The supply chain

From the fields to the table

CLAI's distinctive strength lies precisely in its ability to combine breeding and production in a controlled supply chain. The Cooperative is responsible for following the product throughout the entire process, from feed, to breeding, to processing and putting the products on the market. A controlled supply chain "from the fields to the table," through the expertise, care and passion of people, integrating the value of tradition with the new nutritional needs and lifestyles of the modern consumer.

Davide, Breeding Partner

I get up very early in the morning, like my father before me, to raise the best Italian pigs: the heavy pig of the Po Valley. It is the finest pig there is, in fact it is part of the PDO chain of Prosciutto di Parma and San Daniele. Attention to nutrition, animal welfare and good breeding practices have always been our priorities to get the best meat to make good salami.

Massimiliano, Meat Plant Manager

It is here that only pigs born and raised in Italy are processed and processed. And it is here that we begin to identify the best meat to make a good salami. We were the first in Italy to adopt robotic systems for salami production, maintaining artisanal processes on separate laboratory areas, thus combining technology with manual skill and experience.

Rudy, Salami Team Manager

Working as a team allows us to always stay one step ahead in the search for the improvement of our salami, thanks also to the permanent collaboration with Universities and Agribusiness Research Centers. Because "good, beautiful and healthy" are the result of teamwork that allows everyone to always seek the best in terms of taste and quality.

Lorenzo, Salami Quality Control

Every day I check the quality of our salami, as if my son were to eat it, because the pursuit of quality as a guarantee for the customer and the end consumer has enabled our Cooperative to obtain the most prestigious certifications present in Italy and Europe today. Quality is the driving force behind our business, from the fields to the table, and it is thanks to this that our salamis are also making a name for themselves in foreign markets.

Marco, CLAI farm manager

We directly cultivate 380 hectares of land, so we produce part of the feed for our farms. Because a diet made of wholesome and natural plant products helps our farmers obtain excellent pork for the production of our salami. Love for the land also translates into the Cooperative's commitment to the environment and sustainability: in 2013, CLAI inaugurated the Biogas plant that creates clean energy from the reuse of processing by-products, a plant from which the Cooperative draws all the energy it needs.

Elisa, Macellerie del Contadino CLAI

To enter Macellerie del Contadino CLAI is to encounter a living, breathing place where so many good products must be ready to be chosen and taken home. For those of us who work here, every moment of the day has its meaning and every role its indispensability. Indeed, as women, balancing a demanding job with the activities of being a housewife and mother is not easy. But we love working with people. Every day we have the opportunity to interact with colleagues and a diverse clientele. We do this through our duties: those serving behind the counter, those at the cash register, those in the kitchen. And we do it together, helping each other. We are convinced that "being a woman" brings added value to our Cooperative, where our feminine nature is able to optimally manage the values of trust and empathy in the relationship with the customer: from the young bride who asks you for advice on the best cut of meat to make a pot roast, to the person who wants a good wine to go with the board of cold cuts and cheeses. It is precisely the people who represent what gives value to our work and who, upon entering the Butcher Shops in the morning, make us say: today will still be a new experience.

Giovanni, President

Each of our salami is the result of a challenge: to produce goodness by cultivating values and passion. And our enterprise grows only by valuing people and giving everyone a way to do so. This is also how the quality of our salami grows, thanks in part to our capacity for innovation, supported by continuous investment in the evolution of work and product wellness processes. CLAI salami is the passion of three generations of men and women who, with commitment and dedication, carry on the project of their fathers: farmers and workers, members of the Cooperative protagonists of the entire food chain.

Example of supply chain: our cured pork cheek.

Only 100% Italian meat from the CLAI supply chain and no preservatives: starring in some of Italy's most famous recipes.