Grana Padano PDO features a high-value biological protein content, and provides a supply of amino acids beneficial to bodily movement, especially at a muscular level: this makes it highly recommended for sportspeople.
Grana Padano DOP contains milk proteins which have been greatly concentrated, due to the long ageing, and improved from a nutritional viewpoint.

Furthermore, recent important scientific studies have highlighted that 12-month matured Grana Padano PDO is proven to help in the treatment of hypertension, reducing and often normalising blood pressure in subjects with high blood pressure problems.
Grana Padano PDO has been shown to contain various protein fragments – bioactive oligopeptides – that are capable of modulating the physiological functions of the body. Among these, 2 tripeptides, in particular (VPP and IVP), have shown a favourable vasodilator effect (lowering blood pressure), due to the inhibition of a particular enzyme (the angiotensin-converting enzyme). These act in exactly the same way as the more common (and effective) hypertension drugs (the ACE inhibitors).

Due to the maturing process, 20% of the proteins are transformed into free amino acids, which facilitate digestion.

Grana Padano PDO cheese can be considered naturally lactose free, since its processing methods and long ageing cause this milk sugar, present in raw milk, to be hydrolysed or in any case removed from the lactic fermentation phase.
Therefore, Grana Padano PDO can be eaten by lactose intolerant people.

Over 30% of the fats contained in Grana Padano PDO are unsaturated, while the cholesterol content is roughly 50 mg per 50 g of product.

SATURATED fat: 18,4 g

MONOUNSATURATED fat: 7,4 g

POLYUNSATURATED fat: 1,1 g

Cholesterol: 98,3 mg

Grana Padano PDO is above all a great source of calcium: a fundamental substance because it plays a crucial role in the processes of nerve conduction, muscle contraction and cell permeability: 50 g of Grana Padano cheese provides 50% of the recommended daily calcium needed for adults between the ages of 18 and 60.

It also supplies a high amount of other mineral salts:
Iodine, essential for the thyroid
Selenium, which helps fight free radicals
Magnesium, for the development and maintenance of the bone structure and to stimulate muscles and nerves
Phosphorus, for the proper functioning of brain cells and the strengthening of teeth and bones

Calcium: 1165,0 mg

Phosphorus: 692,0 mg

Potassium: 120 mg

Magnesium: 63 mg

Zinc: 11 mg

Copper: 0,5 mg

Iron: 0,14 mg

Calcium / phosphorous ratio: 1,7

Salt: 1,5 g

Iodine: 35,5 µg

Selenium: 12 µg

Grana Padano PDO is a rich source of vitamin B12, which contributes to the normal function of the nervous system and to reduce tiredness and fatigue: 50 g covers more than 75% of an adult’s daily needs. It also contains vitamins A and B2, excellent for healthy teeth and bones.

Vitamin A: 224 µg

Vitamin B1: 20 µg

Vitamin B2: 0,36 mg

Vitamin B6: 0,12 mg

Vitamin B12: 3,0 µg

Vitamin D3: 0,5 µg

Vitamin PP: 3,0 µg

Vitamin E: 206 µg

Pantothenic acid: 246 µg

Choline: 20,0 mg

Biotin: 6,0 µg