OUR STORY
Since its founding in 1966, NIKAS has developed high-quality products with sheer dedication to excellence and taste. With every new step forward, we have become better. With every new product, we have become more creative. That’s how we have earned a special place in your heart.
Our unique story is part of the history of cold cuts that goes back more than 2,500 years. Cured meats have been a staple of Greek gastronomy since ancient times. People needed to preserve meat for long periods, so they invented the curing methods we still use to produce our sausages, bacon, ham, and salami. Today, Greeks can enjoy a large selection of premium local cold cuts created and perfected by generations of devoted butchers and meat specialists. Kavourmas from Evros, porchetta from Evritania, syglino from Mani, lountza from the Cyclades, and apaki from Crete, are only a few fine specimens of the diverse Greek meat-curing processes.
VISION
A MAN’S DREAM
NIKAS story began with one man’s dream to create unique cold cuts of the highest quality and safety standards. Today, his vision lives on. It fuels our pioneering spirit and drives us to keep growing boldly and responsibly.
TO SERVE THE HUMAN NEEDS
Since 1966, NIKAS has consistently won the consumers’ trust by providing the most innovative, nutritious, and tasty processed meat products.
Today, our high-quality cured meats are an all-day staple at the Greek family table. Our traditional and new-generation cold cuts serve every current human need in terms of taste and diet alike. It’s what we’ve been doing since the beginning and what we promise to do for years to come.
THE WAY WE MAKE IT POSSIBLE
- We use best practices, to make our environmental footprint greener.
- We create next-generation products with respect for diverse nutritional needs and preferences.
- We use the best raw materials, like the NITSIAKOS Ioannina chicken, to upgrade our products’ quality and endorse Greek producers.
- We work passionately to create products that combine superior taste and nutritional value.
QUALITY
We create unique processed meat products for everyday meals. Our cold cuts are made to be enjoyed by people with different preferences who share a common requirement for top quality, unbeatable taste, and high nutritional value. It’s for them that we strive to offer a wide variety of cured meats that cover every consumer need and pass every quality test. Before a NIKAS product reaches your table, it has been through many levels of inspection. First, we ensure our raw materials (meat, spices, etc.) are of the highest quality and confirmed origin. Finally, we put all our knowledge, experience, and care at your service to create delicious products that meet all the latest international standards.
Our official certifications for product quality and safety are:
The latest addition to NIKAS Quality Control Department’s arsenal is a new method of testing the meat we use in our products, the real-time PCR test. It’s a process that duplicates and analyzes specific DNA sequences to detect pathogenic microorganisms, allergens, and GMOs, identify animal species, etc. Our new in-house DNA analysis device helps us certify the origins, quality, and purity of our raw materials. That way, we can further ensure the superior quality of our end-products.
OUR PEOPLE
In NIKAS, we believe that people have the power to turn businesses into something greater: brands with a purpose! Our brand story is proof that when people commit to providing the best outcome, they develop products that win the hearts of consumers and stand the test of time. It’s those people that NIKAS has always invested in and will continue to do so.
It’s the way of thinking that has made NIKAS a synonym for premium quality cold cuts.
