The fruit and vegetable sphere has a very special product segment that provides a multisensory component to solid food . It bring in flavor nuance , shades of colour , aromas , new textures , and an attractive ocular aesthetical . They are also a informant of bioactive compounds , with legion good and even medicative holding . We are talking about edible flowers , and Innoflower , which has already been devoted to them for five years now , is offering its new product lines to chefs and consumers this year .
game with mini pansies
" We have a very wide compass , with 50 different species of comestible prime that we mature all year round . We have actually managed to keep both pansies and mini pansies in our catalog for 12 months a yr . We grow the blossom on our three farms , two of which are locate in Zaragoza and the other in Soria . They are rise in different way - under burrow , under mesh , or in the unresolved primer coat - and in hatful , which facilitates both the handling of the plants and the harvesting . We also cooperate with the Rey Ardid Foundation in the utilization of people with handicaps , " says Laura Carrera , CEO of the Soria - base companionship . " The world of edible flowers is very different from that of nursery flowers because , in addition to focalise on the flora , we focus on the health of the flower to offer up a quality product and guarantee its traceability and solid food refuge . In fact , we are the first comestible efflorescence company in all of northern Spain to obtain a GlobalG.A.P. certification . "
Montañita , the brand under which fresh flower are marketed .
After a successful journeying since its beginnings , with Innoflower and its products recognized and awarded with legion founding and intellectual nourishment awards , and uninterrupted development , the pandemic and the closure of the horeca channel were a turning percentage point for the troupe . Until then , 90 % of sales corresponded to bracing edible flowers , and 80 - 90 % of those were made to that single channel . However , the company was not only able to master this economic crisis but is actually come out of it impregnable .
Suri reach .
" It is undeniable that Covid hit us hard . We were losing all the investiture we had made in the previous calendar month because we had planted in the calendar month of October , November , and December what we were go to sell in March , April , and May . We tried to stay positivistic and decide to render pee-pee the best use of all the time we suddenly had . At the end of April , most of the workers were on paid leave of absence and we take off to think about what we could do with all those flowers we had and were hold away . That ’s how we throw soma to all our new processing line , " says Laura .
Edible flower ice lolly .
" In addition to continuing to commercialise sassy and illuminate flowers , we have become the society with the widest stove of dehydrated edible flush in the world . We have make a railway line of push flowers that is unequalled in Spain and is being wide used in creative confectionery , and we have launched all-day sucker with pressed and crystallized flowers desirable for diabetics , which are in great demand . In fact , the requirement has been so great that , at some point , we have had delivery times of up to a month for our orders . We have also launched a job of premium freeze - dried bloom in recyclable and reusable shabu container . Freeze - drying is a mental process by which flowers are continue while maintaining their body structure and composition , leave them to hold their properties , " aver Laura .
Mint , tagete , and lyophilized pansies
" We are also participating in a task with the Procerealtech group of the University of Valladolid , conducting a parameterization of the freezing - dry out mental process of edible flowers . It is one of the first carried out in this area and is allowing us to meditate and look into the good conditions to prevail the best product . "
Ingredients not just for chefsMakro , the reality ’s large sweeping mountain range and a major provider to the horeca channel in Europe , was Innoflower ’s master customer . However , the lockdowns and the move towards more home cooking brought comestible flowers confining to consumers , a fact that was reflected in the company ’s marked increase in on-line sale .
" Since the start of the pandemic , we have seen an gain in the numeral of individual client , gastronomists , and home chef who have managed to create limited menus with our flowers . The feedback from customer has also been impressive and very pleasurable , " enunciate Innoflower ’s chief operating officer . " mighty now it is giving a great boost in the world of baking and Instagram has become a very important chopine for our products . Our flowers are just ingredients , the chef are the ones who create beauty in the dishes with them , " says Laura .
" With the dehydrated flowers , we have create blends for infusion . Mini pansies , for instance , are loaded with polyphenols , rude antioxidant compounds in flower that give the water a turquoise gullible color when infused , and when dehydrated maize , which is acidic , is add , the pH of the infusion changes , and the colour turn pink , " says the professional . " Many customers have already had the probability to attempt our dried citrus and peak infusions after Unica Group , with which we have cooperate , include them in its Healthy Box . "
For more information : Laura Carrera , CEOInnoflowerTel . : +34 697 16 22 68[email protected]www.innoflower.com
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