About Us

Founded in 2009, Irupe supplies premium organic specialty food ingredients to its customers all over the world. We grow, process, and package a selection of seeds according to our client specifications.

We work directly and sustainably with a select group of medium-sized growers and smallholder farmers in Paraguay. We offer our customers fully traceable products of the highest quality, while striving to achieve a positive impact on the communities and the environment from which we source.

Irupé currently exports to the United States, Europe and Asia. Our products are certified organic according to the EU and NOP rulings.

Where We Work

Point of Origin

We currently source all of our products from medium and smallholder farmers in Paraguay from the regions in San Pedro and Guairá. Paraguay is superbly suited to produce a wide range of specialty products and seeds a diversified subtropical climate stretches over tens of thousands of square kilometers of highly fertile land cultivated by farmers with deep agronomic knowledge and a strong commitment to agricultural.

Facilities

Our headquarters and cleaning facilities are located in Luque, just 15 minutes away from the capital of Paraguay. The company also operates several warehouses in strategic locations around the country. All facilities are certified organic and follow strict food safety requirements.

Testing

Irupe is a committed producer of organic goods and we take our responsibility to deliver pesticide-free products very seriously. We test all merchandise before it leaves our warehouse at some of the world’s best laboratories in Hamburg, Germany and in the United States. Additional testing for the products’ purity and microbiological profile is done in-house and at local laboratories.

Our Clients

Our clients are wholesale buyers, distributors, and private label companies principally based in EU countries as well as in the US and Asia. We thrive to understand our clients’ needs maintaining a fluid communication with regular meetings in trade shows, personalized travels to their offices and always welcoming them at our headquarters in Paraguay.

Packs Description

In Irupe Py we create our own packaged products, with the best quality and image in the process and adapted to the needs of the client.

Vacuum packaging guarantees maximum preservation of all food properties and prolongs the product's shelf life, with the advantage of not requiring additives or preservatives.

Teff Description

The Ancient Grain. It is a seed from the family of the poaceae that responds to the scientific name Eragrostis tef. It is a cereal that adapts very well to drought-prone climates and arid lands, and is resistant to insect pests and diseases, so it does not need chemical care.

Its name derives from the Amharic word teffa, which means ‘lost’, in reference to its small size: the teff grain does not exceed 1.7 mm high by 1 mm in diameter.

Teff Seeds
Ground Teff

Peanut Description

Peanuts are a dried fruit from the Arachis hypogaea plant native to the tropical region of South America, widely used in food confectionery, usually consumed roasted with some salt but can also occur in sweet varieties.

The main component of peanuts are lipids specifically fatty acids, they constitute between 40 and 55% of their composition and explain why their high caloric content is estimated at about 560 calories per 100 grams.

Whole Peanuts
Split Peanut
Bleached Peanuts
Roasted Peanuts
Diced Peanuts
Peanut Flour

Flax Description

Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a plant of several uses: the stem is used to make fiber for cloth. The seeds and their oil have dietary uses. Flax seeds are rich in soluble fiber (mucilage and pectin) that has a protective effect for the intestinal mucosae, regulates intestinal flora and helps in constipation.

Ground Flax
Flax Flour
Flax Oil

Description Chia

Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is an annual herbaceous plant, belonging to the family of labiates (Lamiaceae) and native to the mountainous areas of Mexico, with about 1.5 m high. The stems are quadrangular and ribbed. The leaves are opposite, petiolated and serrated limb. The flowers, hermaphrodites, can be presented together in terminal corsages. Depending on the variety of Chia, the color of the petals in the flower can vary from purple to white. The fruit is in the form of indehiscent achene. Inside it is the small seed with an oval shape (2 mm long x 1.5 mm wide) and with a smooth, bright appearance, pardogrisáceo color to white and with some reddish lines.

Milled Chia
Chia Flour
Chia Oil