parmesan râpé 100g.400Cal - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Casino's grated Parmesan achieves a perfect score of 100, a result that illustrates how the European scoring framework evaluates products whose origins lie outside France but within the European Union. Company headquarters contributes 35 points as a French retail group, and manufacturing at the Nuova Castelli facility in Reggio Emilia, Italy, adds 35. Distribution accounts for 15, certifications for 5 — supported by the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO label — proximity for 5, and ingredients at the maximum of 10, with Italian origin confirmed.

Within the fromages AOC category, this product scores higher than 42% of the 12 products assessed. The below-median percentile reflects competition from other highly certified, EU-produced cheeses in a category where PDO credentials are common.

For a European-focused shopper, the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO is among the most recognisable and legally robust food certifications in the world. It guarantees that the cheese is produced in a defined area of Emilia-Romagna and aged according to strictly regulated methods. The Reggio d'Émilie manufacturing location is named precisely, and the Emilia-Romagna region is documented. This product demonstrates that the European score rewards genuine European production regardless of whether the manufacturing country matches the retail group's home country. A French retailer selling a legally certified, Italian-made PDO cheese scores 100 because the entire value chain — from Italian dairy farming through to Italian processing — remains within the European Union. The 42nd percentile in a small category reflects the strong competition rather than any weakness in the product's European credentials.