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Wooden boxes (marmelada) · Santa Luzia marmelada boxes
Handmade wooden boxes package Santa Luzia’s firm quince paste in Goiás. Their exact dimensions, wood species and construction are not documented.
Wooden boxes are part of the documented presentation of Marmelada de Santa Luzia, the firm quince paste associated with the Mesquita/Cidade Ocidental area of Goiás, Brazil. The Goiás Legislative Assembly reports that marmelada producers make the boxes by hand, and the Slow Food Brasil profile likewise describes the boxes as made by the producers. This is a locally documented packaging practice, not a claim that every fruit paste or every wooden box follows one design.
In Brazil, marmelada here means quince paste rather than citrus marmalade. The state recognized the sweet and its cultural practice as Goiás heritage in 2022. The package belongs to that specific product tradition, with producer families and quilombola communities named in the sources; it should not be detached from that context and presented as a universal old-fashioned container.
The sources support wood as the packaging material and document boxes made by the marmelada producers. Slow Food Brasil reports that the paste is kept in contact with the wood and says this contact helps preserve it, with a thin layer forming at the top. That is the profile’s account of the local practice; it does not provide controlled shelf-life results, a food-contact specification or safe storage instructions.
A current product photograph shows one shallow, rectangular package with a cover panel and a block of paste inside. It is useful as a reference for one real presentation, not as a template for every maker. The sources do not name a wood species, board thickness, dimensions, joinery, coating or standard capacity. This entry therefore describes a handmade wooden package, not a fixed blueprint.
The box packages the cooked, set quince paste after production. The linked Marmelada de Santa Luzia preparation is the related food; this equipment record does not imply that its recipe prescribes a particular box, construction or storage duration. The product image shows a filled package, while the written accounts describe the producers’ handmade boxes.
The available sources do not explain how boxes are made, cleaned, finished, sealed or reused. They do not establish shelf life or food-safety performance for wood contact. For those reasons, the tradition is described as reported, while dimensions, materials beyond wood and handling guidance remain unspecified.
Goiás's 2022 legislative account describes producers making handmade wooden boxes for Santa Luzia marmelada. A Slow Food profile describes the finished quince paste packaged in local wooden boxes and reports the product's traditional association with contact with wood. Neither source dates the origin of this packaging form.
No inspected source specifies the wood species, dimensions, joinery, lid design, finish or a standard box capacity; avoid treating one product photograph as a universal pattern.
Source →The Slow Food profile reports a preservation benefit from contact with wood, but gives no validated shelf-life, sanitation or food-safety procedure; do not turn that account into storage advice.
Source →Sources place Santa Luzia marmelada producers and their handmade wooden packages in the Mesquita/Cidade Ocidental area; this documents the package's use with this product, not the origin of wooden boxes generally.
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Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de GoiásTraditional packaging · Material and makers · Documented geography · Cultural recognition
Diário Oficial publica lei que reconhece a marmelada de Santa Luzia como patrimônio goianoThe legislative justification says the sweet is packaged in wooden boxes handcrafted by the producers.
It identifies the Mesquita community in the municipality of Cidade Ocidental, Goiás, as a place of production.
The article reports Goiás's 2022 recognition of the sweet as cultural and immaterial heritage; it does not date the origin of the boxes.
Cited in: A package made by its producers; Use and limits
Slow Food Brasil, Arca do GostoTraditional packaging · Wood contact account · Producer communities
Marmelada de Santa LuziaThe profile says the product is packed in typical wooden boxes made by the producers.
It reports that the paste is considered better preserved in contact with the wood and that a thin layer forms at the top; this is an attributed account, not a modern validated shelf-life or food-safety instruction.
It locates the tradition around Luziânia and names Quilombo Mesquita and Xavier among producer communities.
Cited in: A package made by its producers; What the sources show about the box; Use and limits
Observatório do Turismo, Governo de GoiásRegional documentation · Traditional material
Inventário da Oferta Turística de LuziâniaThe 2022 municipal tourism inventory describes Santa Luzia marmelada as packed in wooden boxes and places the tradition in the Luziânia/Cidade Ocidental area.
Its image credit says reproduction from the internet, so it does not establish a reuse licence for the reproduced photograph.
Jornal OpçãoContemporary producer context · Documentary reference image
Cultivo de marmelo no Entorno do DF mantém tradição iniciada há mais de dois séculosThe article describes current family production in Mesquita, Cidade Ocidental, and says a family member handles the traditional wooden boxes.
The article's photograph credited to Cintia Ferreira shows a current family and packages; it does not establish box dimensions or a standard design.
Cited in: Use and limits
Armazém GeraesCurrent product and package reference image
Marmelada de Santa Luzia (800g) 200 anos de tradição!The current product listing shows a specific filled wooden package of Santa Luzia marmelada; it is one producer's presentation, not evidence of a universal box design.
The product photograph's photographer and reuse licence are not stated.
Cited in: What the sources show about the box