France has AOP, AOC, IGP, Label Rouge, AB, STG… and then Nutri-Score comes in like a polite nutritional bouncer.
If you’ve ever stood in a French supermarket holding a cheese that looks emotionally superior to you, wondering whether you’re buying quality, origin, tradition, or a medically supervised lifestyle choice, this video is your survival guide.
In this video, I explain:
What the official French and EU quality/origin labels really mean
The difference between AOP vs AOC vs IGP
What Label Rouge actually guarantees
How AB and the EU organic “leaf” work
Why STG protects tradition without tying it to one place
And how to read Nutri-Score without starting a diplomatic incident with a wedge of cheese
You’ll also get the key rule that makes all of this make sense:
SIQO labels explain origin/quality/tradition, while Nutri-Score explains nutritional balance.
Different questions. Same shopping cart.
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