By KYIV. Jan 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Agroholding LNZ Group in 2022 at its plant for freezing berries, vegetables and fruits in Shpola (Cherkasy region) produced 7,000 tonnes of frozen berries, fruits and vegetables, raspberries, sweet corn, cherries without bones, pumpkin, elderberry, currant, blueberry, etc.
According to the LNZ website, the Tevitta brand has a closed circle of production and performs all production processes independently – from cultivation to the direct sale of packaged products.
In particular, 2 million strawberry saplings, 220,000 raspberries and blackberries, and about 50,000 other crops such as wild rose, elderberry, currant and cherry were grown in the nursery. In addition, in 2022, the company laid two new raspberry and strawberry nurseries, a nursery for growing seedlings, and also built almost three dozen tunnels for growing berries on an area of more than 2 hectares.
"Despite the war, the Tevitta brand was able to increase production, storage and direct processing capacities. And although the brand was already operating in 2021, it was 2022 that became the year of full-fledged launch and work. The brand combined the production of seedlings, freezing berries, vegetables and fruits and the sale of products on the market. That is, the enterprise actually met the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation at the stage of formation," the company said.
In addition, Tevitta has laid out 60 hectares of land in the fields for growing various raw materials for processing – from strawberries to rose hips. The nursery works not only to meet its own needs, but also supplies seedlings to farmers who are engaged in industrial berry growing.
"The company is satisfied with the result: in 2022, the plant reached almost 100% load. Moreover, it expanded the boundaries of exports. The products have already reached the markets of France, Belgium, Germany, Estonia and England. In addition, already at the beginning of 2023, frozen products of the Tevitta brand can be found on the shelves of stores in Ukraine and other European countries," the holding said.
LNZ Group was created on the basis of the Lebedynsky seed plant. It specializes in trade in seeds of corn, sunflower, wheat, barley, growing agricultural products, animal husbandry. The group cultivates 70,000 hectares of land, the number of cattle is about 6,000 heads.
LNZ Group owns two elevator complexes in Sumy and Kirovohrad regions with a total storage capacity of 170,000 tonnes of grain, and also has its own vehicle fleet.
In the unified public register of legal entities and individuals, the ultimate beneficiary of Lebedynsky Seed Plant PJSC (Cherkasy region) is Dmytro Kravchenko.
