Calderón y Ramos

Calderón y Ramos is a Spanish family-owned business group based in Guijuelo, in the province of Salamanca, dedicated to the production and elaboration of Iberian pork products. According to its own corporate presentation, the group has been working since 1982 to keep alive a local tradition of Iberian curing, and it describes itself as "more than a business group" — a family enterprise built on a passion for the origin and elaboration of its products. Its commercial face is the brand Estrella de Castilla, under which its fresh and cured Iberian products are marketed. The company operates vertically across the whole production chain. Its own account states that it carries out every phase of production, from the selection of raw materials and the cutting of the meat through to the finished fresh and cured Iberian products, as well as Iberian fats and meat meals. This vertical integration is presented as the basis of its quality and food-safety guarantees. The group says it works across all its departments to ensure maximum excellence and that it complies with all relevant certifications, adding its own commitment as the most important of all. Guijuelo is one of Spain's best-known Iberian ham producing areas, and Calderón y Ramos positions itself squarely within that tradition. Its product range centres on Iberian pork: fresh cuts, cured hams and shoulders, and other cured Iberian specialities, together with fats and meat meals. The company also maintains a professional area on its website for trade customers, who can log in to access digital catalogues with the latest products. Export is a significant part of the business. Estrella de Castilla is authorised to export to all countries of the European Union and also to third countries including Japan, Mexico, Canada, Vietnam and Singapore, where the company says it has met and maintained the demanding health and hygiene requirements. The group emphasises a firm commitment to the environment and to the workers who make its products possible, describing nature as its workplace and stating that it protects it because without it the business could not exist. It also stresses a family character, a highly qualified and committed workforce, and a spirit of entrepreneurship that has led it to reinvest profits and grow in a sustainable and constant way. Calderón y Ramos is a private, family-controlled group rather than a listed company. Its public profile is closely tied to the Estrella de Castilla brand and to the Guijuelo designation, and its communications emphasise tradition, origin, quality and food safety rather than scale or financial results.

Calderón y Ramos traces its activity back to 1982, when, according to its corporate presentation, the group began working to keep alive the Iberian curing tradition of Guijuelo. The company describes itself as the fruit of a passion for the origin and elaboration of its products, and it has built its identity around the idea of continuity with a legendary local tradition of Iberian ham production. From the outset the group adopted a vertically integrated model. Its own account states that it continues to carry out all phases of production, from the selection of raw materials and the cutting of the meat through to obtaining fresh and cured Iberian products, as well as Iberian fats and meat meals. This control over the whole chain is presented as the foundation of its quality and food-safety standards. The group has grown as a family business. It says its effort, work and family character have always relied on a highly qualified and committed human team, and that its entrepreneurial spirit has motivated it to reinvest profits and grow in a sustainable and constant way. Over the years it has developed the Estrella de Castilla brand as the commercial face of its Iberian products, marketed from Guijuelo, one of Spain's most recognised Iberian ham areas. A major strand of the company's development has been export. Estrella de Castilla is authorised to export to all countries of the European Union and also to third countries such as Japan, Mexico, Canada, Vietnam and Singapore, where the company says it has met and maintained the exhaustive health and hygiene conditions required. This export capability reflects both the scale of its facilities and its compliance with international food-safety requirements. The company also emphasises environmental and social commitment. It states that tradition and craft cannot be understood without commitment — a firm commitment to the environment and to each of the workers who make its products possible. It adds that a deep environmental awareness accompanies its commitment to tradition and origin, describing nature as its workplace, which it cares for and protects because without it the business could not exist. Today Calderón y Ramos presents itself as more than a business group: a family enterprise that combines tradition with modern facilities equipped with innovative machinery, strict and meticulous care at every stage of elaboration, and a professional area serving trade customers with digital catalogues. Its public profile remains closely tied to the Estrella de Castilla brand and to the Guijuelo Iberian tradition.

• 1982

  Calderón y Ramos begins operating in Guijuelo, working to maintain the local Iberian curing tradition.

• Estrella de Castilla is authorised to export to all European Union countries.

• Estrella de Castilla gains and maintains authorisation to export to third countries including Japan, Mexico, Canada, Vietnam and Singapore.

Traditional, family-run Guijuelo producer of vertically integrated, quality- and export-certified Iberian pork products.

• Iberian cured ham (jamón ibérico)

• Iberian cured shoulder (paleta ibérica)

• Fresh Iberian pork products

• Iberian fats

• Meat meals

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