Who are we?

Montana Azul is a family business founded by Victor Arias and wife Maria Benavides. The company specializes in producing, growing and exporting high-added value foods. Currently the Arias family is involved in the operations.  Based in Costa Rica the food processing plant is located within the farms in the region of Horquetas de Sarapiqui northern plains of the country, Atlantic side.

The company is directly related to three generations of this family. So to tell the story is impossible not to mention grandparents Victor Arias and Crisanto Benavides who arrived at the region of Sarapiquí in the 19th century. It was in the 1920s that the farms started their livestock projects in the area. In those years traveling to the north from the capital, took about 8 hours, crossing rivers and mountains on stoned roads. This is how it was established the first colony in the Horquetas, by immigrants like them who promoted the local economy.

Over there in the 90’s the road crossed the region bringing new development and offering proximity to the center of the country, therefore new shopping centers, agricultural production work begins. Thus in 1997 establishing the first drive of the farm and agricultural output growth in domestic markets, expanding to palm cultivation in 2001 ends the construction of the industrial unit.
The first export was made to the United States in 2002 and since then new markets are added across the map, FDA Approval and Kosher certification followed. New products were added to the family in 2005: roots and tubers and in 2007 began production of pineapple. In 2008 starts the creation of the Integrated Quality and was certified the 2012 by ISO. The FSSC 22000 incorporated certificated in 2014, the ISO added food safety and food security processes (as part of the GFSI norms).
Currently the exported products include the canned products of heart of palm, pineapple, cassava, papaya and other tropical fruits and vegetables. Either in tin cans or glass jars.
The frozen products line opened in 2017 started exporting Sweet Cassava and projected to continue opening new food markets also in the refrigerated categories.

To produce the best preserved in the world in social and ecological harmony.

•  Produce high quality preserved to meet the needs of our customers,
•  Maintain continuous improvement
•  Achieve satisfaction with our collaborators.