Melinda: italian apples producer in Trentino, Val di Non

The quality of Melinda, every day on your table

MELINDA APPLES

Morgana

Extremely juicy: Melinda Morgana® is the juiciest, most refreshing and thirst-quenching snack. Thanks to its strong double-coloured skin, it maintains itself both at home as on the road.

SweeTango

It’s the first apple of the season. It tastes of summer, every time you bite into it. Sweetango®, with its slight spicy taste, is a new refreshing experience.

Dolcevita

Sweet and crunchy, fresh and juicy. Melinda Dolcevita is the apple with a perfectly well-rounded taste, for a balanced and harmonious sensorial experience. Its fans like to define it as “The perfect apple”.

Golden Delicious

Golden apples are the most popular and common apples in Italy. Melinda Golden Delicious is the PDO apple from the Non and Sole Valleys in Trentino

Red Delicious

Red is Snow White’s apple, with the typical 5 points on the bottom. Melinda Red Delicious is the PDO apple from the Non and Sole Valleys in Trentino

Gala

Melinda Gala is a red soft apple. Perfect for children for its sweetness and small size. Great in fruit salads and juices and with dried fruit

Fuji

Melinda Fuji is an incredibly sweet apple. Perfect fresh as it is, or as an appetizer with speck, or diced in a chicken salad

Evelina

Melinda Evelina is a crunchy, fresh apple. You can enjoy it as it is, in salads, fresh juices and smoothies.

Renetta

Renetta apples are a must in the kitchen, perfect for apple cakes and strudels. Melinda Renetta is the PDO apple from the Non and Sole Valleys in Trentino

Experiences

Join MondoMelinda's guided tours and discover everything that lies behind the famous blue-stamped apples. Led by expert guides, you can choose between different experiences: enter the processing rooms to observe firsthand the selection, processing, and packaging stages that precede the apples' arrival on your table, or explore the fascinating underground cellars and the brand-new Apple Cableway to discover the underground world where the apples are stored in the heart of the Dolomites. Not sure which one to choose? Choose the complete tour and discover the entire journey of the Melinda apple.

THE FULL JOURNEY OF MELINDA APPLES

Guided tour of the processing plant and hypogeal cells

Would you like to discover the full journey made by every Melinda apple? Then this is your ideal experience. A complete tour with expert guides unfolding the entire journey made by a Melinda apple after its harvesting. The visit includes the processing plant in one of our cooperatives, a tasting experience of different apple varieties, and the visit of our amazing hypogeal cells in the Rio Maggiore Mine, where all our apples rest inside the mountains.

THE WORLD BEHIND AN APPLE

Guided tour of the processing plant

Step into the world of the Consortium, and experience a story built on tradition and passion. Explore our processing plant, discover the different varieties of Melinda apples lovingly grown by our valley farmers. Finally, enjoy the tasting tour where you will experience their different flavors and consistencies. Will you be able to recognize each one of them?

IN HEART OF THE DOLOMITES

Guided tours of the hypogeal cells

Did you know that in Val di Non we store our apples inside the mountains? We have stored 40.000 tons of apples, 300 meters underground inside the old Rio Maggiore Mine. The apples arrive here via our “Apples’ Cable-way”, an ultra-modern cable-way system. Did we draw your attention? Then come discover this fascinating underground world!

Melinda recipes

With Melinda apples, you can prepare many delicious recipes, from the super-classic apple cake and Trentino apple strudel, to fresh and innovative creations, both sweet and savoury.

Explore

Underground Warehouses

Today, in the heart of the mountains under the roots of the trees where they have grown, Melinda apples have a natural storing place. The only place like this in the world. Visit Hypogeal Cells

THE HISTORY AND TRADITION OF THE NON VALLEY, NARRATED BY PAOLO

Non valley: did you know that in the last century, thanks to an exceptional apple farming the valleys avoided depopulation due to poverty and emigration? This is the successful story of a territory and its own families. Apples in Trentino

Trentino apples

Listen to Andrea’s story –new apple varieties introduced by Melinda

Melinda has been supporting for over 10 years a developing plan for organic farming which in the last period has been very successful, overcoming even the most optimistic guess. Organic and new varieties

Sustainability of Melinda production processes

In-depth analysis

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Have a look at Melinda’s President video

Young People From The Non Valley And Their Love For Agriculture

Have a look at Marco’s interview

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FROM MELINDA, THE PDO GOLDEN FROM THE NON-VALLEY.

A consortium of 4000 families

Underground Warehouses, where our apples have a good rest

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