Production method: Preparation of the sugar syrup. Incorporation of the raw separated egg yolks into the sugar syrup. Cooking the dough (mixture of egg yolks with sugar syrup). Cooling and resting the dough. Filling the wafers or wooden or china barrels. Coating the wafers with sugar syrup or with chocolate.
Special features: ‘Ovos Moles de Aveiro’ are special because of the basic raw materials with which they are produced — eggs and sugar — and from the local know-how, because the egg yolks are added to the sugar syrup in a way that resembles the rowing movement of the tradi-tional boats, ‘moliceiros’, in the Aveiro lagoon.
Production area: From an administrative point of view, the area covers the districts of Águeda, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Estarreja, Ílhavo, Mira, Murtosa, Oliveira de Frades, Ovar,S. Pedro do Sul, Sever do Vouga, Tondela, Vagos and Vouzela.
History: ‘Ovos Moles de Aveiro’ have been manufactured for centuries. The tradition of manufacturing the product, which originated in convents, was maintained by ladies who had a convent education and passed the secret of its manufacture from generation to generation.
There are documents showing that, in 1502, King Manuel I granted 10 ‘arrobas’ of Madeira sugar per year to the Convent of Jesus in Aveiro for the manufacture of confectionery products in the convent, which at the time was used to help patients during their convalescence. ‘Ovos Moles de Aveiro’ are referred to in 1908 as a dessert dish for royalty, are expressly mentioned in 1888 by the great Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz in ‘The Maias’ and ‘The Capital’ and by the great Brazilian author Erico Veríssimo, who mentions the product in ‘Solo de Clarineta-Memórias’ [Clarinet Solo], in 1973. The chocolate-coated Ovos Moles are also referred to in ‘O Doce nunca amargou… doçaria portuguesa. História. Decoração. Receituário’ [The sweet that never turned sour…Portuguese confectionery. History. Decoration. Recipes] by Emanuel Ribeiro, in 1928.
Product specification (pdf)
Producer group
APOMA – Associação de Produtores de Ovos Moles de Aveiro
Control and certification body
Kiwa Sativa – Unipessoal, Lda.
Control plan
Control plan (pdf)
Publication in EU official journal
JOUE C 2720 de 07.05.2025 – Publicação da aprovação de alteração normalizada ao CE
Regulamento (UE) nº 2015/1743 da Comissão – L256/1 – 01.10.2015
Publicação do pedido de registo (2015/C 170/9) – C170/10 – 23.05.2015
Regulamento (CE) nº 286/2009 da Comissão – L94/15 – 08.04.2009
Publicação do pedido de registo (2008/C 184/11) – C184/42 – 22.07.2008
Publication in the Portuguese official journal
Aviso (extrato) n.º 11242/2023 de 09.06.2023
Aviso (extrato) n.º 5587/2015 de 22.05.2015
Despacho n.º 5062/2006 de 06.03.2006