Division 3.3 Raw materials (for processed products only)

‘Salame Brianza’ PDO is made from pork meat: shoulder of pork boned and trimmed using a suitable technique; scrap cuttings; and ground ham, pancetta and/or throats without soft fat, to which salt and crushed and/or ground pepper is added.

The following products may also be used: wine, sugar and/or dextrose and/or fructose and/or lactose, starter cultures, sodium and/or potassium nitrate (maximum quantity: 195 parts per million), sodium and/or potassium nitrite (maximum quantity: 95 parts per million), ascorbic acid and its sodium salt, and a very small amount of garlic.