We are Las Quinas. Good morning!
We do what we love most, with great passion and effort, in General Las Heras since 2003.
It all began with a bee
Las Quinas was born in 2003 in General Las Heras, a town in the province of Buenos Aires with one church, one square and one traffic light, where almost everyone knows each other by name.
We started in front of a beehive. Watching the bees, we learned that none of them works only for itself: each one does its part and, together, they sustain an ecosystem far bigger than themselves. That idea became our way of working.
Behind every producer we work with there is a family, a story of hard work, a drought or a flood. That is why we were not born just to make food, but to show that there is another way to produce, measuring success by how many people grow alongside us.
Since then, the honey from our town has reached Japan, the United States and Europe, and we have added dulce de leche and jams. We still believe the same thing: ideas have no postcode, and when you buy, you choose the world you want to live in.
From 2003 to today
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Triple impact: growing together with our community
We work with a triple impact. We produce with energy from solar panels and recycle the water from the processes that use it most. We have always worked with our town and with small local producers, and since 2019 we have developed productive projects that give tools to women in vulnerable situations.
With Akamasoa Argentina, in Lima (Buenos Aires), we installed two hydroponic greenhouses. The women trained in hydroponic growing, and their strawberries became a jam whose sales went back to the community as tools and homes.
With the Mujeres de La CaƱada, in Santiago del Estero, we revived ancestral knowledge: the tuna, the fruit of a cactus that local grandmothers used to make arrope, a traditional syrup. The women harvest and pulp it in their own processing room, and we turn it into jam at our plant. The proceeds go back to the project as machinery and working capital.
In 2022 we added a project with the Lobos Womenās Cooperative, and in 2023 we signed an agreement with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (#PonchosAzules).
We are a Certified B Corporation, and we want to be the bridge that helps more projects like these find their way to your table.
Awards and distinctions
- 2025Red Dot Winner, Packaging DesignAkamasoa by Las Quinas strawberry jam (special edition).
- 2024Pentawards Gold (London)International packaging design award.
- 2023Pentawards Silver (London)International packaging design award.
- 2023MAPPA, Local Commitment AwardArgentine Market of Agri-food Products and Producers.
- 2023INNOVAR, distinction in the Food categoryPrickly pear project with the La CaƱada Cooperative and peasant women from Santiago del Estero.
- 2022MAPPA, Sustainability and Environment AwardArgentine Market of Agri-food Products and Producers.
- 2022MAPPA, Best dulce de leche producerArgentine Market of Agri-food Products and Producers.
- 2021Corporate Citizenship Award, AmCham ArgentinaWinner in the New Business Paradigm category.
- 2021Argentine Good Design SealPlant-based spread developed with INTI.
- 2021APSAL Award, Corporate Social ResponsibilityAkamasoa hydroponic strawberry jam (special edition).
- 2020APSAL Award, New Foods categoryPlant-based spread developed with INTI.
- 2020INTI, one of the three developments of the yearPlant-based spread developed jointly.
- 2019APSAL Award, first prize in SustainabilityFor our care for the environment.
- 2018B Corp Best for the WorldAmong the best B Corps in the world in the Environment category.
- 2018APSAL Award, Sweets categoryLas Quinas Fit jam.
- 2017APSAL Award, Beekeeping categoryGluten-free honey.
- 2017OIA, Special MentionFor our track record, continuity and commitment to organic production.
- 2015Superior Taste Award, iTQi (Brussels)Creamy Organic Honey (three stars) and Sugar-Free Dulce de Leche (two stars).
- 2014FILAPI, 11th Ibero-American Beekeeping CongressFirst prize, professional labels.
- 2013Mentores Award, finalistSpecial mention for our export profile. Banco Galicia, TelefĆ³nica, the University of Buenos Aires School of Economics and MateriaBiz.
- 2013Caminos y Sabores, La RuralBest Dulce de Leche of the Year.
- 2011BiolMiel, International Organic Honey CompetitionOur organic honey ranked first among all the honeys in the competition.
- 2011OIA, Special MentionFor our commitment to quality.
- Argentine Good Design SealFor the design of Las Quinas and of the Akamasoa x Las Quinas and Las Quinas x Mujeres de la CaƱada lines.
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