Granatum Plus is the only project that combines research and development, it´s an integration project with the colaboration of laboratories and food companies in Spain that have over 14 years of experience in the extraction of juice, concentrates and extracts from pomegranate grown in Spain.

Granatum Plus develops products from research developed at the university Miguel Hernandez (UMH). Agri-food technology department, group of quality and food safety led by professor Angel Carbonell and other prestigious scientists from spanish universities and applying the most developed european agri-food technology.

Granatum Plus has an agreement for the supply of shells of the variety Mollar Elche with farmer cooperative, in the province of Alicante and with a volume of 40.000 tons per year accounts for 95% of the grain grown in the european union.

Granatum Plus currently markets the first and most extensive range of products made from shells of the variety Mollar Elche grown in Spain. The first product of our project, squeezed pomegranate juice market began in March 2007, this range consisting of juices, nectars, syrups and capsules, all with a high content of antioxidants, especially OMEGA 5 and punicalagins, provides consumers with the known health benefits.

Granatum Plus has the goal of offering consumers a quality product based unbeatable Mollar Elche pomegranate , one of the most prized varieties of the world for its extraordinary taste and organoleptic quality and one that have more antioxidant content, vitamins and minerals.

Pomegranate juice Granatum Plus is to market higher quality, certified by the department of food safety and quality of the university Miguel Hernandez de Elche (Alicante) Spain.

In comparative analysis of antioxidant content and sensory panels, Granatum Plus products have reached their maximun punctuation.

Since 1998 the spanish and european companies participating in the project Granatum Plus have been pioneers in the development of food products from pomegranates grown in Spain.

In 2010, Granatum Plus products were the only selected in the european union becouse of its quiality for a study funded by the Kansas statal university in the U.S. And with the colaboration of universities in America, Europe and Asia to analyze the functional properties of the pomegranate juice as well as consumers perception of these three continents. In studies to date, Granatum Plus, the brand of pomegranate juice that has more qualities demostrated by comparison with other world brands analyzed.

Pomegranate extracts to enrich our products studies by the University Miguel Hernandez, determined that 70% of the antioxidants in the pomegranate is found in the skin and not in the edible portion as was believed until recently. It is shown that the skin of the pomegranate has 10 times more antioxidant capacity that the edible part.

The method of extraction of juice from pomegranate is unique in the world because it can extract the maximum amount of antioxidants in the skin and keep the great taste of pomegranate MOLLAR ELCHE.

Although one of the objectives of Granatum Plus with pomegranate juice is to get the highest quality, the challenge of Granatum Plus is marketing the product with the highest amount of antioxidants as posible.

So enrich our products with pomegranate extracts that are not eaten fresh or extract of pomegranate
skin with a high content of punicalagin and pomegranate seed extract that are high in OMEGA 5 .

We obtain the extracts from the shell of the pomegranate skin and from the seeds inside the arils once the juice is processed.
The company that collaborates in this etraction has over 12 years experience in the extraction of already mentiond substances.

In the english market, currently exists a large consumption of pomegranate juice and its derivates but also there is a saturation of brands that sell it.

Therefore it is vital for success the total differentation of our products over the competition, and  these are keys that can make our product may have a differentation and success.

Granatum Plus products are unique compared to other competitors for several reasons:

1- Superior quality and certified by independent laboratories to our company, mainly universities.
2- The origin of the crop and the variety of pomegranate MOLLAR ELCHE, products 100% grown and produced in the borders of the european Union.
3- Wide range of products under a single brand environment. Do not sell extracts, concentrates and juice wholesale, packaged nor other tradmarks or other companies which in turn marketed under their own brands.
4- Full traceability of products from cultivation to final packaging process
5- Having the best food industries and the highest experience in the extraction of antioxidants from pomegranate grown in Spain.
6-Timely information to the final consumer of studies on the properties of the pomegranate publishing books and reports by experts and agencies outside the company.
7- Timely information on our corporate websides www.pomegranatejuicenews.com, www.granatumplus.com.
8- Teamwork and confidence with our distributors, are the lifeblood of our success.

Our secret is not so essential because it is Granatum Plus“ONLY AND NOTHING BUT POMEGRANATE GROWN IN SPAIN”

SQUEEZED POMEGRANATE JUICE– NATURAL COMPLEX

Packaging: 200 cl, glass. Shelf life 2 years
Composition of antioxidants in 100 cl: contains 90 mg of Punicalagin.
Ingredients: 100 % squeezed pomgranate juice, enriched with pomegranate peel extract and extract of the pomegranate seed. No dyes or preservatives and no sugar added.
Nutritional value per 100 cl:
Calories: 60 kcal/ 250 kj
Protein: 0,42 g
Carbohydrates: 14,4 g
Fat: 0,008 g


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POMEGRANATE JUICE – JUICE COMPLEX

Packaging: 200 cl. Glass and 1 liter. Expiration 2 years.
Composition of antioxidants per 100 cl: 100 mg punicalagin with pomegranate extract of its seed.
No dyes or preservatives and no added sugar, just sugar from the pomegranate.
Nutritional value per 100 cl:
Calories: 46,65 Kcal/195 Kj
Protein: 0,3g
Carbohydrates: 11,2 g
Fat: 0,006 g

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POMEGRANATE COMPLEX

Packaging: 200 cl. Glass and 1 liter. Expiration 2 years.
Composition of antioxidants per 100 cl: 100 mg punicalagin with Pomegranate extract of its seed
Pomegranate nectar made from concentrate (30% pomegranate juice), No dyes or preservatives and no added sugar, just sugar from the pomegranate
Nutritional value per 100 cl:
Calories: 38,9 Kcal/162 Kj
Protein: 0,15g
Carbohydrates: 9,5 g
Fat: 0,003 g

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POMEGRANATE EXTRACT CAPSULES

Package of 60 gelatin capsules 445 mg, expiration : 2 years.
Composition in antioxidants contained in each capsule: 300 mg
Total poliphelons which are 98,4 mg punicalagin and the rest dioxide magnesium, stearate and sicilio.

Miguel Hernandez University certifies with this analysis that each capsule Granatum Plus containes the same quantity in polyphenol and punicalagins that a 100 ml. glass of pomegranate juice.

This extract is also used to enrich all the products made from pomegranate.

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POMEGRANATE SYRUP – CONCENTRATED COMPLEX

Packaging: Glass. 500 cl. Expiration 2 years.
Composition: 45 cl antioxidants: 180 mg punicalagin
Ingredients: 100% pomegranate concentrate, enriched with skin extracts and pomegranate seed extract. No dyes or preservatives and no sugar added.
Nutritional value per 100 cl:
Calories: 186,6 kcal/780 kj
Protein: 1,2 g
Carbohydrates: 44,8 g
Fat: 0,024 g

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POMEGRANATE JAM

Packaging: Glass. 340 cl. Expiration: 2 years.
Composition: 100 ml
Ingredients: Pomegranate, fructose, thickener E 410 enriched with pomegranate peel extract and pomegranate seed extract.
No dyes or preservatives.
100 g or Jam is made with 60 grams of pomgranate and 35 grams of fructose .
Calories: 170 kcal/710 kj
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The study will assess the properties, quality and consumer acceptance of the fruit juice with more antioxidants than any other on the market.

A Spanish pomegranate juice has been chosen by Kansas State University for a worldwide consumer study.

•    The USA is one of the countries in which the cultivation and consumption of the pomegranate and its derivatives (juice, nectar, capsules, beauty products, etc.) has increased the most in recent years.

•    The United States, Estonia and Spain, selected for growing the Mollar Elche variety, the most highly valued in the world due to its sweetness, colour and softness of its seeds, will all participate in the study.

•    The Grantum plus (1) range of pomegranate juices will be presented on the 26th and 27th of October at the 1st Congress on the Pomegranate to be held in the European Union, organised by Miguel Hernández University, consisting of various conferences in which experts from CSIC (Spanish board for scientific investigations) will explain their latest discoveries regarding the beneficial effects the properties of this fruit can have on our health.


Madrid, 25th October 2010.- Researchers from Kansas State University have chosen Granatum Plus pomegranate juice, developed within the Granatum Europa project, from among juices from all over the world for a worldwide consumer study.

Recently published in the USA and work of Prof. David Heber, Director of the Department of Medicine at the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA University:


According to the book “Bioactive Compounds and Cancer”, bioactive substances found in the pomegranate play a useful role in the prevention of common forms of cancer.

•    The pomegranate contains 124 different phytochemical compounds and its antioxidants have an anti-inflammatory effect upon cancer cells.

•    Pomegranate juice made from the whole fruit has a higher concentration of ellagitannins; as well as punicalagins, the polyphenol with the greatest antioxidant capacity known with regard to its molecular weight.

•    Freshly squeezed pomegranate juice Granatum Plus Complex natural, is made from parts of the pomegranate that are not directly consumed from the fresh fruit and which are made into a product that is unique on the European market.

The Food Quality and Safety Group at Miguel Hernández University, Elche, have revealed in a recent study carried out with capsules containing pomegranate skin extract that:
The Mollar Elche variety of pomegranate has 10 times more antioxidant capacity in its skin than in its edible interior.
•    The project “Granatum Europa”, in collaboration with Miguel Hernández University, promotes the consumption of the pomegranate and derived products which triple the antioxidant power of green tea or red wine.
•    For the first time, products made from Mollar Elche pomegranates cultivated in Spain will be made available to Spanish consumers.
•    The pomegranate is a great source of vitamin C and E and potassium, as well as containing the polyphenols responsible for its high level of antioxidant activity.
•    At 40,000 tonnes a year, 95% of the production of pomegranates in the European Union is concentrated in Alicante.

Madrid, 25nd of June 2010. The study, carried out by the Food Quality and Safety  Group of Miguel Hernández University, Elche (UMH), in collaboration with the laboratories Antioxidantes Naturales del Mediterráneo in Murcia, a member of the “Granatum Europa” project, has shown that the pomegranate’s greatest antioxidant capacity is in its skin and not in its edible centre as believed up to now.

The pomegranate is a great source of vitamin C and E and minerals like potassium, as well as containing the polyphenols responsible for its high level of antioxidant activity, the main component of which are punicalagins. The antioxidant power of the pomegranate is almost three times greater than that of green tea or red wine.
“Granatum Plus” capsules, made exclusively from Mollar Elche pomegranates grown in Spain, contain around 30% punicalagins with 50% polyphenols and around 80% pomegranate extract.

According to Professor Ángel Carbonell of UMH who has led this research “Taking one “Granatum Plus” capsule would equate to drinking 100 ml of juice squeezed from fruit of this variety. This research, along with other research carried out in recent years by prestigious universities around the world, has come to show that the antioxidant capacity of the pomegranate’s skin is 10 times higher than that of its edible interior.”

The project Granatum Europa, formed by Spanish and European food technology companies and Miguel Hernández University, combines both research and development.

With an investment of 5 million Euros, Granatum Europa develop their products based upon research carried out by Miguel Hernández University (Food Technology Department, Food Quality and Safety Group) directed by Professor Ángel Carbonell and other prestigious scientists from Spanish and European universities. All of the prime materials used come from farming cooperatives in the Alicante province which, with a volume of 40,000 tonnes a year, make up 95% of the pomegranates cultivated in the European Union.

According to Dr. Ruiz de la Roja, urologist and director of the Madrid Urological Institute, “the antioxidant polyphenols contained in the pomegranate’s skin and fruit, such as ellagic acid, have not only proven to interfere with the development of prostate cancer, but it has also been shown that their effect goes beyond that, increasing the production of nitric oxide in the blood vessels, improving the circulation of the blood on all levels, meaning that heart and sexual functions are improved.”

The pomegranate, which originates from the Middle East, is produced in many other countries, particularly Mediterranean countries, Spain being the top producer of pomegranates in Europe, and their production is almost exclusive to the Valencia region, especially Elche and the surrounding area.

For Eduardo Vidal, project manager, “this research implies significant progress as the extract taken from the skin of the Granatum Plus pomegranate is soluble and will serve to enrich the products that we are working on such as juices, nectars, jams, syrups and capsules, all from pomegranates cultivated in Spain.”

Although pomegranates and derived products are widely consumed and accepted by a proportion of European consumers, 99% of the products available in our country are made from pomegranates originating from outside of the borders of the European Union. The Granatum Plus product line will be the first to go on the market which is made from pomegranates cultivated in Spain.

Professor of Medicine and Public Health of the Centre for Human Nutrition of the University of California, David Heber, in the prologue to the book “Pomegranates: Ancient Roots to Modern Medicine” assures that “The biochemistry of the pomegranate is fascinating, and the classes of components that it contains are highly varied. The reddish purple colour of the anthocyanins gives the skin its intense colour. Anthocyanins are also found in the arils (the term for the scientific part of widely consumed plants, including their flesh and seeds), together with remains of a family of astringent compounds known as hydrolysable tannins. The pomegranate juice, which is made from the fruit as a whole, is a rich source of polyphenol antioxydants and an ellagitannin known as punicalagin.”

The Food Quality and Safety Group at Miguel Hernández University, Elche, have revealed in a recent study carried out with capsules containing pomegranate skin extract that

The Mollar Elche variety of pomegranate has 10 times more antioxidant capacity in its skin than in its edible interior.

•    The project “Granatum Europa”, in collaboration with Miguel Hernández University, promotes the consumption of the pomegranate and derived products which triple the antioxidant power of green tea or red wine.

•    For the first time, products made from Mollar Elche pomegranates cultivated in Spain will be made available to Spanish consumers.

•    The pomegranate is a great source of vitamin C and E and potassium, as well as containing the polyphenols responsible for its high level of antioxidant activity.

•    At 40,000 tonnes a year, 95% of the production of pomegranates in the European Union is concentrated in Alicante.

•    Granatum Europa joins forces from Catalunya, the Canary Isles, the Valencian Community and the Murcia Region, in collaboration with German and Dutch food and agriculture companies, to lead the European pomegranate juice, nectar and extract market.