COATO is located in the Guadalentín valley, a region in which, because of its climatic conditions and rich soil, produces most of the paprika peppers grown in Murcia and without a doubt the best quality of the region, which for over one hundred years has been supplying the most and best quality sweet peppers that is consumed both in the Spanish and European market.

As we are growers inscribed in the Guarantee of Origin register of the pepper of Murcia, with several hundred hectares of crops, we can fully guarantee that our product is obtained through the most traditional methods such as dehydration by sun rays and manual de- stemming and that origin and the health conditions are guaranteed and they are Murcian produced peppers.

We also produce organic peppers.

The modern facilities and machinery which carries out the grinding and transformation process of the paprika allows us to obtain a wide range of qualities and specifications that our customers require in a reduced time. Quality control takes place from the growing product going through the washing and disinfection process prior to the dehydration as well as on reception and grinding.

Before leaving our premises the paprika goes through a natural sterilizing process with steam which ensures that the bacteriological levels of the product are reduced to practically insignificant levels. Quality control is carried out in our own laboratory and is then contrasted and guaranteed by high level internationally approved laboratories.

For more information:
pimenton@coato.com

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