The factory
Two thousand tons of pineapple is the average volume handled by the Moorea Fruit Juice Factory, which also processes fruit as diverse grapefruit, guava, papaya, ginger, carambola, coconut, etc. Initially, the factory was built in 1981 to process pineapple in order to obtain its juice. Subsequently, it gradually diversified its activities into distillation and confectionery. Regarded as a must when touring the island, the factory is visited by not less than 65,000 tourists each year. They are able to visit the production plant, sample the products and buy from the shop.
The Fruit Juices of Moorea
Rotui: the rich local climate and a fertile soil provide the ideal conditions to produce a fruit of matchless quality. The unique taste of Moorea's pineapple juice is provided not only by the Queen Tahiti variety of fruit but also by specific fruit processing methods which maximize the full aroma of our local pineapple.
The Distillery
The Distillery of Tahiti-Moorea makes use of traditional distilling methods using effective high-tech equipment: full-copper stills to obtain brandies of homogenous quality; fermenting at controlled temperatures in order to retain the full aroma of each fruit. In 1986, when it participated for the first time in the Agricultural Competition at the Agricultural Exhibition in Paris, Tahiti-Moorea Distillery won several prizes of which a gold medal for its "Eau de Vie de Gingembre" (ginger brandy).
