HERITIER tells the story of 35 passionate growers who decided to band together to build a state- of-the-art freezing facility to ensure long-term sustainability for future generations and offer high quality northern fruits and vegetables.
Our families
As an independently owned and operated facility, we passionate producers have full control over our raw material supply and traceability. Our mission is to provide long-term sustainability for future generations while offering high quality northern fruits and vegetables.
Children
in our families
Tons of fruits
& vegetables
Cultivated
acres
Our
region
Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, in northern Quebec, Canada, is a place where the story of the wild blueberry dates back to May 1870, when a devastating forest fire restored the native plant to our lands.
Because of the composition of our unique soil and our climate, we can harvest our crops with no need for large amounts of chemical inputs or additives in the fresh, natural water we use.
Our
region
Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean, in northern Quebec, Canada, is a place where the story of the wild blueberry dates back to May 1870, when a devastating forest fire restored the native plant to our lands.
Because of the composition of our unique soil and our climate, we can harvest our crops with no need for large amounts of chemical inputs or additives in the fresh, natural water we use.
Our
products
Conventional or organic certified
Packing: 30 lb / 10 kg / 2.5 kg / 1 kg
Wild Blueberries
(Vaccinium angustifolium)
Broad Beans
(Vicia faba)
Haskap Berries
(Lonicera caerulea)
Food
Safety
- HACCP and PCP in place
- Fully integrated traceability system
- X-ray, metal detector and optical laser sorter to prevent and detect foreign material.
- Screw conveyor system to prevent mechanically damaged fruit and microbial growth.
- Strict growing requirements promote extremely low levels of pesticide and chemical residues.
- CO2 freezing system: Much safer and cleaner than ammoniac-based systems.
- Quality, Traceability, and Sustainability are our core values, and the environment is central to everything we do.
Go
Wild!
Wild blueberries are one of the most antioxidant-rich fruits, containing some of the highest anti-inflammatory proprieties with up to twice the nutritional proprieties than its cultivated counterpart. The native lowbush blueberry contains much less water and approximately 25% more serving per 30-pound carton than the highbush blueberry, which makes it a choice food-product ingredient.
An ever-growing number of consumers are choosing to follow the Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) trend, who believe “wild foods” are healthier and taste better because of how pure they are. Including “wild” on a blueberry product label increases consumer willingness to purchase, purchase volume, and price premium in multiple categories1.
1 PortMA Marketing Analytics (2017 update), The Power of the wild – Commercial value of Wild Blueberries as Food-product Ingredient, Research report.
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