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CATALOG SAMBAVA ÉPICES Excellence de Madagascar

Sambava Épices S.a.r.l. is a company based in Madagascar, with its headquarters in the island’s capital of Antananarivo. The partners in the business are based in Italy and can draw on a wealth of experience in the management of international projects. Having carefully selected the finest spices available on the island, the company identified the highest quality sources and then engaged with the local producers, in order to guarantee the quality of the spices right back to the source.

After undergoing a painstaking quality control process, the spices are sent to the company’s facility in Antananarivo, where they are respectfully processed in ways that comply fully with European health and safety standards, before being packaged and exported all across the world.

MISSION CODE OF ETHICS

All of the local suppliers have been meticulously vetted There are unwritten rules that are based on principles on the basis of their adherence to the strict standards of of courtesy, sensitivity, nature and respect for others Sambava Épices. Before being processed, the products – upholding these principles is a choice that Sambava are subject to a rigorous series of controls, and only Épices, make on an ongoing basis. Sambava Épices is a those batches that conform to the highest levels of young business that is just setting out on its journey, The Canal des Pangalanes: the spice route. quality are accepted. The packaging is made exclusively plowing a furrow rather different from that of the Located along the eastern coast of Madagascar, using natural materials such as glass and cork, because other companies in the sector. Sambava Épices adhere the canal was designed during the colonial the commitment to the environment is taken very to our Code of Ethics, which is a sort of constitutional period and extends for over 400 miles. Like a seriously. The packaging is designed to preserve intact charter for us, and we set ourselves rigid rules and silver ribbon, it meanders its way through the the aromas and flavors of the spices while also enabling values that are geared towards respecting health and coastal dunes, plantations, forests and great full traceability of the products. Sambava Épices offers the environment, which see us, for example, carrying lakes. nothing but highest-quality products that encapsulate out the sustainable harvesting of our wild pepper in an It is fundamentally important for those living the fragrances and essences of the untainted island of effort to combat deforestation. along its banks, because for many villages it is Madagascar. the only access route and the only available channel for the transport of goods and spices. THE SELECTION

VOATSIPERIFERY WILD PEPPER FLEUR DE SEL (FLOWER OF SALT) Wild black pepper (corns) p. 6 Natural flower of salt p. 18 Wild black pepper (ground) p. 6 Flower of salt flavored with wild p. 18 Wild black pepper (crushed) p. 6 pepper Wild white pepper (corns) p. 6 Flower of salt flavored with vanilla p. 18

BLACK PEPPER CINNAMON Black pepper (corns) p. 8 Cinnamon (18 cm sticks) p. 20 Black pepper (crushed) p. 8 Cinnamon (ground) p. 20 Black pepper (ground) p. 8 COCOA BEANS PINK PEPPERCORN Roasted cocoa beans p. 22 Pink peppercorn p. 10 CANE SUGAR CLOVES Cane sugar flavored with vanilla p. 24 Cloves (whole) p. 12 Cane sugar flavored with cinnamon p. 24 Cloves (ground) p. 12

TURMERIC Turmeric (ground) p. 14

CURRY Curry, blend of 13 spices p. 15

AFRICAN BIRD’S EYE CHILI Red chili pepper (whole) p. 16 Red chili pepper (ground) p. 16 Product VOATSIPERIFERY WILD PEPPER Wild black pepper Composition Poivre sauvage noir Corns Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight In Malagasy, they call it The wild pepper tree grows It is a great favorite of 350 g Voatsiperifery, meaning in the central forests of the gourmets and Michelin- Provenance “fruit of the tree”. Rare and island’s upland areas. The starred chefs. Used just Region of Fianarantsoa highly prized, it grows wild pods are harvested and like black pepper, it has a only in the high-altitude processed by hand by the local pleasingly fresh flavor, with virgin forests of Madagascar. populace. Sambava Épices spiced nuances of fruit and When it is fully ripe, it has an has directly selected the wood. It is also delicious when eye-catching bright red color, production zones it uses, and added to fresh-fruit salads, ice and it is at this point that it today one of the companies in cream and sorbets, and even is harvested – a difficult and Madagascar to carry out the works well on sweet-and- dangerous task. The wild sustainable harvesting of the sour dishes. It is a particularly liana, which produces the product. This extraordinary mouthwatering addition to pods, grows around high- pepper is a veritable explosion pork and lamb, and goes very trunked trees, reaching a of fragrances, with its long- well with coconut milk and height of up to 20 meters. lasting fruit-laden notes and chocolate. The locals add it The small, reddish-brown its undertones both citrus fresh to their rice- and meat- oval-shaped pods feature the and floral. based dishes. characteristic dark-brown Variants avaible: stalk. Wild black pepper (ground) 350 g Wild black pepper (crushed) 350 g Wild white pepper (corns) 400 g

6 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product BLACK PEPPER Black pepper Composition Poivre noir Corns Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight The word “pepper” The selection of Sambava It contains various aromatic 350 g derives from the sanskrit Épices is geared towards prized elements such as limonene, Provenance pippalī, meaning “berry”. varieties found on the south- which imbues it with a Region of Fianarantsoa Peppercorns are actually the eastern coast of Madagascar. particular aroma; indeed, it can fruits of a creeping vine that Sambava Épices go to great be distilled to produce a pleasant grows on trees and bushes, lengths to choose the best essential oil. Compare to the reaching heights of up to five producers, and we impose green, white and pink variants, meters. They are harvested specific quality standards. The the black contains a higher before complete maturation, corns are rich in essential oils quantity of piperine, which if the intention is to produce and offer up intense aromatic endows it with a strong flavor. black pepper. The corns are notes. The selection process is It has a beneficial effect on the immersed in boiling water carried out by hand to achieve digestion and the metabolism, for two minutes and left to the highest quality, with an but is not recommended for macerate overnight. They are eye to both the density and those who suffer from gastritis. then dried in the sun, turning the colour. Whole pepper is In its crushed form, it is used the pericarp black. preferred, since it has a high to flavor salami, canned meat, level of piperine, a molecule sauces and liqueurs. It can also that gives pepper its piquancy. be ground and served on food.

Variants available: Black pepper (crushed) 400 g Black pepper (ground) 400 g

8 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product PINK PEPPERCORN Pink Peppercorn Composition Baie rose Pods Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight This particular pod grows Sambava Épices has selected Used since antiquity by South 150 g above all in the Andes at the product that grows on the American for its medicinal Provenance medium altitudes. It is known central uplands of the Sakay properties, it is a panacea Region of Antananarivo as “false pepper” but it actually region, where the quality for bronchitis. It contains has nothing to do with is highest, in terms of both essential oil, resin and tannin. pepper. Schinus molle, which dimensions and aroma. It In South America, the pods can grow up to seven meters features a bright red color and are used to flavor syrups, in height, is often cultivated is slightly spicy on the tongue, vineyards and numerous as an ornamental tree, owing but never excessively so – for drinks, and are often added to the attractiveness of its this reason it is a favorite of to wine. It is used widely in pods, which become red, even the most refined and French cuisine. Its subtle but only when dry. When delicate of palates. The corns aroma is ideal for flavoring the peppercorn has turned are selected by hand to ensure fish, white meat, yoghurt- fully pink, it is harvested in the highest quality and based sauces, savory tarts bunches and then chopped consistent size and colour. and eggs. It is used in the using scissors, before being garnishing of a typical Tuscan dried or preserved in brine ham called Orecchione. with water and salt.

10 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product CLOVES Cloves Composition Clous de girofle Whole Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight It is the still-closed bud of The cloves selected by Rich in proteins, iron, 250 g the flower of an evergreen Sambava Épices come from calcium, phosphorous, Provenance plant, Eugenia caryophyllata. the north-east of Madagascar, carbohydrates, potassium, Region of Toamasina Harvested and dried in the which is home to the finest sodium, chloric acid, vitamins sun, it has an intense aroma, quality cloves of the ideal A and C. A glass of hot thanks to the high percentage dimensions. An excellent water with a teaspoonful of of essential oils it contains, level of rainfall and clayey soil powdered ginger, honey and including eugenol. It takes help to bring out and make a few cloves will help you to around seven years for the the most of the organoleptic get over a cold. Together with clove to flower and produce properties. The aroma of cinnamon, it is the crucial its famous spice. After Madagascan cloves is the most ingredient in a good vin brûlé harvesting, the bud is dried intense of all, with strong and in strudel, but it can also in the sun. The clove then notes of mint complemented accompany seasoned cheeses turns brown, and the intense by a winning sweetness. The very successfully. An onion fragrance is due to a high slightly alcoholic sensation with a few cloves inserted percentage of essential oils, is due to the substantial into it makes for an excellent especially eugenol. presence of essential oil. marinade for game. It also works well with vegetables in sweet-and-sour sauce.

Variants available: Cloves (ground) 350 g

12 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR TURMERIC CURRY Curcuma Curry, mélange 13 épices

DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION

Curcuma longa is a root of the ginger family The word “curry” derives from the term kari (or (Zingiberaceae), also known as “saffron of the Indies”. karil), which in southern India refers to spices used Once hulled and dried, it is reduced to a bright yellow for certain dishes. An aromatic spice mixture with a powder. The rhizomes of the Madagascan varieties bright orange color, due to the presence of turmeric, contain a relatively high percentage of curcumin, which curry has various formulations, but coriander, cumin, is considered a powerful antioxidant. chili and turmeric are always present.

FEATURES FEATURES The turmeric offered by Sambava Épices comes Sambava Épices has selected and mixed, in from the Falaises, which slope down from the accordance with a time-honored method, a total uplands of central Madagascar to the city of of 13 spices from across Madagascar, producing a Toamasina. The aroma is vaguely reminiscent of unique blend. that of saffron, with notes that are more bitter and acidic, but never unpleasantly so, which emphasize RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE the slightly musky, bitterish, warm and full-bodied Precisely because it is a mixture of spices with Product palate. different characteristics and properties, curry is an Product Turmeric Curry, blend of 13 spices antioxidant, an intestinal disinfectant, a digestive RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE Composition and a metabolic regulator. Due to the presence of Composition Ground Rich in curcumin, which is highly beneficial, starch, pepper, it should be used in moderation to treat Blend Packaging potassium and vitamin C. Ideal in white meat-based gastritis. An excellent flavoring for rice, pasta, fish Packaging Kraft Bag dishes, risottos and creamy soups, and with fish and and white meat. One simple but delicious recipe is Kraft Bag spreadable cheeses. An excellent addition to potatoes, chicken curry, served with rice. It is advisable to Net weight Net weight cooked fruit, yoghurt and sauces, it also works well as toss the curry in the pan before serving, in order 300 g 300 g a condiment for salads. Best used raw, at the end of the to bring out the flavors. Store in the fridge in a Provenance cooking process, in order to retain its properties. Store glass jar, away from sources of light, and consume Provenance Region of Taomasina dry, away from sources of light. The ideal quantity for shortly after purchase. Madagascar consumption is a spoonful per day.

14 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product RED CHILI PEPPER Red chili pepper Composition Piment Pili-Pili Whole Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight The African Bird’s Eye Chili, Sambava Épices has selected Sakay (chili) is a staple 200 g also known as “piri piri” or a high-quality African of Madagascan cooking. Provenance Region of Fianarantsoa “pili-pili”, grows on a dense Bird’s Eye Chili sourced Together with oil, it is used bush of the Solanaceae family. from the central uplands of as a seasoning for vegetables, The chilies themselves are Madagascar. On the Scoville meat and fish. Strongly several inches long and scale, it measures between flavored pili-pili sauce is their cultivation requires 100,000 and 350,000 SHA. prepared by blending pili- substantial manual input. The Given its spiciness, it is pili chili, lemon (or vinegar), bitter pods start out green, favored by those with more oil, red chili and garlic. The but when they are ready robust palates. To begin with, dense, colorful sauce works to be picked they turn to a it may seem difficult to judge wonders on oven-roasted bright violet-red. Originating how much to use, but once chicken, Italian-style “devil” in Madagascar, this chili is you have experimented with chicken and octopus; pili-pili widely used in Africa, but it it, it soon becomes a crucial is also a great accompaniment is in fact nothing other than ingredient. for fresh goat’s cheese and the fruit of the Capsicum white meat. Recommended frutescens plant, which also quantity: one pinch of powder grows in the tropical forests for every 4 diners. of Sudan and was imported into Europe by Portuguese Variants available: colonists. Red chili pepper (ground) 300 g

16 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product FLEUR DE SEL Natural fleur de sel (flower of salt) Flower of salt Composition Crystals DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Packaging FOR USE Kraft Bag Fleur de sel (also known as Sambava Épices decided to Fleur de sel is ideal for use in Net weight 400 g “flower of salt”) is renowned focus on the south-eastern pastries because it has a very as the caviar of salt, due to coast of the island, where the delicate taste that brings out Provenance Region of Toliara its rarity and its unrivalled pure water of the Mozambique the flavour of the ingredients. organoleptic properties: it channel imbues the salt with Its purity makes it suitable for crystallizes on the surface of unique properties. It takes the those with heart conditions the water, under the action of form of small, flower-shaped and those on a low-salt diet. A the sun and the wind. crystals that form after low favorite of Michelin-starred It is rougher, larger and tide in natural pools. It is chefs, it endows the dish with damper than common salt. only formed on hot, windy a wonderful aroma. Perfect in Opaque white in color, it days and patiently harvested pastries, it makes the most of is free from preservatives by hand by the women of the the flavour of chocolate, and and anti-thickening agents. local villages. is a wonderful addition to Moreover, it has a lower raw meat, fish and cooked or sodium chloride level and a steamed vegetables. lower salting potency.

Variants available: Fleur de sel (flower of salt) 400 g flavored with wild pepper Fleur de sel (flower of salt) 400 g flavored with vanilla

18 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product CINNAMON Cinnamon Composition Cannelle 18 cm sticks Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight Cinnamon – Cinnamomum The cinnamon selected The Eastern and Creole 150 g verum – has been known by Sambava Épices is traditions use cinnamon to Provenance from remote antiquity. sourced from the bark of flavor tea, but cinnamon is also Region of Toamasina Cinnamon was so highly Cinnamomum zeylanicum, mixed with savory foodstuffs, prized among ancient nations which grows on the east particularly smoked meats. that it was regarded as a gift coast of Madagascar, where it It is used to bring out the fit for monarchs and even was planted by the French in fragrance of punch, it works for a god. It is extracted from the last century. The quality well with the acidic flavor of the inner bark, under the is unrivalled. The aroma is apples, and it is a sine qua non exterior covering of the tree. delicate, sweet and persistent, in pain d’épices and leavened The surface is scraped and the without ever becoming desserts. It can be crumbled remaining “stick” is rolled like cloying. It stands apart from or grated at the time of a papyrus, and then cut to the the less prized variety from serving, and is perfect with desired length. south-east Asia, which is chocolate, and as a flavoring The aroma and flavor if produced using Ceylon in cream, whipped cream, cinnamon derive from its Cinnamon and has a more meringues and ice creams. essential oil and principal bitter flavor. It is an antiseptic, It can achieve exceptional component, cinnamaldehyde, rich in vitamin A, which results in the flavoring of as well as numerous other helps to overcome illness and spirits and liqueurs. constituents, including improves digestion. Variants available: eugenol. Cinnamon (ground) 300 g

20 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product ROASTED COCOA BEANS Roasted cocoa beans Fèves de Cacao Composition Whole Packaging DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Kraft Bag FOR USE Net weight Theobroma means “food of Sambava Épices offers what is Roasted cocoa beans combat 250 g the gods”. The Mayans and the one of Madagascar’s flagship hunger, are rich in antioxidants Provenance Aztecs, who discovered cocoa, products – Criollo cocoa – and have a positive effect on the Region of Antsiranana venerated it to such an extent cultivated in the Sambirano circulatory system. They boost that it was used as currency. valley, a remote region in the the immune system, reducing It grows in rainforests, in the north west of the island. It is a cholesterol and blood pressure. shade of taller vegetation. When little-known type that accounts They give you a feeling of the fruit reaches maturity, it for just 1% of worldwide cocoa wellbeing because they stimulate contains a number of seeds that production. The beans, which look like almonds. are dried naturally, have a dry, the production of endorphins. intense, refined flavor. Once We recommend that you When the fruit of the cocoa tree, eaten, they leave the mouth crumble some beans over crème also known as a pod, reaches feeling clean and have a pleasing, caramel or on a cake. They work maturity, it contains a number persistent aroma. well with gorgonzola and with of seeds. Cocoa beans constitute fish, pasta, vegetables and, of the main ingredient in chocolate. course, with sweets.

22 SAMBAVA ÉPICES - EXCELLENCE DE MADAGASCAR Product CANE SUGAR Cane sugar flavored with vanilla Sucre de canne Composition Ground DESCRIPTION FEATURES RECOMMENDATIONS Packaging FOR USE Kraft Bag Sugar cane, a plant that The sugar cane selected by Ideal for enriching any sweet Net weight 400 g originated in Asia and belongs Sambava Épices is cultivated dish, such as cakes, panna cotta to the Graminae family, has and transformed without and trifle, and for sweetening Provenance Region of Toamasina the scientific name Saccharum refinement in Tamatave. The infusions. Not to be confused officinarum. Cane sugar sugar produced is whole, and with raw cane sugar, which is, then, the product of the features a subtle fragrance with is simply a refined sugar like extraction of the natural a hint of caramel. It is purified, white sugar. Cane sugar is sucrose contained in these concentrated and crystallized an ideal complement to all plants. It grows in hot, humid with no further alteration or types of sweetmeats, such as climates, in fertile soils, and chemical transformation. Rich pastries, panna cotta, zabaione reaches 4-5 meters in height. in vitamins A, C, B1, B2 and B6, made with fruit pulp, and fruit Cane sugar is produced by and in mineral salts including desserts, but also as a sweetener the extraction of the natural calcium, phosphorous, zinc, for herbal infusions. It should sucrose contained in the plant. fluoride and magnesium, it is not be confused with common The sugar is obtained through also flavored with vanilla pods brown sugar, which in contrast the evaporation of the pure and finely ground cinnamon is a refined sugar. As a natural, cane juice, carried out after sticks. The sugar cane from complete form of sugar, cane filtration and clarification. The Sambava Épices has fair trade sugar has a sweetening power harvest is completed before and organic certifications. equivalent to refined sugar, but Variants available: flowering, when the stalks are with 40% fewer calories. Cane Cane sugar flavored 400 g full of water and sugar. sugar is also exquisite with pork with cinnamon and chicken and with papaya- based salads.

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