Essensaciones imports this Iberian pork, whose ancestral origins come from at least these three subspecies:

– European wild boar

– Mediterranean wild boar

– Asian wild boar

The characteristics of this pure breed are that of a rustic animal with a grey/brown coat, long snout, pointed ears and limbs adapted to making it an excellent grazer.

It is fed from the piglet stage with a compound feed, and then fattened by grazing in the ´dehesa` during the ´montanera´`period. The ‘montanera’ is the last stage in the rearing of the Iberian pig when the traditional fattening process takes place, amidst cork and holm oak trees, with the acorn being the fundamental foodstuff before the animal is slaughtered.

It is a very delicate animal with a high mortality rate. It has a low tolerance to cold and the females have an average of 4 to 6 piglets per litter.

Purebred

Iberico Ham Standardised Regulations

Black label, 100% Iberian Bellota Ham: Hams that come from 100% Iberian free-range pigs reared on grasslands and fed during their last fattening phase on natural pastures of aromatic herbs and acorns.

Red label, Iberian Bellota Ham: Hams that come from crossbred pigs, not 100% Iberian, reared free-range on grasslands and fed during their last fattening phase on natural pastures of aromatic herbs and acorns.
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Green label, Iberian Cebo de Campo Ham: hams that come from crossbred pigs, not 100% Iberian, reared free-range on natural pastures of aromatic herbs and animal feed.
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White label, Jamón de Cebo Ibérico: Hams that come from crossbred pigs, not 100% Iberian, reared in stables or fattening pens and fed with cereals and legumes. It does not exercise while grazing on the pasturelands resulting in the accumulation of fat on the external parts of the animal.

Ingredients
Acorn-fed 100% Iberian ham cut by hand, salt, preservatives (E-250, E-252). and antioxidant (E-301).