History
In 1991, the Zannon family began Santa Barbara Pistachios with the goal of producing the best-tasting, all-natural organic pistachios available. Santa Barbara Pistachios are grown on our family farm in the hills of the Sierra Madre Range in Santa Barbara County at an altitude of 2,900 feet. This perfect high-desert climate of sunny days and cool, clear nights is almost identical to the pistachio's native climate in the Middle East. And this climate is also perfect for growing organically, without pesticides or fungicides. Today, as the only locally-owned and family-managed organic pistachio farm on the Central Coast of California selling its own product, Santa Barbara Pistachios control every phase of production, from planting, farming and harvesting to brine flavoring, hot air-roasting and hand-packaging. This allows us to guarantee that not only our pistachios are certified organic, but that all ingredients used in our flavored pistachios are also certified organic.
Specialties
Since our first harvest in 1995, and our first Organic crop certified by CCOF in 2007, Santa Barbara Pistachios has produced the highest quality all natural pistachios available. We only sell what we grow; We brine our pistachios with wholesome Organic, Kosher-Certified ingredients instead of spraying on the flavor; We hot air dry, rather than flame roast, our pistachios at a low temperature to retain their natural buttery flavor and nutritional value; We hand sort and pack daily to make sure they are farm fresh when you receive them. And that's how we always do it. We hope you taste and enjoy the difference.