Edel-Salami
Also known as: Stockmeyer Edel-Salami, Echte Stockmeyer Edel-Salami, Edelsalami mild geräuchert, Edel-Salami mild smoked
Edel-Salami is the mild smoked pork salami of Stockmeyer, a German maker from Sassenberg-Füchtorf founded in 1913, sold as sliced trays of 100–150 g and whole sticks.
Edel-Salami (Stockmeyer Edelsalami, fine German smoked salami) is a pork salami with a fine grain and a mild smoke, which Stockmeyer names as one of its two classics, next to Teewurst. It is a raw sausage, ripened with cultures and smoked, and it is eaten cold without cooking, mostly as slices on bread.
On the pack the ingredients are pork, salt, dextrose, spices (with mustard), spice extracts, beetroot powder as a colouring food, sodium ascorbate, sodium nitrite, ripening cultures and smoke; one pack states 120 g of pork for 100 g of salami. Open Food Facts lists seven Edel-Salami products, mostly mild smoked slices of 100–150 g and a 650 g stick, some under retailer names such as Marken-Metzger or Farmländer that carry the Stockmeyer name. The salami is made at Füchtorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, by a firm that also supplies private-label ranges.
The same name, Edelsalami, is used by other German makers, and the term means a fine-grained, mild salami, unlike Landjäger, which are pressed and smoky, or kabanos, which are thin and hard.
On the shelf, look for «Edel-Salami» in large dark-blue letters with «mild geräuchert» in green, under the round Stockmeyer logo marked «Deutsche Markenwurst 1913».
Facts
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| House range | mild smoked pork salami (raw sausage) |
| Casing | sliced trays of 100–150 g; whole stick 650 g |
How it connects to Cured meats & charcuterie
Edel-Salami → similar → Salami → kind of → Dry-cured sausages → kind of → 🥓 Cured meats & charcuterie
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- Stockmeyer
- Similar and different
- Salami
Frequently asked questions
Who makes it?
Westfälische Fleischwarenfabrik Stockmeyer makes it in Sassenberg-Füchtorf. The firm was founded in 1913 in Versmold and now belongs to the heristo group, which also owns the Balcerzak brand.
What does «mild geräuchert» mean?
It means mildly smoked. The ingredient list ends with smoke and ripening cultures, and one version names beech-wood smoke. The taste is milder than a hard Hungarian-style or heavily smoked salami.
Why does the list include beetroot powder?
Beetroot powder is a colouring food that keeps the slice red. It sits beside sodium nitrite, which cures the pork, and sodium ascorbate, which helps the red colour hold.
Is every Edelsalami from Stockmeyer?
No. Wiltmann also sells an Edel-Salami in 80, 200 and 500 g, and other makers use Edelsalami as a product name. Check for the Stockmeyer name on the label.
In what sizes does it come?
Open Food Facts shows sliced trays of 100 g and 150 g, a bulk pack of 650 g and a 150 g spicier variant called Herzhafte Edelsalami, all smoked.
Similar
ℹ️ The International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) classifies processed meat as a Group 1 carcinogen: according to WHO, every 50 g eaten daily raises the risk of colorectal cancer by about 18%.
Sources
- Stockmeyer — Marken
- Stockmeyer — Handelsmarken
- Open Food Facts — Edel-Salami mild geräuchert 150 g
- Open Food Facts — Edel-Salami 100 g
- Open Food Facts — Stockmeyer