The I.G.P. Crumple Dwelt of The Pedroñeras promociona in the fair Original Spain

The I.G.P. Purple Garlic of the Pedroñeras assist to the national fair of the denominations of origin and other products agroalimentarios of quality Original Spain, that celebrates in Ciudad Real between the days 8 and 10 May.

For this, has a stand modular situated in the pavilion Nature corridor To-23 in which it exposes the product of the I.G.P., that is the singular and appreciated Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras, delivers promotional and advertising material to the visitors and receives to the professionals that attend in search of commercial contacts, tasks attended by personnel of the Association I.G.P. Crumple Dwelt of The Pedroñeras.

The Association that sustenta this figure of quality agroalimentaria Spanish-manchega, recognised and inscribed in the register comunitario of DOP/IGP, is integrated cheese cheese in the actuality by fifteen producing companies and trading companies of this considered bulbo, indispensable in the Mediterranean diet and in the composition of infinity of dishes and guisos that conform ours miscellaneous and rich gastronomy. Besides, and from it does time, recognise the preventive and charitable properties of this garlic in front of illnesses and ailments, characteristic all they corroborated in the actuality through recent and continuous scientific studies. Studies that confirm that the extract liofilizado of garlic is a powerful agent anticancerígeno and antitumoral; with activity also in the decrease of the arterial tension and effects vasodilatadores; with properties besides anticoagulants and facilitadoras of the bloodstream and antibióticas, between others.

In the campaign 2011-12 of production and commercialisation, the pertaining companies and authorised by the association, after process of certification and auditsoria, for the use of the marchamo of the I.G.P. in the commercialisation of the garlic, have inscribed a total of 3.200 hectare, all they situated in the zone of production allowed, that comprises 227 municipal terms of the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo. The surface inscribed represents 13% more than the declared in the past campaign, and corroborates the growth of the productive potential of the I.G.P. Crumple Dwelt of The Pedroñeras, enciphered in the actuality in 24.000 tonnes.

The past year, the I.G.P. Crumple Dwelt of The Pedroñeras realised an intense campaign of promotion and divulging of this product headed to the consumers. For the year in course, already has scheduled the assistance to fairs like the one of Original Spain, the FIDA of The Pedroñeras and Fruit Attraction; as well as big quantity of promotions in course in points of sale situated in shops of feeding and supermarkets of the capitals of Castile-La Mancha, Madrid and metropolitan zone.

The Purple Garlic of The Pedroñeras is an ecotipo autochthonous pertinent of the variety protected Dwelt of Cuenca, cultivated exclusively in Castile-La Mancha. The crop and production of this garlic involves to several populations, by what contributes to generate tasks of production and poscosecha of more than 600.000 jornales annual.