Organic Lambrusco from OPERA 02, Modena, Italy

FrigoGel was born during the 1940s, when the founder Mario Castelli established the first business of Pork meat and related by-products processing and marketing. His passion, knowledge and technique were handed down to two of his sons, Giuseppe and Enzo and they increased the business.
They set up a dedicated laboratory and a retailing workshop. Their meat shop has still a big local-wide success. Enzo’s son, Fabrizio took over the company later on and their business has been expanding worldwide.

A picture of Enzo (Big Papa) is used for their logo.

This is the only factory in Italy that specializes in pork back ribs. It processes only the pork back ribs which contain delicious fat that Japanese enjoy, and is extracted from the pork produced for Parma ham in northern Italy. More than 100 containers of back rib pieces are collected weekly and sent to the futuristic meat factory where all processes are precisely controlled by computers, from the introduction of food materials, to manufacturing, all the way to shipment. MIC was the first to import their products to Japan in 2008. Their pork rib, which is shaped to a special standard, was introduced to the Japanese market, and its sales have exceeded all expectations.