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Our company is located in the heart of the Biosphere Reserve in Montseny National Park. This allows us to make our drinks with a type of water ideal for this purpose, with a low sodium content. Water is the main component of our plant-based drinks, so this prime location is key to ensuring the characteristic flavour of our drinks.

However you like most! Our drinks can be taken at any time of the day, hot or cold, on their own or with meals, and they can even be used in recipes. Take a look at our recipes for inspiration. Finally, a small tip to enjoy your drink even more: shake it well, following these steps:

1) Open the container so that air can enter the carton

2) Close the container again

3) Give it a good shake and enjoy!

All of our products are naturally free from lactose and casein (milk protein). They are all free from ingredients sourced from animals, making them suitable for a vegetarian or vegan diet, as they do not contain any milk derivatives or traces of milk or any other animal products.

Our rice, oat and soya drinks contain sugars from the grain in the quantity specified in the nutritional information. In the case of our rice and oat drinks, we apply a thermal and enzymatic treatment to obtain the sugars. How does the process work? The enzymes break down the carbohydrates chains (starch), converting them into simple sugars (glucose), which give the drinks their sweet taste. Therefore, the sugars contained in the drink come from the rice or the oats, they are not added sugars!

Our NATRUE OAT, NATRUE OAT CALCIUM and NATRUE OAT BARISTA drinks are gluten-free. Oat is a cereal that does not contain gluten in its natural form, however, due to the cross-contamination that occurs due to the proximity of different crops such as wheat, rye or barley, oats are also included in the group of products with gluten and can cause allergies or intolerances. To be considered a “gluten-free” drink, oats must have less than 20ppm of gluten. Our drinks already had a very low level of gluten, but through a process of internal improvements, we managed to produce gluten-free drinks keeping the same taste. At Liquats Vegetals we are very demanding when it comes to quality and we work with a very strict allergen control plan, complying with the requirements of the IFS and BRC regulations. You can recognize the gluten-free drinks because they are certified with the barred ear. This is an international symbol that recognizes gluten-free products and guarantees that the company that uses it on its labelling complies with the current regulations. Remember that rice, almond and soya drinks are also gluten-free! On the other hand, NATRUE OAT 0% contain low levels of gluten. In any case, check with your GP or nutritionist. They are the health specialists and know what is best in each case.

At NATRUE we are very demanding with regards the quality of the ingredients we use to produce our plant-based drinks and we work with a very strict allergen control plan in compliance with the requirements set forth under the IFS and BRC standards. From the outset, we ensure that the grain we use to make our drinks meets our quality requirements: we demand a transgenic-free grain, without pesticides having been used and which meets all the requirements previously established with the supplier. To prevent possible cross-contamination, we systematically carry out extensive cleaning processes between productions containing different allergens. After each cleaning, control checks are implemented to ensure the absence of allergens with detection kits designed specifically for this purpose. Before a carton leaves our premises, a series of quality control checks are carried out to ensure that the product leaves in perfect condition to be sold. One of these control checks is the allergen control. Additionally, controls are also regularly carried out in an external laboratory authorised for this type of analysis. It is important to note that ensuring a 100% absence of allergens is not possible as the detection techniques do not detect negligible traces. We do however indicate the detectable levels of allergens through the most sensitive techniques available:

• in soy-free products, if there were to be any contamination, the presence of this allergen would be less than 2.5 mg/kg
• in almond-free products, if there were to be any contamination, the presence would be less than 1.0 mg/kg
• in hazelnut-free products, if there were to be any contamination, the presence would be less than 2.5 mg/kg
• in nut-free products, if there were to be any contamination,, the presence would be less than 6.0 mg/kg

We don’t want you to be left with any doubts. So please, feel free to write to us so we can answer any of your questions.