Controlled production from source, for the European market
Caribest Foods imports and distributes processed tropical ingredients for the European food industry. We operate from Spain with direct vertical integration in Costa Rica through Costatropic.
Built on 25 years of integrated supply chain
Caribest Foods is the European arm of Costatropic, a Costa Rican company specialising in the production and processing of tropical foods since 1999. This integration is not a commercial partnership — it is the same operating system, with direct control over production, quality and planning at source.
We operate from Spain to share the same time zone as our clients, with direct response capacity and no intermediaries in the decision chain. Commercial and logistics management is handled by us; production and processing by Costatropic.
For the European food industry, this means access to tropical ingredients with genuine traceability, documented batch consistency and regulatory compliance managed from origin.
From field to container
The cassava and plantain fields in Costa Rica, the Costatropic processing plant and the complete supply chain flow — from harvest to container.
An operation that has been running without interruption for over 25 years because every link in the chain belongs to the same structure.
One chain.
Caribest and Costatropic are not supplier and client — they are the same chain operating across two geographies. Integration is what gives the model its value.
Caribest Foods
Import and distribution company headquartered in Spain. Manages all commercial activity, logistics and client relationships across the European market.
Operates a cold storage warehouse in Valencia — the entry point for containers arriving from Costa Rica — with commercial management based in Madrid.
Operates under European import regulations for tropical food products — in active compliance with EU regulation.
Costatropic
Production and processing company with over 25 years of operation in Costa Rica. Owns the cassava and plantain fields and the certified processing plant.
Exporting continuously since 2012 to the United States, the Caribbean and Europe, with a proven track record of sanitary, technical and logistics compliance.
Active certifications: FSSC 22000 and GlobalG.A.P. — auditable by any European industrial buyer.
Active certifications
We meet international food safety standards
Costatropic's certifications are active and auditable.
Importing and distributing tropical foods for the European market.