Natural Sins
Our belief is that once you get a taste of our native fruits, unique process and Costa Rican way of doing things, you’ll jump ship from your usual chip. Perhaps, once and for all.
We certainly didn’t think we could waltz in and steal a few potato chip fans along the way without having a pretty spectacular chip to share with the rest of the world. It starts with our fruits and veggies. We scale volcanoes hunting for pineapples in their skirts, climb atop wild coconut trees to find the perfect fruit and wield our machetes through the jungle searching for two-pound mangoes.
About the Brand
At Natural Sins we are dedicated to the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of healthy food products where high quality, freshness, and innovation are the common denominators. Each person in Natural Sins has a strong commitment to society and responds to the impact of their actions to the company, environment, and society.
Our products and services will be best in class in terms of value received for dollars paid. It will deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement and respond vigorously to change. Our employees are each personally accountable for the highest standards of behavior, including honesty and fairness in all aspects of their work, fulfilling commitments as responsible citizens and employees promoting team building and knowledge sharing in a constant search for excellence and in order to achieve common goals, and has a proactive approach to the generation of new technologies and new products and we encourage the willingness to learn, manage, and disseminate knowledge.
FAQs
Where is Natural Sins located?
Natural Sins is located in Pavas, San Jose, Costa Rica. Here, we handcraft our chips from start to finish in the land of Pura Vida. We’re proud of our certification as a Costa Rican country brand: Esencial Costa Rica. Our corporate office in Miami, Florida handles the commercialization of our products outside of Costa Rica.
When was Natural Sins founded?
We started Natural Sins in October 2010 and hit the market in Costa Rica with our first batch of chips in September, 2011 after several months of research and development.
What is Natural Sins’ mission?
Every move we make as a company is about making healthy snacks with the purest ingredients and abundant flavor. Our focus on quality, freshness and innovation is what drives us to push for perfection each and every time.
What are the different types of processes used to dehydrate fruit?
Osmotic Dehydration: produced by submerging fruits in large sugar concentrations (glazed fruit). It results in a dark color and a sweet taste. Solar Dehydration: the product is exposed to the sun for long periods of time in order to progressively extract water from the fruit. It results in a dark and chewy fruit. Lyophilization (freeze-drying): fruits are frozen and undergo a vacuum process in order to extract frozen water from the fruit, resulting in a colorless and powdery-texture. Oven-Baked: fruits are dried with hot air at low temperatures in conventional ovens. Fried: similar to the process used for making French fries, fruits are submerged in oil and cooked for crisp
What fruit dehydration process does natural sins use?
We use a combination of two processes, then add our own proprietary technology to create thin, crispy slices of whole fruit.
What are the ingredients contained in natural sins products?
Our products contain just two ingredients–fresh fruits or vegetables and a sprinkle of cane sugar. There are no preservatives, artificial colorings or artificial flavors.