Peanuts offer many different consumer options. Here at Itac Professional, we offer you processed peanuts in a variety of formats, perfect for consumption as a snack, or for use in professional baking and cooking. Our processed peanuts offer different options for consumption, along with excellent quality, and this will help you cover all your consumer…
Using seeds allows us to add texture, consistency and colour to our recipes, making them more attractive and tasty. And, as they’re 100% vegetable-based, we can use the seeds for vegan and vegetarian dishes, in powder or hydrated form. On our blog, we’ve already shared an article about how you can use seeds in your…
A snack can be defined as something we consume between meals or as an appetizer at meetings, with a cocktail, or at parties. Many of these snacks are sold in vending machines located in shopping centres, train stations, airports, gyms, hospitals, schools, or universities. This new way of consuming snacks and nuts (among other things)…
Seasonings, batter and breaded coatings, crocants and desserts… Itac Professional dried fruit and nut cocktails have so many commercial culinary uses, apart from being a great snack, and they’ll help you give your dishes a really distinct flavour. Would you like to know what their secret is? It’s simply the great variety of tastes and…
Nuts are some of the most popular food items at Christmas time, and, for that reason, shouldn’t be missing from your restaurant’s festive menu. Incorporating them into your Christmas recipes will help you give a festive touch to your recipes. Nuts, among the most popular food items at Christmas Although we can enjoy them throughout…
Spain is an innovative international market leader in all areas of the gastronomic sector (cuisine, service, menus, product processing, etc.). Its cuisine has become one of its main hallmarks. For this reason, Spain is at the top of the list of the countries with the best restaurants in the world. Another of the direct reasons…
The nutritional and sensory properties of nuts make them a fundamental part of the food industry. From the most traditional cuisine to the most innovative lifestyles, these foods can form an important part of any recipe repertoire. Now you can multiply their possibilities and potential applications by using them in paste form: discover the possibilities…
The almond’s taste, smell, colour, and texture make it a versatile nut that’s essential for pastries, bakeries, retail, and also for use in the best restaurants in the world. However, it could be used even more widely if you knew all its different processed formats and how you can use them in your recipes. In…
Anuga, which celebrated its 35th edition from October 5th to the 9th, has once again shown itself to be an unmissable event if you want to know the latest trends in the food and beverage sector. In this great fair, attendees have been able to spend time at our stand and see our services and…
According to the International Dry Fruit Council (INC), global peanut production has fluctuated between 37.1 and 43.2 million tonnes over the past five years. The largest producers are China, India, USA, Nigeria, Argentina, Indonesia and Senegal. Spain, even though it doesn’t export this product, has a real market presence in the nut handling and processing…
When people eat out, whether in a restaurant, at events, or in a gourmet market, you’ll always give your customers a really sweet impression if you offer them a chocolate treat to finish off their meal. In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say that there’s always room for something sweet, especially if it’s petit-fours or…
The agri-food industry is the second biggest export industry in the country: and who knows how far it could go if the trend started by our chefs continues? The evolution of agri-food exports has experienced an upward trend in recent years. In 2017, there was a 6.6% growth compared to the previous year, a fact…
DEHYDRATED INGREDIENTS: GOURMET PRODUCTS FOR CREATIVE DISHES A good chef should know when to use the more unusual ingredients to give a special touch to their dishes, and so, with that in mind, we’re going to give you a few tips about how to use our best gourmet products in your menu. CREATIVE RECIPES WITH…
ITAC PROFESSIONAL will have a prominent place at ANUGA 2019, the world’s most important food convention, which will be held in Cologne (Germany) from the 5th to the 9th of October. The event, which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary, is an important meeting point for professionals in the sector, who will have the opportunity…
A healthy diet will include a good number of plant-based foods. As well as dishes with vegetables, fruits, leaves, or roots, we can include an element with enormous potential: seeds. But how can seeds enhance your recipes? We’re about to tell you! With all their amazing properties, it means that we can always turn to…
The Spanish Association of Almond Shellers (Descalmendra) met on June 20th at the Raimat Winery Estate (Lleida) to present the IV Forum of the Spanish Almond Industry. The main objective of this group, which began eight years ago, is to analyze the changes that are taking place in the almond sector and to discuss the…
The free from food that today’s consumer is looking for The search for a healthier lifestyle has popularized new forms of food such as vegetarianism, veganism, macrobiotics, etc., but what exactly do we mean when we talk about free from food? Free from food is basically food that excludes substances such as potential allergens or…
In recent years people have been talking more and more about the power of the internationalization of Spanish gastronom, whose indisputable key to success is its quality. Of course, as in other sectors, factors such as price or brand size also play a fundamental role in its worldwide competitivity. We’re now going to delve into…
The nut and dried fruit sector is coming together again for one of the most important fairs and it’s one you can’t afford to miss.
Held this year between 21 and 25 October in Paris, the SIAL fair is one of the top European and international food fairs and serves as a meeting point for the global food industry. It allows participants to get a close look at future lines of development in the food sector.
The new ITAC Professional Food Service catalogue, dedicated to the restaurant industry, has been released and is designed to offer freshness and maximum quality to all of its clients. ITAC Professional, part of the Importaco brand, is dedicated to the manufacture and distribution of nuts and other snacks and has created a network of factories…
For more than thirty years the PLMA (Private Label Manufacturers Association) Trade Show in Amsterdam has brought together retailers and manufacturers not only to showcase the latest developments in the food sector, but also to help generate synergies between its different players. This is how new ideas are born that help distributors and manufacturers in…
Held this year between 21 and 25 October in Paris, the SIAL fair is one of the top European and international food fairs and serves as a meeting point for the global food industry. It allows participants to get a close look at future lines of development in the food sector.
Our ITAC PROFESSIONAL label collaborated with the Centro Superior Hostelería Mediterráneo (CSHM) training centre in supplying raw materials for the I Cooking Contest Promoting Natural Products and sitting on the contest judging panel.
The global food sector will meet once again at one of the main trade fairs: SIAL, held between 21 and 25 October at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre. Importaco does not want to miss the opportunity of participating at this food innovation exhibition and we will do this with our own stand (5A L 200), located in the nuts and dried fruits pavilion.
We at Importaco are pleased to announce the launch of a new website for our ITAC PROFESSIONAL brand which, from October 2018, will provide all the relevant information to the professionals operating in the Food Service and Industry markets both in Spain and abroad.
Our ITAC PROFESSIONAL brand now has the Chocolate Delights catalogue available on its website which includes the largest range of chocolate-covered nuts and dried fruits.
Once the almonds are harvested and the cold weather sets in, the almond trees must start their winter rest, shedding their leaves and entering the vegetative stage until they start flowering, where the vegetative activity restarts once the warmer temperatures arrive.
Once the almonds are harvested, the product starts to be prepared at the factory where the almonds are shelled. This industrial process consists of separating the kernel from the shell, thus obtaining their valuable fruit.
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