Summary
- Profile Type
- Business Offer
- POD Reference
- BOCZ20241101009
- Term of Validity
- 1 November 2024 - 1 November 2025
- Company's Country
- Czechia
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Czech company with a long-term business ties in Bolivia commercializes high quality brazil nut oil and bran that are being sustainably processed by indigenous communities in Amazonian rainforest. The company looks for partners – distributors and agents that appreciate high quality products with history and sustainability impact and have access to specialty, healthy food and gourmet shops and/or access to HORECA market.
- Full Description
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The Bolivian Brazil nut that represents some 60% of the total production of the nuts, has a high ecological impact on the Amazon rainforest because the peculiarity that needs around 30 years to bear the first fruits.
These trees only reproduce through natural pollination and as it was indicated, the first fruits only appear after thirty or forty years. The greater or lesser harvest is determined only by the stability of the climate, that is to say if there are climatic phenomena like droughts or floods the volumes are affected.
Brazil nut oil boosts the immune system thanks to its high nutritional value, antioxidant properties and provides the body with energy for everyday activities.
It is a great source of many vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C and E), omega 6 and 9 fatty acids and trace elements (sodium, magnesium, selenium, potassium, calcium, iron, copper, phosphorus and zinc). It is a great addition to vegetarian and vegan diets.
The importance of this fruit to the Amazonian north of Bolivia is vital, since it moves 75 percent of its economy and more than 10 thousand families, among peasants, indigenous and country persons are involved in the collection. The nuts grow wild so their use has no negative impact on the Amazon rainforest.
The company imports high quality brazil nut oil that is cold pressed and dispatched to the Czech Republic immediately after extraction. It also imports brail nut bran.
The Brazil nut oil and bran are distributed to small and medium shops mostly as follows:
Brazil Nut Oil 250ml Glass Bottle
1 Carton - 12 bottles per carton - Weight: ca 3KG
Brazil Nut Oil 500ml Glass Bottle
1 Carton - 8 bottles per carton - Weight: ca 4KG
Brazil Nut Oil 20l Jerrycan
1 Jerrycan - Plastic - Weight: ca 18KG
Supermarkets resp. big shops are mostly supplied as follows:
Brazil Nut Oil 250ml Glass Bottle
1 Euro-pallet of 75 cartons / 900 bottles Brutto - Weight: ca 450 kg per pallet
Brazil Nut Oil 500ml Glass Bottle
1 Euro-pallet of 60 cartons / 480 bottles Brutto - Weight: ca 430 kg per pallet
Brazil Nut Oil 20l Plastic Jerrycan UN Homologated
1 Euro-pallet of 13 jerrycan / Brutto - Weight: ca 234 kgsp.
The also offers premium gluten free Brazil nut flour, a semi-defatted protein meal made of Brazil nuts and thus keeps all of its essential nutrients. The Brazil nut inshell is cleaned and selected, to eliminate impurities, damaged and defective pieces. It is then processed, peeled, trimmed and dehydrated in ovens at 75°C for 14 hours on average. Finally, the nut is cold pressed, and the flour is produced by pressure in the worm screw, and comes out in flakes, then granulated in the mill, semi dry separated from the oil. - Advantages and Innovations
- Top class product from indigenous communities that collect the nuts with regard to rainforest sustainability
- Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The company seeks distributors to healthy food, specialty and gourmet shops. Distributors to HORECA market are welcomed as well.
- Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
Dissemination
- Market keywords
- 07003002 - Health food
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Targeted countries
- All countries