ABOUT CRETA MEL

The company Creta Mel A.E.B.E. is based in Crete, the southernmost island of Greece in the Central Mediterranean.

Founded in 1996 Creta Mel’s initial activity was the production of honey and the company was named after the island Crete which it is located and the product which it produces, honey or “meli” in Greek.

 

The members of Creta Mel are a family involved in producing honey. Carrying on a remarkable family tradition in the production of honey, combined with knowledge by studying the Mediterranean diet, the Company's members wanted to engage in the production of traditional Cretan products. One of the more traditional Cretan products, which relates directly to the Cretan diet from ancient times is honey.

 

Creta Mel initially began its business by creating a honey production plant. Our aim was to identify potential honey production for each region and to select those areas that offer high quality products.

Working systematically and with much dedication towards our goal, we noticed that Crete is a blessed place, because the products we were able to collect from Cretan Nature have been of very high quality. We found, however, that this great product was not useful in raw form. Having thus acquired considerable experience and knowledge producing high quality Cretan honey in 1998 we decided to give it an identity and a brand name.

 

Thus we created a model honey production unit and production standards, further developing our product as well as products from other producers of the island which of course met the conditions and quality standards we set out.

 

The geographical terrain of Crete, the differences in height of the island in conjunction with many herbs which grow (more than 2000 different kinds of herbs) as well as the long summer with high temperatures that reach 40ºC especially during the summer months, enabled the production team to produce high quality honey varieties of which the most key ingredients are thyme, pine tree thyme and thyme with wild herbs.

 

As the distinctive product logo the word ORINO was given. In Greek, “orino” means high mountains away from populated areas; this is the geographical origin of the Creta Mel products. Often there is not even road transport and producers may need to call on the assistance of animals to carry their honey colonies and to produce a product that is unique.

 

The interest from consumers for products produced by Creta Mel was quick to arrive and rapidly became known all over the island and the rest of the Greek market.

 

The members of Creta Mel wished to meet the needs of its consumers with high expectations, decided to offer the general public unique products without preservatives, additives or colourings and products which will have as their first ingredient honey.

 

Creta Mel created in the year 2000 a new series of traditional Greek products such as the sesame honey bar and the sesame honey bar with nuts and nougat. Creta Mel combined high quality honey with natural products such as sesame, almonds, peanuts, and cashews and manufactured products of high nutritional value essential to a balanced daily diet for a healthy body.

Our products are loved by children and adults and are currently distributed in Greece as well as in foreign markets with much success.

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