Good Things Take Time: How Slow Farming in the Cotswolds Makes Bensons Totally Fruity Taste So Incredible

In the heart of the Cotswolds, we grow apples slowly and sustainably, letting nature take the lead. Because when it comes to making juice that tastes great, there's no shortcut.

From planting young apple trees to handcrafting every bottle of Totally Fruity, everything we do reflects a deep belief: good things take time — and it’s absolutely worth the wait!

🌳 It All Starts in the Cotswold Soil

We’re proud to call the Cotswolds home. With its rolling hills, rich soil, and clean air, it’s the perfect place to grow apples with real character. Our orchards thrive here, surrounded by nature and nurtured by generations of knowledge.

The Cotswolds isn’t just a backdrop — it’s part of the flavour. The unique climate and soil composition here help produce apples that are crisp, juicy, and naturally balanced. These aren’t supermarket apples grown for size or shelf life. They’re the real thing — grown slowly, ripened on the tree, and bursting with the flavour of the land they come from.

🌱 Young Trees, Big Patience

When we plant a young apple tree, we know it won’t produce fruit for years. That might seem slow by today’s standards, but we don’t farm by the clock. In the early years, the tree focuses on what you can’t see: building strong roots and becoming part of the land.

We give our trees the time and space to mature naturally. That means no rushing, no artificial boosters, and no mass-produced farming techniques. Just patience, care, and trust in the process.

And that patience pays off — in every crisp, fresh apple that eventually grows. When apples are allowed to ripen fully on the tree, they build natural sugars and complex flavours that no quick-grow method can match.

🍎 Farming for Flavour, Not Speed

Unlike industrial fruit farming, which often prioritises quantity over quality, our slow farming methods are all about taste. We follow the rhythm of the seasons and farm with sustainability in mind — protecting biodiversity, avoiding harsh chemicals, and nurturing the land so it can thrive for generations to come.

Everything we do is about flavour. Because when you’re making a juice as pure as Totally Fruity, there’s nowhere to hide. You need great fruit — and great fruit takes time.

🧃 From Our Cotswold Orchards to Your Fridge

Once our apples are perfectly ripe, they’re picked and pressed on-site — right here in the Cotswolds. We never use concentrates or store fruit for long periods. We bottle it fresh, with nothing added and nothing taken away.

No added sugar.
No artificial colours or flavours.
No preservatives.
Just real juice — made from real apples.

And because everything happens in one place — from orchard to juicery to bottling — we can guarantee freshness, traceability, and quality in every single bottle.

🚚 Local Farming, Lower Impact

Being based in the Cotswolds doesn’t just make for beautiful views. It also means we can stay local and reduce our environmental impact. By growing, pressing, and distributing our juice from the same region, we cut unnecessary transport, reduce packaging waste, and keep our footprint as light as possible.

And because our ingredients come straight from the land we know and love, we can stand by every bottle we make — from seed to sip.

✨ Why It Tastes So Good

Slow farming in the Cotswolds doesn’t just sound good — it tastes amazing. Every bottle of Totally Fruity is packed with bold, honest flavour. Whether it’s our Apple, Apple & Raspberry, Apple & Elderflower or Apple and Mango - each one captures the pure, unfiltered essence of orchard-grown fruit.

You won’t find any synthetic sweeteners or artificial ingredients here. Just juice, so naturally delicious, it doesn’t need anything else.

💚 From Our Family to Yours

We’re a family-run business, and we’ve been farming for generations. This isn’t a brand built on buzzwords — it’s a way of life. We care deeply about how our apples are grown, how our juice is made, and how it ends up in your fridge.

So when you choose Bensons Totally Fruity, you’re choosing:

• Juice made from apples grown in the Cotswolds

• Fruit picked and pressed at peak ripeness

• No added sugar or additives

• A slower, more sustainable approach to farming

• A company that believes flavour is worth waiting for

🥂 Good Things Really Do Take Time

Ultimately, it all comes down to patience. The patience to wait for young trees to grow. The patience to let fruit ripen on the branch. The patience to make juice the old-fashioned way, with no shortcuts and no gimmicks.

That’s the Bensons way. And it’s why Totally Fruity tastes so incredibly real.

Bensons Totally Fruity — from the heart of the Cotswolds, from our farm to your fridge. Good things take time. Great juice proves it.