For the line of products based on Blueberry and Berries we have chosen Azienda Agricola i Rodi, a family-run business located in Fanano on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, surrounded by green meadows and chestnut woods; the company philosophy is based on organic farming and a complete production cycle that includes separate waste collection, energy saving and photovoltaic systems, to ensure total respect for the environment. After the cultivation of blackberries, red currants, black currants, strawberries, raspberries and the subsequent harvest (to which we add the bilberry, not cultivated but wild), we move on to the transformation in a small artisan laboratory also located near the company: it is one of the few companies that can certify blueberry-based products from the Modenese Apennines with the mark of the Modena Chamber of Commerce, to ensure the origin and high quality of the fruit.

The bilberry, or wild blueberry, is a completely spontaneous fruit, which is neither sown nor cultivated by man; it can be found in the areas of Northern Europe and, in our case, in the Modenese Apennines above 1500 m asl: it will later be certified as "Biological Blueberry of the Modenese Apennines". This food has an intense bluish color on the outside with a more vivid red tone inside the pulp and to grow it needs climatic conditions characterized by an alternation between cold and snowy days and other longer and sunny ones; these small "berries" also ensure a very high content of anthocyanins (almost 8 times more than the cultivated blueberry!) and polyphenols, which perform important antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Unlike the cultivated blueberry, it is a more artisanal product, harvested completely by hand, and which is always genuine and with very intense flavors and aromas.

Certified Organic Extra Jam created in the Modena mountains of Sestola and Fanano by transforming the exclusive Mirtillo Nero from the Modena Apennines (trademark registered with the Modena Chamber of Commerce) harvested in the area, with only a small addition of organic cane sugar, without pectin; it also ensures a very high quantity of fruit: 140 gr per 100 gr of product! It has a reddish color tending to purplish with a fairly dense consistency and fresh, sweet but intense and persistent aromas and flavors.

Special if spread on rusks or homemade bread, or combined with Parmigiano Reggiano Dop and other typical long-aged cheeses.

Ingredients & Allergens:

Wild bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus), brown sugar.

Fruit used for 100 g of product: 140 g

Storage:

Once the package has been opened, store in the refrigerator and away from heat sources.

Nutritional values per 100 g of product: