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It's like trademark but instead of: "only this company can decide who can use the trademark" It's like: "only if it's production fulfills certain criteria ca
by dathinab 5y ago
It's like trademark but instead of:
"only this company can decide who can use the trademark"
It's like:
"only if it's production fulfills certain criteria can you use the name"
It's made as a consumer protection so that people can not just claim their product is this kind of "traditional" product when it isn't. Except that it's less used like a consumer protection as it's mainly used like a trademark. Controlled by a small group of people and directly profiting some regional government/economy.
Most commonly it requires the main ingredient to come from a specific region (also e.g. used for Wine or Sect).
EDIT: I kinda did throw different regulations into one explanation here.
- happymellon 5y agoIt's a shame that Cheddar doesn't have good protection. Real cheddar is full of flavour, slightly sour. Great stuff. But you can go to places like the US and cheddar is not cheddar and they should not be allowed to call that cheddar.
- adam-a 5y ago“Farmhouse cheddar” I believe is the protected term for cheese from Cheddar or nearby.
- happymellon 5y agoInteresting, I was not aware of this.
- dekhn 5y agoyou can get good cheddar in the US. Here is a widely available brand which is much better than average US cheddar https://www.tillamook.com/products/cheese/sharp-white-cheddar-block https://www.tillamook.com/products/cheese/sharp-white-chedda... aged cheddar is nom nom nom
- happymellon 5y agoI will have to try it next time over there, but please don't be offended when I say that based upon all the cheeses I have eaten over there I won't be holding my breath.
- nicoburns 5y ago"West Country Cheddar" is protected. I doubt you can get that in the US very easily though.
- happymellon 5y agoProbably because they won't understand what "West Country" means?
- dagw 5y agoCheddar in most places outside the UK is "not cheddar". If I go to the supermarket here in Sweden and buy the first "cheddar" I see prominently displayed, I'm not getting cheddar from the UK.
- happymellon 5y agoI agree, it's Red Leicester at best. Completely lacking in any depth or complexity of flavour.
- dagw 5y agoTo be clear, you can get 'real' Cheddar as well if you go to the 'fancy' cheese section of a 'fancy' supermarket and pay 3 times as much.