The selection of our spices 

At La Plantation, quality and social commitment are at the heart of our values. La Plantation is certified Fair Trade by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO). We grow the peppers and spices at La Plantation and work with over 70 family farms in Cambodia. This partnership and collaboration offers families the guarantee of an income from their crop. We buy all their production at a fair price and finance them throughout the year. In exchange, the farms commit to respect the 10 Fairtrade principles of WFTO. We select the partner family farms ourselves according to criteria that are essential to us: we conduct an in-depth visit of the farm, its environment, the family's expertise in the natural and pesticide-free cultivation of the spice. 

Throughout the year, we conduct regular visits, trainings on hygiene and good agricultural practices to guarantee and ensure the quality of the spices grown.

We control every step of the production process: from the farm where our farmers take great care of the plants throughout the year, to the manual selection of each grain for the pepper, to the processing on the day of harvest, and a rigorous quality control before the bagging.

As producers ourselves, we are fortunate to spend our time smelling and tasting the spices to double-check the quality of the products before shipping them to Europe.

Innovation is at the heart of La Plantation's DNA. You will regularly find new spices and new blends on our online store that you can use in your spicy recipes.

Our spices are regularly awarded, such as Kampot Pepper with Salt, an exclusive product of La Plantation, invented in 2016. It has won numerous awards, including the Bronze Medal of the Epicures 2020 award, and is used daily in the kitchens of many star chefs and gourmets.