a laboratory. Finally, the rennet is never produced using microbial cultures; it is always natural, following a tradition that has continued for over nine centuries.
With his hammer, the expert of the Consorzio taps the cheese at various points while listening carefully to the way the crust takes the blows. This tells him what is going on inside in much the same way as a stethoscope does. The cheese is then pierced with the screw-needle to extract a minute sample of the contents. The resistance of the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese indicates something of its internal consistency, and the sample enables the expert to judge the aroma and degree of maturation. The sampling dowel is resorted to only in exceptional cases, when the aforementioned methods have failed to elicit a diagnosis.
Every day, milk from the evening milking session is left to rest overnight in large tanks, which allows the high-fat cream part to surface, for the production of butter.
After being poured into traditional copper boilers with a classic upturned bell shape, the skimmed evening milk is combined with veal rennet and whey inoculum, which is rich in natural lactic enzymes, from the previous day’s batch. The use of animal rennet – as opposed to vegetable or synthetic varieties – is considered compulsory by the consortium that oversees the production of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese, and is one of the most traditional elements of the production process.
No less than 16 litres of top-quality, local milk are needed to produce 1kg of Parmigiano Reggiano. The result is a nutrient-rich cheese full of protein, vitamins, phosphorus and calcium, all of which stay active throughout the long maturing process.
What’s more, Parmigiano Reggiano is rich in essential amino acids and is easily assimilated thanks to the presence of enzymes that modify the casein, making it readily digestible.
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese is a perfect product for good health and good mental and physical wellbeing: it’s delicious, easily digestible and 100% natural.
Rich in nutrients, Parmigiano Reggiano is ideal for supporting growth in young children, for good health in adolescents and the elderly and for guaranteeing high energy levels for lovers of sport.
Once opened, the packet must be kept in the fridge. If covered with a tea towel, the cheese can last up to 7/10 days.
These are granules of Tyrosine, an amino acid which crystallises over a minimum maturing period of 16-18 months, resulting in the tiny crystals you feel when you eat the cheese.
Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano are both great Italian products and symbols of the country the world over. They are very similar cheeses, with practically identical technological processes used in their production. The maturing process and the diet of the dairy cows are the principal differences, and Parmigiano Reggiano has a smaller area of production and is subject to more stringent regulations in terms of preservatives and labelling.
Ferrarini tells the History of Parmigiano Reggiano.
The Protection Consortium is an association of all cheese makers. It is officially tasked with awarding marks and labels to products that conform with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) specifications, with certification from a third-party control body.
The consortium is responsible for checking that marks are used correctly and for protecting against counterfeiting. It has the objective of spreading and promoting knowledge and consumption of PDO products and improving and perfecting them in order to preserve their characteristic features.
Parmigiano Reggiano is a PDO product. The acronym stands for Protected Designation of Origin, and indicates products intrinsically linked to the geographical area from which they take their name. They are characterised by very specific conditions: the production of raw materials and their transformation into the finished product must occur in the area from which they take their name, and the quality or characteristics of the product must be able to be traced back to the geographical area of origin, in terms of natural or human factors such as climate, soil quality and local expertise.
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This Privacy Policy is provided in accordance to art.13 of Legislative Decree. n. 196/2003 (Code regarding the protection of Personal Data - hereinafter " Code ") and art. 13 of the EU Regulation n. 2016/279 (hereinafter " GDPR ").
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Ferrarini may modify, supplement or periodically update this policy, in consideration of possible regulatory changes applicable. Changes and updates will be applied and the information communicated by Privacy Policy link on the Site. Consequently, each User concerned is invited to regularly access to the Site to review the revised policy.
Processing of Personal Data
Access to some sections of the Site and / or any requests for information or services by the Site Users may depends on submission of Personal Data; furthermore, any contact with Ferrarini, through for example the consumer service, or the optional, explicit and spontaneous messages, by e-mail or mail, to the addresses listed on the Site, involve the acquisition of the address, even e-mail, the sender or the telephone number, necessary to respond to the requests, and any other Personal Data included in the communications.
The processing of the above mentioned Personal Data by Ferrarini (Controller), will be in compliance with the Code and the GDPR. This Privacy Policy is meant to allow to Users to know, even before accessing the sections of the Site and to provide their Personal Data, how Ferrarini process the Users Personal Data; the User must view it before giving their Personal Data in the various sections of the Site.
Purpose of the processing
According to the requirements from time to time expressed by the User who enter into the various sections of the Site, the purpose of the processing of Personal Data, directly provided by the Users, will be as follows:
The registration of Users on the Site is not required for the provision of certain services offered by Ferrarini; however, in order to process any requests concerning these services, Users will be asked to provide Personal Data, which will be used only for the related purposes and for the time strictly necessary.
Processing methods
Personal Data will be processed by means of the collection, recording, organization, storage, consulting, development, modification, selection, extraction, comparison, use, interconnection, blocking, communication, cancellation and destruction of Personal Data.
The Personal Data will be processed in an automatic form or in paper form, with logics related to the mentioned purposes.
Nature of Personal Information of Users
The provision of Personal Data is optional, but it is partly needed for Ferrarini to meet the needs of User in relation to the services offered by the Site and the mentioned purposes. The missed, partial or incorrect entry of Personal Information as necessary for fulfilling your requirements, make it impossible.
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Categories of Personal Information processed
In addition to the Personal Data provided by Users (such as name, surname, postal address, e-mail address, password, age, birth data, sex, image, profession, marital status, etc.), being connected with the Site, the computer systems and the software procedures in charge of the Site, automatically and indirectly acquire some Personal Data that involves the use of Internet communication protocols (e.g. IP addresses or computer names used by Users connecting to the Site, the URI addresses - Uniform Resources Identifier - of the requested resources, time of the request, method used in answering, numerical code about the status of the response made by the server - good order, error, etc. - and other parameters related to the operating system and the IT environment ).
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Categories of persons who may be informed of the Personal Data of Users
Personal Data may be disclosed to employees or to Controller’s partner or to the companies of the Group operating in Italy and abroad, who, working under the direct authority of the Controller, are appointed Processor and they will receive suitable operational instructions.
Communication or disclosure of Personal Information of Users
The Personal Data provided directly by Users by filling out the online form may be disclosed to external service providers, responsible for the Personal Data Management for the purposes for which the Personal Data was collected; Ferrarini share the User's Personal Data to the extent necessary to enable such third party service providers to provide the service applicable to Ferrarini (for example, order fulfillment, services and payment processing, credit card processing, recovery credits, operation of the website and e-commerce platform, support services, promotions, website development, e-mail services to send e-mail and / or newsletter and / or sms / mms, analysis of Personal data, etc.).
These suppliers whose Personal Data may be requested to the Controller below, are appointed Processors and will have to give adequate instructions to its employees or partners who may be aware of User’s Personal Data.
Ferrarini does not share, sell, transfer or otherwise disclose the User's Personal Data to third parties, except as required by law pursuant to Article 6 (1) (c) of GDPR, unless required for the purposes of the contract under ' Article 6 (1) (b) or unless the User has expressly agreed in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a).
The same Personal Data may be disclosed in the case of inclusion in the Site the names of winners of any competitions or prizes promoted by Ferrarini through the Site.
Controller and Processor
The Controller is Ferrarini SpA : Via Lauro Ferrarini 1 - 42123 Reggio Emilia, VAT code RE02720460357, e-mail: privacy@ferrarini.com
L 'updated list of Processors may be requested at the address of the Controller indicated above.
The rights recognized by article. 7 of the Code and art. 15 GDPR
User has the right to request confirmation as to whether or not his Personal Data is being processed, also if not yet recorded, and to obtain their communication in an intelligible form and to access to their content.
1. User has the right to be informed about:
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4. User, where applicable, has also the rights contained in Articles. 16-21 GDPR (Right to rectification, right to be forgotten, right to restriction of processing, right to data portability, right to object), and the right to claim the Guarantor Authority.
The exertion of the rights referred to above can be exercised directly or by giving a written proxy or attorney to individuals or associations.
Retention of Personal Information
In compliance with applicable laws, Ferrarini will use the Personal Information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which they were collected (as described in the "Purpose of the processing") or to comply with applicable legal requirements.
How to exercise the rights and to know the list of the data Processors
Users may, at any time, exercise the above rights and know the complete list of Processors, by sending an e-mail to the Controller or a letter sent by ordinary or registered mail, or a certified e-mail.
User may in any time object to the data processing for the purposes mentioned in items 2 and 3 indicated in the Purpose of processing, clicking on a specific "link" present in every e-mail message or by contacting the Controller in the methods indicated in the previous paragraph.
In relation to these rights, Users may contact the Data Controller through the following addresses:
FERRARINI SpA
Via Lauro Ferrarini, 1 - 42123 Reggio Emilia (ITALY)
Tel. +39 0522 9321 - Fax +39 0522 560793-361007
Email: privacy@ferrarini.com
certified mail: ferrarini.spa@legalmail .it
Tax Code, VAT and registration number RE 02720460357
Update May 22, 2018
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