A number of food and drink products from Portugal have been granted

Protected Geographical Status Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and Traditional food, traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promo ...

under

European Union law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

and

UK law The United Kingdom has four legal systems, each of which derives from a particular geographical area for a variety of historical reasons: English and Welsh law, Scots law, Northern Ireland law, and, since 2007, purely Welsh law (as a result o ...

through the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) regimes. The legislation is designed to protect regional foods and came into force in 1992. In 2021, the following indications were registed: * 94 Portuguese PDOs or DOP (''Denominação de Origem Protegida'') * 85 Portuguese PGIs or IGP (''Indicação Geográfica Protegida'') * 1 Portuguese TSGs (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed) or ETG (''Especialidade Tradicional Garantida'') Do not confuse with DOC ('' Denominação de Origem Controlada''), which is a Portuguese national classification scheme. This list is sourced from the official index published by the European Commission and is not complete.

Olive oil and olives

Olive oil Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea''; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: f ...

* Azeite de Moura (PDO) * Azeite de Trás-os-Montes (PDO) * Azeite do Alentejo Interior (PDO) * Azeites da Beira Interior (PDO) ** Azeite da Beira Alta (PDO) ** Azeite da Beira Baixa (PDO) * Azeites do Norte Alentejano (PDO) * Azeites do Ribatejo (PDO)

Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
s

* Azeitona de Conserva Negrinha de Freixo (PDO) * Azeitonas de conserva de Elvas e Campo Maior (PDO)

Meat

Beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity ...

Carne alentejana Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817 ...

(PDO) *

Carne Arouquesa The Arouquesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Arouquesa breed was granted protected geographical status of DOC (''Denominação de Origem Controlada'') from the European Commission Description The cows reach a height of , the bulls , so t ...

(PDO) * Carne Barrosã (PDO) * Carne Cachena da Peneda (PDO) *

Carne de Bravo do Ribatejo Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817 ...

(PDO) *

Carne da Charneca Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817 ...

(PDO) *

Carne Marinhoa The Marinhoa is a cattle breed from Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territor ...

(PDO) *

Carne Maronesa The Maronesa is a traditional Portuguese breed of mountain cattle. Its name derives from that of the Serra do Marão, which lies in the Trás-os-Montes and Douro Litoral regions in the northern part of the country. Its primary use is for dr ...

(PDO) *

Carne Mertolenga The Mertolenga is a Portuguese breed of cattle. It is named for the concelho of Mértola in south-eastern Alentejo, bordering with Spain. In 2003 it was one of thirteen registered Portuguese cattle breeds, constituting approximately 19 per cen ...

(PDO) *

Carne Mirandesa The Mirandesa is a cattle breed from Portugal. The Mirandesa breed has the protected geographical status of DOC (''Denominação de Origem Controlada'') from the European Commission Description Head: wide neck, raised and prominent. Save remarka ...

(PDO) *

Carne dos Açores Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817 ...

(PGI) *

Carne de Bovino Cruzado dos Lameiros do Barroso Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817 ...

(PGI) *

Vitela de Lafões Vitela is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alma Marina Vitela (born 1965), Mexican nurse and politician, a member of the Morena party * Rodolfo Vitela (born 1949), Mexican former cyclist Surnames of Mexican origin {{surnames ...

(PGI)

Goat meat Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat ''(Capra aegagrus hircus)''. The common name for goat meat is simply "goat", while that from young goats can be called ''capretto'' (It.), ''cabrito'' (Sp. and Por.) or ''kid''. In South ...

* Cabrito Transmontano (PDO) * Cabrito do Alentejo (PGI) * Cabrito de Barroso (PGI) * Cabrito da Beira (PGI) *

Cabrito da Gralheira Cabrito () is the name in both Spanish and Portuguese for roast goat kid in various Iberian and Latin American cuisines. Argentina Cabrito is also a regional specialty of Córdoba Province in Argentina, especially the town of Quilino, which ...

(PGI) * Cabrito das Terras Altas do Minho (PGI)

Lamb and mutton Lamb, hogget, and mutton, generically sheep meat, are the meat of domestic sheep, ''Ovis aries''. A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton. Gen ...

* Borrego Serra da Estrela (PDO) * Borrego Terrincho (PDO) *

Cordeiro Bragançano Cordeiro is a Portuguese language surname. The equivalent in Spanish is Cordero. Notable people with the surname include: *Acácio Cordeiro Barreto, Brazilian international footballer *André Cordeiro (water polo) (born 1967), Brazilian water polo ...

(PDO) * Cordeiro Mirandês or Canhono Mirandês (PDO) * Borrego do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) *

Borrego da Beira Borrego (Spanish: "lamb") may refer to: People Surname *Carla Borrego (b. 1983), Jamaican-Australian international basketball and netball player * Diego Borrego (b. 1972), Spanish golfer * Elías Borrego (b. 1990), Argentine footballer * Francisco ...

(PGI) * Borrego do Nordeste Alentejano (PGI) *

Borrego de Montemor-o-Novo Borrego (Spanish: "Sheep, lamb") may refer to: People Surname *Carla Borrego (b. 1983), Jamaican-Australian international basketball and netball player *Diego Borrego (b. 1972), Spanish golfer *Elías Borrego (b. 1990), Argentine footballer *Franc ...

(PGI) * Cordeiro de Barroso, Anho de Barroso or Cordeiro de leite de Barroso (PGI)

Pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...

Carne de porco Alentejano Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...

(PDO) *

Carne de Bísaro Transmontano Carne or Carné is a surname (occasionally a given name), and may refer to ''Given name'' * Carne Ross, British diplomat ''Surname'' * Sir Edward Carne (c.1500–61), Welsh scholar, diplomat, English M.P. * Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817� ...

or Carne de Porco Transmontano (PDO)

Meat products

Alheira Alheira () is a type of Portuguese sausage, made with meats (usually pork, veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit) and bread. Although ''alheira'' derives from ''alho'' ( garlic) and was once used to describe any sausage seasoned with it, not ...

* Alheira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Alheira de Vinhais (PGI)

Farinheira Farinheira () is a Portuguese smoked sausage made mainly from wheat flour, pork fat and seasonings (white wine, paprika, salt and pepper). It has a yellow/brown colour and is served in traditional dishes like ''feijoada'' or ''cozido à portuguesa ...

Farinheira de Estremoz e Borba Farinheira () is a Portuguese smoked sausage made mainly from wheat flour, pork fat and seasonings (white wine, paprika, salt and pepper). It has a yellow/brown colour and is served in traditional dishes like ''feijoada'' or ''cozido à portuguesa' ...

(PGI) * Farinheira de Portalegre (PGI)

Presunto ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, ...
(dry-cured ham)

* Presunto de Barrancos (PDO) * Presunto do Alentejo and Paleta do Alentejo (PDO) *

Presunto de Barroso ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portuguese cuisine, Portugal, similar to Italy, Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spain, Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves (Por ...

(PGI) *

Presunto de Campo Maior e Elvas ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, ...

e Paleta de Campo Maior e Elvas (PGI) *

Presunto de Santana da Serra ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portuguese cuisine, Portugal, similar to Italy, Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spain, Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves (Por ...

e Paleta de Santana da Serra (PGI) * Presunto de Vinhais or Presunto Bísaro de Vinhais (PGI)

Others

* Butelo de Vinhais, Bucho de Vinhais or

Chouriço de Ossos de Vinhais Chorizo (, from Spanish ; similar to but distinct from Portuguese ) is a type of pork cured meat originating from the Iberian Peninsula. In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked meat, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, or ...

(PGI) * Cacholeira Branca de Portalegre (PGI) * Chouriça Doce de Vinhais (PGI) * Chouriça de Carne de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Chouriça de Carne de Vinhais or

Linguiça de Vinhais ''Linguiça'' or ''lingüiça'' () calabresa is Calabrian chili-seasoned smoke-cured pork sausage seasoned with garlic and paprika, popular in Portugal, Brazil, Lusophone countries, and the U.S. state of Hawaii, created by Calabrian immigr ...

(PGI) * Chouriço de Abóbora de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Chouriço Azedo de Vinhais, Azedo de Vinhais and Chouriço de Pão de Vinhais (PGI) * Chouriço de Carne de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) *

Chouriço grosso de Estremoz e Borba Chorizo (, from Spanish ; similar to but distinct from Portuguese ) is a type of pork cured meat originating from the Iberian Peninsula. In Europe, chorizo is a fermented, cured, smoked meat, which may be sliced and eaten without cooking, or ...

(PGI) * Chouriço Mouro de Portalegre (PGI) * Chouriço de Portalegre (PGI) * Linguíça do Baixo Alentejo or Chouriço de carne do Baixo Alentejo (PGI) * Linguiça de Portalegre (PGI) * Lombo Branco de Portalegre (PGI) * Lombo Enguitado de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Assar de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Cozer de Portalegre (PGI) * Morcela de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Paia de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Paia de Lombo de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Paia de Toucinho de Estremoz e Borba (PGI) * Painho de Portalegre (PGI) * Paio de Beja (PGI) * Salpicão de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI) * Salpicão de Vinhais (PGI) * Sangueira de Barroso-Montalegre (PGI)

Fish and fish products

Bacalhau de Cura Tradicional Portuguesa () is the Portuguese word for cod and—in a culinary context—dried and salted cod. Fresh (unsalted) cod is referred to as (fresh cod). Portuguese and other cuisines dishes are common in Portugal, and also in former Portuguese colonies li ...

(TSG)

Vegetables and cereals

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

* Arroz Carolino das Lezírias Ribatejanas (PGI)

Sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

Batata doce de Aljezur Batata may refer to: Related to sweet potato (''Ipomoea batatas'') * Batata, the word for sweet potato in many languages, including Hebrew & Spanish * * ''Elsinoë batatas'' (sweet potato scab), a plant pathogen * Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. bata ...

(PGI)

Potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

Batata de Trás-os-Montes Batata may refer to: Related to sweet potato (''Ipomoea batatas'') * Batata, the word for sweet potato in many languages, including Hebrew & Spanish * * '' Elsinoë batatas'' (sweet potato scab), a plant pathogen * ''Fusarium oxysporum'' f.s ...

(PGI)

Fresh fruits

Prune A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (''Prunus domestica''). Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of ''Prunus domestica'' varieties that have a high solu ...

* Ameixa d´Elvas (PDO)

Pineapple The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...

* Ananás dos Açores/São Miguel (PDO)

Custard apple Custard apple is a common name for a fruit and for the tree that bears it, '' Annona reticulata.'' The tree’s fruits vary in shape; they may be heart-shaped, spherical, oblong or irregular. Their size ranges from 7 to 12 cm (2.8 to 4.7 ...

* Anona da Madeira (PDO)

Cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

* Cereja de São Julião-Portalegre (PDO) *

Cereja da Cova da Beira Cereja is a village in Spain in the exclave of Llívia Llívia (; es, Llivia ) is a town in the ''comarca'' of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a Spanish exclave surrounded by the French ''département'' of Pyrénées ...

(PGI)

Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...

* Citrinos do Algarve (PGI)

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

* Maçã Bravo de Esmolfe (PDO) * Maçã Riscadinha de Palmela (PDO) * Maçã de Alcobaça (PGI) * Maçã da Beira Alta (PGI) * Maçã da Cova da Beira (PGI) * Maçã de Portalegre (PGI)

Maracujá

* Maracujá dos Açores/S. Miguel (PDO)

Pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the p ...

* Pêra Rocha do Oeste (PDO)

Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

* Pêssego da Cova da Beira (PGI)

Dried fruits

Almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries, including the Levant. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genus ...

* Amêndoa Douro (PDO)

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...

* Castanha da Padrela (PDO) * Castanha da Terra Fria (PDO) * Castanha do Marvão-Portalegre (PDO) * Castanha dos Soutos da Lapa (PDO)

Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

Mel da Serra da Lousã Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...

(PDO) * Mel da Serra de Monchique (PDO) *

Mel da Terra Quente Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...

(PDO) * Mel das Terras Altas do Minho (PDO) * Mel de Barroso (PDO) * Mel do Alentejo (PDO) *

Mel do Parque de Montezinho Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...

(PDO) * Mel do Ribatejo Norte (PDO) * Mel dos Açores (PDO)

Cheese and other dairy products

Cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...

Queijo de Azeitão Queijo de Azeitão is a Portuguese cheese originating from the town of Azeitão, in the municipality of Setúbal. It is produced in Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra. It has been granted PDO status in the European Union. In 2014, Azeitão chees ...

(PDO) * Queijos da Beira Baixa (PDO) ** Queijo Amarelo da Beira Baixa (PDO) ** Queijo de Castelo Branco (PDO) ** Queijo Picante da Beira Baixa (PDO) *

Queijo de Cabra Transmontano Queijo de Cabra Transmontano (Transmontano Goat's Cheese) is a type of cheese made from goat milk (goat cheese) from Alto Trás-os-Montes, Norte Region, Portugal. It has a Protected designation of origin (PDO) and is listed on the Ark of Taste ...

(PDO) * Queijo de Évora (PDO) * Queijo de Nisa (PDO) * Queijo do Pico (PDO) * Queijo Rabaçal (PDO) * Queijo São Jorge (PDO) * Queijo Serpa (PDO) * Queijo Serra da Estrela (PDO) * Queijo Terrincho (PDO) * Queijo mestiço de Tolosa (PGI)

Other
dairy product Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items in th ...
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* Requeijão da Beira Baixa (PDO) *

Requeijão da Serra da Estrela Requeijão () is a milk-derived product, produced in Portugal and Brazil. It is a loose, ricotta-like cheese used to make cheese spreads. It can be a good substitute to mild, unsalty ricotta. This variety is sometimes sold in the markets wrappe ...

(PDO) * Travia da Beira Baixa (PDO)

Confectionery

Pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ma ...

Ovos Moles de Aveiro Ovos moles de Aveiro (literally, "soft eggs from Aveiro")—sometimes written as ovos-moles de Aveiro—are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar, and sometimes chocolate. This mixture is then put ...

(PGI) * Pastel de Tentúgal (PGI)

Others

Salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

* Sal de Tavira or

Flor de Sal de Tavira Flor (Spanish and Portuguese for ''flower'') in winemaking, is a film of yeast on the surface of wine, important in the manufacture of some styles of sherry. The flor is formed naturally under certain winemaking conditions, from indigenous yeast ...

(PDO) Sal de Tavira / Flor de Sal de Tavira
in th

database of the European Union.

References

External links

Official list of Portuguese protected foods

europa.eu

- EU Protected Food Names Scheme. defra.gov.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Portugal Food And Drink Products With Protected Status * Agriculture in Portugal Portugal-related lists Lists of foods by nationality

Olive oil and olives

Olive oil Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea''; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: f ...

Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...s

Meat

Beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity ...

Goat meat Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat ''(Capra aegagrus hircus)''. The common name for goat meat is simply "goat", while that from young goats can be called ''capretto'' (It.), ''cabrito'' (Sp. and Por.) or ''kid''. In South ...

Lamb and mutton Lamb, hogget, and mutton, generically sheep meat, are the meat of domestic sheep, ''Ovis aries''. A sheep in its first year is a lamb and its meat is also lamb. The meat from sheep in their second year is hogget. Older sheep meat is mutton. Gen ...

Pork Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the domestic pig (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; ...

Meat products

Alheira Alheira () is a type of Portuguese sausage, made with meats (usually pork, veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit) and bread. Although ''alheira'' derives from ''alho'' ( garlic) and was once used to describe any sausage seasoned with it, not ...

Farinheira Farinheira () is a Portuguese smoked sausage made mainly from wheat flour, pork fat and seasonings (white wine, paprika, salt and pepper). It has a yellow/brown colour and is served in traditional dishes like ''feijoada'' or ''cozido à portuguesa ...

Presunto ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, ... (dry-cured ham)

Others

Fish and fish products

Vegetables and cereals

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

Sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the Convolvulus, bindweed or morning glory family (biology), family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a r ...

Potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

Fresh fruits

Prune A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (''Prunus domestica''). Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of ''Prunus domestica'' varieties that have a high solu ...

Pineapple The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...

Custard apple Custard apple is a common name for a fruit and for the tree that bears it, '' Annona reticulata.'' The tree’s fruits vary in shape; they may be heart-shaped, spherical, oblong or irregular. Their size ranges from 7 to 12 cm (2.8 to 4.7 ...

Cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

Citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as Orange (fruit), oranges, Lemon, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and lim ...

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

Maracujá

Pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the p ...

Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...

Dried fruits

Almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries, including the Levant. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genus ...

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...

Honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

Cheese and other dairy products

Cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...

Other dairy product Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items in th ...s

Confectionery

Pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ma ...

Others

Salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

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Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
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Presunto ''Presunto'' () is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian ''prosciutto crudo'' or Spanish ''jamón''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in Portugal, the most famous are ''presunto'' from Chaves, produced in the north of Portugal, ...
(dry-cured ham)

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dairy product Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cow, water buffalo, nanny goat, and ewe. Dairy products include common grocery store food items in th ...
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