AGUA DE BENASSAL COMPANY: MORE THAN A CENTURY OF MINERAL MEDICINAL WATER

Agua de Benassal is a bottling company of natural mineral water located in Benassal, Castellón, in Valencia Region (Spain). The water comes from the Fuente en Segures spring.

This liquid pleasure was extracted from nature more than a century ago. Nowadays we can still afford the luxury of enjoying water from Benassal which has not only a delicious taste, but also beneficial properties for our health. The water from Benassal has a well-balanced and exceptional chemical composition, oligometallic of weak mineralization and is rich in calcium and bicarbonate. This makes it appropriate for kidney diseases and health in general

In recognition of its quality the International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi), Belgium, awarded Agua de Benassal company the Superior Taste Award, one of the most prestigious culinary prizes in the world, which celebrated its sixth edition last year in Brussels. The jury was composed of more than 100 world class chefs and sommeliers, who rated Benassal water as a three-star product, the maximum grade.

This award labels the water as an exceptional product and brings the company the opportunity to reinforce its good reputation in the international markets and become a reference in the gourmet segment.


More info: www.aguabenassal.com
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NARANJAS ORANGE, FRESH ORANGES AT HOME JUST 2 CLICKS AWAY

NARANJAS ORANGE is a spanish family company devoted to agriculture for decades, especially cultivating oranges, with over 90 years of experience in the sector.  They produce and sell natural oranges to be delivered at home, without intermediaries.

Their oranges are grown naturally to ensure their quality (taste, texture, size), therefore they are selected for many prestigious clients and cooks to prepare their dishes.

Their orange groves are located in Burriana (Castellón) on the Mediterranean coast, an ideal place for citrus production. The oranges that they offer are produced and harvested in their own lands always using the traditional way of our past generations without sacrificing modern ways of cultivation, being respectful with the environment.

The company’s goal is to provide quality natural oranges so you can enjoy the taste of freshly picked from the tree, with no wax or artificial additives that impair its taste or its high vitamin content.

More info: http://www.naranjasorange.com
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MIELSO AND BELLUGA GOURMET AWARDED PRIZE BY CASTELLÓN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Last 19th July the Castellon Official Chamber of Commerce awarded its Export, Tourism and Accord prizes 2011.

MIELSO obtained one of the Export Prizes and BELLUGA GOURMET was awarded one of the Tourism Prizes.

MIELSO, an experienced century-old company, is nowadays the leader company in the apiculture sector in Spain, being the first Spanish company certified with ISO norm in its sector. Mielso started its exporting activity during the 1960s and has gradually increased its exports figures to the point of being considered as a referent worldwide. Mielso sells its brands “Floresta” and “El Brezal” in more than 25 countries.

More info:  www.mielso.es
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SEGORTUR – BELLUGA GOURMET is a young family-owned company which was born to operate the Belluga Building. This ancient building hosts the Segorbe Olive Oil Museum, the Belluga rural apartments and Belluga Gourmet Shop, selling a wide range of regional first quality gourmet products such as olive oil, olive pâté, jams and preserves, as well as olive oil cosmetics.

More info: www.bellugagourmet.com/ 
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SAL ALTAVA, EXCELLENT SERVICES FOR AN EXCELLENT SALT

Sal Altava S.L. is a leading company distributor of salt in Spain since 1926, which has improved its customer service with the relocation to new and modern facilities. This relocation will make easier the transit of goods and allow the firm to "expand and adapt both the warehouse and factory to the new business needs”. Sal Altava specializing in packaging, storage and distribution of salt for food, operates nationally and internationally. The traditional customer and market have been complemented with new product categories introducing into channels and markets different from the current ones. The company supplies salt from different origins, grain sizes and uses, either sea salt or mine salt, pure salt free of synthetic chemical ingredients and Gourmet Salt, covering any demand for human consumption and production processes. Everything has a distinguished quality, since all their products are subject to continuous controls, from receipt of raw materials, through all intermediate processing, to packaging and final delivery to the customer. Nowadays, Sal Altava adapts their production and marketing processes to ISO 22,000 and IFS, which demonstrate its rigorous requirements in food safety. This is a process that also emphasizes environmental responsibility, since the products in use are completely natural. The company definitely undertakes this new stage wishing that its efforts satisfy its clients’ needs.

For further information: www.altava.es
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SEGORBE NOSTRUM olive oil obtains the second maximum award for quality in Los Angeles.

Segorbe Nostrum olive oil produced by the Cooperative of Segorbe, succeeds again thanks to its exceptional quality, in the awards for the best Extra Virgin Olive Oils which is given each year in California (United States).

The Cooperative is fully satisfied with the international acknowledgement that their Extra Virgin Olive Oils are still receiving. This time, they have been doubly awarded in Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, obtaining two Silver Medals: one for the "Intense Unfiltered Segorbe Nostrum" in the category Medium and another one for “Mild Segorbe Nostrum” in the category Delicate. The participation at this XII^th competition was of 599 oils from 20 different nations, among which were the classic producers like Spain, Italy or Greece, as well as other countries like Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay, Peru, etc. They were all evaluated in a blind tasting where factors such as taste, aroma, complexity and harmony were taken into account.

The company is particularly glad since this season it has already achieved 8 top honours, including both national and international awards, becoming this way the most awarded autochthonous oil in the world.

This is a great new success for this excellent oil of “Valencia Region Protected Designation of Origin”.


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