Founded in 1860, Riso Scotti was one of the first Italian rice factories to produce and sell packaged rice, thus guaranteeing the constant high quality and hygiene of the product.

Today, the most prestigious varieties of rice are harvested from the Scotti farms, whose rice fields extend over hundreds of hectares, in the heart of the Po Valley, and are then prepared and packaged in the modern plant of Pavia.

From the first packets made from material or paper to present elegant dark-blue packets, the image of Riso Scotti has evolved continuously over time, while our pride in our products and our desire and effort to always give the very best rice to our customers remains unchanged.

For this reason, Riso Scotti is nowadays playing an important role of partnering with consumers offering a healthy but tasty and pleasant range of delicacies, which are all based on rice.

THE FACTORY

Already a few years ago Riso Scotti strategically planned to have the entire production process under one roof.
As a consequence Bivio Vela was born. It's a large state of the art high tech plant which concentrates the most modern and efficient solutions in the industry.
The real breakthrough it is not just technological, albeit Riso Scotti uses the most advanced machines, but it encompasses Riso Scotti revolutionary approach to rice processing. Through a strict quality and efficiency control of every production phase and a totally new production lay out, Riso Scotti is able to run a "zero waste" operation. The rice waste which is generated at every stage of the process is reused for maximum efficiency and total environment preservation.
Every step of the way each and any production cycle waste becomes the key raw material for further processes.
Hence, the outer shell of the grain is burnt in a unique power plant which generates energy. Similarly, the rice bran, the external portion of the grain, which is very rich in fat, is used for the production of Rice Bran Oil. In addition the broken grains are puffed and are used as ingredients of
other rice based products.
In an industry where waste amounts up to 40% of the raw rice used, this is an extraordinary achievement. In addition, the logistic process is simplified and streamlined to the maximum possible extent by keeping the entire process under one roof.

PRODUCTION FACILITY "BIVIO VELA"

Total area: 10 Hectares
Covered square footage: 330,000sqf on 2 floors and 55,000sqf power plant (Riso Scotti Energia)
Raw rice stocking capacity:4,000 MT
Processed rice s.c.: 3,400 MT
Packed rice s.c.: 2,500 MT

Production capacity:
- white rice: 11,000 MT raw rice/month
- parboiled rice: 7,500 MT raw rice/month

Packing capacity:
- vacuum: 520.000 units daily (0,5 -1kg)
- non-vacuum: 300.000 units daily (1-2- 5- 10- 25 Kg)
- Risotto dry mixes: 43.000 units daily

Loading bays: 23

CERTIFIED QUALITY

Riso Scotti offers to his customers a carefully selected rice, obtained thanks to a precise working process, always respecting high quality, ISO 9002 certified standards.