Since 2010, we have been bringing the tradition and excellence of Portuguese-style grilled chicken beyond borders. Our goal? To become the reference brand in charcoal-grilled chicken—where quality is not just our priority, but our signature.
We hold the rigorous IFS Food (International Featured Standards) certification and work exclusively with leading national poultry producers. All of them share our high standards, holding certifications such as IFS Food and the Animal Welfare label.
IFS Food is an internationally recognized certification awarded to food processing companies, ensuring the highest standards of quality and food safety. It involves regular product testing and strict process controls, evaluating Frangus’s ability, as a food producer, to consistently deliver safe, high-quality products in compliance with legal requirements and customer specifications. In short, it guarantees that our products meet rigorous standards of hygiene, control, and reliability—building trust with every customer.
The Animal Welfare label ensures that our chicken comes from farms and slaughterhouses audited under internationally recognized welfare protocols, including AWIN (Animal Welfare Indicators), which assess factors such as nutrition, health, housing, and animal behavior.
Our production process begins as soon as the raw materials arrive at our facilities. Although the chickens are delivered fresh (immediately after slaughter) and already classified as Grade A, a second rigorous selection is carried out to ensure the Frangus quality standard. Any chickens that do not meet our strict criteria in weight, appearance, texture, or density are excluded and returned to suppliers for alternative use - reinforcing our commitment to sustainability.
After this selection, the chickens move tto the preparation phase, where they are seasoned with our “house salt” (a secret recipe that enhances the flavour) and stored in a controlled environment for at least 24 hours, allowing each chicken to absorb this traditional flavour.
Only then are they ready to be grilled, manually and traditionally, by experienced grill masters on grills fueled by 0% charcoal – an ecological choice that does not release toxins and guarantees the chicken an authentic and healthy flavour. This entire process is completely manual, without the use of machines, which requires skilled and experienced people.
Once grilled, the chicken is finished with one of our four signature sauces: lemon, garlic and parsley, orange and spicy. Each sauce is exclusive, known only to a select few within the company, and made using freshly squeezed fruit and natural ingredients—free from preservatives, GMOs, palm oil, or artificial additives.
The chicken then undergoes an deep-freezing process - an extremely rapid method that subjects the product to a thermal shock, preserving its organoleptic properties (flavour, texture, aroma, and appearance), as well as essential nutrients and vitamins. Deep-freezing offers many advantages: it keeps products fresh and ready at any time, preserves their original quality, reduces food waste, prevents bacterial growth, and avoids water loss during thawing.
Finally, the product is packaged and stored for distribution in temperature-controlled vehicles. This entire process ensures a shelf life of at least one year, guaranteeing that our customers receive the highest quality product.
While technology plays an important role throughout the process, our methods remain largely manual and traditional. This balance between innovation and tradition allows us to offer products that honor heritage while meeting modern expectations - healthy, Mediterranean-inspired cuisine that preserves the timeless flavours of Portugal.
Here, we bring you the true taste of charcoal-grilled chicken: fresh, traditional, and crafted with passion - always with the same commitment to quality.
