Frumarco’s products represent the latest trends and meet the strictest food safety requirements of the IFS Higher Level. Frumarco processes fruits such as apples, pears and dates into fruit syrup, but actually, the possibilities are endless. Frumarco can make concentrates from different types of fruit, vegetables and liquids. Here’s the production process, from the beginning to the end.
Cooking
To be able to squeeze juice from hard fruits, such as apples and pears, they must be cooked for a long time. The fruits are cooked in large stainless steel boilers for 2 to 3 hours. During the cooking, the sugar from the fruits, therefore the juice itself, turns brown due to the Maillard reaction.
Pressing
The juice from the fruit mass is separated from the pulp by being pressed through the filter bags of a large press. The pulp, which consists of the hard fibres, seeds and stalks of the fruits, stays in the filter bags. It’s a very nutritious animal feed.
Evaporating
The juice which comes out from the press is still quite diluted and doesn’t have a long shelf life. That’s why it needs to be thickened. The juice is being purified and afterwards – evaporated. After the evaporation, the juice contains 60% less water. It becomes a concentrate which can be conserved and stored.
Storing
The different concentrates are all stored separately in large storage tanks. This is necessary as the fruits we’re using are harvested only from September to November. During these months, we must build up a stock for a whole year! One storage tank holds between 25,000 kg and 620,000 kg of concentrate!
Mixing
Every fruit syrup is a mixture of several types of fruit. The concentrates are mixed daily and according to the recipes, so that we end up with the desired fruit syrup. We keep an eye on the fruit syrup during the whole mixing process.
Filling up
After the fruit syrup has passed the first checks, it can be poured into cups, glasses, cans, buckets, barrels, containers or tankers. Once filled up, the cups, cans and glasses must cool down before being packed in boxes. There’s an air-conditioned cooling room which allows this to happen evenly and quickly.
Warehouse
In the warehouse, there’s enough space for around 500 pallets. The consumer goods are usually produced and stocked. All business-to-business products are made based on a particular order, so they go directly to Frumarco’s customer.
Product development
Frumarco has its own laboratory in which product development, as well as various quality control procedures, take place. Product development is working in close collaboration with the Marketing department on new recipes and innovations in the field of fruit syrup. But it includes other activities as well – for example, it’s possible to develop special recipes for business-to-business customers, depending on their wishes. The viscosity of the syrup can be reduced by removing the pectin in it. Furthermore, we can give a helping hand in the process of developing new products in which fruit syrup is an ingredient, such as meat sauces and bread. Frumarco also works with a fixed consumer test panel where various products can be tested before being brought to market.
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Frumarco has its own laboratory in which product development, as well as various quality control procedures, take place. Product development is working in close collaboration with the Marketing department on new recipes and innovations in the field of fruit syrup. But it includes other activities as well – for example, it’s possible to develop special recipes for business-to-business customers, depending on their wishes. The viscosity of the syrup can be reduced by removing the pectin in it. Furthermore, we can give a helping hand in the process of developing new products in which fruit syrup is an ingredient, such as meat sauces and bread. Frumarco also works with a fixed consumer test panel where various products can be tested before being brought to market.
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Frumarco has the IFS Higher Level certificate and works according to the strict quality standards of the IFS Higher Level. The Quality department is constantly looking for improvements in the quality of our products – from the raw materials to the end products. After all, we must make sure that only the best quality continues the tradition.
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Frumarco is a company which focuses on top quality, and top quality can only exist if the provided service is also good. Service in the broadest sense of the word:
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Frumarco also supplies syrup or concentrates as an ingredient for food products, such as fruit and muesli bars. We’re also working together with the baking industry. The entire process is based on the customer’s wishes; therefore, it’s tailor-made.
Frumarco generates most of its revenue through the retail channel. Frumarco’s products can be found in almost all of the supermarkets in The Netherlands and Belgium.
