Brands
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Mauritians are fond of instant noodles. The creole world they use to name them is min, but another word automatically comes into their mind: Apollo. Apollo's
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The dodo, an extinct bird symbolizing Reunion Island, is also the emblem if Bourbon brewery, founded in 1962. Bourbon beer, most commonly known under the name of Dodo beer, is a light ale, well fitted to tropical heat. Dodo family has grown recently, with new items such as wheat beer and "Metiss" fruity tasting beer.
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Chaleur Créole is a brand targeting as well people who discover Creole gastronomy as all those who long to recollect the authentic tastes and flavors of the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Spices, condiments, chilli sauces and pastes, and original recipes: Chaleur Créole has a wide range of products, still growing, and always caring about offering the best quality.
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In Creole, the word "floup" is an onomatopoeia reproducing the sound of something slipping. Actually, Floups are ice-pops packed in a plastic tube that people slip progressively under their fingers. The brand Floup, created in the 70s in Martinique, though often imitated, has never been equalled. It has conquered the market of the French West-Indies and Guyana very quickly. Through its mascot, a teddy bear, its identity is linked to childhood, but everybody, as well adults as children, is fond of its various mik-based and ice-based flavors.
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In 1845, Isautier brothers founded the first rum distillery in Réunion. Thanks to its unequalled know-how, its fame has considerably increased through decades. The Isautier product range, rums, punches, liquors and, since 2010, Arrangés, made from from exceptional ingredients, reflecting a unique terroir and combining tradition and modernity, has always been the pride and joy of the island inhabitants.
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Reimonenq distillery, established in 1916 par by Reimonenq brothers, is located in Sainte-Rose district - northern Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe). Driven by a secular tradition and and an acute sense of innovation, the current proprietor, Léopold Reimonenq, has developed a rich and varied range of rums. The white cane juice rum, or Coeur de Chauffe, stems from a distillation process that is unique in the French West-Indies: The fermented cane juice is indirectly heated through a heat exchanger coil eliminating bad tasting ethers to obtain high quality products. As for the old rum, it has to be stored for at least 3 years (or more for extra old rums) in oak barrels, that give it incomparable colors and flavors.
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Created in 1950 in Martinique, Royal Soda is one of the first sodas to be bottled in the Caribbean. Before this date, the universe of lemonades and soda waters was desperately uniform and transparent. Royal Soda brought there its touch of fantasy, with bright colors and acidulous tropical fruit flavors. Nowadays, Royal Soda is indisputably the leader of the market, as much in Guadeloupe as in Martinique. Though the brand remains deeply ingrained in the heritage of the French West-Indies, it moves with the times, with a bottling plant at the cutting edge of technology and a constantly evolving range of flavors.