EURO-CAPS
SINGLE SERVE
True compatibility SINGLE SERVE MANUFACTURER EURO-CAPS ON WHAT DISTINGUISHES ITS NESPRESSO PROFESSIONAL PADS AND CAPSULE RANGE.
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ersatility, quality, and efficiency are the building blocks of the single-serve coffee industry. They are also skills which European capsule manufacturer Euro-Caps has championed since its conception in 2012. It was a time when Nespresso’s patent had just expired and there was an absence of capsule manufacturers for private label customers. Euro-Caps seized the opportunity to fill this gap in the market and has grown rapidly, now offering its own range of capsules, pads, and pods. This includes Nespresso- and Dolce Gusto-compatible
Euro-Caps uses Q Graders to help develop its single-serve products.
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pods, along with its newest portfolio addition, the Nespresso *Professional* compatible pads. “We offer five sustainable Utz blends which are reminiscent of the top five selling blends bought by Professional customers,” says Edwin Wijnholds, International Sales Manager of Euro-Caps. “We have studied both their intellectual property and all the dimensions of those pads extensively and scientifically.” This has led Euro-Caps to be what Hans Voorschuur, Sales Director of Euro-Caps, describes as “the only company selling Professional pads that are truly compatible with Nespresso Professional”. “We can claim true compatibility because we are producing it on the same type of machines and using the same type of material, like the foil, as the original Nespresso pads,” says Voorschuur. “In previous years, we bought capsules off the shelf from other producers to see if we could improve their capsules. We have built upon this research and development, and quality assurance (QA) knowledge to develop our own compatible capsules and pads.” Today, Euro-Caps sells it capsules and pads to retailers and coffee chains around the world, including European coffee retail giant Costa Coffee. Besides its compatibility, Voorschuur says Euro-Caps’ advantage is its ability to deliver knowhow, innovation, and a high-quality product at a lower price. “We offer pads with a better price and therefore increase consumers’ accessibility to quality coffee pads. It will make the market grow for Nespresso Professional compatible products, because the Nespresso Professional is receiving more attention,” says Voorschuur. This attention to quality doesn’t just begin in the lab, but at origin. Euro-Caps’ coffee is made of different bean varieties from around the world, including single origins from Nicaragua, Cost Rica, and Guatemala. “In the Apui region we are also working on different levels of sustainability. For example, we have partnered with the Worldwide Fund for Nature to teach farmers how to grow more sustainable crops and prevent deforestation in Brazil,” says Wijnholds. Only the ripest beans are picked, sorted, processed, and graded before roasting. “We work with a couple of preferred partners for roasting. These roasters are all around us in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Germany. We do this to offer our customers the best range of products available for the best price quality, no matter where they are,” says Wijnholds.
