Salamissimo
Also known as: Wiltmann Salamissimo, Salamissimo mini salami, Salamissimo mini salamis, Salamissimo to go
Salamissimo is the mini-salami snack line of Wiltmann, a family firm from Peckeloh in Germany: air-dried, mildly smoked and Mini-Cabanossi sticks in 80 g packs and XXL formats.
Salamissimo (Wiltmann mini salamis, German salami snack sticks) is a line of small, thin salamis from the Westphalian family firm Wiltmann. They are made of pork, ripened with cultures and sold as air-dried, mildly smoked or hot-smoked snacks that are eaten cold from the pack without cooking.
The range on Wiltmann's own site includes air-dried Mini-Salamis Klassik, Pikant and poultry (with vegetable fat) at 80 g, an Antipasti version with Parmesan, mild smoked Pur, salami pretzels, XXL packs of 200 and 300 g, and the Salamissimo to go sets of 5 × 20 g salami and 5 × 25 g Mini-Cabanossi. The Klassik is made of pork, iodised salt, dextrose, spices, sodium nitrite and ripening cultures in an edible beef-collagen casing. An organic pack also appears in Open Food Facts, which lists 16 Salamissimo products.
Compared with Spanish fuet or the Italian cacciatorini, Salamissimo sticks are thinner and sold in German snack packs, and the Mini-Cabanossi is the German take on Polish kabanos.
On the shelf, look for «Salamissimo» in a coloured band on the Wiltmann bag or tray, with the band colour changing by variety: orange for Klassik, red for Scharf, purple for Antipasti Parmesan, and a clear window showing the sticks.
Facts
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| House range | mini salami snack sticks (raw sausage) |
| Casing | thin sticks in edible beef-collagen casing; 80 g, 200 g and 300 g packs, to go 5 × 20 g and 5 × 25 g |
| Minimum maturation | air-dried or mildly smoked; ripening duration not stated |
How it connects to Cured meats & charcuterie
Salamissimo → similar → Salami → kind of → Dry-cured sausages → kind of → 🥓 Cured meats & charcuterie
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Frequently asked questions
Who makes Salamissimo?
Franz Wiltmann GmbH & Co. KG makes it in Peckeloh, near Versmold in North Rhine-Westphalia. The family firm dates from 1887, and its own site calls the ripening floors for its salami the «Salami-Himmel».
Is the casing edible?
The ingredient list names an edible casing of beef collagen. The Open Food Facts entry gives it as collagen from cattle, so the wrapper is not pork-only even though the filling is pork.
Is there an organic version?
Open Food Facts lists a 70 g pack with the German organic mark DE-ÖKO-003 and another entry with the EU organic logo, so organic packs exist alongside the standard range.
Which flavours exist?
The air-dried sticks come as Klassik, Pikant and poultry; there is also an Antipasti pack with Parmesan, a mildly smoked Pur and salami pretzels, plus Mini-Cabanossi in the to go sets.
What else does the maker sell?
About 80 % of its output is raw and dry sausage; the rest includes aspic, fresh sausage, pâté and cooked ham. Salami has been central since the Original Wiltmann Salami of 1958.
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Sources
- Wiltmann — Snacks
- Wiltmann — Unternehmen
- Wiltmann — Geschichte
- Open Food Facts — Salamissimo Klassik
- Open Food Facts — Wiltmann