Piacenza, 1980: the Bertuzzi brothers, Angelo and Emilio, founded Riverfrut, the farming company that still produces and distributes vegetables, both fresh (the core business has always been green beans) and semi-processed such as cooked and grilled vegetables, soups, creams and burgers.
Quality, sustainability and the marrying of tradition and innovation have been the hallmarks for the past fifty years of the Piacenza-based brand that is always quick to identify and respond to the demands of modern-day living: the pre-cooked range, which has its origins in the Cottintavola line, lends itself to quick, tasty and at the same time healthy eating.
The goal of our sustainable agriculture is to ensure that our natural products are free from additives, oils and preservatives, and to safeguard the soil and those who work it; the processed products, in turn, benefit from the application of techniques designed to protect their nutritional and organoleptic properties, preserving the freshness of the raw ingredients.
That’s why Riverfrut carefully manages the entire production cycle, as evidenced by the prestigious national Eco Pack award, attesting to the use of environmentally sustainable packaging; not to mention the planting of 500 trees – including tall conifers and hedges – around the factory, and the considerable savings in water and energy resulting from the investments made in recent years.
The controlled supply chain and the state-ofthe-art plant on an area of 30,000 m2 located in Niviano di Rivergaro ensure that the company remains very well-positioned in most of the large supermarket chains, both in Italy and abroad.
And in addition, the family-run company also has a reputation as a reliable co-packer for several national and foreign supermarket chains, for both fresh and processed products: the numerous certifications achieved over the years (Global Gap, IFS, BRC, Organic and Kosher) are testimony to this. As if all this were not enough, an in-house Research & Development team is constantly striving to come up with novel products that can appeal to the latent needs of consumers, by taking on increasingly complex and stimulating challenges.
