• At Grupo Solave, we oversee every step of our production process through our three business units.
• Thanks to our robust traceability systems, we’ve earned more than 17 national and international certifications.
• For us, traceability is more than a protocol — it’s a promise of quality, sustainability, and transparency.

When it comes to ensuring quality and authenticity, traceability is everything. At Grupo Solave, we take pride in managing each stage of our production process across our three core business units: Magnocampo, which handles agave cultivation; Casa Natima, our distillery of origin; and Nobazul, dedicated to producing premium agave syrup. But why is traceability so important in our industry? To understand it, let’s break it down:

What is Traceability, Really?

In simple terms, traceability is the ability to track a product’s journey throughout its entire supply chain, from its origin to its final destination. For us, it means knowing exactly where each batch of agave came from, how it was processed, and where it ends up. That level of transparency ensures quality at every step of the way, and builds trust with our partners and customers.

Why is Traceability Crucial in the Agave Industry?

1. It protects quality and authenticity: It confirms that every bottle of tequila and every container of agave syrup comes from agave grown under ideal conditions, meaning: not mixed with unknown sources.
2. It ensures compliance: In global markets, traceability is key to meeting regulatory standards. At Grupo Solave, it’s what allows us to hold over 17 international certifications and export to more than 30 countries.
3. It safeguards consumers: When people know where their products come from and how they were made, they can buy with confidence.
4. It promotes sustainability: Traceability lets us monitor agricultural practices and better understand our environmental footprint.

Traceability in the World of Blue Agave

In 2016, the Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT) launched an ambitious initiative: to turn the tequila industry into a global sustainability model by 2030. That plan includes deforestation-free certifications, sustainable farming practices, and efficient water usage. All these are part of the ARA Certification.

Since 2014, and in collaboration with the Mario Molina Center, the CRT has also been measuring tequila’s carbon and water footprint, providing greater insight into its environmental impact and benefiting the entire industry.

How Grupo Solave Makes Traceability Happen

At Solave, traceability isn’t a buzzword, but an integrated system that follows every step of production, from the fields to the final product. This is how we make traceability happen:

• Field Registration: Each batch of blue agave is documented from the moment it’s planted on our soil. We log key details like sowing dates, soil types, geographic location, and agricultural treatments.
• Growth & Maturity Monitoring: We regularly inspect crop development to ensure agave is harvested at peak maturity, which is the ideal moment for the best sugar concentration in both tequila and syrup.
• Harvest Identification: Every harvested batch receives a unique code that follows it throughout the process, ensuring we can trace exactly which agave was used in any given product.
• Production Oversight: Whether it’s tequila or agave syrup, each production step is tracked to maintain batch integrity and meet our high quality standards.
• Labeling & Lot Tracking: Every bottle or container is tagged with a lot number that links directly back to the field it came from—complete traceability, start to finish.
• Post-Production Tracking: We follow every shipment until it reaches its final destination, making sure our partners and customers receive verifiable, trustworthy products.

At Grupo Solave, traceability isn’t just a control mechanism; it’s a deep commitment to transparency and sustainability. Because when it comes to quality, everything starts in one place: our blue agave fields.

Learn more about how we procure traceability

Explore our national and international certifications:

https://gruposolave.com/es/conocenos/](https://gruposolave.com/es/conocenos/

Discover the ARA Certification, our sustainability seal for blue agave fields:

https://gruposolave.com/es/certificacion-ara-sostenibilidad-en-nuestros-campos-de-agave-azul/

See how we create our Organic Agave Syrup:

https://nobazul.com/es/elaboracion-jarabe-de-agave-organico/](https://nobazul.com/es/elaboracion-jarabe-de-agave-organico/

Learn about our commitment to the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals:

https://gruposolave.com/es/we-embrace-the-uns-2030-sustainable-development-agenda/