SIROPERIE MEURENS

Like most industries, syrup factory has its origins in traditional craft. History teaches us that as early as the 17th century, many farmers from the Herve region had a copper boiler and a press which they used to make syrup, thus enhancing the value of the apples and pears from their orchards. That syrup was then sold at the same time as the other farm products. The first signs of the industrialisation of syrup-making started to appear around 1880-1890, when steam-cooking was first tried out and hydraulic presses began to appear. These two major innovations allowed for larger quantities of fruit to be made into syrup, and this is how the first syrup-making firms were born.