Nuts

It’s harvest season and the 2023 California walnut crop indicates volume growth with strong product quality, offering retailers more sales opportunities leading into the peak holiday season. With a one percent increase in production from 2022 and excellent quality expected due to favorable
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Veg Power, the not-for-profit alliance to increase the UK’s vegetable consumption, launched its second public health campaign ‘Simply Veg’ today. Simply Veg is the first campaign to bring together an alliance of the top nutritionists and chefs with psychologists and children’s
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In order to limit fruit and vegetable wastage and thus contribute to combating food waste, a team of researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has developed a project that aims to obtain a flour rich in nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, as
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In recent years, Onizzo, a company associated with Chileprunes, has established itself as one of Chile's main exporters of dried fruits and nuts. read more

Quantities of pumpkins, which are entering full production, increase significantly. Continuing hot weather dampens demand for persimmons and chestnuts. For apples, the campaign of Annurca apples from Campania and Fuji apples is starting. The plum campaign is drawing to a close. Slowdown in the
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World Food Day was celebrated yesterday with the aim of raising public awareness of the problem of hunger and malnutrition in the world and drawing attention to food security for all. In particular, the day celebrated
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Last November, Rick Rebergen and Helien Verhagen made Portugal their permanent home. Helien has been in the exotic fruits and vegetables sales business for years. read more

The National Potato Strategy for Nigeria was launched to ensure that the domestic potato industry would be able to deliver sustainable food and nutrition security, fostering trade surplus and boosting incomes. read more

At Fruit Attraction, one of the leading trade fairs in the fruit and vegetable sector, Semillas Fitó and Colle d'Oro have formalised a strategic alliance aimed at expanding and consolidating the CRÜ courgette brand throughout Italy. This agreement represents a commitment in the
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At Fruit Attraction, allium specialist Jardins du Midi presented its new products with the Planet-Score label. read more

Fried, roasted or boiled, potatoes are a staple of the Italian diet. These tubers, historically known as 'poor food', have in fact been able to win a place on the Italian table not only for their taste and cheapness, but also for other factors
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After introducing in mid-September the novelty of jet marking on every Lara walnut for the 2023 campaign, Il Noceto, the organisation of 14 Lara walnut producers from Veneto and Friuli, has already received the first positive feedback from the market; read more

Hungary’s 2023 walnut season is off to a good start with an average season expected says Máté Tömösváry, from the co-operative Balaton-ker-Tész: “We have just started the walnuts harvesting and expect an average season with apples and some pears being harvested too.” read more

The organic hazelnut grower farmers’ Association CAUCASNUT, which has implemented a group organic certification system since 2014, achieved significant success in 2023 – 306 Association members received an EU-recognized organic group certificate, reports EastFruit with the reference to
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Consuming bananas is good for weight loss. In fact, some claim that the banana is one of the most economically viable superfoods which is available in the market. It is easily accessible and rich in nutrients. Eating bananas can lead to several health benefits, as it is a rich source of several
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The warm autumn disrupts natural cycles, with chestnuts remaining on the trees due to high temperatures and lack of rainfall, preventing the urchins from falling and being harvested. This is what emerges from Coldirettin monitoring the effects of the
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Data on traceability and safety, but also on sustainability, nutritional characteristics and packaging composition: these are just some of the information on consumer products that have become indispensable for consumers today and can also
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"It's hitting some snags," is how Tjerk Nagel of Konaxx Onions describes the Dutch onion market in a nutshell." We're dealing with the aftermath of last season's sky-high prices. We're selling onions for €0.50/kg as if that's quite normal. Until last year, we'd not thought that possible. Yet,
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Sysco GB has kicked off a plan to offer comprehensive training on sustainability to all staff across its British businesses. read more