Rice of the Po delta PGI "Carnaroli"

Product weight: 800 gr

Producer: Linea Fico

Bag packed in modified atmosphere

On the side is illustrated the rice cultivation process of the Po Delta IGP with the historical photo of the mondine going to the rice fields.

Rice of the Po delta PGI "Carnaroli"

Name: Rice of the Po delta PGI "Carnaroli"
Brand: Linea Fico
SKU: 064
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PGI Po Delta Rice refers to the product obtained from the grain belonging to the species Oryza sativa L., subspecies Japonica, Superfino group, in the varieties: Carnaroli, Arborio, Baldo, Volano, Caravaggio, Cammeo, Keope, Telemaco and Karnak.

This is the pure Carnaroli version, meaning that all the grains have the same size and origin, without being mixed with similar grains of other varieties: this way you are sure to buy only Carnaroli rice. A rice with very high digestibility.
The production area of the Riso del Delta del Po PGI includes the territories of the municipalities of Ariano nel Polesine, Porto Viro, Taglio di Po, Porto Tolle, Corbola, Papozze, Rosolina and Loreo, in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region, and the municipalities of Comacchio, Goro, Codigoro, Lagosanto, Massa Fiscaglia, Migliaro, Migliarino, Ostellato, Mesola, Jolanda di Savoia and Berra, in the province of Ferrara, in the Emilia-Romagna region.
All cultivation and processing operations are aimed at guaranteeing the quality, tradition and traceability of the product. The high natural fertility of the land and the particular climate often make the use of fertilizer superfluous, which is used only when necessary. The seeds must come from selected and certified batches. The paddy field cannot insist on the same land for more than eight years, after which it will have to rotate for at least two years. The sowing takes place in late spring (May) while the harvest takes place in September / October. For the drying phase, dryers are allowed that do not leave combustion residues or foreign odors on the glumellae. Dried rice must have a moisture content of less than 14%. All processing steps must take place in authorized and controlled establishments.
The first official document on rice dates back to 1475; in it Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, sends a precious cargo of rice to Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, extolling its virtues. The Este family's decision to invest in rice cultivation proved providential: the new land, together with the climate, proved particularly suitable for the prized white grains. Between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, important Venetian families, initiated further land reclamation works aimed at extending the rice fields throughout the delta territory, contributing to the enhancement of these areas still poised between land and water. Its qualities were certified in 1950 by a declaration of the Head of the Department of the Compartimental Agricultural Inspectorate of the Venezie, Viscardo Montanari, who extolled its qualities, considering it among the most valuable in Italy. The ruinous floods of the 1950s and 1960s dealt a severe blow to the spread of rice cultivation, which recovered only in the 1990s and continued into the new millennium with PGI recognition and the birth of the Protection Consortium.