Ternera de Aliste

Fresh meat and offal from young cattle slaughtered between 8 and 12 months of age, reared in the Aliste comarca of Zamora, Spain. Two types are recognised: milk-fed animals, kept in stalls from birth and not weaned before slaughter, and grass-fed animals. Permitted carcass conformation classes are E, U, R or O, and the minimum maturation period for the meat is 4 days.

About this designation

Ternera de Aliste is a PGI covering fresh meat and offal from young cattle of breeds selected for meat performance and adapted to the Aliste geographical area of western Zamora, Spain. Animals are slaughtered between 8 and 12 months of age. Two production types are defined by the specification: milk-fed animals, which are kept in stalls from birth and are not weaned before slaughter, and grass-fed animals, which graze with their mothers before a second stage in stalls. Feed must be of plant origin and must be mainly cereal, with a minimum of 60 % of its quantitative composition, and may not exceed 50 % of the annual dry matter. The use of products that could interfere with normal growth and development is expressly forbidden. Permitted carcass conformation classes are E, U, R and O; the permitted fat cover is 2 or 3 for males and 2, 3 or 4 for females. The minimum maturation period for the meat is 4 days. Colour ranges from light pink in milk-fed animals to pink to red in grass-fed animals. The designation was registered as a PGI on 29 July 2013 under file number PGI-ES-01134 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000015956). The applicant body is the Asociación para la promoción de la ternera de Aliste (A.P.T.A.).

Source: The register document this entry was written from · retrieved August 26, 2026

Distinctive facts

• Registered as a PGI on 29 July 2013 under file number PGI-ES-01134 (eAmbrosia identifier EUGI00000015956).
• Animals must be slaughtered between 8 and 12 months of age; the minimum meat maturation period is 4 days.
• Feed must be of plant origin and mainly cereal, with a minimum of 60 % of its quantitative composition, and may not exceed 50 % of annual dry matter.
• Milk-fed animals are not weaned before slaughter; grass-fed animals must spend a minimum of 5 months at pasture before the stall stage.

Tasting notes

Castilian-Leonese veal IGP from Zamora (Aliste). Pink flavored flesh.

HoReCa use

Ternera de Aliste features on the menus of numerous restaurants in Spain, especially in Castile-León, and has been included in cookbooks and dining-out publications.

Packaging

• Same as other veal IGPs