Ciauscolo is a sausage that does not have the characteristics of a sliced meat. Although it looks like a common salami, when cut it is tender, creamy and spreadable (like nduja). … When cut, it has a colour between soft red and pink; to the touch, the grinding is very fine.Since 2006 it has obtained the Italian IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) recognition, confirmed in 2009 also by the European Union. To be recognized as such, however, is only the ciauscolo produced in the provinces of Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli Piceno: those in other neighboring areas, although similar in processing, can not affix the PGI mark.
