The San Marzano Tomato Agro Sarnese-Nocerino joined the official list of typical Italian products with the certification PDO (protected designation of origin) that was released July 2, 1996.
Being a product PDO certification requires that the entire production process must be carried out in the region of Campania.
The San Marzano Tomato Agro Sarnese-Nocerino PDO is cultivated in the Agro Sarnese-Nocerino in the Province of Salerno, nell’Acerrano-Nolan and Pompeian-Stabiese area, in the Province of Naples and Montorese, in the province of Avellino .
The San Marzano Tomato Agro Sarnese-Nocerino PDO is long, nervous and consistent. It tastes typically bittersweet, oblong berry with parallel longitudinal depressions, bright red color, few seeds and fibers, skin bright red and easy to peel.
This tomato will not shatter in processing; on the contrary remains whole and, so to speak, live in the jar. This tomato is born from three varieties at the beginning of the twentieth century were widespread in Sarno and nell’Agro: the Fiascona, the Fiaschella and King Umberto.
