Expert in encapsulation
The innovative, gourmet products in the flavor pearls range, a brand owned by the Breton company GlobeXplore, are available worldwide.
Recognised know-how
Since 2008, we've been developing creative cuisine products for top chefs.
IFS-certified, we undertake to make products in compliance with very strict specifications.
Our R&D team works with you to create customised products tailored to your market and your clients.
GlobeXplore, a company with strong regional roots
Founded in 1986, GlobeXplore (a subsidiary of the Jean Hénaff group) specialises in creative cuisine and in producing, processing and selling high added-value edible seaweed and premium and gourmet products.
Based in Rosporden in Brittany, the company markets its products under the brand names Algaé (for all seaweed-based recipes), Perles de Saveurs (creative cuisine) and Christine Le Tennier (export and delicatessen).
Driven by a culinary passion combining innovation and quality, our strategy focuses on our consumers and on environmental issues. For us, gustatory enjoyment is essential and inseparable from a healthy, balanced diet that respects the environment and natural resources.
A tightly-knit family business with 35 employees, our organisational structure includes the following departments: Quality, R&D, Marketing, Production, Logistics for small and large-scale exports, Specialist sales teams for export/FAFH/super- and hyper-markets/the agri-food industry/delicatessens/organic products
A company at the cutting edge of encapsulation
Molecular gastronomy emerged in the 1980s under the influence of Hervé This, a French physical chemist with a passionate interest in cooking. Since then, many well-known chefs such as Ferran Adrià, Pierre Gagnaire, Thierry Marx and Marc Veyrat regularly incorporate it in their dishes.
A blend of science, cuisine and art, this discipline opens up an array of new sensations by transforming the textures, colours and shape of food. Spherification, one of molecular cuisine’s emblematic techniques, produces a jellified outer shell and liquid interior.
In 2008, after many years of experimentation and testing, we successfully standardised the spherification process. Using this know-how we can obtain a thin skin through which we insert fruit purée, wine, sauce, vinegar, etc.
We are constantly developing new techniques and products to meet growing demand from chefs and our customers.
GlobeXplore, a company committed to a sustainable future
As a pioneering force in the transition to more sustainable food, the small Jean Hénaff family group is intent on playing a leading role in Brittany, the source of its inspiration and the region of its commitment, through this goal. This ambition is embodied in an eco-responsible, positive-impact approach called Be Good 2030, which aims to make the Group:
1. Protector of its Breton environment
2. Committed to the community
3. Pioneer of a cutting-edge sector
4. Respectful of animals and all living things
5. Exacting for all its products
CSR certification
We have been certified Bretagne 26000, the first CSR label created by Produit en Bretagne, since 2022, guaranteeing our socially responsible and environmentally-friendly behaviour.
Inspired by the international ISO 26000 standard, this label goes further in terms of commitments to the region. This certification is reserved for companies that are members of the Produit en Bretagne association, and is a determining commitment based on the environmental impact of the group's activities.
Our development since 1986
Christine Le Tennier, a visionary entrepreneur, founds GlobeXplore, an export trading and management company.
Production of seaweed-based products: pasta, spreads, raw seaweed, etc.
Development of the flavor pearls business.
The company expands to accommodate growth (2,400 m²).
IFS Food certification obtained, guaranteeing quality and reliability.
The company joins Jean Hénaff, a small family-run group from Brittany committed to providing responsibly-produced gourmet food.
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Creation of 20 mm spheres providing a new culinary experience.
GlobeXplore awarded the Bretagne 26000 label, the first regional CSR certification. To find out more: www.produitenbretagne.bzh
The Perles de Saveurs family has grown with the addition of oil pearls.