Regional Institute of Wine and Oil

Irvos laboratories, workshop on the Igp carrot of Ispica

A workshop on the Ispica PGI new carrot. Its nutritional and therapeutic properties. It will be held on Friday afternoon 29 November in Ispica at the headquarters of the IRVOS Laboratory. The Carota Novella di Ispica PGI Consortium promotes the dissemination of the nutritional benefits of the Ispica first fruits. Not only is the carrot a product capable of enhancing the nature of a dish with its characteristics but, thanks to its early maturation, it also has unique organoleptic properties.

The workshop is part of a broader project carried out by the Consortium to enhance a niche product of the Italian agri-food sector and to protect, at the same time, the health and needs of the consumer. The meeting will be moderated by the extraordinary commissioner of the Regional Institute of Wines and Oils of Sicily, Giorgio Calabrese. Consolidate the image of this product on a scientific basis among the objectives. The works will be opened by Carmelo Calabrese, president of the Consorzio di Tutela IGP Carota Novella di Ispica, and will also see the participation of Dario Cartabellotta, regional councilor for Agricultural and Food Resources.

“This workshop – explains Carmelo Calabrese – is part of that plan of promotional and communication actions which have the aim of differentiating the Carota Novella di Ispica PGI in the eyes of public opinion and making it recognizable in its characterizing elements such as seasonality, naturalness, freshness and its organoleptic and nutritional integrity". In fact, at the basis of the unique characteristics of the Carota Novella di Ispica PGI, there is a combination of pedoclimatic and production factors in the area delimited by the production specification which allows the territory to express itself at its best, allowing the product to have a series of characteristics that make it unique. A product that meets the requirements to be part of the "Born in Sicily" basket, the law recently approved at the Sicilian Regional Assembly thanks to the decisive contribution of councilor Cartabellotta which aims to protect the origin and peculiarities of Sicilian agri-food resources .