Alicex

Company Description

Food Extremadura - ALICEX - Alicex is a company dedicated to developing and marketing products from Iberian pigs reared in the pastures surrounding Jerez de los Caballeros. A municipality in the province of Badajoz which has the largest expanse of oak trees in the world. Alicext the center of the largest producing area of ​​the Iberian pig in the world. Jerez de los Caballeros , Lies at an altitude above 500 meters above sea level. The microclimate of this region allows a natural process of drying and aging of hams. With an area of ​​740.5 km2 mostly wooded dehesa oaks is the world leading producing area of ​​the Iberian pig. These trees are those that produce acorns, the staple food for our pigs with natural grasses that bloom in the meadows of Extremadura. The acorn is the manna of the Iberian pig, it depends on the flavor of their products and especially ham. It provides the energy needed to fatten pigs and contributes decisively to the grain of the muscle with fat, characteristic of the Iberian pig. The acorn is rich in unsaturated fatty acids (beneficial) that transmits the animal. Is your food during their stay in the mountains for establishing a quality difference in the bouquet and aroma that will have the final product. An animal consumes between 6 and 10 kg. of acorns a day, supplementing with about 3 kg. of the pasture grasses that provide protein.