{"id":304206,"date":"2021-12-14T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=304206"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:33:20","slug":"brazilian-company-seeks-to-export-honey-to-arabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-company-seeks-to-export-honey-to-arabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian company seeks to export honey to Arabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/baldoni.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Baldoni<\/strong><\/a>, a producer of honey, propolis, and jams, seeks to enter the Arab market. For this goal, the company has already obtained halal certification for its main product, <strong>honey<\/strong>. Halal guarantees a product follows Islamic precepts and therefore is allowed for consumption by Muslims. The certificate was provided to the company by SIILHalal, a certifier based in Chapec\u00f3, Santa Catarina.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304323\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304325 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07-263x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07-898x1024.png 898w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07-768x876.png 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-P500-v2019-07.png 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The company\u2019s focus on exports is organic honey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With 38 years of experience in the sector, Baldoni has been exporting for four years and already has customers in China, Hong Kong, and Singapore. \u201cIn Europe, we are developing distribution points. We are expanding, and our focus for 2022 is the Arab market, which is why we sought <strong>halal certification<\/strong>,\u201d said to ANBA the head of institutional sales, exports, and e-commerce at Baldoni, Cec\u00edlia Solano.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, the brand was small and restricted to Brazil\u2019s countryside; nowadays, it seeks the development of new products. \u201cBaldoni became professional; we work with innovation starting from the packaging. The brand has been improving and expanding towards a different portfolio. We have recently launched Proprion Defense, a <strong>propolis<\/strong> supplement. We also have chocolate filled with <strong>jam<\/strong>, which is 70% fruit, 30% honey. Our focus is on innovating, nurturing, and caring,\u201d highlighted Solano.<\/p>\n<p>With a factory in Campinas and an office in S\u00e3o Paulo, the brand has <strong>beehives<\/strong> on farms throughout the interior of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo and in the Northeast region of Brazil. Heading to the Middle East, the executive already has some strategies in mind. \u201cWe want to enter the UAE, and we have been prospecting Saudi Arabia. But, of course, we are open to all Arab countries, and even within Brazil, we can take the product with certification to the Muslim public,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304320\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304322 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x-115x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x-115x300.png 115w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x-394x1024.png 394w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x-591x1536.png 591w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Mel-BALDONI-Std-Organico-300g-v2017-09@025x.png 738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The halal range includes products such as the Baldoni Organic Honey tube<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Honey itself is a natural product, but adjustments were needed in the plant to obtain the certification. \u201cQuality staff took care of this. An example of minor adjustments concerned the grease we used to make the gears work at the factory, as some were not halal. It is a very demanding [certification], and it better be. What I saw in the three days of the <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/category\/forum-de-negocios-global-halal-brazil\/\">Global Halal Brazil<\/a> forum was the issue of reliability. And having trust in the product involves doing it right, meeting the needs of the most demanding customers,\u201d defended the executive. The forum was the first in the country focused on halal and occurred from December 6 to 8.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the honey line, the brand is in the process of certifying propolis and expects, in the future, to also certify jam and <strong>chocolate<\/strong>. The industry\u2019s certification is related to honey as a food, but Solano explains the product and its derivatives are usually sold in drugstores due to their health properties.<\/p>\n<p>On the farms, Baldoni produces 1,000 tonnes of honey and, according to Solano, the company has grown tenfold in the last four years. With the opening of new markets, the brand hopes to triple its revenue. According to Solano, \u201cthe goal is to expand in the international market through retail, foodservice, and pharmaceutical distributors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baldoni, a honey and derivatives industry, has certified its main product as halal. 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