Helios is a family-owned company with deep roots in Valladolid, with over a century of experience. The company is known for being an innovator, for the outstanding quality of its products and for being a leader in the jam market.
Our story begins at the end of the 19th century, when the great-grandfather of the current owners founded the sweet shop “El Sol”, a bakery that would later become purveyor to the Royal Family. In 1900, the newspaper “El Periódico de Castilla” announced that the shop would give away a lottery ticket for the purchase of nougat candy, sugared almonds, liquorice and other products. One hundred years later that bakery has become a corporation with over 600 employees, and a leader in its industry, with a focus on expansion in foreign markets.
The opening of our factory in 1957 was a turning point for the company, which went from artisanal to industrial production. This step was taken with the aim of broadening the company’s portfolio, with products such as vegetable preserves which enjoyed high demand under the Helios brand. After only 13 years product demand made it necessary to build a new factory; the one built in its present location.
Helios currently focuses on the production of jams, vegetable preserves, fried tomato, sauces, fruit preserves, pickles and quince paste, as well as a long list of high quality products.
Helios stands out for its ability to innovate, the outstanding quality of its products and for being the leading producer of jams in Spain
Our current factory is 40,000 m2. It is there that Helios produces, packs and distributes its products; both for Spain and other countries.
Quality is the basis of our business strategy. That is why we apply this principle to each stage of production, starting with the selection of raw materials. Our R&D department strives to make sure all products meet our high quality standards, to develop new products and to improve the existing ones. As proof of our commitment to quality we were awarded with the Best Innovation Award at Sial-Paris for our honeyed fruit reserve, a marmalade produced using the best available bitter oranges and honey from Spain.
Grupo Helios comprises the following companies:
Dulces y Conservas Helios S.A., parent company of the group whose main factory and headquarters are located in Valladolid. It produces marmalades and jams, fried tomato, sauces, fruit preserves and quince paste.
Iberfruta Muerza. Headquartered in Azagra (Navarra), it processes semi-prepared fruit in aceptic packaging frozen fruits, fruit preserves, for industrial use and marmalades and jams.
Grupo Helios has 4 factories in Spain, 2 in Germany and 1 in Kentira (Morocco), as well as two trade offices outside Spain: Iberfruta Europe, S.R.L. in Perpignan (France), and S.D. Parr in Manchester (UK).
