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NORMANDY CIDER APPLE

Thanks to the cooperative functioning of the Group Elle & Vire, Val de Vire Bioactives has a total traceability of its raw material.
The cider apple-growing is carried out by the cooperators of the Group Elle & Vire, within the Normandy I.G.P. zone (Protected Geographical Indication). They gather about thirty different varieties, with various organoleptic characteristics (sweet, bitter-sweet, bitter, sour…)

The collected apples are taken in charge by another subsidiary of the group, the Val de Vire ciderhouse, which processes the cider apples for the production of cider and apple juice.
After the pressing, the apple pomace is immediately dried and packed, then stored in a specific warehouse.
The cider apples coming from the Val de Vire ciderhouse are the exclusive raw material of Val de Vire Bioactives.

This specific supplying provides many advantages :

A raw material very concentrated in active compounds: as the varieties of cider apples have not been submitted to selections in order to improve their aspect, they have kept their native properties.
A guaranteed supplying of apple pomace (the Val de Vire ciderhouse is the 2nd French cider producer)
A total traceability from the orchard till the finished product. The traceability is validated by quality certifications on each stage of production and transformation (agri-confiance certification for the production of cider fruits, ISO 9001:2000 certification of the Val de Vire ciderhouse for the production of cider and its by-products).
A careful process to preserve the native active principles of apple (gentle drying of the apple pomace, pest controls, storage sheltered from light and humidity…)