Features Overview

Fibrous ST

ST is our standard fibrous casing; our workhorse. It’s available in the world's most comprehensive range of calibers, and, with its multiple features and options, it can be fine-tuned to suit the specific needs of wide-ranging applications. Our standard fibrous casing is often used for products that consumers associate with the reliable quality of established brands.

Recommended for demanding applications that require superior size control.

Features:
- Largest range of calibers: 28-245 mm
- Largest color range
- Superior caliber consistency
- Superior strength
- Largest range of meat adhesion levels
- Largest range of tailor-made options
- High transparency
- Biodegradable
- Various paper carrier grades
Benefits:
- Superior stuffing and clipping performance
- Extremely consistent final product size
- Less breakage
- Optimized yields
- Optimized shirring
- Improved process efficiency
- Reduced waste
Typical Applications:
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami, dry and semi-dry sausages
- Cooked and smoked sausages
- Smoked cheese
- Whole-muscle and luncheon meats
- Spice-coated products
- Vegetarian sausages
- Sliced products
- Chub sausages
- Frozen-peeled products

Fibrous MAX

Max is our standard (ST) fibrous casing technology combined with pre-stretching for maximized dry flat width in addition to the ST properties.

Recommended for optimized hornfit and maximized meters per strand through our unique spiral shirring technology.

Features:
- Caliber range: 35-195 mm
- Greater flat width
- Superior caliber consistency
- Superior strength
- Largest range of meat adhesion levels
- Largest range of tailor-made options
- High transparency
Benefits:
- Superior hornfit (when combined with spiral shirring)
- Reduced fat separation during stuffing
- Reduced stuffing pressures
- Improved particle definition
- More meters per strand or larger hornfit
- Superior stuffing performance
- Extremely consistent final product size
- Less breakage
Typical Applications:
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami, dry and semi-dry sausages
- Cooked and smoked sausages
- Smoked cheese
- Luncheon meats
- Whole-muscle products
- Spice-coated products
- Vegetarian sausages
- Sliced products
- Chub sausages
- Frozen-peeled products

Fibrous Glide

Glide is our standard (ST) fibrous casing technology combined with a special internal coating for extremely smooth internal surface. This high-quality casing is recommended for stuffing whole-muscle and large-chunk products that require a premium easy-glide feature. Glide has also shown outstanding peeling results in frozen applications.

Recommended for stuffing large-piece meat products and for peeling frozen products.

Features:
- Caliber range: 75-165 mm
- Good gliding properties
- Superior caliber consistency
- Superior strength
- Largest range of meat adhesion levels
- High transparency
Benefits:
- Extremely consistent final product size
- Superior stuffing performance
- Less breakage
- High efficiency
Typical Applications:
- Frozen-peeled products
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Smoked cheese
- Whole-muscle products
- Vegetarian sausages
- Sliced products
- Chub sausages

Fibrous Xtreme

Xtreme is a multilayer fibrous casing with an adhesion promoter on the inside layer and a moisture retention aid on the outside layer making hard stuffing and peeling possible. It's designed to tolerate extreme conditions in dry sausage production with in-house peeling and slicing.

Recommended for hard stuffing and high-speed peeling.

Features:
- Caliber range: 32-100 mm
- Moisture barrier
- Optimized adhesion/peelability
- Superior caliber consistency
- Superior strength
- Limited range of meat adhesion levels
- High transparency
Benefits:
- Product hardening prevention
- Equalized production condition differences
- Extremely consistent final product size
- Superior stuffing performance
Typical Applications:
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami, semi-dry and dry sausages
- Cooked and smoked sausages
- Smoked cheese
- Luncheon meats
- Whole-muscle products
- Spice-coated products
- Vegetarian sausages
- Sliced products
- Chub sausages
- Frozen-peeled products

Fibrous XLFibrous XL

XL is our fibrous casing technology combined with reliable, lightweight construction. It’s a good alternative when the superior properties of the ST casing aren't needed.

Recommended for firm meat-cling applications.

Features:
- Caliber range: 32-100 mm
- Lightweight construction
- High caliber consistency
- High strength
- Medium range of meat adhesion levels
- High transparency
- Good stretchability
- Wrinkle resistance
- Good permeability
Benefits:
- Highly consistent final product size
- High stuffing performance
- Good smoke pickup
Typical Applications:
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami and dry sausages
- Semi-dry sausages
- Luncheon meats

Fibrous Brilliant

Brilliant is our XL fibrous casing technology that features reliable, lightweight construction combined with a specially developed coating to create a glossy appearance that will catch the customer’s attention.

Recommended for dry and semi-dry products sold as chubs and presented in casings.

Features:
- Caliber range: 35-100 mm
- Glossy appearance
- High caliber consistency
- High strength
- Medium range of meat adhesion levels
- High transparency
- Good stretchability
- Wrinkle resistance
- Good permeability
Benefits:
- High stuffing performance
- Highly consistent final product size
- Improved presentation
Typical Applications:
- Chub sausages
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami and dry sausages
- Semi-dry sausages
- Luncheon meats

Fibrous CRF

CRF is the thinnest fibrous casing ever produced with a matte appearance designed to outperform and replace collagen casings by offering the benefits of the fibrous casing, such as strength, caliber consistency and high-speed stuffing performance. It’s also thinner for more meters per strand to allow faster soaking, with greater transparency for better product-structure visibility.

Recommended for chub sausages and when control of the final product size isn't critical.

Features:
- Caliber range: 36-75 mm
- Matte appearance
- Thinnest
- Superior transparency
- Good caliber consistency
- High strength
Benefits:
- More meters per strand
- Faster soaking, no brine needed
- Good stuffing performance
- Excellent overstuffing possibilities
- Lower production costBenefits:
  - More meters per strand
  - Faster soaking, no brine needed
  - Good stuffing performance
  - Excellent overstuffing possibilities
  - Lower production cost
Typical Applications:
- Chub sausages
- Luncheon meats
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami and dry sausages
- Semi-dry sausages
- Cooked and smoked sausages
- Vegetarian sausagesTypical Applications:
  - Chub sausages
  - Luncheon meats
  - Cooked and smoked hams
  - Salami and dry sausages
  - Semi-dry sausages
  - Cooked and smoked sausages
  - Vegetarian sausages

Fibrous FLX

FLX is the thinnest fibrous casing ever produced with a glossy appearance. It's thinner for more meters per strand to allow faster soaking, with greater transparency for better product-structure visibility. This thin casing creates significant potential for time and cost savings in the production process.

Recommended for chub sausages and when control of the final product size isn't critical.

Features:
- Caliber range: 36-75 mm
- Thinnest
- Glossy appearance
- Superior transparency
- Good caliber consistency
- High strength
Benefits:
- More meters per strand
- Faster soaking, no brine needed
- Good stuffing performance
- Excellent overstuffing possibilities
- Lower production costBenefits:
  - More meters per strand
  - Faster soaking, no brine needed
  - Good stuffing performance
  - Excellent overstuffing possibilities
  - Lower production cost
Typical Applications:
- Chub sausages
- Luncheon meats
- Cooked and smoked hams
- Salami and dry sausages
- Semi-dry sausages
- Cooked and smoked sausages
- Vegetarian sausages

Fibrous Preserve

Preserve is any fibrous casing except Xtreme supplied with an antimycotic coating to inhibit and reduce fungal growth. It works in the toughest production conditions where fungal growth is a problem. Preserve’s active component, natamycin, has been used in the food industry for decades to combat fungal outgrowth in meats and dairy products and it’s approved by the safety authorities.

Recommended for extended product storage without mold growth.

Features:
- Caliber range: 32-100 mm (larger calibers upon request)
- Applicable to all basic fibrous casings
- Available in all adhesion levels
- Combinable with all color alternatives
- Compliant with all EU and US food regulations
- Adjustable antifungal properties
- Two standard levels: Pr High 1 and Pr Low 3
Benefits:
- Inhibited fungal growth
- Less mold: Impairs the conditions that could encourage mold growth
Typical Applications:
- Salami, semi-dry and dry sausages

Fibrous Super Protect

Super Protect is a designed tailor-made solution for high demanding white mold salamis. Its development involved extensive customer feedback and rigorous field testing.

Recommended for use in scenarios where achieving white mold growth or coverage is essential.

Features
- More meters per strand
- Optimized hornfit options
- Superior stuffability
- Size consistency
- Tailor-made casing construction and greater hanging weight
- Great adhesion offering for optimized performance
Benefits
- Increased production output
- Less smear, better hornfit
- Increased stuffing speed and less breakage
- Great shoulder formation, uniform drying and increased slicing yields
- Optimized rack load, less slicing waste, better yields and reduced amount of sausage end cuts
- Improved peeling output and slicing yields
Typical applications
- Winter Salami
- Hungarian salami
- Rossette
- All applications with ripening times of up to 10-12 weeks, depending on the size and final quality. (Longer ripening times require testing)