Grupo Caparrós
“La tradición y la excelencia del sabor almeriense”
Status: Family group since 1984
A 100% family-owned agri-food group founded in 1984: five companies spanning greenhouse, preserves, olive oil and wine.
Official website — caparrosnature.com
In figures
- +90 ha
- of own production
- ~50,000 t
- marketed each year
- 12 months
- of production a year
- +20 countries
- of destination
- 20,000 m²
- of packing facilities
- ~800
- jobs across the province (2024)
About Grupo Caparrós
In 1984, Pedro Caparrós — raised among fruit and vegetables in Agua Amarga, in the heart of Cabo de Gata — founded Frutas Caparrós at twenty-five. Four decades on, the group remains 100% family-owned and grows twelve months a year between Cabo de Gata and the Sierra de Filabres.
Five companies cover the whole chain: Caparrós Nature markets the fresh produce, Alquián Agrícola grows it, Caparrós Deutschland opened the market from Berlin, La Gergaleña makes artisan preserves in Gérgal and Sol de Portocarrero signs the Oro de Níjar olive oil and the Ana Andújar wine. Since 2020 the Fundación Pedro Caparrós has carried its social work, with the sector's first European alliance alongside UNICEF Spain.
The house points to concrete milestones: the first Spanish company to sell Raf tomato online (2004), a Lobello cherry-pear tomato crowned “Sabor del Año” six times running and, in 2023, the province's Escudo de Oro presented to Pedro Caparrós.
The export ambition came early: by 1994 the group was opening the way to Eastern Europe, and its produce now travels to more than twenty countries. The house also collects social firsts — the first fresh-produce company certified a “healthy company” by AENOR, awarded for the NAOS healthy-eating strategy, present at the COP25 climate summit — not to mention sponsoring Spain's national handball team.
In pictures
Milestones
Brands and flagship products
- Lobello cherry-pear tomato, six “Sabor del Año” in a row
- Sandía Caparrós Premium seedless watermelon since 2010
- Raf tomato online-sales pioneer
- La Gergaleña artisan preserves, gazpachos and Raf jams
- Oro de Níjar extra virgin olive oil from Agua Amarga
- Ana Andújar the Sol de Portocarrero wine
Commitments
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GlobalGAP, GRASP, IFS Food, BRC and integrated production
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First fresh-produce company certified a “healthy company” by AENOR
- 03
First European company in the sector allied with UNICEF Spain
- 04
Solar installation with storage
- 05
Sponsor of the Spanish Handball Federation
Group companies
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01
Caparrós Naturemarketing
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02
Alquián Agrícolaproduction
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03
Caparrós DeutschlandGerman subsidiary
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04
La Gergaleñaartisan products
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05
Sol de Portocarrerooils and wines
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Fundación Pedro Caparróssocial work