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Protected geographical food and drink names

From:: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Find protected food and drink names in the official GB registers published by Defra. Find out more about the UK’s protected food and drinks schemes.

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Foods: designated origin and geographical indication
Foods: traditional speciality guaranteed
Spirit drinks
Wines
Aromatised wines
Traditional terms for wine
American viticultural areas and US spirit drink names of origin

Status

Status

Registered
Applied for
In consultation
Rejected
Cancelled

Class or category of product

Class or category of product

No class or category
1.1 Fresh meat (and offal)
1.2 Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
1.3 Cheeses
1.4 Other products of animal origin (eggs, honey, various dairy products except butter, etc.)
1.5 Oils and fats (butter, margarine, oil, etc.)
1.6 Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed
1.7 Fresh fish, molluscs, and crustaceans and products derived therefrom
1.8 Other products of Annex I of the Treaty (spices etc.)
2.1 Beers
2.2 Chocolate and derived products
2.3 Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares
2.4 Beverages made from plant extracts
2.5 Pasta
2.6 Salt
2.7 Natural gums and resins
2.8 Mustard paste
2.9 Hay
2.10 Essential oils
2.11 Cork
2.12 Cochineal (raw product of animal origin)
2.13 Flowers and ornamental plants
2.14 Cotton
2.15 Wool
2.16 Wicker
2.17 Scutched flax
2.18 Leather
2.19 Fur
2.20 Feather
2.20a Rush
2.21 Prepared meals
2.22 Beers
2.23 Chocolate and derived products
2.24 Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other baker's wares
2.25 Beverages made from plant extracts
2.26 Pasta
2.27 Salt
Wine
1. Rum
2. Whisky or Whiskey
3. Grain spirit
4. Wine spirit
5. Brandy or Weinbrand
6. Grape marc spirit or grape marc
7. Fruit marc spirit
8. Raisin spirit or raisin brandy
9. Fruit spirit
10. Cider spirit and perry spirit
11. Honey spirit
12. Hefebrand or lees spirit
13. Bierbrand or eau de vie de bière
14. Topinambur or Jerusalem artichoke spirit
15. Vodka
16. Spirit (preceded by the name of the fruit) obtained by maceration and distillation
17. Geist (with the name of the fruit or the raw material used)
18. Gentian
19. Juniper-flavoured spirit drinks
20. Gin
21. Distilled gin
22. London gin
23. Caraway-flavoured spirit drinks
24. Akvavit or aquavit
25. Aniseed-flavoured spirit drinks
26. Pastis
27. Pastis de Marseille
28. Anis
29. Distilled anis
30. Bitter-tasting spirit drinks or bitter
31. Flavoured vodka
32. Liqueur
33. Crème de (followed by the name of a fruit or the raw material used)
34. Crème de cassis
35. Guignolet
36. Punch au rhum
37. Sloe gin
37a. Sloe-aromatised spirit drink or Pacharán
38. Sambuca
39. Maraschino, Marrasquino or Maraskino
40. Nocino
41. Egg liqueur or advocaat or avocat or advokat
42. Liqueur with egg
43. Mistrà
44. Väkevä glögi or spritglögg
45. Berenburg or Beerenburg
46. Honey or mead nectar
47. Other spirit drinks
99. Other spirit drink
Traditional Term
1. Aromatised wine
2. Aromatised wine-based drink
Spirit drink

Protection type

Protection type

Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG)
Traditional Term
Geographical Indication (GI)
US Spirit Drink
American viticultural area

Country of origin

Country of origin

9 names

Class Or Category 2. Whisky or Whiskey

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Class Or Category 2. Whisky or Whiskey

Single Malt Welsh Whisky/Wisgi Cymreig Brag Sengl

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Single Malt Welsh Whisky/Wisgi Cymreig Brag Sengl
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Date registration: 24 July 2023
English Whisky

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: English Whisky
- Status: Applied for
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
Canadian Whisky

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Canadian Whisky
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Canada
- Date registration: 1 April 2021
Canadian Rye Whisky

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Canadian Rye Whisky
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Canada
- Date registration: 1 April 2021
Whisky chileno

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Whisky chileno
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: Chile
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020
Scotch Whisky

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Scotch Whisky
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020
Irish Whiskey / Uisce Beatha Eireannach / Irish Whisky

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Irish Whiskey / Uisce Beatha Eireannach / Irish Whisky
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: United Kingdom and 1 others
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020
Whisky breton / Whisky de Bretagne

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Whisky breton / Whisky de Bretagne
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: France
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020
Whisky alsacien / Whisky d'Alsace

Protected spirit drink name
- Registered name: Whisky alsacien / Whisky d'Alsace
- Status: Registered
- Country of origin: France
- Time registration: 23:00
- Date registration: 31 December 2020

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