Patanegra de Bellota "Cinta Roja"

Patanegra ham is an incomparable taste and aroma experience that is hard to forget; its meat is intense red in colour with rosy-white fat infiltrations that give it an intense, deep and long-lasting flavour. It comes from 100% Iberian pigs raised free-range in the natural reserves of south-western Spain, fed on a plant-based diet mainly consisting of acorns. The result is meat with extraordinary nutritional properties, rich in B vitamins, vitamin E and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron and sodium, as well as unsaturated fats, the so-called "good" cholesterol. It also has a much higher concentration of essential amino acids per gram of protein compared to meat from other breeds. Finally, thanks to the proteolysis process that takes place during curing, the digestibility index reaches levels ranging from 85% to 100%. Curing, which lasts from 24 to 30 months, guarantees an elegant, refined aroma that is at the same time intense and long-lasting.