Parmigiano Reggiano

E162263

Italian food product cheese hard cheese

Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, aged Italian cheese from specific regions of Italy, renowned worldwide for its rich, nutty flavor and granular texture.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Parmigiano Reggiano canonical	10
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese	7
Parmigiano	3
Parmesan	1
Parmigiano Reggiano (regional)	1
Parmigiano Reggiano PDO	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1404216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parmigiano Reggiano
Context triple: [Protected Designation of Origin, exampleOfProduct, Parmigiano Reggiano]

A. Mont d'Or cheese
Mont d'Or cheese is a soft, rich, washed-rind cow’s milk cheese from the Jura region of France, traditionally sold in a spruce-wood box and eaten warm and spoonable.
B. Comté cheese
Comté cheese is a traditional French cow’s milk cheese from the Jura region, known for its firm texture, complex nutty flavor, and long aging process.
C. Gouda
Gouda is a historic Dutch city renowned worldwide for its namesake cheese, traditional cheese market, and well-preserved medieval architecture.
D. pecorino sardo
Pecorino Sardo is a firm, sheep’s milk cheese from the Italian island of Sardinia, known for its tangy, savory flavor and protected designation of origin (PDO) status.
E. Munster cheese
Munster cheese is a strong-smelling, soft cow’s milk cheese from eastern France, especially known for its washed rind and pungent, tangy flavor.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parmigiano Reggiano
Target entity description: Parmigiano Reggiano is a hard, aged Italian cheese from specific regions of Italy, renowned worldwide for its rich, nutty flavor and granular texture.

A. Mont d'Or cheese
Mont d'Or cheese is a soft, rich, washed-rind cow’s milk cheese from the Jura region of France, traditionally sold in a spruce-wood box and eaten warm and spoonable.
B. Comté cheese
Comté cheese is a traditional French cow’s milk cheese from the Jura region, known for its firm texture, complex nutty flavor, and long aging process.
C. Gouda
Gouda is a historic Dutch city renowned worldwide for its namesake cheese, traditional cheese market, and well-preserved medieval architecture.
D. pecorino sardo
Pecorino Sardo is a firm, sheep’s milk cheese from the Italian island of Sardinia, known for its tangy, savory flavor and protected designation of origin (PDO) status.
E. Munster cheese
Munster cheese is a strong-smelling, soft cow’s milk cheese from eastern France, especially known for its washed rind and pungent, tangy flavor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian food product ⓘ cheese ⓘ hard cheese ⓘ
agingCommon	24 months ⓘ 36 months ⓘ
agingMinimum	12 months ⓘ
agingPossible	48 months or more ⓘ
brining	salted in brine ⓘ
coagulationAgent	animal rennet ⓘ
cookingTemperature	high-temperature cooked curd ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
exportedTo	worldwide markets ⓘ
fatContent	relatively low moisture, high fat in dry matter ⓘ
flavor	nutty ⓘ rich ⓘ
governingBody	Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano ⓘ
lactoseContent	naturally very low in lactose ⓘ
milkSource	cow's milk ⓘ
milkTreatment	partially skimmed milk ⓘ
oftenCalled	Parmigiano ⓘ linked to: Parmigiano Reggiano the King of Cheeses ⓘ
pasteColor	straw-colored ⓘ
producedInProvince	Bologna (west of Reno River) ⓘ linked to: Casalecchio di Reno Mantua (south of Po River) ⓘ linked to: Province of Mantua Modena ⓘ Parma ⓘ Reggio Emilia ⓘ
productionMethod	traditional artisanal techniques ⓘ
protectedBy	European Union law ⓘ
protectedStatus	PDO ⓘ Protected Designation of Origin ⓘ
proteinContent	high ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Emilia-Romagna ⓘ Lombardy ⓘ
rindColor	hard natural yellow rind ⓘ
rindMarking	dotted inscription of the name on the rind ⓘ
servingTemperature	room temperature ⓘ
shape	large cylindrical wheel ⓘ
similarTo	Grana Padano ⓘ
storage	aged in controlled warehouses ⓘ
texture	granular ⓘ hard ⓘ
typicalUse	eaten in chunks ⓘ grated over pasta dishes ⓘ used in risotto ⓘ used in salads ⓘ used in soups ⓘ
usedInCuisine	Italian cuisine ⓘ
wheelWeightTypical	30–40 kilograms ⓘ

How these facts were elicited