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Radicchio Rosso di Treviso

ingredient / ingredient-radicchio-treviso

トレヴィーゾ赤ラディッキオ / Cichorium intybus L. var. silvestre

Red chicory defined by a geographical indication in northeastern Italy, including 2 types: precoce and tardivo.

Photographs (captions in Japanese)

Radicchio with long red-purple leaves on white stalks, lined up in display crates at a market

Radicchio rosso di Treviso lined up at a market with a "Tardivo di Treviso" sign. The plants are of the tardivo (late) type, and the difference in appearance from the precoce (early) type is not shown by this photograph.

Shown: Cichorium intybus L. var. silvestrePart / state: Headed plants (displayed at a market)

Photo: El Mono Español / CC BY-SA 4.0 / original image / ledger's original image

Scope and provenance of the photo

Identification: Identified as labelled in the source. A different Commons file from the one used for the ingredient-radicchio-treviso-tardivo entity (to avoid duplication). This photograph shows a market display of the tardivo type and does not show the appearance of the precoce type.

Image shown: No resizing, trimming, or color changes. The original image from Wikimedia Commons is used as it is. For display, a WebP capped at 1200 px wide is served; the ledger's original image can be checked from the link above.

On this page (8 sections)
  1. Overview
  2. Sources for this overview (2)
  3. Topic hubs
  4. Follow the connections
  5. Related entries (10)
  6. Composition and content (2)
  7. How processing and cooking change it (2)
  8. Culture (1)
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Reading the bitterness

The EU geographical-indication (PGI) specification defines Radicchio Rosso di Treviso as red chicory of Cichorium intybus L. var. silvestre, a variety of the chicory genus, with 2 types, precoce and tardivo. This is a legal product category for the geographical indication, not a current reconciliation of botanical taxonomic synonyms.

The same specification recognizes 2 types, precoce and tardivo, but does not state the bitterness intensity specific to precoce. The legal document goes only as far as distinguishing the 2 types; it does not support sensory differences between them with trained-panel numerical data.

According to an introduction on the regional-promotion organization's official Strada del Radicchio site, the first official exhibition was held on December 20, 1900, organized by the Lombard agronomist Giuseppe Benzi (「ジュゼッペ・ベンツィ」). This is based on a tourism and regional-promotion account; original records of the exhibition were not traced in this review.

Sources for this overview

  1. Single document: Radicchio Rosso di Treviso PGI

    European Commission / 2020 / government document / full text checked

    Checked for this overview: Checked the EU PGI specification's species designation and 2 types. / Checked the precoce/tardivo distinction and the scope of the document's statements on bitterness intensity.

  2. Le origini (Il Radicchio)

    / / other / full text checked

    Checked for this overview: Checked the stated date and organizer of the first exhibition.

Follow the connections

Radicchio Rosso di Treviso →is a type of→ chicory

Radicchio Rosso di Treviso precoce →is subtype of→ Radicchio Rosso di Treviso

radicchio grigliato →includes→ Radicchio Rosso di Treviso

Structured claims — open a section to read each claim's confidence, evidence and limits

Composition and content (2)

Radicchio Rosso di Treviso is a type of chicorysupported

Scope: Classification under the EU PGI specification

Note: In the legal specification, it is Cichorium intybus L. var. silvestre.

The PGI specification defines it as consisting of the tardivo and precoce types of Cichorium intybus L. var. silvestre.
Limitations: This is the legal product specification, not an up-to-date taxonomic synonymy review.
Source: Single document: Radicchio Rosso di Treviso PGI (European Commission, 2020) · full text checked
Show dataingredient-radicchio-treviso —is_a_type_of→ ingredient-chicory
claim: clm-treviso-chicory / type: taxonomy / updated: 2026-08-31
Radicchio Rosso di Treviso precoce is_subtype_of Radicchio Rosso di Trevisosupported

Scope: The precoce category under the EU specification.

Note: No specific bitterness intensity is inferred from this part of the specification.

Specifies that Radicchio Rosso di Treviso has 2 types, precoce and tardivo.
Limitations: Does not give the bitterness intensity specific to precoce.
Source: Single document: Radicchio Rosso di Treviso PGI (European Commission, 2020) · full text checked
Show dataingredient-radicchio-treviso-precoce —is_subtype_of→ ingredient-radicchio-treviso
claim: clm-treviso-precoce-type / type: taxonomy / updated: 2026-08-31

How processing and cooking change it (2)

radicchio grigliato includes Radicchio Rosso di Trevisounverified

Scope: A candidate structural component of a dish. Regional variation in ingredients is unconfirmed

Note: Source not connected. Does not indicate quantities or cooking conditions.

No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.

Show datadish-radicchio-grigliato —includes→ ingredient-radicchio-treviso
claim: clm-dish-radicchio-grigliato-candidate-ingredient / type: culinary / updated: 2026-08-31
risotto al radicchio includes Radicchio Rosso di Trevisounverified

Scope: A candidate structural component of a dish. Regional variation in ingredients is unconfirmed

Note: Source not connected. Does not indicate quantities or cooking conditions.

No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.

Show datadish-risotto-al-radicchio —includes→ ingredient-radicchio-treviso
claim: clm-dish-risotto-al-radicchio-candidate-ingredient / type: culinary / updated: 2026-08-31

Culture (1)

Radicchio Rosso di Treviso — historical origin: The first official exhibition is recorded as held on December 20, 1900, organized by the Lombard agronomist Giuseppe Benzi (「ジュゼッペ・ベンツィ」).contextual

Scope: The origin account on Strada del Radicchio's official website.

Describes the first exhibition as held on December 20, 1900, and organized by Giuseppe Benzi, an agronomist from Lombardy.
Limitations: Original contemporary records of the exhibition (primary historical sources) were not traced in this review.
Source: Le origini (Il Radicchio) · full text checked
Show dataingredient-radicchio-treviso —has_historical_origin→ (the claim sentence above)
claim: clm-w25-treviso-first-exhibition / type: cultural / updated: 2026-09-01

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