In addition to cecina, the house produces ham, chorizo ​​maragato, microwave products and cured cream of various flavors, such as chocolate or cheese.

Behind a large company there is usually a visionary, someone ahead of his time, with a nose for business and few assets, which usually supplies with much effort and better disposition. Self-made entrepreneurs who need very little to begin with: a barn (Ford), a garage (Apple), the trunk of a car (Nike) or a family barbecue (McDonald’s).

Within our borders, Don Pablo started in the cellars of a butcher shop in Astorga. It was the year 1977 and Pablo Barros, the founder of Cecinas Pablo, had taken over the carnage when his previous owners retired.

After spending years learning the secrets of the trade from below, first as an apprentice and then as a manager, he realizes that a traditional product like jerky is increasingly demanded among his parishioners and also realizes that he wants to “offer a noble product , of higher quality and made with traditional recipes and in a natural way ”