About Us
Agrumaria Reggina stands at the forefront of innovation as an Italian company since 1985, now expanding globally with a state-of-the-art facility in Egypt, and specializing in tailor-made ingredients and solutions for the Nutrition & Beauty Industries.
Our approach encompasses meticulous oversight of the entire process from sourcing the finest citrus fruits to managing an advanced, integrated supply chain. This ensures the utilization of highest quality natural ingredients.
Our name, Agrumaria, is itself a tribute to the essence of these iconic fruits, as it derives from the Italian word “agrumi” (citrus).
Outlook on Mediterranean Citrus
The Mediterranean Belt is one of the world’s main citrus-growing regions, thanks to its mild climate and longstanding cultivation tradition.
To understand the relevance of Italy and Egypt within the category, it is useful to frame the volumes. The data come from sources such as ISTAT, the Italian National Institute of Statistics, specifically the “Woody Fruit Crops” section for Italy, and from USDA Official reports for data regarding Egypt.
Italy
1,094,000 tons ITALIAN CITRUS FRUITS
PROCESSING VOLUME
Egypt
1,000,000 tons ORANGE , LEMON AND LIME
PROCESSING VOLUME
Citrus Production 2024-25 season estimate tons as of Dec. 2024 2024-25 season production tons as of Sept. 2025 2025-26 season forecast tons
Source: ISTAT
Orange production 2024-25 season estimate tons as of Dec. 2024 2024-25 season production tons as of Sept. 2025 Production distribution percentage
Total 3,700,000 3,200,000Processing 600,000 500,000 16 Export 1,950,000 2,200,000 68 Local Consumption 1,150,000 500,000 16
Lemon & Lime production * 2024-25 production tons as of Sept. 2025 Production distribution percentage
Total 1,000,000 -
Changes in Italy’s citrus sector are linked to:
• Strategic cultivation planning
• Sustainable agricultural practices
• Favorable climatic conditions that enhanced both yield and quantity.
Egypt is projected to yield around 3,500,000 tons in 2025/26 of medium-sized fruit with the harvest extending through to the end of June 2026.
With rising production in Italy and strategic reallocation in Egypt, Agrumaria Reggina’s strategic presence in the two countries offers the ability to balance supply chain and guarantee the delivery by profiting of double origin citrus fruits.
Mediterranean Citrus Fruits
Double Origin Citrus
Italian Specialities
• LEMON
• ORANGE
Egyptian Speciality
• KEY LIME
• BERGAMOT
• BITTER ORANGE
• BLOOD ORANGE
• CEDRAT
• CLEMENTINE
• MANDARIN
Double Origin Citrus ORANGE
Main Variety: Valencia
Harvesting
Juice & Fruit Extracts
• FCOJ 65° Brix
• NFC Juice
• Pulp Wash
• Core Wash
• Pulp Cells
• Cloudy Extract (high in pectin)
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Orange Oil
• Orange Oil Phase
• Orange Water Phase
• Folded Orange Oil (from 5x to 50X)
• Orange Terpenes
Phase
Pulp from 0 to 12 %
Ald: 1 – 1.5 %
• Orange Restoration Aroma (Valencia, Sicily) FCOJ 65° Brix • Ratio from 9 to 22
Double Origin Citrus LEMON
Juice & Fruit Extracts
• Cloudy Lemon JC
• Clear Lemon JC
• Cloudy Extract (high in pectin)
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Lemon Oil
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Folded Lemon Oil (from 5x to 50x)
• Lemon Terpenes
• Lemon Restoration Aroma (Winter, Italy) Lemon JC
• 400 and 500 GPL
• Low & Standard Pulp
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Cold Pressed Lime Oil Type A
• Distilled Lime Oil
• Lime Oil Distilled 4x Lime Oil Cold Pressed Type A
Lime Oil Distilled 4x
Italian Specialities
Harvesting Calendar Italy
BERGAMOT
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
BITTER ORANGE
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
Italian Specialities
BLOOD ORANGE
Varieties: Tarocco, Sanguinello, Moro
Juice & Fruit Extracts
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Blood Orange Juice 50-60° Brix
• Blood Orange NFC Juice
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
• Orange Restoration Aroma (Tarocco, Calabria)
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
Harvesting Calendar Italy Italian Specialities
CLEMENTINE
MANDARIN
(Green, Yellow, Red)
Juice & Fruit Extracts
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Clementine Juice 50-60° Brix
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
Juice & Fruit Extracts
Essential Oil & Derivates
• Mandarin Juice 50-60° Brix
• Cold Pressed Essential Oil
• Distilled Essential Oil
• Folded Essential Oil
• Rectified Essential Oil (FCF, Colorless)
Agrumaria Reggina’s
Capabilities
Citrus Processing Technology in Italy
The Italian site is focused on flexibility, quality differentiation, and research-oriented production.
The plant includes:
• 3 Peelers for essential oil extraction from fresh peels, maximizing aromatic integrity
• 6 Extractors for juice and extract production
• 1 Torchio (press) exclusively used for mandarin processing
• 1 Distiller (500 kg/h feed capacity), capable of producing:
• Folded essential oils
• Terpenes and furocoumarins-free fractions
• Colorless essential oils and “coeur” fractions
• LAR profiles
• 1 R&D-scale distiller, supporting pilot testing and custom developments.
Citrus Processing Technology in Egypt
The Egyptian plant can handle up to 200,000 tons of oranges, and 30,000 tons each of lime and lemon, respectively.
The plant includes:
• 14 JBT Extractors, used for separation of juice and essential oils
• JBT READYGo d-LIMONENE recovery system, integrating flash distillation to recover volatile citrus components such as DLimonene with high efficiency and purity.
Processing capacity
Main Output from processing
• 12,500 tons of FCOJ 65° Brix
180,000 tons of oranges per year
• +10,000 tons of Orange Juice NFC
• 5,400 tons of Orange Pulp Cells
• 800 tons of Orange Oil Distilled
30,000 tons of lime per year
15,000 tons of lemons per year
• 120 tons of Lime Distilled Oil or Lime Oil CP Type A
• 900 tons of Lemon JC 48° Brix
• 45 tons of Lemon Essential Oil CP
With a combination of citrus sourcing, industrial scale, proprietary know-how, and analytical depth, we offer a unique platform to deliver tailor-made citrus ingredients, essential oils, flavour emulsion, and juice concentrate to the global Food & Beverage and Flavour & Fragrance industries.
Our infrastructure not only ensures capacity and scalability, but also guarantee consistency, purity and innovation in every product.
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