THE INCREDIBLE
STORY OF aCtifry
ACTIFRY “Made in
TEFAL”
For the last 150 years, Groupe
TEFAL - Société d’Emboutissage de
Bourgogne - has built up its history
on constant innovation and the
conquest of new markets. Making
life easier for users across the
world, bringing them new products
and solutions, giving them joy and a
sense of well-being - these are its
missions.
This blend of inventiveness,
ambition and tenacity, as well as
our attentiveness to consumers'
needs, has made our Group the
global leader in small domestic
appliances.
Our company, established in
Burgundy from its inception, drew
inspiration from the historical
values of this famous French
ACTIFRY
the revolutionary
product
ACTIFRY needs only one spoonful
of oil for 1.5 kg of genuine chips
crispy on the outside and tender
inside! In other words, less than 3
% fat to enjoy the taste of traditional
home-made chips… By using the
right oils full of natural goodness,
cooking with ACTIFRY adds variety
to our dishes and flavours. It is
part of our Nutritious & Delicious
line which combines cutting-edge
technologies and all of TEFAL's
know-how to enhance your
enjoyment and health.
region: widely appreciated
gastronomy
and a unique cultural heritage
that have strongly influenced the
lifestyle of its inhabitants. It is
therefore not a coincidence that
this region witnessed the birth of a
revolutionary cooking method…
Today, beyond simplifying your
everyday life, we bring you
moments of delicious delights and
other pleasant
experiences, thanks to
products perfectly suited to
wholesome and flavoursome
cooking.
ACTIFRY, distinctly
Burgundian
The idea of making potato chips
with very little oil was conceived a
long time ago. Our research work
with French universities on the
cooking process gave us a new
perspective into this issue.
This new knowledge helped us to
precisely determine the role of oil in
the cooking process and the exact
parameters that we must take into
ACTIFRY
the family appliance
ACTIFRY has travelled a lot and has
created quite a sensation… After
winning over more than 2 mil-
lion consumers around the world,
ACTIFRY could successfully adapt
itself to their needs and desires to
bring maximum satisfaction to their
taste buds. Its "culinary" talent
has become indisputable and every
consumer will be able to appropri-
ate this book containing whole-
some recipes suited to all ages
and tastes: delicious, fun recipes
for children, easy and flavoursome
recipes for teenagers and conven-
ient and delicious recipes for the
whole family.
It is because health is everyone's
concern that ACTIFRY has won
over these well-informed families
all around the world by combining
nutritional qualities, the pleasure of
good food and convenience.
account to make chips crispy on the
outside and tender inside.
Once we had understood and
mastered this process, we still had
to transpose this know-how to a
domestic appliance. It took no less
than five generations of prototypes
and a multitude of sensory tests
to achieve the desired quality and
results.
Our research and our development
work have enabled us to file four
patent applications relating to this
revolutionary method.
More than 10 years of research
between the original idea and
mass production in January 2007.
ACTIFRY, an achievement of
teamwork, is today manufactured in
the thousands every day in France,
in the heart of the Burgundy region!
ACTIFRY in media
spotlight
Today, it is not only its customers,
but also journalists from around
the world who are coming to visit
its place of birth… They want to
understand what magic potion
could concoct such an innovation!
To the extent that paparazzi are
relentlessly snapping away at
ACTIFRY during our demonstrations
and tastings with families across
the globe!
ACTIFRY all set for
greater heights
And all this is only the beginning.
ACTIFRY is only eager to enrich its
recipe book with your help! So if
your culinary skills can accompany
ACTIFRY in its journey, feel free
to visit the Nutritious & Delicious
website to contribute your recipes.
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