1.Tougue 2.Gullet 3.Stomach 4.Hog Casing 5.Bug Cup 6.Chitterling or Hog Middle 7.Afterend 8.Fatend or Hog Bung 9.Bladder

Hog Casings are used for Cooked Sausage. Country Style Sausage, Fresh Pork Sausage, Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, large Frankfurters, Kishka, Kielbasa and Bratwurst...to name just some of the best-selling items.

Hog Casings - unstuffed, shown in hanks, tubed, and in tubs; also shown are examples of stuffed hog casings


Hog Casings are also sold in bundles called "shorts." Shorts are 1 to 2 meter lengths and usually classified as 35mm and up or 35mm and down. NOTE: "Green Weights" refers to the weight of a stuffed casing, prior to cooking or smoking , per 91 meter lengths.

HOG CASINGS by Bundle or Hank

Range
of Diam

mm.

Approx.
Capacity/Bundle
--Green Wt.kg

Product Examples

30

41 kg/down

Pork Sausage

30-32

41-45

Frankfurters, Italian Sausage

32-34

45-48

Pork Sausage, Bratwurst, Frankfurters, Italian Sausage

34-36

48-52

Pork Sausage,Bratwurst,Frankfurters, Italian Sausage

36/38

52-57

Smoked Sausage, Pepperoni,Bratwurst,ItalianSausage

38/40

57-61

Smoked Sausage, Kielbasa, Pepperoni,Rope Sausage

40/42

59-63

Smoked Sausage, Kielbasa, Pepperoni,Rope Sausage

42/44

61-64

Smoked Sausage, Kielbasa, Pepperoni,Rope Sausage

44/+

68kg/up

SpecilalityItems

Green weight: Stuffing capacity before cooking or smoking per 91 meters length

 

 

Supply units for hog casings

Supplied in hanks or bundles

Length:Standard 1 hank=100 yard=91meter;or by buyers¡¯ requirement

Lengths are measured manually, when the casings are wet.

 

Packing of hog casings

In dry salt or brine pack in barrels of 150 hanks

Pre-flushed pack in barrels

Soft or hard tubed pack in barrels

 

Preparing to stuff hog casings

First, rinse with fresh water. Then, soak in 30-32¡ãC water for at least thirty minutes prior to use; soaking over night is also quite typical.