Gat Food Canneries owned and operated by Kibbutz Givat Hayim, is Israel's leading citrus fruit processor and exporter.
The plant was established in 1942 in the fertile Sharon Valley where much of Israel's citrus fruit is grown.
In 1945, the plant processed 2,000 tons of citrus fruit. Today, Gat processes approximately 100 times this quantity.
Gat processes the following fruit:oranges, white grapefruits, red grapefruits, mandarins, easy peels, tangerines, lemons and tropical mixtures.
Gat pioneered frozen fruit concentrates in Israel, and these still represent an important part of
the companys' activities. Gat also produces aspetic, preserved, and sterile products.Gat products are available in a wide
variety of packaging options:Tankers, Drums, Rotoplast, Bag-In-Box of various sizes, Brick-packed, PET bottles, 6 oz Cans, 12 oz Cans, 32 oz Cans, etc.
Gat produts are sold to retail market, the wholesale the institutional market, as
well as as to food industries for reprocessing.Many of the items in the Gat product line are produced according to customer specifications. Gat has an ultra-modern food laboratory which specializes in developing tailor-made products, e.g. bases for soft drink production, mixed tropical-fruit concentrated and nectars.
Gat products are exported to more than 30 countries, and is also a major supplier in local market. Gat has joint ventures and subsidiaries in several countries, and supplies know-how and raw materials (mainly concentrates) for final products production.
Gat brand names include Jaffa Champion, Jaffa Choice, Natural Champion, and Prigat. Some export customers buy these brand goods from Gat, while others prefer private label.
