Cecina de Vaca from the Province of León (Carrizo de la Ribera) Cecina is a cured meat or salted meat (it is not a sausage, as this type of processed meat is produced inside a casing) whose production method has many points in common with that of cured ham, so much so that it is often colloquially called cow's ham. In the case of cecina, the curing process is carried out on beef (the most common and the most gastronomically valued). Cecina is rich in iron, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, sodium, and is one of the superfoods increasingly popular with sportsmen and women due to its low fat content and high biological value proteins.