In 1989, Jean-François Gonfard became passionate about sea buckthorn , a little orange berry then little known that grows around his home, at an altitude of more than 1000 meters, in the heart of the park national des Ecrins in the Hautes-Alpes.
After several years of testing and research, he selects two varieties that he cultivates himself in the largest respect for the environment, and harvest at the end of summer, when their vitamin content is at its maximum.
In 1997, he obtained organic certification for its sea buckthorn crops. He then created the Altiflore brand, the first product of which was pure sea buckthorn juice, which has become emblematic!
Driven by a permanent desire to innovate, Jean-François imagines then many sea buckthorn products. This is how Altiflore began to produce fruit juices, nectars, jams, fruit jellies ... and its first organic sea buckthorn sorbets in 2001.
Gradually, Altiflore is making ice cream its specialty and expanding its ranges with new delicious flavors inspired by nature , some of which are surprising like Chartreuse and Genépi.