HOT DRINKS ARE IMPORTED FROM AFAR.... NOT CHICORY!

Chicorée Leroux will immediately remind you of the Nord department in north France. And not only are our plants located in Orchies (Nord) and Vieille-Eglise (Pas-de-Calais), but our chicory plantations can be found in Hauts-de-France. Which makes our chicory the only hot drink grown and transformed in our beautiful region of Hauts-de-France. Why? The silty soil of the region is rich and fertile, and the weather conditions are ideal for the growth of Leroux chicory. Chicory is sown in the spring and harvested 6 months later when the roots reach maturity. At this point, the roots are swollen with inulin, a food-grade fibre with many benefits.  Chicories are the only plant, if we ignore artichokes, to contain enough inulin to be worth extracting on a commercial basis. 180,000 tonnes of inulin are extracted from chicory roots annually in Europe. A total of around 200 growers in the region have opted for this amazing root. And it is likely to go on!