Scent of Sicily

…FOUR GENERATIONS OF EXPERIENCE IN SYNERGY WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY FROM 1890… …FOUR GENERATIONS OF EXPERIENCE IN SYNERGY WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY …when the Company first became involved in the business of processing citrus fruit, the only product for which a commercial demand existed was lemon oil, extracted by hand from the skin of the lemon on the Company's production line which employed more than one hundred workers. The process consisted of cutting the lemons in half with a very sharp knife, removing the flesh and squeezing the empty skins against natural sponges in order to remove the oil. The sponges were then pressed by hand in a screw press to produce an oil and water emulsion from which the oil was separated through a process of natural decantation. The finished product was referred to as ''sponge-pressed lemon oil'' and was exported to markets all over the world. At that time, no commercial demand for lemon juice existed and as a result steps were not taken to recover it.

OUR RAW MATERIALS A SELECTION FROM AN ANCIENT EDEN Lemons: Femminello and Monachello more details Blood Oranges: Tarocco, Sanguigno, Sanguinello and Moro Agrumaria Corleone purchases its raw materials from local co-operatives in accordance with stringent parameters to ensure that the fruit received for processing is of the required quality. Framework contracts are agreed with growers¹ associations at the beginning of each season for delivery throughout the processing period according to carefully calculated schedules. Blond Oranges: Biondo Comune, Ovale, Navel, Navelina,Valencia more details Mandarins: Avana and Tardivo di Ciaculli more details and Grapes :Italia and Regina

L’AGRUMARIA CORLEONE HA LE DIMENSIONI DI UNA MEDIA AZIENDA IN CRESCITA FATTURATO =28.000.000 UNITA’ LAVORATIVE = 47 + 30 stagionali

I NOSTRI PRODOTTI SUCCHI CONCENTRATI E SUCCHI NATURALI D’AGRUMI OLI ESSENZIALI D’AGRUMI

I MERCATI

Scarico-selezione e lavaggio IMPIANTO DI PRODUZIONE Scarico-selezione e lavaggio

OIL EXTRACTION by PELATRICE EXTRACTORS by IN-LINE EXTRACTORS

Production lines Three independent production lines for processing lemons, oranges, mandarins and grapes. Juices are extracted by 2 methods: In-Line extractors and Pelatrice + Policitrus plants Then pasteurised, de-pulped and concentrated under vacuum in order to obtain products with the most desirable levels of cloud and stability

OIL CENTRIFUGES Gli oli essenziali vengono estratti a freddo dagli estrattori In-Line o Pelatrice e separati da centrifughe ad alta velocità

EVAPORATOR

OUR QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY Juice self-control International Federation of Essential Oils and Aroma Trades ISO 9001-2000 ISO 14000 ORGANIC NOP - DEMETER

EXAMPLE OF ROUTINE CONTROL LEMON OIL CD SPECTRUM EXAMPLE of GC-MS ANALISYS

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