El nougat from Alicante, known to be the famous "hard nougat" and the turrón of Jijona, "soft", are a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and, therefore, all those nougats marketed under these two names must meet certain requirements. There is much confusion as to whether they are IGP's o PDOs (Protected Designation of Origin). The difference is small, but it exists. In this article we will talk about some more nougat and about the economic benefits of the nougat industry in our country Keep reading!
Nougat from Alicante and nougat from Jijona. What do they have to have?
Well, first we must know that for a nougat to have the seal of the PGI must meet certain requirements. All products that have a PGI must have some particular quality or reputation or other characteristic that can be attributed to a geographical origin. Eye, alguna. Unlike the PDOs Cuya quality or characteristics are due to the geographical environment with its natural and human factors. This refers, above all, to the materials. The PDOs, therefore, they are more demanding.
That the raw materials used are those included in Regulation 23/04/96 (Official State Gazette), article 11, that is, pure bee honey at least in a 10 %, must be the minimum percentage of almonds in the nougats covered by the 64% for the Jijona and the 60% for Alicante, as well as the production methods used that must follow the guidelines set out in the Regulation. Regulatory Council Protected Geographical Indication Jijona and Turrón de Alicante
Other parameters: Categories
However, both present products with great qualities. But, it never means that the products without PGI or PDO are of lower quality. We must also differentiate the category that refers only to the percentages of honey and almonds. We can find Supreme quality, Extra, Standard or Popular. Thus, the nougat Supreme quality must contain at least one Present in several = 60% almond, those of extra quality un 46-50%, Standard Quality un Present in several = 40% y popular quality un 34%.
Nougat Sector Billing
The nougat company sanchis mira SA reached in the year 2020 a billing of 120,7 millions of euros which represents a market share of 66%. Therefore, the flagship brands of Sanchis Mira, AntiuXixona and La Fama, are the two firms with the highest turnover in the market. Of course, within the IGPs sector. In fact, with a great difference, since there is an abysmal figure between the second company with the highest turnover: Nougat Picó SA has managed to increase its sales compared to the previous year (2019) a Present in several = 15% billing 16,8 million.
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In third place we find Nougat José Garrigós SA with a turnover of 14,4 millones de euros thus assuming a 9% of market turnover. These data come from Infoempresa.com, a website that offers economic information about companies. The benefits obtained by the protected nougat companies have been a 1% lower than the previous year. A fairly low number if we take into account that 2020 It was a very difficult year economically due to the pandemic and other sectors have had much greater losses, for example.
El ranking of benefits presides over it Sanchis Mira SA (8,7 million) and they follow him Nougats Picó SA (€531.000), Nougats Coloma SA (€430.424) y Nougat José Garrigós SA (€398.108).
Nougats at Christmas
It is obvious that nougats cannot be missing from the Christmas table. In Gastronomic Information we have talked about the rarest nougats of the market, as well as the best soft nougat and best hard nougat. In fact, the winners were not exactly PGI nougats. There is also another PGI nougat, the Agramunt nougat, riding a Catalonia. However, our recommendation is always to choose the healthiest option and that we like the most.
In fact, if you dare you can make nougat yourself. The ingredients are simple and you can choose the healthier ones. It is true that an advantage of nougats that have PGI is that they will always use miel instead of invert sugars o sweeteners. And, you will also eat a nougat made with the traditional methods. Tell us how you liked this article in the comments. And you, have you already tried the nougat from Alicante?
