The fat, bacon and its salami were demanded products in the European market. Mangalica lard is lighter, and melts at a lower temperature, than lard from other pigs, because it contains more unsaturated fat.įrom the beginning of the 19th century until 1950 it was the most popular swine breed in Hungary. This is due to the natural diet of forage, wheat, corn and barley.

The meat of the Mangalica pig is reddish, highly marbled with creamy white fat, and is high in omega-3 fatty acids and natural antioxidants. Its meat is considered among the tastiest pork in the world. In fact, the Mangalitsa is one of the fattiest pigs in the world with fat accounting for 65% to 70% of its body weight. Mangalitsa does not require special care and has good fattening ability. Initially the pig was reserved for the Habsburg Royalty, but because of its great taste it became so popular that by the end of the 19th century it was the main breed in Europe. The resulting Mangalitsa sported curly hair and were inclined to put on much weight. The Mangalisa is the last pig in existence to sport this unusual fleece, and it was nearly lost to extinction by the 1990s, when fewer than 200 pigs remained.īreeding of the Mangalitsa started in the 1830s in the Austro-Hungarian Empire after Archduke Joseph Anton Johann, the seventh son of the Roman Emperor Leopold II, received some Sumadija pigs from a Serbian prince, and crossed them with Bakony and Szalonta pigs. The only other pig breed noted for having a long coat is the now extinct Lincolnshire Curly Coat of England. The fleece can be black, or red, but is most commonly blond. Mangalitsa or Mangalica is a rare breed of pig of Hungarian origin that has an unusual growth of curly hair over its body, akin to that of a sheep.

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