Spain on your table
Jamones Sin Fronteras is a US East Coast based company. We mainly offer the best in class imported Spanish food for retail, restaurants, caterings and other retailers. We specially provide the best Spanish Iberico ham in the market at the best price. Let me introduce a little about Iberico ham and the different seals you will be finding around the market.
The Iberico Pork Association in Spain (ASICI) presented the seals system of the new Iberico Ham quality rule for Spanish market. This “new” system allow to consumers choose exactly what kind of Iberico they want. The identification system warrant the quality of the item from race, feeding and animal management point of view.
The system was created by MAPAMA (Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, AlimentaciĂłn y Medio Ambiente) and the iberico ham market for ensuring the trazability control and transparency of their productions, with only one goal in mind, offer to consumers the highest quality with the maximum warranty.
What the colors mean?
As the current regulations in force, Ibérico hams marketed in Spain have to be accompanied by one of these four quality seals based on their color category:
Black Seal: Acorn Fed 100% Ibérico Ham. A seal certifying that the mother and father of the pig in question are 100% Ibérico registered in the Stud Book; and that the animal, in its fattening stage, fed on acorns and other natural resources of the pasture.
Red Seal: Acorn Fed Ibérico Ham, comes from animals of 75% of Ibérico race or animals of 50% Iberico race and that in its fattening stage were fed with acorns and other natural resources of the pasture.
Green Seal: Field Cebo Ham, can come from 100% Iberian or 75% or 50% Iberian breed fed in its fattening stage with cereal and legumes feed and with field herbs.
White Seal: Ibérico Cebo Ham, can come from 100% Ibérico or 75% or 50% Ibérico breed, fed on farms based on cereals and legumes.
In summary, talking about how we make sure we have an iberico ham, it has to have one of the four different color seals and the ASICI stamp on it.
Also, in USA, the USDA through FDA make sure the pig traceability isn’t broken from Spain to your house.
We are currently two main brands on Iberico, Fermin and Montaraz. Why only two these brands?
Fermin was the first Iberico brand to arrive in the US. For more than 60 years, FermĂn has been producing the highest quality lberico products in the world and they produce and import the largest number of Iberico dry cured products in the market. FERMIN produces based on artisanal process, located in the Sierra de Francia, more than l,000 meters in elevation in the heart of a National Park declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, the medieval and magical village of La Alberca, has the perfect micro climate for our products to dry and age naturally. This climate allows us to continue our traditional methods to guarantee the best quality of our products.
Montaraz started out more than 125 years ago, they have maintained the traditional production process, respecting century old salting and curing processes in natural drying sheds. Time and experience come together to gif our Montaraz Acorn-Fed Iberian Ham the flavour and aroma that make it an exquisite, pleasant delicacy, a masterpiece that opens the doors to a world of extraordinary, exclusive sensorial experiences.
La Dehesa has an enormous ecological value and a model of harmonious living between man and the land, the meadows are a natural ecosystem of holm oaks and cork oaks that is unique in the world. A landscape that only Iberian pigs bred in the wild contemplate every day.
The moment of inspiration comes when you can appreciate all the nuances of Montaraz Iberian Ham. A ceremony in which trained smell and taste welcome the harmony between what is sweet and what is sweet and what is savoury. It is the perfect pairing for your wine.
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