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A ringed emblem marking a food whose name is legally protected by origin.
Also known as: PDO mark, PGI mark, Geographical indication logo
Protected designation marks are ringed emblems showing that a food's name is legally protected. The three are not the same claim: a protected designation of origin requires every stage of production in the named area, a protected geographical indication requires only one stage there, and a traditional speciality guaranteed protects a recipe or method with no geographical requirement at all. A shopper paying a premium for a regional name is buying whichever of the three the mark says.
Marks a food whose name is legally protected, so that the name may only be used for a product meeting the registered specification.
European Union and United Kingdom · Contexts: Packaging
Distinguishes three different claims that look like one badge: origin requires every stage of production in the named area, geographical indication requires only one stage there, and traditional speciality protects a method with no geographical requirement.
European Union and United Kingdom · Contexts: Packaging
Sits beside the protected geographical indication mark on the same shelf in a near-identical circular ring, and the two make materially different claims: this scheme requires every stage of production to happen in the named place, and the other requires only one.
Contexts: Packaging, Public information
A ring made of two concentric bands of contrasting tone with an abbreviation set inside it and the scheme name curved around the outer band.
Two similar coloured rings on a food label that differ in how much of production must occur in the named region.
Both are legal food marks rather than private schemes.