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But then again, they (spanish) have no problem buying around 90% of the portuguese production of purebred black iberian pigs, undercutting local producers and t
by odshoifsdhfs 6y ago
But then again, they (spanish) have no problem buying around 90% of the portuguese production of purebred black iberian pigs, undercutting local producers and then calling it their own.
I couldn't find figures, but remember from talks from producers that around 30-40% of Spanish Iberian Ham is actually from portuguese pigs raised in alentejo (the 90% figure above can be found in export reports, the 30-40% is hearsay from talking and negotiating with the producers a few years ago)
- AlbertoGP 6y agoI’m Spanish and didn’t know this. Thanks for mentioning it.
- odshoifsdhfs 6y agoHey, no problem. I might even be wrong in those values, but were the ones I found. 4-5 years ago I was working with a lot of breeders here, and they all complained that the 'low' development work was done by them, but the 'high' product as the smoked/dried hams were from spanish producers. Portugal always had this issue where we can 'produce' the lower chain stuff, but getting into the higher chain marketplace has been an issue. It is a shame really. But having said that, I lived in the south of Spain (andalucia) for a while, and I love you guys. Even if you pretend you don't understand us :P, it was some of the most fun and happy times I had.