Açaí from Amazónia
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Açaí from Amazónia

Flavours from Amazónia transformed in Portugal
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Agrifood Systems
Investment type
Loan
Yearly interest
5
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Term
24
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Tropicalamazon, part of the Group 4 All Food's Industry & Company, will bring the production of açaí and related products to Portugal. Its goal is to sell the freeze-dried Açaí powder to the final consumer in supermarkets and to the ice cream and superfood industry.

With the funds raised through this campaign the company intends to make up the investments to:

  • buy the necessary equipment and machines for the production unit,
  • pay the marketing costs to expand,
  • establish the organizational structure and hire the necessary human resources.

After the acquisition of the frozen pulp industrialized in Brazil by the company Açaí da Safra, Tropicalamazon will process the frozen açaí, using an automated system of pasteurization, mixing and processing, to obtain the açai sorbet, with the possibility of adding natural fruit flavors and natural sweeteners.

The company will also produce aseptically packed açaí, which allows for the liquid product to be consumed up to 12 months after its production without adding any preservatives. An innovative production method in Europe. In other words, Tropicalamazon will sell the real açaí, without preservatives or additions - the natural flavor of this Amazonian fruit.

Tropicalamazon will also use the first freeze-dryer for açaí in Europe. This equipment can transform the frozen açaí into powder, without heating, preserving all its properties, vitamins, and nutrients. The freeze-dryer conserves anthocyanins, considered by some to be important for the human diet and to have various health benefits.

The company uses certified organic açaí, grown in a socially and environmentally responsible way by a cooperative in the Brazilian Amazon.

What is the impact?

Direct

  • Job creation: 11 jobs will be created in the company's production unit in Oliveira do Hospital.
  • Responsible management of resources and waste: the whole project is based on the ESG methodology (Environmental, Social, and Governance) which means that environmental, social, and governmental principles are followed in all dimensions of the company’s activity. The installation of a photovoltaic system, capable of meeting part of the company's energy needs, is expected. There will be an effluent treatment plant to treat the water resulting from the factory's washing process, as well as waste management generated during production.
  • Promotion of economic activity in the Portuguese inland territories: a region with low population density where the encouragement of productive economic activities has the potential to strengthen the productive and competitive capabilities of local companies.

Indirect

  • Promotion of organic production: Tropicalamazon organic certification covers products from plantation to pulp processing at the industrial level.
  • The production of organic açaí in the riverside regions of the Brazilian state of Pará is native and traditional for the Amazonian communities who live there. The production is done in harmony with the Amazon Forest habitat, and each producer has on his property an area reserved for environmental protection, in compliance with Brazilian regulations.
  • Social and environmental responsibility: Tropicalamazon intends to implement traceability artifacts in each of its processes from production, post-harvest handling, and distribution of the fruit. The açaí cultivation is carried out by local cooperatives, which comprise about 80 cooperative members, and the company supports the açaí producers with the maintenance of organic production certifications, and in health care.

Impact indicators

11
jobs
created by our projects

Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

About the Promoter

About
TROPICALAMAZON, LDA

Tropicalamazon, Lda is a recently created company that will enter the Portuguese market of açaí distribution. The company was founded by four Brazilian partners with different backgrounds. One of the partners has considerable experience in the açaí industry in Brazil and is the owner of the brand "Açaí de Safra".

Tropicalamazon will produce açaí and products from açaí to sell directly to consumers and to retailers in the ice cream industry.

Açaí is cultivated in the Brazilian Amazon, in native areas, in the state of Pará. The final products will be produced in an automated way in the industrial unit of Tropical Amazon in Portugal where the process of de-icing and defrosting of the açaí will take place. The pulp is purchased from the supplier company Açaí da Safra LTDA in Brazil who in turn acquires the fruit from cooperatives and traditional communities.

Environmental and social concerns are part of the company's internal policies, based on the ESG (environmental and social governance) methodology. The açaí used has organic certification from plantation to pulp processing at the industrial level.

Meet the team:

Raphael Sampaio Vale

A lawyer who initially graduated from the University of Amazônia and is currently a master's student in Law and Regulation at the University of Lisbon.

He chaired the Paragominas Subsection of the Brazilian Bar Association in two consecutive terms (2004-2009) and was a State Councilor for the organization between 2010-2012. Rapahel was also a Member of the National Commission on Environmental Law of the Brazilian Bar Association between 2010 and 2012 and represented the organization at the UN Climate Conferences held in Copenhagen (COP-15) in 2009, Cancun (COP-16) in 2010 and Durban (COP-17) in 2011, as well as at the UN Environment Conference RIO+20 in 2012.

Today he holds the position of Legal Director of the Brazilian Cooperative for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development.


Alan Melo

This entrepreneur and business management consultant, expert in elaborating financing projects for the Banco da Amazônia, Banco do Nordeste and Banco do Estado do Pará has a master's degree in Economics from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. He is also a university professor and president of the Brazilian Cooperative for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development


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Project location
Oliveira do Hospital
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