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When the company first started to process citrus fruit, the only product for which a commercial
demand existed was lemon oil, extracted by hand from the skin of the lemon on the company's
production line which employed more than one hundred workers.
The process consisted of cutting the lemons in half with a sharp knife, removing the flesh and squeezing the empty skins against natural sea sponges in order to remove the oil.
The sponges were then pressed in a screw press to obtain an oil and water emulsion from which the oil was separated through a process of natural decantation. The finished product was referred to as "sponge-pressed lemon oil" and was exported to markets all over the world.
The process consisted of cutting the lemons in half with a sharp knife, removing the flesh and squeezing the empty skins against natural sea sponges in order to remove the oil.
The sponges were then pressed in a screw press to obtain an oil and water emulsion from which the oil was separated through a process of natural decantation. The finished product was referred to as "sponge-pressed lemon oil" and was exported to markets all over the world.
At that time , there was no commercial demand for lemon juice and therefore it was not recovered.
Subsequently a demand was created for its use in the manufacture of citric acid and lemon juice first began to be produced and sold for this purpose.
However after the end of the Second World War, the biological fermentation of citric acid from molasses was discovered, and the use of lemon juice for this purpose became uneconomic requiring new markets to be found.
Subsequently a demand was created for its use in the manufacture of citric acid and lemon juice first began to be produced and sold for this purpose.
However after the end of the Second World War, the biological fermentation of citric acid from molasses was discovered, and the use of lemon juice for this purpose became uneconomic requiring new markets to be found.
It was then that Agrumaria Corleone began exporting natural lemon juice in oak barrels to
Northern Europe.
Since that time, the careful and continuous incorporation of modern technology has allowed us to satisfy the quality requirements of an ever more demanding market.
Today's automated production plant enables us to process a quantity of raw materials more than one hundred times larger than when the company first started with less than half the workforce, allowing greater process control and stricter adherence to quality control systems ensuring that our products are even more carefully monitored and selected.
Since that time, the careful and continuous incorporation of modern technology has allowed us to satisfy the quality requirements of an ever more demanding market.
Today's automated production plant enables us to process a quantity of raw materials more than one hundred times larger than when the company first started with less than half the workforce, allowing greater process control and stricter adherence to quality control systems ensuring that our products are even more carefully monitored and selected.
