Kitoza is a salted/dried meat (usually beef). Depending on the process conditions, the fermentation can be spontaneous. Sometimes, it is smoked in order to improve organoleptic and self-stability properties. It is a traditional product of Madagascar. It is also known as Biltong in Southern Africa.
Lanhouin is a salted/dried fish (Cassava fish, Pseudotolithus sp. ) spontaneously fermented. It is widely used as a condiment in Benin, Togo, and Ghana.
Kong (Catfish, Arius heudelotii) is traditionally smoked in Senegal for local and export markets. Such smoked fishes are not voluntarily fermented; however, a spontaneous fermentation step often takes place in the process of traditional dried fish.
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