Ximenez de Rada, 20
31515-CADREITA (Navarra)
tel. 34 948 836 110
fax 34 948 406 651
e-mail: anko@anko.es
ARTISAN FOODS
What does "alimentos artesanos" mean?
Nowadays people are conscious of the importance of quality food. In the other side, modern life reduces the time we can spend cooking. But why renounce to our traditional cooking? Every day people who renounce to consume industrial products increase, because they doubt about industrial making process.
The brand “Alimentos Artesanos” was set up because of the interest of a group of little companies. They wanted rule the traditional making process of the products in order to warrant their customers that their products are safe, natural, authentic and traditional.
Asic criteria of Artisan Foods
In order to meet the criteria and to abtain the right to use the brad, each prioduct needs to be in accordance with requierments set in the Norma Técnic Específica (Specific technical rule).
- raw material are of top quality in their natural state, and submitted to a rigorous selection.
- The making process respects or reproduces natural processes, without any use of chemical additive to force or accelerate them.
- The use of additives is restricted because, although they are legally authorised, these simulate the natural process, alter the colour, texture, aroma and favour or increase the shelf life of the product at the expenses of its values.
We are allowed to use the logotype of Alimentos Artesanos, so you can trust on the way we elaborate our products.
Criteria of use
The logotype “Alimentos Artesanos” only can be used on products which are made by companies registered as artesanas by the Government of Navarra, which meet the specific technical norms and have been authorized through achieved by the Institute for food quality of Navarra (ICAN). They describe the making process for each products and establishes what the makers can do or not (forbidden methods). The authorization for use is granted individually for one or more applying products and it is valid for one year, renewable. We are allowed to use the logotype of Alimentos Artesanos, so you can trust on the way we elaborate our products.
From Conservas Artesanas Anko, we make all our products as close as possible to family methods. For instance, here we have some examples:
- Mixed vegetables: we only use fresh vegetables, and in this way, the time between harvesting and transformation is reduced, so we can offer top quality products.
- Piquillo peppers: wood-fired roasted (we don’t use gas), and they are peeled by hand (no washing them).
- Stuffed peppers: we use only fresh peppers. We don’t use additives because the top quality of our products is enough to obtain the best taste.
- Jams: we transform the fruit just when harvesting is finished (to preserve them with all their vitamins), and we peel them by hand.