Alpahirt has the vision to meat revolution taking place and show you that meat is something "good". As long as it is produced responsibly, sustainably and in the best sense of animal welfare, meat is a good thing. Extremely healthy, very environmentally friendly and simply delicious.
With our meat, we make it possible for you to eat healthily and naturally with a clear conscience, without any additives. Through the transparent, honest, sustainable and animal welfare-oriented production and refinement of our products, we create a unique pleasure and taste. And you will taste and feel that. All natural, just like in your great-grandfather's time. About the history
To bring you closer to our wonderful products, we work together with our fully committed team, with qualified distribution partners and a contemporary online presence every day to offer you the highest level of excellence.
The only secret is the recipe of Adrian's Urneni.
Alpahirt is Switzerland's leading address for sustainable dried meat until 2029 (i.e. my 160th birthday) and is synonymous with animal welfare, health and sustainability.
By 2025, we want to show that the production of pasture-raised meat can have a positive effect on the climate. We are already working hard to leave a better world for your children and grandchildren. Just like I did for Adrian. Your Anton
To deepen our values, to support our vision, to clarify our commitment and to achieve our future goals, we have a very simple formula based on my experience. Yours Anton, Urneni of the founder and Alpahirt likeness:
Calves are usually slaughtered after 3 to 5 months of life, cattle after 10 months. However, cattle can reach an age of up to 25 years, depending on breed, husbandry and care.
At the time of slaughter, the cows entrusted to us by the farmers from Graubünden are much older and heavier than usual - namely around 10 years old. The animal is naturally grown, so the meat has ideal fat coverage and is even more aromatic.
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Compared to other types of beans, soy contains particularly high levels of protein and is therefore often used as concentrated feed for fattening animals. It causes fast growth in farm animals and enables the industrial mass production of meat. Soya is needed for fattening in such large quantities that Switzerland buys in from countries such as Brazil. This in turn means that species-rich rainforests are cleared in order to cultivate species-poor soy monocultures.
Therefore: Alpahirt is committed to a humane animal husbandry one. The cows feed exclusively from lush grass, hay, clover and herbswhich grow in the Grisons Alps - completely without additives.
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To improve the shelf life of meat, preserve the red colour and create a characteristic aroma, most sausages are cured.
Pickling salts or nitrite pickling salts are mixtures of table salt and salts of nitric acid, including sodium nitrite, which is produced artificially. Nitrite converts in the body to nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic. According to a study, pickling salt in meat massively increases the risk of cancer.
Alpahirt knows all about the various additives and their effects and deliberately avoids artificial ingredients, just as its great-grandfather did. The products are therefore 100% free from pickling salt.
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Too much sugar in the body can make you sick and fat - so far, so well known. That is why people often pay attention to the conscious consumption of sweets. However, sugar is also hidden in many other foods where we do not even suspect it. This is also the case in sausages and other packaged meat products. It is used as a flavour carrier and preservative or simply to influence the texture and consistency.
Alpahirt renounces for meat products Completely on Sugar.
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More and more allergy sufferers (but also other people) have problems with their health. This is not least due to the many additives contained in industrially manufactured products - from preservatives to artificial flavours, colourings and emulsifiers. At Alpahirt, we do not use any additives at all. Besides nature and our conscience, there is also a dash of wine. That's it!
Alpahirt renounces for meat products Completely on any additives.
At Alpahirt, nothing really goes in that doesn't belong (and is pure). Besides the meat of happy cows, we use a little red wine and spices according to my old and secret recipe, which I passed on to my son and he to his grandson, Adrian Hirt (founder of Alpahirt). Nothing else, nothing at all! Your Anton, Urneni of the founder and Alpahirt likeness.
You want to know exactly where the meat comes from or how the animals are kept? No problem, I'll be happy to answer all your questions. Your Anton
