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Italy

region / region-italy

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Italy. It covers the cultural place of wild edible plants and amaro.

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  1. Overview
  2. Sources for this overview (2)
  3. Follow the connections
  4. Related entries (5)
  5. Culture (2)
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Reading the bitterness

A comparative ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants in Italy asked 549 people in 21 regions about the plants they currently gather and consume and how they prepare them. The survey is not a nationally representative random sample, and data for 4 regions came from earlier surveys.

Fernet Branca's official company page states that the product arrived along with the wave of Italian immigration to Argentina, and links the setting of its origin story to Milan. This is the manufacturer's own immigration history, not a survey result showing food habits or preferences across Italy as a whole.

Sources for this overview

  1. The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy

    Ghirardini MP et al.; Pieroni A / 2007 / journal article / full text checked

    Checked for this overview: Matched the survey conditions of 21 regions and 549 people, 4 regions using earlier data, and not being a nationally representative sample.

  2. La empresa (historia de Fratelli Branca en Argentina)

    Fratelli Branca Destilerías Argentina S.A. / 2026 / other / full text checked

    Checked for this overview: Matched the manufacturer's official account of Italian immigration to Argentina with the origin story set in Milan.

Follow the connections

fernet →is associated with→ Italy

Hypotheses and recipe candidates for this entry are on the Japanese page.

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Culture (2)

Italy is documented as part of A comparative ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants covering 21 regions and 549 people.supported

Scope: Comparison of field interviews in 2006 with 4 earlier surveys.

Note: A comparison of selected small communities, not a nationally representative sample.

Asked 549 people in 21 regions about the wild plants they currently gather and consume and how they prepare them.
Limitations: Not nationally representative sampling; data for 4 regions came from earlier surveys.
Source: The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy (Ghirardini MP et al.; Pieroni A, 2007) · full text checked
Show dataregion-italy —is_documented_as_part_of→ "A comparative ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants covering 21 regions and 549 people."
claim: clm-italy-wild-food-survey / type: cultural / updated: 2026-08-31

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