Lemons

"Last weekend I was in Tokyo at Foodex Japan - Asia's international food and beverage fair - and I had a very clear sense of how highly Japanese culture values certified quality food. Agrumi-Gel, with its Sicilian blood orange and lemon juices celebrated, just this year, the
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Fox Solutions manufactures a wicketed bagger with a small footprint that is capable of running raw, uncut produce under six inches in diameter or length, supporting weight from one pound to twenty pounds. “The FSWB3 Wicketed Bagger is excellent for packing lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit,
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“We use seasonal produce as raw materials for our processed products, including turnip tips which are made into spreads and products in oil. The market is not lively as, when demand for semi-processed products drops, it means the industry is slowing down due to stagnant consumption. The demand
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Guinness World Records has recognized farmer Aharon Shemoel for growing the world's heaviest lemon on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The citrus fruit grew next to another huge lemon; it weighed 5.265 kg. The fruit's circumference was 74 cm and it was 35 cm high; measured on 8 January 2003. read more

Making known the excellence protected by the geographical indication mark as the key to pushing consumption. The Syracuse Igpha Lemon Consortium has set its sights on a digital campaign, which will end in March.According to the latest Ismea report, out of the 384 million euro developed
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This week retail ads were a celebration of all things Spring. With Saint Patrick's Day a week away, cabbage, onions, potatoes and carrots were promoted alongside corned beef, Irish beer, and soda bread. Several stores featured special Passover sections that included grape juice, apple juice and
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Zimbabwean citrus growers will be testing Mozambique’s port of Beira, ranked best container port in Southern African by the World Bank, with their citrus destined for the Middle East and the Far East. read more

According to a report by ProCitrus, the Andean country will export up to 270,000 t of citrus fruits - oranges, mandarins, limes, lemons and grapefruit - this year. Compared to last year, the export volume was 259,000 t, freshfruitportal reported. read more

Three weeks after the earthquakes in south-eastern Turkey, there is still a lack of availability of trucks, which have been diverted to the disaster area. The effect is an increase in logistic prices, although port congestion has eased off substantially. The port of Iskenderun, mainly used for
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Positive results were drawn by Matteo Mazzoni, commercial director of the Mazzoni Group, for the 2023 edition of Fruit Logistica where the top products were presented (in anticipation of the summer campaign), premium lemons, carrots, oranges. The novelty Ionì Lemon, for Easter
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After a bumpy start, mainly due to a combination of adverse socio-economic factors, the Limoré lemon brand has started showing signs of recovery again. The Cooperativa di Produttori di Limoni associati di Rocca Imperiale (Rocca Imperiale Lemon Growers' Cooperative), a young Calabrian company
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For the second year in a row,Lidl Italia renews its participation in the initiative Lemons for Research, a project of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation that over the years has financed the annual work of 38 researchers. It is no coincidence that
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This year's lemon supply is lower than normal due to unfavorable weather conditions during the flowering and fruit development period. Despite this, Spanish lemon sales have been stagnating since the beginning of 2023. read more

Favourite Fresh Export, alongside Laeveld Agrochem, is hosting farmers at their annual growers' day in Polokwane. read more

After two years in which the star crop of the province of Alicante was hardly able to cover production costs and ended up with negative balances for producers, ASAJA-Alicante hoped that Alicante's lemon farmers would have been able to get some breathing space this season.
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“We were very pleased with how Fruit Logistica went, as affluence was finally similar to the pre-Covid era," reports Salvatore Magliocco, vice-president of the PASAM Agrumi cooperative, which has been dealing with the production and commercialization of femminello lemons from Syracuse for over
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Widespread rain in the north has retarded the lemon harvest in Letsitele, Hoedspruit, Onderberg while Schoemanskloof, west of Nelspruit, reportedly saw some of the most flooding. read more

Every February, the "Fête du Citron" takes place in Menton, France. Held for the 89th time this year, this lemon festival decorates the streets of this French coastal town from February 11 to 26. Marc Stragier attended this year and shared an atmospheric impression of the event. "It's been on
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Valentine's Day and the Super Bowl promotions lined up this week for colorful displays of sweet treats and savory snacks. Sweethearts could find roses and tulips to be abundant, along with other Valentine's favorites like raspberries, cherries, strawberries, asparagus, and grapes. Football fans
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At the end of last year, the demand for lemons surged in the Chinese market, and the price doubled. In order to understand the subsequent impact of this on the lemon season, Freshplaza spoke to Mr. Wang Guolong from HuiDa Lemon Technology Group. read more