During the dry fermented sausage storage only minor weight losses were observed (lower than 1.5%), which were not affected (P > 0.05) by product formulation. Such low levels of weight loss can be attributed to the product packaging which limited the desiccation process during the storage. The pH values of the dry sausage were not affected (P > 0.05) by the sausage formulation and storage period; for this reason only the pH mean values were reported (NF: 5.00 ` 0.08; LFKG: 4.82 ` 0.05; LFK10: 4.89 ` 0.06; LFK20: 4.99 ` 0.07).