Superior Taste!
Attiki – Pittas and our exceptional Fino Honey has added yet another international distinction to its impressive collection of awards the company has won over the last few years.
Fino Honey was honored with the Superior Taste Award – 2 stars by the Brussels-based International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi) for 2009. The iTQi evaluates awards and promotes foods and drinks of superior quality all over the world.
 

The evaluation of these products is based on very strict criteria by a board of critics composed of distinguished chefs, food connoisseurs, members of the largest European gastronomic and culinary organizations (including the Hellenic Chef’s Association, the Academie Culinaire de France and the Federazione Italiana Cuochi).

Fino Honey, which is made with a unique combination of select forest honey gathered from all over Greece, was evaluated with a blind test and was awarded for its quality and unsurpassed taste and aroma. With this distinction from the international and independent community of gastronomic experts, Fino Honey not only bolsters its international reputation and good name but also the image of good Greek honey abroad.

Founded in 1928 by the brothers, Alexandros and Panayiotis Pittas, Attiki Bee Culturing Company is today the largest honey company in Greece. Over the years it has spread the fame of Greek honey both at home and abroad, while at the same time, providing constant support to Greek beekeepers.
The company’s history goes back more than 75 years. It was the first in Greece to package honey in small containers. (Before, it was only sold in bulk, in large containers.) Today, 'Attiki' and 'Fino' honey brands are well-known and highly popular in Greece.
ATTIKI offers high quality, selected Greek honey in various packaging that bring honey not only to the breakfast table, but also to the office, on excursions and at school.
In Greece up to 70% of honey is sold in tins, the most appropriate packaging for this quality product. In addition ATTIKI offers a line of practical packages: the honey pourer, the smart-pack and the PET "melissaki" packaging, that promote this famous Greek product internationally.
The smart-pack, launched in 1995, has proved a great success in Greece, and is an example of applying technological innovation to packaging. This international innovation allowed consumers to enjoy honey anywhere and anytime. It is extremely practical and easy-to-use, and does not break or leak.
The company’s products:
• Attiki Honey – Greek honey from thyme and other flora.
• Fino Honey – Greek forest honey.
• Attiki Royal Jelly and Attiki Pollen.
• Attiki Honey Halva – Made according to a traditional recipe, using honey (instead of sugar or glucose), which gives the halva a special aroma and taste. It comes in three varieties: vanilla flavour, with cocoa, and with almonds.
• Attiki Vanilla and Masticha Sweet – The traditional Greek summer dessert in two delicious flavours: vanilla and masticha.
• Attiki Tahini – A 100% natural product made of crushed sesame seeds (sesame paste), with no preservatives, no sugar, and, no cholesterol. In 3 delicious flavours: Tahini with honey & hazelnut paste, Tahini with honey, and pure Tahini.
• Attiki Halva – With glucose and sugar. In 4 flavours: vanilla, cocoa, almond and pistachio.
• Attiki Loukoumi - Traditional Greek confectionery in a variety of flavours including honey and walnut and honey and almond. Along with Loukoumia, the company offers Attiki "Akanes" a traditional delicacy from Serres in Northern Greece.
The company’s mission is to offer products of excellent quality and exquisite taste. Specially trained personnel, of the Department of Procurement and Development of Apiculture, selects the best honey varieties from all over Greece. Quality Control Department, which possesses one of the most modern in Europe and fully equipped laboratory, makes all the necessary controls in all stages of selection and packaging. More than 75 years of experience, hard work, research and endless support to Greek Apiculture enables “Attiki” to offer pure Greek honey straight from the beehive.
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
The basic commercial activities of our company target the following markets:
Retail
This sector accounts for 85% of the company’s revenues, with its main customers being supermarket chains. An extensive network of sales representatives and wholesalers covers the whole country. Attiki and Fino honey have the largest market share in Greece.
Food Industry
The company is one of the main honey supplier of major companies producing honey-based products.
Catering
The Attiki Bee Culturing Co. also supplies a large number of hotel chains and other food service facilities in Greece.
Exports
The company exports to many different countries including EU countries, countries in the Middle East, the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore. Demand for the company’s products is constantly rising. Attiki brands are positioned in some of the best and most exclusive department stores in the world, including Harrod’s and Fortnum & Mason in London, and Zabar’s in New York.
Apiculture Equipment
The company’s experts visit producers and cooperatives around Greece, providing advice on how to improve production, and recommending the best equipment for producing high quality honey.