About Us
What we do
Capricorn is a family business that decided in 2016 to intensify and
professionalize its goat milk production and the
manufacturing system for cheese and other milk derivates to take a leading role
in the national market and achieve an outstanding international market
positioning.
The company is made up of private national assets committed to the social, economic, and environmental development of our province of origin, and is the first milking yard in the region to be working at an industrial level.
Our history and our future
Capricorn is part of the Huacalera area, in Tilcara, Province of Jujuy.
Huacalera is of natural exceptional beauty, a characteristic that is repeated
in all the Quebrada de Humahuaca. As everybody knows, the Ravine was declared
Cultural and Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.
This unique
combination of multi-coloured hills, crystal clear mountain waters and green
valleys, offer a unique geographical context that turns into a wonderful
landscape. All this is associated to the cultural characteristics, as it was
declared cultural heritage site due to the preservation of the millenary
Omaguaca and Inca cultures, whose inhabitants were native from this region.
The monument dedicated to the Capricorn Tropic, built in the Huacalera town latitude, with a sun clock marking the line of the Tropic through the Jujuy territory in the Southern Hemisphere, adds to its rich archeological history (Pucará de Huacalera) (Pucara=fortified town).
This
cultural legacy is kept alive among the present inhabitants through their
religious beliefs, rituals, festivals, art, music, agricultural techniques and
food customs.
These
people received from the Spaniards the goat breeding custom, which became an
important part of their subsistence. This in time derived into the ancestral
traditional technique of manufacturing goat cheese, also known as farm cheese
or criollo (peasant) cheese.
Our Project
tries to add to this cultural legacy new knowledge and state of the art
technology, to give goat dairy products the necessary dimension to be
attractive and accessible to the public.
We are aware that this vision of the future of the area - necessary to accomplish the challenge of
offering all consumers the new food tendencies - implies a deep change in dairy
products, both in production and commercialization.
Capricorn is part of the Huacalera area, in Tilcara, Province of Jujuy.
Huacalera is of natural exceptional beauty, a characteristic that is repeated in all the Quebrada de Humahuaca. As everybody knows, the Ravine was declared Cultural and Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.
This unique combination of multi-coloured hills, crystal clear mountain waters and green valleys, offer a unique geographical context that turns into a wonderful landscape. All this is associated to the cultural characteristics, as it was declared cultural heritage site due to the preservation of the millenary Omaguaca and Inca cultures, whose inhabitants were native from this region.
The monument dedicated to the Capricorn Tropic, built in the Huacalera town latitude, with a sun clock marking the line of the Tropic through the Jujuy territory in the Southern Hemisphere, adds to its rich archeological history (Pucará de Huacalera) (Pucara=fortified town).
This cultural legacy is kept alive among the present inhabitants through their religious beliefs, rituals, festivals, art, music, agricultural techniques and food customs.
These people received from the Spaniards the goat breeding custom, which became an important part of their subsistence. This in time derived into the ancestral traditional technique of manufacturing goat cheese, also known as farm cheese or criollo (peasant) cheese.
Our Project tries to add to this cultural legacy new knowledge and state of the art technology, to give goat dairy products the necessary dimension to be attractive and accessible to the public.
We are aware that this vision of the future of the area - necessary to accomplish the challenge of
offering all consumers the new food tendencies - implies a deep change in dairy
products, both in production and commercialization.
Our Philosophy
At Capricorn, we know of the universal awareness of healthy eating. We believe that our products, which are manufactured following daily processes based on international standards and sustainable practices, fully comply with this new food reality.
Mission
To offer new goat dairy products at reasonable prices so that those who value a healthy gratifying meal may use them.
Vision
To develop the goat dairy market in our country and achieve local and regional leadership.
Values
✧ Growth
✧ Entrepreneur spirit
✧ Efficiency
✧ Integrity
✧ Reciprocity
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