Enterprise Europe Network

A Latvian company is offering airdrying services of fruit, berries, vegetables, herbs, seeds and plants to the food processing companies under distribution, manufacturing or outsourcing agreements

Country of origin:
Country: 
LATVIA
Opportunity:
External Id: 
BOLV20210721001
Published
22/07/2021
Last update
04/08/2021
Expiration date
05/08/2022

Keywords

Partner keyword: 
Health food
Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST

Summary

Summary: 
Latvian SME is looking for new partners abroad. It is offering air-drying services for healthy food (fruit, berries, vegetables, herbs, teas, mushrooms, seeds, plants, petals, etc.). The company as well offers the production under private label of dried or sugar infused dried fruit products, fruit syrups and 100% juices. Thus the company is looking for partners under distribution, manufacturing or outsourcing agreements.

Description

Description: 

The Latvian company is a family-owned fruit processing company, founded in 2010.

The company basically produces and sells dried fruit products, fruits syrups, 100% juices to retailers, retail chains and shops as well as food manufacturers such as dairy manufacturers, bakeries, HORECA sector companies, who use these products further to enhance their own products – yoghurts, confectionery, desserts, etc.
The company works under its own brand, but also offers private label production.

The company offers air drying services (outsourcing) for plant based products like herbs, plants, fruits, berries, vegetables;
and is
looking for distributors for the standard range products the company produces (dried quince, rhubarbs, blackcurrants, cranberries, pumpkins, carrots and chocolate coated dried fruits);

Since the company is interested in a long-term co-operation, the forms of distribution services agreement (in case of ready-made products) , manufacturing or outsourcing agreements (in case of air-drying services) can be concluded.

Advantages & innovations

Cooperation plus value: 
The company has developed a good co-operation with the leading fruit-growing research institution. The manufactured sweetened dried fruits, berries and vegetables preserved are without artificial preservatives, colourings or flavourings. The offered air-drying services involve the following: - products are air-dried up to maximum 55C temperature; usually 45-50C, depending of the production technology; - up to 2000kg of raw material could be air-dried per one production cycle; - standard product range includes such Nordic superfruit like Nordic lemon or quince, rhubarbs, blackcurrants, pumpkins.

Stage of development

Cooperation stage dev stage: 
Already on the market

Partner sought

Cooperation area: 
The company is looking for B2B cooperation with: - dried fruit distributors, retailers to produce dried fruit products, especially, Nordic superfruits like quince, rhubarb, blackcurrant, under private label; - other food producers that could use dried fruits and syrups as raw material to their own product (chocolatiers, bakers, soda drink, beer producers etc.) - other companies that could take use of the offered air-drying service (for example, drying of petals for design product production purposes, etc). The co-operation is foreseen the forms of distribution services agreement (in case of ready-made products) , manufacturing or outsourcing agreements (in case of air-drying services).

Type and size

Cooperation task: 
SME 51-250

le_asorti5.jpg

Assorti of candies

le50g.jpg

Ready products

le_cidoniju_sukades.jpg

Quince candies

le_upenu_sukades.jpg

Blackcurrant candies

le_dzervenu_sukades.jpg

Cranberry candies

le_rabarberu_sukades.jpg

Rhubarb candies

le_white_milk_choc_coated_quince.jpg

White milk chocolate coated quince