Pears
The Real ChampiON receives the Flavour of the Year 2024 award
2024-02-13 11:00
The Real ChampiON has become the first fresh mushroom brand to obtain the prestigious Flavour of the Year award. The quality seal is based on the results of consumer tasting panels and is endorsed by the specialised external laboratory ALS Global- 5senses.
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The latest data from British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) reveals which supermarkets were best at backing British. Tesco took in 3,610 tonnes of British apples in the first month of 2024.
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Production costs, the (ineffective) remedy of remedies
2024-02-13 00:00
When one no longer knows which saint to turn to in order to resolve tensions along the fruit and vegetable supply chain, invariably - as if by magic - the remedy of respecting the production costs borne by the producers becomes apparent.
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Italian company celebrates one hundred years of innovation
2024-02-13 00:00
It was in 1924 that the first sorting machines of Dalle Vacche appeared in Massa Lombarda. It was in this traditional company that UNITEC established its roots, promoting the integration of innovative entrepreneurial experience, whose immediate focus was the development and application of
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Southern Hemisphere apple exports set to rise
2024-02-12 11:00
The six leading topfruit suppliers in the Southern Hemisphere expect to produce a combined crop of just under 4.78m tonnes of apples in 2024, up 1.1 per cent on last year, according to a new forecast released by the World Apple and Pear Association.
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Uzbekistan's fruitful harvest season
2024-02-12 00:00
Uzbekistan is gearing up for a busy harvest season, with its favourable climate and fertile lands promising a bounty of fruits throughout the year.
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Angys pear, quality and volumes that satisfy the market
2024-02-12 00:00
The Angys pear campaign, exclusively produced and distributed in Italy by Spreafico Francesco & F.lli, is now in full swing. 'This year's product is of excellent quality, both organoleptically and aesthetically, with good fruit size,' comments Simone
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Southern Hemisphere: apples +1.1%, pears -2.3%
2024-02-12 00:00
On 9 February, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) held its annual general meeting. During the meeting, which took place during Fruit Logistica in Berlin, WAPA unveiled its forecast for the southern hemisphere apple and pear harvest. This report was
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Southern Hemisphere apple production to grow by 1.1%, while pear crop to decrease by 2.3%
2024-02-12 00:00
The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has released the Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season in Berlin. According to the forecast, which consolidates the data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, apple production is set
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The Real ChampiON receives Flavour of the Year 2024 award
2024-02-12 00:00
The Real ChampiON has been recognised with the Flavour of the Year 2024 award. The distinction is the result of an evaluation by a panel of real consumers and is endorsed by the external specialist laboratory ALS Global- 5senses.
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Southern Hemisphere apple production to grow by 1.1%, while pear crop to decrease by 2.3%
2024-02-12 00:00
The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has released the Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season in Berlin. According to the forecast, which consolidates the data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, apple production is set
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Noberasco launches 'I Ricoperti
2024-02-08 00:00
Never stop at appearances because there is so much more beneath the surface! This is the promise of 'I Ricoperti', a new line of tasty snacks launched by Noberasco, a world leader in dried and dehydrated fruit. Top quality chocolate, fruit guaranteed by the 'Metodo
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Apple & Pear Australia (Apal) has announced its latest venture Twenty Degrees, a new commercial entity partnering with clients to transform their produce IP into global fresh produce brands.
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Leading the world of the illustrious citrus caviar - Australian Native Fingerlime Alliance
2024-02-07 00:00
The world has discovered Australia’s native fingerlime. This nutrient rich fruit, with its distinctive pearls of citrus caviar, vibrant colours and novel flavours, has captured the imagination and taste buds of chefs and consumers around the world. Prized for millennia by indigenous
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While spot container freight rates appear to have peaked, contract rates are expected to go up to reflect the increased costs of sailing round the Cape of Good Hope, according to Vespucci Maritime's CEO Lars Jensen in the Baltic Exchange's latest report.
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FuturPera postponed to 2025, new dates: 26-27 November
2024-02-06 00:00
Ferrara Expo, together with its partners OI Pera, Unapera and Consorzio Pera Igp, has decided to postpone the date of the FuturPera International Pear Exhibition from 6-7 March 2024 to 26-27 November 2025, bringing it back to its usual time period.
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"We could have probably used an additional 2,000 to 3,000 tons of organic potatoes."
2024-02-06 00:00
Despite inflation and high raw material prices, the marketing of Bavarian organic table potatoes has started exceptionally well. "The organic potato appears to be embroiled in a price battle this year and there are active promotions in trade," reports Nicolai Timaeus, buyer and seller at
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"Europe has high demand for pears due to low stocks in the market"
2024-02-06 00:00
The Argentinian pear and apple producer and exporter, Fruit World, is seeing good demand for pears due to low stocks in European markets who are asking for different varieties. According to Santiago Lyons, the Sales Manager of Fruit World: "This year production volumes are similar to last
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Satisfactory market for foreign pears
2024-02-06 00:00
It is a discrete market that we saw yesterday at the agri-food centre in Bologna, especially for pears, apples and citrus fruits. In particular, pears are beginning to see the predominance of foreign products (from Belgium and Holland), with prices significantly lower than the national ones.
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Angys pear, the campaign gets into full swing
2024-02-06 00:00
With the beginning of February we enter the heart of the Angys Pear campaign (click here to read more), produced and distributed in Italy exclusively by Spreafico Francesco & F.lli Spa, which is back again this year to delight the palates of pear-loving consumers.
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