Miele della Lunigiana
Robinia pseudoacacia, Castanea sativa
PDOProtected designation of origin
A Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) honey from a mountain valley between the Apennines and the Apuan Alps. It is either acacia honey, almost colourless to straw yellow, or chestnut honey, dark amber with a reddish tinge.
- Origin
- Lunigiana, province of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany
- Colour
- 50 mm · extra light amber
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Robinia pseudoacacia, Castanea sativa · robinia (false acacia) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
In 2004 it became the first Italian honey to gain EU Protected Designation of Origin status.
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