Parmesan

Italian hard cheese
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Parmesan

Summary

Parmesan is a type of cheese[1]. Parmesan ranks in the top 7% of type_of_cheese entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,876 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Parmesan's instance of is recorded as type of cheese[3].
  • Parmesan's instance of is recorded as cheese[4].
  • Parmesan is made of cow's milk[5].
  • Parmesan is made of calf rennet[6].
  • Parmesan is a type of Grana Cheese[7].
  • Parmesan is a type of dairy product[8].
  • Parmesan's Commons category is recorded as Parmigiano Reggiano[9].
  • Parmesan's country of origin is recorded as Italy[10].
  • Parmesan's official website is recorded as https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/en/[11].
  • Parmesan's official website is recorded as https://parmigianoreggiano.us/[12].
  • Parmesan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Parmigiano-Reggiano[13].
  • Parmesan's location of creation is recorded as Province of Parma[14].
  • Parmesan's location of creation is recorded as Emilia-Romagna[15].
  • Parmesan's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Parmesan's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • Parmesan's product certification is recorded as Protected designation of origin[18].
  • Parmesan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Parmigiano Reggiano'}[19].
  • Parmesan's cuisine is recorded as cuisine of Emilia-Romagna[20].
  • Parmesan's cuisine is recorded as cuisine of the province of Modena[21].
  • Parmesan's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • Parmesan's food energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q130964', 'amount': '+392'}[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of cheese[3] and cheese[4]. Recorded subclass of include Grana Cheese[7] and dairy product[8].

Why It Matters

Parmesan ranks in the top 7% of type_of_cheese entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,876 views/month).[2] Parmesan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Parmesan is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . calories-info.com. calories-info.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Country of origin Italy
    Cuisine cuisine of Emilia-Romagna, cuisine of the province of Modena
    Location of creation Province of Parma, Emilia-Romagna
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