What calibre are your sheep casings?

20/22 mm, the narrow calibre for fresh sausages, merguez and chipolata.

Are sheep casings in stock?

We supply them on request. Send your calibre and volume, and we reply with a price and a delivery time.

How do they differ from beef casings?

Beef casings (runderdarmen) are 38/40 mm, wider, for fresh, smoked and coarser cooked sausage. Sheep casings are the narrow option.

Sheep casings (schapendarmen) 20/22 mm wholesale

Natural sheep casings (schapendarmen) in the 20/22 mm calibre, the narrow casing that gives fresh sausages, merguez and chipolata their traditional snap. They fill cleanly and hold on a production stuffing line.

Supplied salted and shipped chilled. Pack: hank of 91.3 metres. For butchers, charcutiers and sausage makers reordering on a production schedule.

Handled under EU approval NL208262EG and a HACCP food-safety plan, delivered DAP from Volendam across the EU and UK. Tell us your volumes and delivery country for a wholesale price.

Also known as: sheep casings, schapendarmen, natural casings, sausage casings, boyaux de mouton, sheep sausage casings 20/22 mm

Product
Product	Pack	Process	Brand	Storage
Schapendarmen 20/22 mm	Hank 91.3 meter	Salted		Chilled · On request

What sheep casings are used for

Sheep casings (schapendarmen) in 20/22 mm are the narrow natural casing that gives fresh sausages, merguez and chipolata their snap. For many craft sausage makers that bite is the detail they will not swap for a synthetic casing.

We supply them salted, in hanks of 91.3 metres, to butchers, charcutiers and sausage makers. Sheep casings are on request: tell us your volume and we come back with a price and a delivery time.

Before stuffing

Rinse the salt off and soak the casings before stuffing. Fill steadily and not too tight, or the casing splits when it cooks.

Specifications

Specifications
Calibre	20/22 mm
Length	Hank of 91.3 metres
Pack	bucket
Process	Salted
Storage	Chilled
EU approval number	NL208262EG

Frequently asked questions

What calibre are your sheep casings?: 20/22 mm, the narrow calibre for fresh sausages, merguez and chipolata.
How long is a hank?: 91.3 metres.
Are sheep casings in stock?: We supply them on request. Send your calibre and volume, and we reply with a price and a delivery time.
How do they differ from beef casings?: Beef casings (runderdarmen) are 38/40 mm, wider, for fresh, smoked and coarser cooked sausage. Sheep casings are the narrow option.