Meat and cold cuts

ASSOCIATION POUR L'USAGE ET LA DEFENSE DE L'APPELATION JAMBON D'ARDENNE IGP - C/O MAISON DU TOURISME

Contact details

Pont d'Amour, 4
5500 DINANT
Phone: 32-(0)84411880
Fax :32-(0)84411020
Email: maison.bouillon@skynet.be
Website: www.jambondardenne.eu

company profile

Company history

Ardennes ham is a product that has been produced for hundreds of years and whose appellation and specifications were recognised in Belgium by a Royal Decree of the 1st of February 1974 then protected by a European PGI in 1996.

These recognitions have triggered the development of around twelve companies in the Ardennes, targeting, and equipped to cater for, mass distribution and export.

Added Value

The recognition and protection granted by the European PGI puts Ardennes ham up there among Europe's great hams. It is therefore an added value that secures the manufacturing exclusivity for the Ardennes region.

Product range - Services / Brands / Markets

There is only one “Ardennes ham” appellation but it applies to 3 different pieces:

- ham on the bone that represents 5% of production.

- so-called “coeur d'Ardenne” ham that represents 80% of volumes. This is the main part of the boned ham on the bone that reaches 4 kilos as an end product.

-the “noix d'Ardenne” which is the second part of the boned ham on the bone and represents 15% of volumes.

The pre-sliced “coeurs d'Ardenne” for mass retail markets represent the major volumes.

5 companies are leaders on these markets : ABRAHAM, MONTENAUER, MARCASSOU, BEL ARDENNE AND SALAISONS DE HAUTE ARDENNE

Main references

Delhaize, Carrefour, Aldi….

Certification

Promag the certifying body