Description
IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS BY TAG COLOUR Iberian ham can be quickly identified by the coloured tag attached near the hoof. There are four colours:- Black tag:for 100% Iberian acorn-fed ham. A black tag means the pig is 100% Iberian and, during the finishing period, was free-range in the dehesa, feeding on acorns and grass. Both parents are 100% Iberian and must be registered in the official Iberian pig herd book.
- Red tag: for Iberian acorn-fed ham. These hams come from pigs that are 50% or 75% Iberian and, during the finishing period, were free-range in the dehesa, feeding on acorns and grass.
- Green tag:for free-range grain-fed Iberian ham. These hams come from pigs that are 50% to 100% Iberian. They are raised free-range and feed on grain-based feed and natural resources, rather than finishing on acorns in the dehesa.
- White tag:for grain-fed Iberian ham. These products also come from pigs that are 50% to 100% Iberian, but they are farm-raised rather than free-range and are fed on formulated feed.




