Puy lentil

English

Alternative forms

• Le Puy lentil, Le Puy green lentil

Noun

Puy lentil (plural Puy lentils)

1. A green lentil of the variety Lens esculenta puyensis.
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     Combined with the high altitude of the valley, this creates the perfect conditions to grow the delicate Puy lentil. Due to these unique growing conditions, the lentil has its own protected designation of origin status – which means that, to use the name ‘Puy lentil’, the product must be grown without any pesticides or irrigation and harvested and packaged in the region of Puy.

Usage notes

The term “Le Puy green lentil” is protected throughout the European Union under that governing body's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), and in France as an appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC).

Further reading

• Le Puy green lentil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia