To this day, every region in Europe upholds its traditions. To protect them from copies, the EU marks typical regional products with badge symbols to identify their place of origin.
ALLGaeUER
BERGKaeSE
PDO
Once at home only on the Sennalpen hills but now found throughout the valleys. Allgäu mountain cheese (PDO) is too good for the mountaintop people alone. .
ABENSBERGER
ASPARAGUS
PGI
SCHROBENHAUSENER
ASPARAGUS
PGI
Highly aromatic and extremely tender, Abensberg asparagus (PGI) and Schrobenhausen asparagus (PGI) owe their high quality to the loose, sandy soils in their cultivation regions.
NUREMBERG
ROSTBRAT-
WUERSTE
PGI
Whether grilled or cooked in a vinegar stock, enjoyed on a skewer with a ginger soup or with dumpling carpaccio: You can tell a Nuremberg Rostbratwurst (PGI) from its small size and spicy taste.
BAVARIAN
BEER
PGI
Bavarian beer (PGI) is unique in the world. There are many reasons – historical, geographic, and ones that can only tasted or experienced – why Bavaria is the beer land.
ALLGÄUER
EMMENTALER
PDO
Allgäu Emmental (PDO) is a cheese for life. Children like it when it was young and mild (and they love it for its big holes). Grown-up gourmets appreciate it when it is more mature and aromatic.
BAVARIAN
BEEF
PGI
Beef cattle in the pasture belong to Bavaria like the blue-and white sky. And when it comes to culinary history (and stories), Bavarian beef (PGI) belongs as much on the barbecue as it does in the frying pan, pot or roasting tin.
Season the crème fraîche with the lemon zest and juice and salt and pepper. Using your sharpest knife, prepare the sirloin by removing all sinew. Cut into wafer thin slices and finely dice the slices. Then chop finely with a cleaver.
WHAT DOES THE
EU-LABEL
STAND FOR?
For genuine, pure originals.
For specialities, that are inextricably connected to a place (e.g. Nuremberg Rostbratwuerste) or a region (e.g. Allgaeuer Bergkaese).
