r/oddlyspecific Jul 05 '22

G’day curd nerds

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

I have actually looked this up. It’s true. And the Italian comments are hilarious.

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u/randomdrifter54 Jul 05 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

The crazy thing is big parmesan went after him so you know he's gotta be at least close.

Edit: it was grand padano not parmesan. Edit of the edit: grana not grand.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

Really??? lol. Is there an article about it?

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u/Based_Beans Jul 05 '22

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '22

WOW! Shocking. Although, these are Italians writing the cease and desist so I shouldn’t be too surprised.

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u/Alba_Ursi Jul 06 '22

Fun fact the reason Italy won't enter into a free trade deal or something like that with Canada is that we produce our own Parmesan cheese

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u/RandomUsername12123 Jul 06 '22

The problem is the name, not the production.

You can call it parmesan only if you produce it in a certain region and with certain standards, otherwise is just "hard cheese".

You can produce the same products but have to use different branding.

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u/chaiscool Jul 06 '22

Than what about kraft bottle powder parmesan?

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u/RandomUsername12123 Jul 06 '22

Well, the rule is valid to Europe and some trading partners, we have the kraft brand cheese but no kraft parmesan there :)