Ingredients:
- Pork Meat (Origin Italy)
- Sea Salt
Average nutritional values per 100 g of seasoned Culatta:
Energy value: kcal/kj 407/1687
Fats: 33.65 g
of which saturated fats: 10.47 g
Carbohydrates: <0.5 g
of which sugars <0.5 g
Proteins: 25.99 g
Salt: 4.38 g
What is "Maiale Tranquillo®"?
Maiale Tranquillo® is a concept that was born in the 1960s and refers to a particular type of pig farming that focuses on animal welfare, natural growth, and quality feed. This approach contrasts with intensive farming practices, avoiding stress, poor living conditions, and accelerated growth for the animal.
The Maiale Tranquillo® grows freely, outdoors, breathing clean air and is not subjected to any force feeding to allow a "performance" growth in reduced times. On the contrary, its natural development rhythm is respected: it takes two years for the meat to firm up and the right layer of fat to develop. The goal is to reach a weight of 300 kg with patience and attention, through the use of adequate spaces and careful genetic selection.
Nutrition plays a key role in this process. The diet is mainly based on corn produced and dried directly by the company that raises the pigs. This allows direct control over the quality of food provided to the animals and helps to enhance the fat produced, which becomes a distinctive sign of the meat.
What is Culazza or Culatta?
The Culatta comes from the processing of the same anatomical part of Culatello, that is, the most prized part of the ham. The difference lies in the fact that it is left with two fingers of fat under its natural rind and with the "anchetta", a small shell-shaped bone, which serves to protect the product during long aging. It's worked as if it were a ham and in the end, after more than a year of aging, it is very sweet and rich in flavors.