growing together

about us

Extensive expertise and top quality

Steirerkraft Naturprodukte GmbH, founded in 1997, is a subsidiary of Alwera AG. In 2011 Steirerkraft changed its name to Estyria Naturprodukte GmbH. Steirerkraft was retained as a trade name and is now Estyria’s premium brand: it is the best-known brand of pumpkin seed oil in Austria and more or less the epitome of a good, honest, pumpkin seed oil.

Alwera AG started to grow pumpkins in the mid-1990s and is still Estyria’s partner for the production of raw goods. But Estyria and Alwera together have also injected new life into the scarlet runner bean. The first field trials began at the start of the millenium and then in 2003 tinned scarlet runner beans came onto the market. They were followed by Styrian scarlet runner bean soup and in 2016 by the award of the EU’s protected designation of origin (PDO).

 


Organic professionals at work

In recent years Estyria has increasingly come to focus on high-quality organic products – in close collaboration with PARTNERS IN BIO GMBH its range of dry goods from controlled organic farming is constantly being expanded.
Estyria’s brand portfolio also encompasses the brands Austria pur and Cooks Love and the vitality brand Wertvoll.

 


Estyria figures

200

employees


64

m turnover


55

% export share


57

% organic quota


Our Vision

Supplying top-quality products that delight the palate and are rooted in the region – that is our vision and the secret of our success.
We emphasise deep, regional value creation and cultivate a close relationship with our crops. As a result of our farming roots we think and act sustainably and long-term.

 


Our product range

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Organic Styrian pumpkin seed oil PGI

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Styrian pumpkin seed oil PGI

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Organic Styrian pumpkin seeds natural

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Styrian pumpkin seeds natural

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Styrian pumpkin seeds bakery quality

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Styrian pumpkin seeds roasted and salted

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Styrian pumpkin seeds chopped

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Styrian pumpkin seeds finely grated

reasons for a partnership

The biggest contract grower
of oil pumpkins PGI

Alwera AG, Estyria’s parent company, is responsible for production of the raw goods via a contract farming system. The two companies have for some years maintained the largest PDI area of oil pumpkin in Austria and they know the fields and the farmers personally.

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Traditional Styrian
stamp press process

While modernity has brought progress in many areas, the traditional Styrian stamp press process is still the best way of making pumpkin seed oil. The main difference between this and other pressing methods is that we work with open roasting pans. At our plant, people check when the pumpkin seeds are perfectly roasted and so will yield the very best oil. This enables our experienced oil millers to produce the pumpkin seed oil that has won more prizes than any other – and which as a result of this type of pressing retains all the natural constituents. The untreated oil is not filtered; the particles that make it cloudy settle naturally when the oil is left to rest.

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