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IBERIC TAPAS

WORLD CLASS GOURMET

ALL IBERICO DE BELLOTA PRODUCTS ARE MANUFACTURED USING THE DRY-CURE METHOD. THE CURING TIME OF JAMON IS 36-48 MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE HIN, THE CURING TIME FOR LOMO IS 5 MONTHS, FOR CHORIZO 3-5 MONTHS.

IBERICO DE BELLOTA IS THE HIGHEST CLASS OF IBERIAN PRODUCTS. IT CAN BE RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXTURE, AROMA AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TASTE OF THE MEAT.

IN ORDER TO USE THE NAME "IBERICO DE BELLOTA", THE PRODUCTS PASS A VERY PRECISE AND STRICTLY DEFINED QUALITY CONTROL.

IBERIAN PRODUCTS ARE EXTREMELY HEALTHY, THESE PIGS ARE SOMETIMES CALLED “WALKING OLIVE TREES” BECAUSE THEIR FAT IS AS GOOD AS VIRGIN OLIVE OIL - 55% OF MEAT CONTENT IS OLEIC ACID. MEAT IS RICH IN B-VITAMINS, ZINC, IRON, MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS. IN ADDITION, THE IBERIAN PRODUCTS HAVE 50 COMPARED TO FOR EXAMPLE SERRANO HAM 50% LESS SALT.

IBERICO DE BELLOTA PRODUCTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY FROM IBERIAN SO CALLED ACORN PIGS. THESE "HAPPY" PIGS ARE RAISED ON "DEHESA", WHERE THEY EAT PLANTS AND FATE THEMSELVES WITH CARBOHYDRATE-RICH ACORN IN THE FALL WHICH GIVES THEM  CHARACTERISTIC FAT COMPOSITION.

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