A company from Toledo has delivered more than a million cans of canned food to the Kiev army
Thousands of images of the war in Ukraine are distributed every day, but one of them has served to put the town of Los Yébenes (Toledo) and one of its companies on the map: Abricome. It was thanks to a Ukrainian soldier displaced to the Dombás region who posted a video on the Telegram channel @bochka la war, which reports the news of the troops every day, where he showed his supplies. Among them are cans of meatballs with sauce and lentils with chorizo made and packaged in this Toledo town, more than 4,500 kilometers from the war front.
Since the conflict began, this company, with more than 50 years of history, has supplied the Ukrainian military with more than a million cans bearing the ‘Authentic Kitchen’ emblem on their label. “We sent packaged beef when the earthquake hit Haiti and we also sent canned meat to other countries such as Angola or Mozambique,” explains Marta Herencia, manager of this company that is also responsible for the food received by detainees. of police stations at the National Police and who has experience in sending cans to other armies such as the Spaniards or the Portuguese.
The armies choose this type of food because it is nutritious and very caloric, and it is also easy to consume at the front. “It can be heated in the same container and the cans will not expire for another five years,” adds the manager of this company, which exports nearly 90% of its production, acknowledging that “a barrage of orders has taken place since the outbreak of war. “. Interestingly, Vova and Hanna, a couple of Ukrainian refugees who came to Los Yébenes from their town of Mariupol, have been working at this company since September last year. They were hired by Abricome, the brand under which Alimentos Preparados Naturales SL markets its prepared products and pâtés.
Founded in 1965 by the patriarch of the family, Félix Herencia Garrido, this company has not stopped preparing traditional Spanish dishes such as pasta, pulses, stews or paella and delving into other cuisines such as the Portuguese. With wars and natural disasters, orders for its canned cans are skyrocketing because they don’t require a refrigeration system, metal is an ideal element for condensing proteins and vegetables, and they have a shelf life of five years at room temperature – two in the case of the stews and trays they also sell. Their 420 gram cans of lentils with chorizo - especially for the hotel industry – seem to be the preferred choice of Zelensky’s soldiers.
Source: La Verdad
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