Who Whe Are

The Scarpari Cooperative Society was founded in the 2000. It works in the agri-food sector, and its main purpose is collecting, transferring, producing, marketing agricultural products, as well as the transformation of citrus fruit in natural juices, concentrated juices, essential oils, calcitated peels, citrus peel cubes for candied fruit. The legal head office and the factories are located in the municipality of Varapodio, in Via Dante Alighieri and in Via Giovanni Pascoli, surrounded by the expanses of citrus groves in Province of Reggio Calabria, where for years has produced high quality juices, selecting the best fruit and following step by step the productive chain.

The Company’s structure consists of several departments, covering a 12.000 square meters area, equipped with the most modern technologies.

Nowadays, the company has reached a well-advanced production quality level because of the considerable expertise of the employed human resources and the technologically advanced systems, able to control the quality and the authenticity of the products during the entire productive process.

During all the stages which the processing and the storage phases consist of, the health and hygiene regulations in force are strictly complied and checks and tests as provided by law are carried out.

History

The historical origins of the Scarpari Cooperative Society date back to the establishment of a citrus collection center in the 80s. At that time, the collection center was run by Mr. Scarpari Giuseppe (Rocco), father of the President of the Cooperative. Because of its entrepreneurial skills and the business acumen, supported by the other shareholders, he cornered the citrus market of Piana municipalities in a short time.

Over the years, overcoming several difficulties typical of the field, the collection center grew and was transformed into a cooperative, putting the Mr. Scarpari’s project into practice. A series of investments were made in order to expand and modernize the production processes. Indeed, a production chain for transformation, concentration, drum filling, marketing, supply and distribution of the finished products on the market was created, bringing the company to its current consistency.