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The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wheel of 20th-century Italian cheese smashes record for oldest parmesan

Side-on shot of wheel of parmesan with inscriptions on the side including 'Feb 98' in caps.
A big ripe old cheese: the 36kg wheel of parmesan was produced in February 1998 and has been maturing ever since. Photograph: Nazionale del Parmigiano Reggiano

A wheel of parmigiano reggiano has been celebrated as “an authentic jewel of nature” after setting a longevity record for parmesan cheese.

The still-edible 36kg wheel was one of the last made in 1998 by Romano and Silvia Camorani at their dairy in Poviglio, a small town near Parma in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region.

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