AICAL bergamot
The Reggio Calabria bergamot has been the undisputed star of the international agri-food market for over a decade. We spoke with Adriano Scrivo of the AICAL producers’ association in Monasterace.
Citrus and AICAL derivatives
“A periodic confirmation that leaves no doubts about the quality and potential of our citrus”, commented the President of the Association for the protection of the typical in Calabria, Adriano Scrivo, the fresh and the products that refer to the essence and juice of the prince of citrus fruits, excel in markets all over the world”.
“It is a versatile product – he added – which lends itself to different types of processing and permanently occupies a first-rate position in various markets. The bergamot of Reggio Calabria and its rigorously Made in Calabria by-products is certainly a added value for our territory and represents the symbolic product for our region”.
Citrus fruit and the tourist itinerary
“In implementation, the “Via del Bergamotto”, as a “Thematic Itinerary”, unique and extraordinary of its kind, would wind along almost 100 kilometers and more of the metropolitan Ionian coast of Reggio Calabria: from Villa San Giovanni to Monasterace”. Bergamot directly on site, by adopting communication in step with the times, could also represent a new outlet from a tourist point of view, responding to an increasingly widespread demand, both nationally and internationally, for all those experiences related to nature and psycho-physical well-being www.stiltuor.it
AICAL, bergamot and health
Last but most important analysis – Bergamot and health – “Bergamot can positively influence, through the unique active ingredients of the Reggio citrus fruit, the maintenance of well-being, the prevention of cardiovascular and degenerative pathologies, the strengthening of the immune system, the regulation of intestinal functions. Our Association has started studies on its own production methodologies “AICAL method”
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