For over 130 years, the Jahncke family has successfully owned and operated a large number of businesses within the fruit processing industry. Its roots are intrinsically-linked to the Altes Land (Old Land) area of Northern Germany which is the largest continuous apple growing area in Europe. With a heritage formed by a strong father-son management, the company has been able to implement progressive ideas and retain a sense of time tested methods to make the group one of the most significant and successful in the global fruit processing industry. Under the Paradise Fruits banner are four distinctive business brands: • Paradise Fruits Solutions (Unterelbe-Frucht Handels GmbH & Co. ) specialises in the design and delivery of high fruit, low water activity fruit ingredients and customised solutions including ready-to-eat snacking products. • Paradise Fruits Freeze-Dried (Paradiesfrucht GmbH) is a leading European supplier of freeze-dried fruit and speciality items for all aspects of the food industry. • Paradise Fruits Frozen (Chlodnia Lukow Sp. z o. o.) are IQF and cold-store specialists. • Paradise Garden (Paradiesgarten GmbH) specialises in the global sourcing and supply of freeze dried herbs, spices, vegetables and other speciality culinary ingredients which compliments the ingredient offering from Paradise Fruits.