CAROB PODS (FRUIT, WHOLE)

In production of our organic certified carob products no chemicals are being used and is a controlled and certified agricultural production method in every step from the production till the consumption. Organic certified carob products protect environment, plant, animal and human health without polluting, soil and water sources and air. It aims in general to protect environment, gives back to the nature what it borrowed, aims sustainability in agriculture; furthermore, it is a life-style, a product of a complete philosophy with protecting the interest of employees. Our organic carob products do not spoil the natural balance of your body, gives vitality, and completely obtained from organic carob. It does not contain any impure and unnatural material.

Carob is one of the oldest plants in the planet earth which is classified within (Cerotonia siliqua.L.) group. Carob was found among the burned plant leftovers around where Vesuvius volcano destroyed in 79 BC. It is such a valuable fruit that it is rumored that John Prophet ate this fruit in the desert and kept on living. Carob is a typical fruit of the regions with Mediterranean climate. Carob tree is a fruit tree sensitive to low temperatures, always green and of legume family. This tree can grow without being under any culture and without requiring any chemical material; it gives its first fruit when 5-10 and reaches economical life in 10-15 years. Every year, it can increase fruit amount and quality and reach 15 meters high in fifty years.
Its fruits start to grow in May and mature in June-July. Fruit color turns to green to brown after maturing. Mature fruits start to be harvested in September and depending upon seasonal conditions and it continues until November-December.