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Parmesan

Also called Parmigiano-Reggiano, Parmigiano Reggiano and Parmigiano

Parmesan is an aged cheese made from milk, with a firm, grainy texture. Cooks use it as a garnish for pasta.

  • Dairy
  • Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Dairy & eggs
Made from
Milk
Part used
Milk
Texture
Firm, grainy
Cooked most in
Europe, The Americas
Top country
Italy
Parmesan, cut

Photo: Mario M. Lommersum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use Parmesan

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Firm
  • Grainy

Nutrition

What 100 g of Parmesan holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 42%Fat 40%Carbohydrate 18%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of Parmesan
Energy421 kcal · 1,760 kJ
Protein30 g
Fat28 g
of which saturated16 g
Carbohydrate12 g
of which sugars0.07 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium1,750 mg
Cholesterol87 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of Parmesan: minerals and vitamins
Potassium184 mg
Calcium884 mg
Iron0.45 mg
Magnesium35 mg
Zinc4.3 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)228 µg
Folate6 µg
Vitamin B121.4 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 170848, 325036), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where Parmesan is cooked

6 dishes in the catalogue use Parmesan. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list Parmesan among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with Parmesan

6 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Capoun

    France

  • Fettuccine Alfredo

    Italy, United States

  • Gnocchi alla romana

    Italy

  • Lasagna

    Italy

  • Tetrazzini

    United States

  • Pizza quattro formaggi

    Italy

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include Parmesan.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: Parmesan in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: milk
Animal origin
From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
milk (aged)
A kind of
cheese

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What Parmesan is called

Names in 67 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    queso parmesano · Parmesano · Parmigiano Reggiano · Reggiano

  • French

    Parmigiano Reggiano · parmesan · Parmiggiano Reggiano DOP · Parmigiano Reggiano DOP

  • Italian

    Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmigiano Reggiano · Parmigiano

  • Portuguese

    Parmesão · Parmigiano Reggiano · Parmigiano-Reggiano · Queijo parmesão

  • German

    Parmesan · Parmesankäse · Parmigiano Reggiano · Parmigiano-Reggiano

  • Dutch

    Parmezaanse kaas · Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Greek

    Παρμεζάνα

  • Turkish

    Parmesan peyniri · Parmesan · Parmigiano Reggiano · Parmigiano-Reggiano

  • Russian

    пармезан · Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Polish

    parmezan

  • Arabic

    بارميجانو ريجانو · بارميجيانو ريجيانو · بارميجانو · باراميزان

  • Persian

    پنیر پارمیجانو · پنیر پارمیسان · پنیر پارمیزان · پنیر پارمزان

Show all 67 languages

  • Afrikaans

    Parmesaan · Parmigiano-Reggiano

  • Armenian

    Պարմեզան

  • Asturian

    parmesanu · quesu parmesanu · Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Azerbaijani

    Parmesan pendiri

  • Bashkir

    пармезан

  • Basque

    Parmako gazta · parmigiano-reggiano · Parmigiano Reggiano · parmesano

  • Belarusian

    пармезан · Парміджана-Рэджана

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    пармэзан

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Parmesão

  • Breton

    Parmigiano Reggiano · Parmezan

  • Bulgarian

    Пармезан · Пармиджано

  • Cantonese

    巴馬臣芝士

  • Catalan

    formatge parmesà · formatge de Parma · parmigiano Reggiano · parmesà

  • Chinese

    帕馬森乾酪 · 巴馬臣芝士 · 帕爾梅森乳酪 · 巴馬乾酪

  • Chuvash

    Пармиджано Реджано

  • Corsican

    Parmighjanu Reghjanu · Parmighjanu · Parmigianu Reggianu · Parmisanu

  • Croatian

    Parmezan

  • Czech

    parmezán · parmesan · parmazán

  • Danish

    Parmesan · Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmesanost

  • eml

    Grâna

  • Esperanto

    parmezano · parma fromaĝo

  • Estonian

    parma juust · Parmesan

  • Filipino

    Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmesan cheese · Parmigiano Reggiano · Kesong Parmesan

  • Finnish

    parmesaani · Parmesan · Parmagiano · Parmesaanijuusto

  • Galician

    Parmesano · Queixo parmesano

  • Hebrew

    פרמזן · פרמז'ן · גבינת פרמזן · פרמיג'אנו

  • Hungarian

    parmezán · parmigiano

  • Icelandic

    Parmesan

  • Ido

    Parmana fromajo

  • Inari Sami

    Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Indonesian

    Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmesan · Keju Parmesan

  • Japanese

    パルミジャーノ・レッジャーノ · パルメザン

  • Javanese

    Parmigiano-Reggiano

  • Kannada

    ಪಾರ್ಮಜ಼ಾನ್ ಚೀಸ್

  • Korean

    파르미자노 레자노 · 파마산 치즈

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    pênîrê parmesan

  • Latin

    Parmensis · Parmensis caseus

  • Latvian

    Parmas siers · parmidžāno · parmezāns

  • Lithuanian

    parmezanas

  • Macedonian

    пармезан · Пармиџано-Реџано

  • Malay

    Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmesan

  • Mingrelian

    პარმიჯანო · Parmigiano-Reggiano · Parmesan · პარმეზანი

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    parmesan · Parmesanost · Parmigiano Reggiano · Grana Padano

  • Piedmontese

    Parmesan

  • Romanian

    Parmezan · brânză parmezană

  • Serbian

    пармезан · Пармиђано ређано

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    пармезан

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Parmiđano ređano

  • Serbian (Latin)

    parmezan

  • Simplified Chinese

    帕马森干酪

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    帕马森干酪

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    帕马森干酪

  • Slovak

    Parmezán · Grana · Parmazán · Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Slovenian

    parmezan · Parmigiano Reggiano

  • Swedish

    parmesan · Parmesanost · Parmigiano

  • Thai

    ปาร์มีจาโนเรจจาโน · ปาร์มีจาโน-เรจจาโน · พาร์เมซาน

  • Traditional Chinese

    帕馬森乾酪

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    巴馬臣芝士

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    帕馬森起司

  • Ukrainian

    пармезан · Парміджано · Парміджіано · Парміджіано реджіано

  • Upper Sorbian

    Parmesan

  • Vietnamese

    Pho mát Parmesan

  • Waray

    Parmigiano-Reggiano

  • Welsh

    Caws Parmesan · Parmesan

  • Yiddish

    פארמעזאן

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q155922

Photos

Photo: Mario M. Lommersum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons