Tag: fresh produce
Europe: BASF pilots retail sale of tearless onions
BASF’s vegetable seeds business developed a tearless onion variety, called Sunions, that has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and United...
Fruit Expo 2019
Supported by 208 embassies and consulates such as those from Indonesia, USA, Chile, Thailand, Argentina, Spain, Malaysia, Australasia, Greece, and Vietnam, as well as...
Middle East: Flowpack solution that keeps blueberries fresh
Israeli company StePac launches Xflow, a patented, functional, flowpack solution for blueberries as a cost-saving alternative to traditional preformed bulk packaging.
Blueberries in clamshells...
Europe: Deli salad facility installs eight pumps
Flensted Food Group, a Denmark-based provider of deli salad products, has installed eight MasoSine Certa pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group to help pump...
Europe: Salad packager uses Ishida technology
Co-operative AOC (Agro Ouest Conditionnement) has installed two of Ishida’s latest advanced CCW-RV multihead weighers at its plant in Saint-Julien de Concelles, France.
The...
Europe: Processor finds flexibility in Ishida multihead weigher
Mirelite Mirsa has bought a top-of-the-range Ishida CCW-RV multihead weigher to pack its range of frozen vegetables and fruits.
The machine has the flexibility...
Europe: EU lists main fresh food producers
In the European Union (EU), just over 2.3 million hectares were devoted to the production of fruit and berries and another 2.1 million hectares...
Americas: Millennials look for freshness, experience at grocerant, states report
Supermarkets are raising the bar on their foodservice offerings and by doing so are attracting the attention of the coveted Millennials, finds The NPD...
Europe: Two fruit compounds may address obesity issues
A combination of two compounds found in red grapes and oranges could be used to improve the health of people with diabetes, and reduce...