Category: Foods

Dimitar Madjarov – Meat and dairy products

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Established in 1991, “Dimitar Madjarov”company started its activity as a trading and distribution food company. In 1994 the company started its own sausage production with an assortment of frankfurters and sausages. Five years later, in 1999, salted cheese and yellow cheese with the brand of “Dimitar Madjarov” went to the customers from the first company dairy. In 2000 the company started working with the first international chain for modern trade which entered the Bulgarian market. At the end of 2005 Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) were introduced in the company and…

Elenski But

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Elenski but (Bulgarian: еленски бут or (more precisely but less commonly), бут по еленски, sometimes translated as Elena round or Elena leg) is a dry-cured ham from the town of Elena, in northern Bulgaria,  popular delicacy throughout the country. The meat has a specific taste and can be preserved in the course of several years, owing much to the special process of making and the climatic conditions of the part of Stara Planina where Elena is located. The legs and quarters of the pig, traditionally singed and scraped, are taken…

Smilyan -The most delicious bean

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The upper Arda Valley of the Rhodope mountains, close to the border with Greece, is a picturesque patchwork of meadows, pasture, cultivated land, and coniferous and deciduous forests. In this idyllic place with pristine nature Christian and Muslim communities have lived peacefully together for centuries. The local soil and climate provide excellent conditions for growing beans, which have been produced by this small mountain community for at least 250 years. Each family cultivates small plots of land, which fit perfectly into the landscape. They all practice intercropping such as corn…

Everywhere you go

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KEN is one of the first private meat-processing companies in Bulgaria, established in 1991 in Stara Zagora. KEN quickly became one of the leading manufacturers of fresh, cured and cooked smoked sausages in Bulgaria, as the wide product range of the company includes various sausages, smoked salami, hams, pates and scalded meats, as well as the much beloved frankfurter – KEN. In 2014 KEN created the Lord of the Frankfurters – the Lukanka-type frankfurter, which quickly became the delicious favourite on every table. Through the years of its existence, KEN…

Chilli Hills – The world of hot sauces

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Chilli Hills was launched as a brand in early 2014. We operate as a boutique farm growing rare peppers from around the world. Within a few hours after picking, they are processed and preserved in the form of hot sauces, pastes, marinades and many other diverse products. The main goal of Chilli Hills is to contribute to the development of spice culture in Bulgaria while also putting Bulgarian chilli culture on the world map. Our ‘Balkan Hot Sauce’ range represents the first craft hot sauce in Bulgaria,  and includes what…

Choose the herbs of Botanical

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Botanical is one of the leading companies in Bulgaria for processing dried herbs and fruits and the producing tea. We are a family business with more than 25 years of history. With fresh ideas and high professionalism, we ensure the quality of raw materials at every stage, from their reception to the shipment of the finished product. We have loyal customers in more than 15 countries. In 1991, with the unsteady steps of a small child, “Iltokoni” Ltd. was founded in the village of Chesnigirovo, 25 km from the city…

LB Bulgaricum – History of the Bulgarian Yogurt

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In the beginning of the 20th century the famous Russian scientist, winner of the Nobel Prize, Ilya Mechnikov (1845-1916), working at Pasteur Institute – Paris, began researches on the causes of human aging. He found that during feeding the protein substances in food are degraded by the action of putrefactive intestine bacteria that cause poisoning of the body and early death. He proves that the only food that could restrict the development of putrefactive bacteria in the intestines is the Bulgarian yoghurt, by which is explained the largest number of…

Green cheese

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Green cheese originates from Bulgaria, the Cherni Vit village of the Lovech district, the Teteven Balkan mountain range. Italian experts from the “Slow Food” society found it shortly after Bulgaria became a member of the European Union in 2007. They communicated with Tsvetan Dimitrov, the mayor of Cherni Vit, asking for more information and samples of the product. Being fascinated, the Italians exhibited cheese samples at the international festival held nearby Torino. Note that our cheese was proclaimed there as the only Balkan milk product with natural mould. For now,…

Compass

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“Compass” is a Bulgarian company specializing in the production of meat, meat-vegetable, vegetarian and fish sterilized products. The story began in 1996 when the company started a small enterprise of its own. Right from the start “Compass” mission was to offer high-quality foodstuff aiming at the improvement of people’s life. The title of the company however clearly illustrated its goal to offer products which would be a “compass” indicating the correct direction of advance of the subsequent market. Due to the great interest to and the extended demand for its…

Boni Holding

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Founded 25 years ago, today “Bony Holding” Ltd is one of the largest companies in the register of the Bulgarian food industry, a leader in the production of pork meat and one of the most acknowledged suppliers of meat products and sausages. It operates hybrid and stock pig farms and one of the most modern meat processing complexes in Europe, with technological capabilities to produce a limitless variety of products. „Bony Holding“ is a vertically integrated company operating at all production levels: fodder production, hybrid and stock pig farming, pork…