THE ALMOND
Almonds are tree nuts with many benefits: they provide unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins E and B2, magnesium, phosphorus, and calcium. Almonds contain iron, potassium, and plant-based proteins.
At Perl'Amande, we source a large portion of our supplies directly from a Spanish supply chain and from the harvests of our own fields.
We mainly use the Guara almond variety and late-flowering varieties.
- Spain
PRODUCERS
Perl'Amande is embarking on almond production in Spain. It is in Extremadura, a sunny region ideal for growing organic almonds, that we have planted a soft-shelled, aromatic variety with no bitterness, offering true sweetness on the palate. Our partner Juanjo, a renowned agronomist and arboriculturist, oversees the entire process, from planting to harvesting 35,000 almond trees across 70 hectares. Today, Perl'Amande is the only French manufacturer of nut and seed butters to own its own almond orchards.
At the same time, we also source from other producers in Spain: south of Madrid with Jose Luis Santiago Martinez, in southern Spain, in Albacete with Patroncillo Milla Garcia, as well as in the Murcia region.
In France, Perl’Amande is in contact with French farmers in order to collaborate and establish a long-term partnership to revive organic almond cultivation in France.
Flowering/harvest
In Spain, almond trees blossom at the end of February and produce an almond harvest in September. In Spain, we gather the harvested almonds at a partner shelling facility, audited and approved by us. This facility sorts them, cracks the shells, blanches them (flash steam process & mechanical treatment), and packages the almonds for Perl'Amande.
Manufacturing
At Perl’Amande, the almonds are pre-ground under vacuum in order to control their moisture. This pre-grinding is refined cold on a stone mill. The almonds are raw, which helps preserve their authentic taste and nutritional qualities.
The origin of conventional raw materials
ORGANIC France - Non-conventional United States, Australia, Portugal or Spain.
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, France, Italy.
Vietnam, Togo, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin, USA, Mexico, Ghana.
USA, Mexico.
United States or Iran.
China, Russia.
Orange River of South Africa, Turkey.
France.