Sustainability, very high quality of raw materials and territoriality are the criteria with which Longino & Cardenal has been researching, selecting and distributing rare and precious foods for high quality catering for over 30 years, anticipating international gastronomic trends.
It is the raw material, sustainable and of excellent quality, the absolute protagonist of the Longino & Cardenal catalogue, which in 2024 welcomes new partners and confirms the historical partners with an expansion of the proposed range. “I have always been convinced that quality and sustainability are two elements that cannot exist separately from each other. Only an animal treated with care, fed in a healthy way, free to move will then be able to offer a good product, be it its meat or any derived product”, are the words of Riccardo Uleri, CEO of Longino & Cardenal. “It is from respect for the environment and animals – he continues – that we must start to obtain the raw materials that we define as rare and precious, because sustainability rhymes with quality. It is by highlighting this indisputable principle that we want to start again this year, to give value to the experience of cooking and tasting“.
What’s New 2024
The selection of products, curated to satisfy all the needs of true food connoisseurs and gourmet enthusiasts, it adds to a large catalog of products already distributed by Longino & Cardenal to luxury hotels, prestigious delicatessens, as well as to 80% of Italian starred restaurants. The journey in search of the best wild lobster to include in its catalog took Longino & Cardenal to Australia, to the pristine coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, where Brolos, a fishermen’s cooperative since 1950, the first in the
world certified eco-sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council, catches a wild spiny lobster, which contains most of its meat in its tail, in total respect of the marine environment. The offer of Don Gambero, a company part of the Longino group, is growing and enriched with new specialties which adds to its wide range of high quality Mediterranean crustaceans a new range of ready-to-use fish products: carpaccio of red prawn, purple shrimp and pink shrimp. Absolute novelty, the essence of Gambero Rosso. Longino & Cardenal makes the fish offer even richer with two fillets of the highest quality: the sea bream and the sea bass from the Delta of Lubimar, an Andalusian company that raises its fish in the lagoons of southern Spain, in extensive cultivations that reproduce the natural habitat of wild fish and at reduced density, to maintain optimal conditions that guarantee the animal’s well-being and a high level of natural nutrition, elements that contribute to generating a unique flavor and appearance on the market. 
Furthermore, the range of Mediterranean bluefin tuna from Fuentes, world leader in Premium Red Tuna farming, is growing, entering the catalog with a selection of ready-to-use tartares, easy to serve both for professionals in the sector and for food enthusiasts. Kitchen. A new cattle breed also enriches the Vacum catalog selected by Longino & Cardenal: the Cazurra, from Northern Spain, more precisely from Galicia and the Pyrenees area. And finally there is Jordà, a Belgian company born from the passion for gourmet food and the futuristic vision of chef Maarten Jordaens, awarded for culinary innovation by the “Gault Millau – Culinary Innovators Award – 2019”, chosen by Longino & Cardenal to bring to its catalog a innovative product, perfect for modern cuisine: crumbles and crunchies. (shoplongino.it)