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Traditional Agri-food Product, on the national list of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture

Quince cheese (also known as quince paste) is a sweet and tart, thick jelly made of the pulp of the quince fruit. It is a common confection in several countries.
In the Iberian Peninsula, this traditionally Mediterranean food is known by various names: ate, dulce de membrillo or carne de membrillo in Spanish; marmelada or doce de marmelo in Portuguese; marmelo in Galician; marmiellu in Asturian; irasagarra in Basque; and codonyat in Catalan. It is a firm, sticky, sweet reddish hard paste made from the quince fruit (Cydonia oblonga).

No. 63 on the Sicilian list of Traditional Agri-food Products

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Sources: eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (names, type, registration dates); the national list of Traditional Agri-food Products of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, 11 March 2025 revision; Slow Food Foundation, Presidia in Sicily; texts and pictures from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Updated September 12, 2026.