The clams, Callista Chione, caught in the Central Mediterranean Sea – Adriatic Sea with dredges, in 300g packages are equivalent to 1 kg of fresh product.
The fasolaro (or common cockle) is a bivalve mollusk belonging to the Veneridae family. It grows in Italy, particularly in the northern Adriatic area, in the Gulf of Venice, in deep waters, far from the coast, on sandy bottoms. It is exclusively a fishing product. It has an oval, thick, shiny shell, reddish-brown or pinkish-brown in color, and is whitish and shiny inside. Living offshore in saltier waters, fasolari generally have more flavorful meat than other mollusks.
The half-shell clam is processed within a few hours of the mollusks being caught, by the same fishermen, at the onshore facility. Therefore, the product is packaged and frozen within a maximum of 12 hours of being caught. Vacuum-packed in skin packaging.