This research was supported by LR11/2003 art.11, 200502425001 and
LR 26/05 art. 23. The authorswould like to thankMicaela Morgante, Elena
Saccà, Mauro Vitale, Saida Favotto, and Angela Sepulcri for the technical
assistance. Authors are thankful to the Consorzio del Prosciutto di San
Daniele for its collaboration.
loss during salting and therefore increasing ham production yields.