Mountain Wild Blueberries

Wild blueberry flavor is directly related to ripeness. When harvested at full ripeness, berries will have the best sweetness, Brix level and proper firmness. Over-ripe fruit will be too soft. Under-ripe berries will lack flavour due to low sugars and higher acidity.

Properly cleaned and packaged fruit will have no stems, leaves or other non-nutritional elements. All unripe or over-ripe berries are removed during processing.

Much of our harvesting and processing equipment has been designed by us to ensure maximum efficiency and quality control.

Blueberries can be easily damaged by improper handling and adverse climate harvesting. We ensure our crop handling and processing practices are of the highest standards to provide a quality packaged product.

Our Business

We care about protecting our reputation and recognition as growers and harvesters of high quality fresh wild blueberries; prior to starting our own processing operation in Franklin, Me, several processors in both Canada and the U.S., who have sourced our fruit in recent years, have told us that rarely has more pristine and better quality fruit entered their facilities from any source.

We carry through this same level of commitment and attention to detail in every phase of our own plant operation - from thorough preparation of the fruit prior to entering the high capacity freezing tunnel to impeccable color and size inspection of IQF frozen blueberries prior to packaging operations, both manually and with the aid of state-of-the-art inspection equipment.

We have developed a brand, MOUNTAIN WILD BLUEBERRIES, in a commodity environment, which is backed up by delivery of consistently high quality to our customers, extending the same practices of care for processed product as for the crop that 'Mother Nature' delivers to us in our fields.

Since August 2014 start-up, we have met stringent quality assurance (HACCP) and food safety requirements and have operated in compliance with BRC food safety standards since the fall of 2015; our IQF Grade A product is well accepted in European, North American and Asia Pacific markets.

Growing

Our custom-built harvesting equipment places evenly clean and pristine fruit into our collection bins with yields per acre well in excess of industry standard.

Our wild blueberry fields are spread across a wide geographical area in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada. This permits progressive harvesting from different areas as fruit ripens to the optimum point. We complement our own crop with sourcing both conventional and organic wild blueberries from quality growers in Maine.

Processing

Meeting and exceeding food safety and quality assurance standards established by our industry in collaboration with food processors, major distributors and retailers is top priority with our own high quality fresh fruit. This includes compliance with both BRC food safety and USDA Organic certification standards as well as Kosher accreditation.

Third-party accredited food science laboratories perform comprehensive frozen product analysis complemented by detailed product specifications from our own lab and food safety staff.