Ingredients: Beef, salt, dextrose, natural flavors. Preservatives: sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate.

Bresaola is a well-known and beloved cured meat, yet there's still some confusion about its nature, origins, and how it's made. For example, it might seem superfluous to point out that bresaola is not made from pork but from beef, yet sometimes it's necessary to clarify. One of the lesser-understood aspects is the composition of this Valtellina cured meat: what are the ingredients of bresaola? Let's find out.