Description
Natural Beef Bung Casings 102-114mm are a natural sausage casing. Ideal for large-diameter sausages like Mortadella, Bologna, Salami or Coppas. Beef bung is non-edible.
What Is Natural Beef Bung Casings
Beef Bung (also known as Beef or Ox Caps) is the cow’s appendix. Beef Bung is used for large caliber sausages such as mortadella, bologna, salami or coppas. Natural beef bung has a distinctly traditional look and texture.
Natural Beef Bung 102-114mm Product Details:
- Non-edible
- Ideal for large-diameter sausages like Mortadella, Bologna, Salami or Coppas
- 102 – 114mm (4 – 4 ½) approx length per strand
- Stuffing capacity: 10 -12 lbs*
- Includes one beef bung per container
- Also available in a 2 pack container
Preparing Natural Casings
- Remove approximate amount you will need.
- Place casings in a clean food safe bowl.
- Rinse casings of salt under cool running water.
- Flush insides of casings to assist in smooth casing application.
- For small casings (<42mm): place bowl in cool water to soak for about 2 hours in refrigerator prior to use.
- For larger casings (>42mm): place bowl of beef bung, middles and/or rounds in refrigerator to soak overnight prior to use.
- Optional for smell control – add ½ tsp baking soda per cup of water.
- Optional for tenderizing – squeeze a lemon or a add a tablespoon of white vinegar to soaking water to refresh casings.
Refrigeration
The natural casings should be kept refrigerated until ready for use. Un-refrigerated, these salted casings may give off a strong odor. This is Normal. Simply put the casings back into the refrigerator and the odor will subside. Natural casings should never be frozen. It affects their integrity after thawing and will cause more blowouts.
Shipping Information
Natural casings cannot be shipped outside the United States. All natural casings are non-refundable and non-returnable.
Natural Casings 101
Click here for more information on what type of natural casing to use.
*Casing capacity depends on meat/fill density, size/lengths of links or loops and how tightly casings being filled.






Phillip Aden Short Jr (verified owner) –
Picked the natural beef bung to try my hand at making homemade Haggis for St. Andrew’s day and everything worked perfectly as promised! I couldn’t have been happier with the casing or the service! I’ll definitely be repeating this order!
Joe T. (verified owner) –
giving it a try on my project. making a larger than normal stuffing.
Aaron Gardner (verified owner) –
Product delivered was as shown in magazine and when expected.
Charles Foley Sr. (verified owner) –
I bought a beef bung casing because i have a great salami recipe that was needing this casing to make the finished product sandwich size when completed. The salamis turned great. they have been through the smoker and are hanging in the refrigerator right now. one will be sliced up for our family Christmas buffet
Anita King (verified owner) –
Thank you
Adelina Donato (verified owner) –
We use these for the Capicolla and have been using these for years
Neil Nederfield (verified owner) –
They are the perfect size to cure homemade capacola ham in. I can fit 2 to 3 in each bung
Samuel Becnel (verified owner) –
I tried 2 they were better then I though they would be that’s why I order 6 more
Michael Szantyr (verified owner) –
The casing was perfect for my needs. I gave it 4 stars only because I don’t have something else to compare it to as this is the first attempt at making capicola.
John Schulte (verified owner) –
will be used in my first attempt at making coppa.
Andrew Szewczyk (verified owner) –
ok
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Always fresh. Great service. Quick delivery and good prices.
Leo Lech (verified owner) –
Great product and timely delivery
Greg (verified owner) –
As with everything I’ve bought through Sausage Maker from my grinder and stuffer to casings and bacteria starters, I am very happy with the bung I recently ordered.
Everything ships and shows up quickly and I’ve never had to deal with a mistake.
Robert (verified owner) –
I always sausage maker for my natural casings