Parmesan cheese
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Parmesan cheese is the name of a few kinds of Italian extra-hard cheeses. It is (it should be) the cheese to go with Spaghetti and other typical Italian pasta, but it also has many other uses.
Usually, Parmesan cheese is either Parmigiano Reggano cheese or Grana Padano cheese. Both cheeses are AOC. This means that the way they are made, and the region they come form are strictly regulated.
Only these brands (Parmigiano Reggano, Grana Padano) are protected. In many parts of the world, cheese is sold as Parmesan cheese that has nothing to do with the true (Italian) Parmigiano Reggano or Grana Padano. The biggest producers of such false Parmesan cheeses are the United States and Argentina.
