When minced raw pork is prepared without curing or smoking, it is called simply Mett.

In January 1995, 23 children became very ill, one of whom died, which the coroner found was a result of eating garlic mettwurst.

In the United States, mettwurst is most commonly associated with the city of Cincinnati, where it is regarded as a signature dish.

[2] The town of Mineola, Iowa, which was settled almost exclusively by immigrants from Schleswig-Holstein, hosts an annual heritage dinner with "Schoening-style" cold-smoked Mettwurst known in the Low German dialect as Metvuss.

Finnish meetvursti resembles the Dutch metworst or salami; it is dry, hard, strong-flavored and dense, and is eaten as a cold cut on bread.