Feta AOP (24% MG) Nature en dés - 130 g - Monoprix - European Score 100/100

European Score analysis

Monoprix's Feta AOP in diced format achieves a European Score of 100, with its breakdown grounding the score in a combination of French commercial ownership and Greek manufacturing, tied together by a PDO that legally anchors production to Greece. Company headquarters scores 35, reflecting Monoprix's French base, as does manufacturing at 35, with production confirmed in the Thessaly region of Greece by Roussas Dairy SA in Almyros. Distribution adds 15, ingredients 10, and certifications 5 — the latter entirely attributable to the Feta PDO, certified by Agrocert. Proximity contributes 5 points. Within the produits AOC category, a percentile of 54 across 81 products places this feta at a middling competitive position, reflecting the strength of the PDO category field more broadly. The PDO designation is particularly significant here: it legally requires that Feta be produced in specific regions of mainland Greece and Lesbos, from milk of local sheep and goats, making it one of the European Union's most rigorously protected geographical indications. For European-minded shoppers, this product represents a genuine expression of European protected origin policy — a French retailer sourcing from a certified Greek producer, with full traceability back to a named facility in Thessaly and independent certification by Agrocert.