Our story
Swiss roots.
Denver home.
We’re Charcutnuvo, a Denver sausage company with Swiss family roots. Our range spans natural and organic sausages, alongside our Regenerative Organic Certified® beef line. From familiar bratwurst to Mango Habanero, we bring generations of sausage-making craft to a table with room for something new.
Our purpose starts close to home: make food we want for our own families, and share it with yours.
What we stand for
Cleaner. Kinder. Better.
Cleaner. Kinder. Better. is the intention behind Charcutnuvo. Here’s what it means to us—and where you can see it in our story.
Cleaner.
Start with what we’d feed our own family.
Eric’s move into natural and organic food began with thinking about what he wanted his children to eat. That family motivation shapes the food we make. Our natural and organic ranges give you choices; each product’s label tells you what’s in it.
Explore our sausagesKinder.
Care for people, animals and the land.
Our Regenerative Organic Certified® beef line puts that intention into practice through a program built around soil health, animal welfare and farmworker fairness. It gives this part of our range a shared standard for care beyond the plate.
Learn about our ROC™ rangeBetter.
Make the first bite count.
We carry our family’s sausage-making craft into familiar favorites and bold flavors. Eric helped build the business by sharing tastings himself at farmers’ markets, Whole Foods and Costco roadshows. A conversation and a good first bite are part of how we earn a place at your table.
Read Eric’s March 2025 interview with Naturally Colorado.
Bring it to your tableGood food runs in the family.
The Niedermann and Gutknecht families have made their living in the butcher’s craft in Switzerland across multiple generations. Charcutnuvo carries that family connection to food into its life in Colorado.
Eric’s connection to the craft started early. In his 2024 ReGen Brands interview, he recalls packing sausages as a child, growing up in the family business and later studying sausage-making in Europe.
Continental Sausage began in Denver in 1969. After arriving from Zurich in the mid-1970s, the Gutknecht family joined the business, then purchased it in the mid-1980s. Eric Gutknecht took over leadership in 2003.
Today, Charcutnuvo is based in North Denver. Our range brings European sausage traditions together with flavors that feel right at home on a Colorado grill.
Old-world roots. New favorite flavors.
German-style bratwurst sits alongside bison, elk and Mango Habanero. We like that mix: a connection to where we came from, and room to try something new.
Whether you’re grilling with friends or getting dinner on the table, explore a familiar favorite or find a flavor that surprises you.
Shop organic · Shop all-natural · Explore variety packs
Sausage-making, up close.
A short look at the production line: sausages being linked, hung on racks and moved through the facility.
Let’s talk food.
Have a question about a product or an order? Get in touch, or email indulge@charcutnuvo.com.