As we say: “the friends of my friends… are your friends too!.

Joining the food consortium Costa Rica Food  now allows our potential clients to find our products among nougats, spices, tea, liquers, seasonings, honey, cajeta sweets. Everything from serious companies doing their best to represent the best of Costa Rica.

At Montana Azul the philosophy has been to create synergy and facilitate any process that impacts Small and Medium companies positively : participation in food shows and promotion of the products, technical help and certification, training and sharing of experiences. The possibilities increase when we work together.

Already in 2010 the company  joined the food group Flavours of Costa Rica along with other companies exporting snacks, water, syrups, gluten free flours, chocolate and bread products.

As Pahola Arias, Manager for the consortium projects says ” We are team players, we all believe in one single vision : to put Costa Rican foods on the table of the exigent markets. We believe in team work and we believe that we think our products can compete globally”

Montana Azul expands its family of products to a new range of everyday flavors.

Sweet favorites such as “fruit cocktail” and “peach halves” join our grocery products along with the ready-to-eat vegetables “chickpeas”, “mushrooms”, “green peas” and “sweet corn”. Different presentations for the different uses in both local and international markets.

Victor Arias Jimenez, founder of the company, celebrates the registration of the whole product line at the Ministry of Health and the entrance to the local supermarkets : “We are growing in every direction ! Our vision has been to offer gourmet products from Costa Rica to the world. Today we complement it with every day products.  Montaña Azul branded products allow you to create a complete menu”.

Montaña Azul will arrive to  both retail and wholesale clients in national and international markets.

The family grows. Good for you!.

A new product for the coffee fanatics : Bouquet coffee, the best of our coffee with a hint of flavor.

The best gourmet creation packet into contemporary designs and easy opening cans. Daloö, a word that means “brilliant” is dedicated to sofisticated coffee consumers.

The facilities of Montana Azul received last 6 of september the team of NSF auditors, in order to evaluate the quality systems on the production plant of Montana Azul and granted a result of 9/10. This exercise took more than 10 hours and was executed in request of one of our global clients, reviewing subjects like HACCP, BPM and many others.

Pahola Arias, Project Manager and leader of certification projects at the company said ” This result shows to our client that we are commited with improving constantly our processes, organizing the best posible our resources in order to satisfy their final consumers. Also our plant is opened to any of our clients who bring always their best team of auditors who have always an excelent impression”.

NSF International was founded in 1944 from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health as the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) to standardize sanitation and food safety requirements.  NSF International is an accredited, third-party certification body that tests and certifies products to verify they meet these public health and safety standards. Products that meet these standards bear the NSF Mark.

Our client, a Global retailer, requested the NSF to audit our plant. NSF operates  serves companies in more than 150 countries worldwide with 1,200-plus staff includes microbiologists, toxicologists, chemists, engineers, environmental and public health professionals.

This positive results are a constant in the company. Our NSF audit result is now in our hands to review point by point of the norms and taken into consideration for the ISO 2200 certification process at the end of this year 2012.