Zampone

What is the Zampone?

Zampone is a gastronomic preparation based on meat, fat and rind ground and mixed with other ingredients such as salt and spices (similarly to cotechino).

As such, the zampone belongs to the I group of foods and its chemical and nutritional characteristics are distinguished by the contribution of: high biological value proteins, saturated fats, cholesterol, iron and mainly water-soluble vitamins of group B. The zampone does NOT provide (or rather, it SHOULD not bring) dietary fiber and carbohydrates, however present in products with added milk flours.

More specifically, the zampone belongs to the whole of preserved meats; it is a sausage to be consumed after cooking (long and sustained) since, in the absence of heat treatment, the zampone does not make use of sufficient digestibility.