Il Frutto PermessoThis Val Pellice cooperative of farms specialised in growing organic fruit and breeding Coalvi Piedmontese cattle, has been active for more than 40 years now.
At its outlet in Bibiana and shops in Turin, it sells not only fresh fruit and vegetables, but also a variety of processed products such as compotes and jams with a high percentage of fruit, pectin-free and cooked at low temperatures (be sure to try the blueberry compote). Specialities comprise the juices of heritage Piedmontese apple and pear varieties – grigia di Torriana, runsè, magnana and martin sec – including the lightly spiced calvilla. Collaboration with the University of Turin has given rise to a line of functional wild herb juices: Relax, Leggerezza, Aperitiva, Balsamica and Vitamineral. Other flagship products are apple vinegar and cider, among which a rarity, Syderal, an “ice cider“ made with Story Inored apples left on the tree until the first autumn frosts, and Aperpom a non-alcoholic aperitif.
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