Italian company, located in Sicily, producer of gourmet organic olive oil, vinegar and sea salt seeks distributors

This is an Italian family-run company established in 1991 on the west coast of Sicily. They mainly produce premium extra virgin oil of different local Sicilian varieties: Cerasuola with its fragrant full-bodied oil, Biancolilla with its delicate aroma and Nocellara with its fruity olives. Over the years, they have extended their product portfolio starting producing lemon olive oil, wine vinegar and sea salt (both plain and flavoured). The olive oil is praised for its distinctive blend, which results in an elegant grassy aroma with scents of lemon zest and tomato skin. In addition, the flavour is complex and full of personality with scents of lettuce, vanilla and black pepper. It is bitter and spicy, but balanced and perfectly dry on the palate. Hundreds of years of tradition for natural growth lead the company to be very selective in the olive supply and production chain. For this reason, the company chooses only top quality and unblemished olives. The perfect time of ripening is essential to guarantee the highest quality standards: harvest time starts in mid-October and lasts no longer than 3 weeks. Olives are picked by hand and taken to the press in their facility. Here, olives undergo further defoliation and are washed and crushed before the end of the day, no longer than 8 hours after their picking. Milling is made through a two phase-system at a temperature not exceeding 27°C/80°F degrees, according to EU regulations for cold extraction. The olive oil is not filtered because the company believes it is important to preserve all naturally occurring organic substances. Another feature of their preservation method consists in storing the production in small vacuum-sealed barrels that allow them to bottle only those batches that have reached the perfect ripening point at the specific time of ordering. This is one of the several attentions they pay to guarantee extra freshness to their products. Thanks to the careful monitoring of the quality of the olives and the production phases, the company produces an oil with excellent organoleptic characteristics but also rich in nutritional values: very low acidity, high polyphenols, low peroxides. In particular, the exceptionally low level of acidity is on average around 0.10%. As confirmation of its quality, the organic olive oil producer is regularly positioned at the main national and international competitions. In Italy, it has won the “Three Olives” of Slow Food and the “Three Leaves” by Gambero Rosso; in addition, they have been included in the world 'TOP 10' of Flos Olei. The extra virgin oil has been described as 'one of the best olive oils in the world' (Food Channel, USA), 'one of the best Italian oils' (Gourmet Traveler, Australia), 'a Sicilian nectar' (The Guardian, UK). In addition to the extra virgin oi, the company produces also: - lemon olive oil, made with organic lemons produced in Sicily; - wine vinegar, made with Grillo and Catarratto grapes (typical of the Mediterranean area); - sea salt, and also Sicilian herbal-flavored sea salt. The company is seeking for distributors engaged in high quality food markets and HoReCa channels. The ideal partners are based both in many European countries such as Belgium, Holland, Finland, Sweden, Poland; and also in Switzerland, Singapore and China.