The origins of ORGANIC raw materials
SUGAR
Cane sugar comes from the plant called sugarcane. It is grown mainly for the production of sugar extracted from the stalks.
Brown cane icing sugar is obtained by very finely grinding brown cane sugar.
- Paraguay
- Brazil
- France
PRODUCERS
Working with a supply chain means being in line with our CSR values: Reducing intermediaries allows us to foster lasting relationships with our producers by guaranteeing them a fixed annual price before harvest. Ensuring the stability of their employment, they can live decently while considering the development of their farms.
The brown cane sugar from Brazil sourced from Fair Trade monitored according to the Fair For Life standard, used in our products, comes from the Loiret supply chain, produced in the Machado factories in Goianésia, Brazil. By collaborating with this company, we guarantee environmental protection, as well as economic and social development (jobs, wages and technologies). The supply chain values each of the producers and offers them several programs for their services, programs to which the Fair For Life Development Fund applies (www.fairforlife.org):
- Writing competition (to encourage reading and writing).
- Football school: The Jalles Machado Sports Association since 1997.
- Organic vegetable garden.
- Dentition Project: preventing dental diseases, and carrying out educational activities with children in schools and other public institutions.
The brown cane sugar and whole cane sugar from Paraguay sourced from Fair Trade monitored according to the Fair For Life standard, used in our products, come from the Hibernia Misiones supply chain, which is primarily an alcohol distillery, but also specializes in ORGANIC sugar.
This supply chain enables them to invest in new agricultural equipment, reduce maintenance and harvesting costs, and set up a weekly farmers’ market that benefits families by improving their quality of life. Hibernia Misiones provides regular training for its producers on organic farming. Quality seed planting programs are being considered.
The supply chain values each of the producers and offers them several programs to which the Fair For Life Development Fund applies (www.fairforlife.org):
- Funding of a medical facility with a doctor providing free care 4x/week to families.
- Obtaining the Fair For Life Premium in 2020 made it possible to fund a social pharmacy, in addition to the medical facility.
The brown cane icing sugar from Brazil, sourced from Fair Trade controlled according to the Fair For Life standard, used in our products, comes from the Boca supply chain, produced in the Machado mills in Goianésia, Brazil. This supply chain has helped contribute to:
- The SOMAR project: promoting the improvement of the quality of life of people with cancer throughout their life cycle, whether children, adolescents, adults or elderly people.
- A better quality of life for families & future mothers through the purchase/donation of childcare equipment.
- A partnership with the Sagrado Coração de Jesus Parish for the Canta Coração project, which aims to help adolescents thrive through music. Social assistance work will also be carried out with families, to identify shortcomings in education and family income, and to monitor social issues.
- The construction of a retirement home for elderly people in vulnerable situations, with access to care.
- The improvement of the town’s vegetable garden, with the construction of 2 greenhouses to prevent damage from heavy rains and maintain a temperature suitable for vegetable growth.
- A donation to the RIM VIVER association, an organization that helps chronic kidney patients by providing support and contributing to their needs (transport, medication, room).
- A contribution to the “cataract zero” project, enabling surgery for 150 cataract patients who were on the waiting list.
- The construction of an aquatic center to teach various water sports to children in difficulty, enable rehabilitation for elderly people, etc…
- Providing support to the Association of Parents and “Special” Students, whose aim is to assist students with special needs (motor coordination, socialization, educational or psychological support, nutrition, etc.). At the equestrian center
- CAEGO: Project that aims to promote excellence in social, educational, health and sports assistance, using the horse as the main therapeutic solution, for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities and/or special needs in the municipality.
- The social inclusion project: ensuring that people with physical, hearing and visual disabilities do not feel excluded from society (purchase of equipment, training, etc.)
Upcoming project within 3 years: construction of an artesian well to provide access to water throughout the year in the rocky village, improving living conditions and creating the possibility of producing food for personal consumption.
The whole cane sugar from Costa Rica, sourced from Fair Trade controlled according to the Fair For Life standard, used in our products, comes from the Boca supply chain, produced in the Assuca mills, based in Tayutic de Turrialba. By collaborating with this company, we guarantee environmental protection, as well as economic and social development (jobs, wages and technologies). The supply chain values each of the producers and offers them several programs as part of their benefits, programs to which the Fair For Life Development Fund applies (www.fairforlife.org):
- Coverage of workers’ emergencies following calamities or natural disasters, for example a contribution to the purchase of materials for the reconstruction or repair of a home due to a national emergency caused by rainfall.
- School scholarships.
Flowering/harvest
Sugar cane likes heat and humidity. It is a perennial plant that grows back after being cut.
After cutting, you have to wait about a year for the sugar cane to return to its flowering cycle. The "flowering" without flowers lasts about 3 months and allows sucrose (sugar) to form in the stem.
Harvesting is done by cutting the sugar cane stalks just above the first node and removing the leaves. The stalks are gathered and quickly taken to the sugar mill.
Flowering/harvest
Once at the sugar refinery, the sugar cane stalks are sorted and cut. They are wet-crushed several times to extract the sweet juice. It is then heated, decanted and crystallized.
It is important for Perl'Amande to maintain a responsible supplier with high-quality production over the long term. This allows our products to maintain a consistent taste! With precise knowledge of the origin of the ingredients, we can guarantee balance in our recipes and already start thinking about our future innovations.
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.
