Ceres Fruit Juices
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Ceres Fruit Juices is a company based in South Africa
, with Pieter Hanekom as CEO. It produces fruit juice, and various other products based on fruit. It advertises that their products are made from 100% fruit juice, and are sold without preservatives, but rather aseptic processing
. The products are widely sold in Africa
, and imported to many areas, including North America
, Europe
, and Asia
. America
is one of their largest markets.
The company is named after the town of Ceres
in the Western Cape
, South Africa where it was first founded in 1986. The Ceres valley is an important fruit growing region in southern Africa. Particularly for apples, pears and stone fruits.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, with Pieter Hanekom as CEO. It produces fruit juice, and various other products based on fruit. It advertises that their products are made from 100% fruit juice, and are sold without preservatives, but rather aseptic processing
Aseptic processing
Aseptic processing is the process by which a sterile product is packaged in a sterile container in a way that maintains sterility...
. The products are widely sold in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, and imported to many areas, including North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is one of their largest markets.
The company is named after the town of Ceres
Ceres, Western Cape
Ceres is a town with 46,251 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre and largest town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality. Ceres serves as a regional centre for the surrounding towns of Wolseley, Tulbagh, Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfred Hamlet...
in the Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
, South Africa where it was first founded in 1986. The Ceres valley is an important fruit growing region in southern Africa. Particularly for apples, pears and stone fruits.