We make more out of fruit!
Alpenfrucht – A family company that knows what the sector needs
How Alpenfrucht quality is created
Selected farmers and locations for best quality
The processing plants of the Alpenfrucht company are situated in the main fruit-growing regions of Italy: in Tarantasca (Cuneo, Piemont) – a main area of cultivation for apples, pears, and peaches – as well as in Giugliano (Naples-Campania), which is renowned throughout Europe for its apricots and peaches. There we work together with selected farmers who produce the best raw materials for our products.
Within just a few hours of harvesting, the sun-ripened fruits are delivered to the processing plants, where they are checked and processed. The many hours of sunshine during the growing season and the rapid processing form the basis for the high quality of the resultant fruit products. The gentle treatment in machines capable of quickly processing even large quantities preserves the fruit’s natural quality. In order to quickly and reliably deliver the goods to customers and maintain a high level of quality, large storage capacities are necessary.
You choose it, we mix it
Most customers buy their raw materials directly from us. However, we are also happy to process your raw materials or fruits, which you have delivered from your contractual partners.
What we produce
We produce by different methods: direct juice, juice concentrate, purèe and powder
Direct juice
A naturally turbid, delicious juice is pressed from fresh, ripe, and carefully selected, washed fruits. Naked pressed juice can be produced by means of fining, i.e., the extraction of all solids (e.g., pectin, starch, and protein) from the naturally turbid fruit juice.
Juice concentrate
Naturally turbid and naked juices can also be gently processed in multi-stage plants to yield concentrates.
Purèe
The fresh, selected, washed fruits can also be processed in multi-stage passing plants to yield fruit pulp.By choosing the proper passing screens, the resultant fruit pulp can be made slightly coarse, e.g., for fruit sauces – or very fine, e.g., for fruit nectars. The fruit pulp can also be concentrated.
Purèe +
Powder
By means of further water-extraction, fruit powder can be made from concentrated fruit pulp. Fruit powder is the basis for the following dry products: soups, sauces, beverages, and other instant fruit-based food products.
Pomegranate
This fruit of paradise can be enjoyed as a wonderfully aromatic, fresh NFC juice or as a gently concentrated product. Ripened in sunny Italy, our products display the aromatic character of the pomegranate.
Cultivation areas
Our cultivation areas in Italy and France
