The know-how inherited generation after generation since 1900, La Rioja, a unique region, the best raw material and the need to improve day by day, make Martinez Somalo a unique company, as well as its products and its artisans.
There are many cured sausages and hams, but only one Martínez Somalo. Try it and you will feel the difference.
Martínez Somalo, as always.
The Mediterranean diet with rich cultural roots, is a healthy and sublime for the most demanding palates.
It is not about trends, it is a delicious craving with high nutritious qualities, where the Serrano ham is one of the main characters.
“With an intense red color, with garnet tints of red wine…deep smell of paprika and spices...
In the mouth, tasty, with a light spicy touch, persistent to the palate, decisive.”
Healthy taste; the pork loin is a main character of diets, first actor of a healthy and diverse diet.
A delight for everybody.
The history of Martinez Somalo is a family history. Founded in 1900 by José Martínez Campo. At that time, they started to elaborate products from the slaughtering of the pig that used to be marketed in his town and in the closest locations. The processing plant was called La Gloria Riojana in those days.
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If we talk about tradition, we talk about Martínez Somalo. Four generations of craftsmen dedicated to search the best product from the beginning.
“Martinez Somalo” and “La Gloria Riojana” (registered in 1921) are our main trademarks.
And up there, in the mountains, only the whisper of the wind, weather and our know-how take care of the rest.
Martinez Somalo has evolved. At the moment it is being managed by the fourth family generation, but with great professionals in management positions.
We have developed new products as our “chorizo with wine” or our range of “BBQ chorizos with international flavors”, wine, Curry, Inferno, Mediterranean and Grill Arizona).
We develop our R+D+I in cooperation with the CTIC-CITA (Technological Centre of the Meat Industry in La Rioja).
A healthy art. Pleasure for the senses.
More than one hundred years maintaining the tradition, a dream, the best products.
More than one hundred years creating unique tastes, looking at every detail, from the birth of the pork until our chorizos and hams become a tasty and one of a kind passion. Art, health; the only way to understand a Martínez Somalo.
Our Riojano Chorizo shows percentages of unsaturated fatty acids similar to the one of the olive oil or salmon, according to Yolanda Alastrue, researcher of the University of La Rioja.
Balanced and intense aroma, persistent, with paprika preponderance, besides hints of garlic, intense flavor, lasting, balanced between lean and fat. Its proteins, of great biological value, add lots of energy. It is one of the key products of our culinary tradition.
And what can we say about the ham; basic ingredient of the Mediterranean diet, flavor and health together in one product.
The Serrano ham contains iron, zinc, calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6 and vitamins of the Group D, therefore it has such a high nutritional value.
Half of its fats are unsaturated. The main fatty acid that constitutes it is the oleic acid. The olive oil is the only food that contains more of this acid than the Serrano ham.
The fats are very important in our organism, since they give us energy, build cellular structures and have fat-soluble vitamins, besides adding color and smell to the food.
We meet the strictest National as well as International standards and certifications.
We are certified with the prestigious regulations BRC “British Retail Consortium” and IFS (International Food Standard).
We also have the ETG of Jamón Serrano (Guaranteed Traditional Specialty) and are part of the Foundation of Jamón Serrano and also of the Consortium of Jamón Serrano and the Consortium of Chorizo Español, as well as the IGP (Protected Geographic Indication) of Chorizo Riojano.
We are also certified with the environment regulation 14001.
All of these certifications demand exhaustive controls during the whole production process.
