What prompted Maison Orphée to change its look?
Why add product features directly on the packaging?
What is the meaning of the new Maison Orphée logo?
Why change the shape of the bottle?
What particularly characterizes La Maison Orphée and your products? What distinguishes you from your competitors?
Why make new non-organic products?
To what kind of consumer are Maison Orphée oils mainly targeted? To average everyday consumers or tasters/connoisseurs?
Are your products made entirely in Québec?
From where does the plant get its supplies? Where do the ingredients necessary to make the products come from?
Where can one find these products? In specialty grocery stores or supermarkets?
What is a “first cold pressed” oil?
What does “cold extraction” mean?
Why is the term “extra virgin” used?
What guarantees that there is no GMO in canola oil?
What prompted Maison Orphée to change its look?
By simplifying our packaging, structuring information and innovating in this respect, we believe we can answer the needs and interests of consumers even better.
Why add product features directly on the packaging?
La Maison Orphée wants to help the consumer regarding the recommended uses of oils and condiments. We also hope to introduce some products to consumers by suggesting other possible uses.
What is the meaning of the new Maison Orphée logo?
Several meanings can be assigned to it: the key to flavours, the key to greener pastures, the key to the Maison. It is all of this that we wanted to reflect in the new logo.
Why change the shape of the bottle?
We now having a larger labelling area to convey important information to consumers. Also, we have been told by consumers that the shape of our previous packaging was not reflecting the quality of the product.
What particularly characterizes La Maison Orphée and your products? What distinguishes you from your competitors?
The quality and flavour of our products that enable consumers to experience an extraordinary taste and to make people aware of us. At Maison Orphée, only products made from fruits and grains of the highest quality are used. We compromise neither in this area nor in any production techniques. Also, as is the tradition of authentic master oil makers, all of our oils are the result of patient pressing at a very slow speed.
Why make new non-organic products?
We have always preferred the organic, but have also always had a more conventional product offering to meet consumer demand. Our first criterion is to initially offer products of good taste, well made, for the everyday kitchen.
To what kind of consumer are Maison Orphée oils mainly targeted? To average everyday consumers or tasters/connoisseurs?
Our Classic Cooking Line, Organic Cooking Line and Organic Condiments Line product lines were developed for everyday cooking, while our Gourmet Line product line is aimed at gastronomes who seek new discoveries in flavour and true epicurean experiences.
Are your products made entirely in Québec?
Mustards, cider vinegars and several oils, including canola, sunflower and flaxseed, are produced at our oil mill in Quebec. All our other products are carefully selected and imported directly by the Maison Orphée.
From where does the plant get its supplies? Where do the ingredients necessary to make the products come from?
Basically, Maison Orphée favours Canadian producers. For more than 20 years, the Bélanger sisters have also covered the best agricultural regions of the Americas, Spain, France, Italy, and several other countries to offer oils, mustards and vinegars that simultaneously combine exceptional taste and excellent nutritional qualities. What should be remembered is that there are good agricultural regions, but, especially, that there are people who know their land and what they grow on it. It is also important to note that all our olive oils are pressed where they are grown within 24 hours of their harvest.
Where can one find these products? In specialty grocery stores or supermarkets?
Maison Orphée products are available almost everywhere Canada, but mainly in Quebec. They are available in the organic and natural sections, as well as with regular oils in all good supermarkets. They are also found in health food stores, fruit and vegetable stores and delicatessens.
What is a “first cold pressed” oil?
It consists of a process in which the oil seeds, not preheated, are pressed just once, without adding heat and at the lowest possible temperature, in order to extract part of the oil they contain. This type of pressing makes it possible to preserve the nutritional elements of the oil, such as essential vitamins, tocopherols, fatty acids, pigments, etc, as well as its flavour. The temperature never exceeds 50°C during pressing. This heat results from the friction created by the feed screw that conveys the oil seeds through the press, grinds them and tries to expel them. The extracted oil is then filtered in order to remove the seed residues it contains and then bottled. The term “virgin” is the equivalent of first cold pressed and can be used for all types of oil.
What does “cold extraction” mean?
There are two main processes that can be used to manufacture extra virgin olive oil: pressure and extraction. The first is done by hydraulically pressing the olive paste. The second, extraction, involves mixing the paste until oil droplets are gently formed.
Why is the term “extra virgin” used?
This term applies only to oil olive. It indicates the best quality olive oil, with the lowest rate of oleic acidity (
What guarantees that there is no GMO in canola oil?
First of all, no traces of genetic modifications can be found in oily substances. For this reason it is necessary to carry out analyses on the seeds before pressing the oil, because genetic modifications appear in the DNA, which is related to proteins. Our canola oil is certified organic by an accredited organization (QAI). The specifications for organic farming forbid the use of non-organic products (chemical treatments: pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, etc., or produced from genetically modified organisms). Moreover, we systematically carry out tests for genetic identity on each batch of raw material to ensure that the seeds are not contaminated by genetically modified organisms.
