Aubergines

The best known alkaloid in aubergines is solanine. Solanine is a toxic compound that acts as a natural defence mechanism to protect the plant from insects and other predators. However, there is no need to fear, since in aubergines properly cooked their
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Although the answer is not simple, precautions should be taken when consuming this vegetable. For example, eating aubergines raw or unpeeled can be harmful due to the presence of a toxic alkaloid called solanine. In this article, we will discuss the potential risks associated with
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The cherry campaign, which got off to a difficult start in Italy due to heavy rainfall, is now at an end, while that of hawthorns and strawberries in the central and southern regions of Italy is coming to an end. There is less availability of aubergines and peppers due to the bad weather. Delayed the
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To get a glimpse of what the agriculture of the future will be like, you have to go to Ostellato in the province of Ferrara and enter the hydroponic greenhouses of Fri-El-Green House, a company from Alto Adige that, in this area between land and sea, has invested more than 55 million euros in greenhouses with
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A trade fair that focuses on the supply chain and also reaches the end consumer, Macfrut 2023 was able to speak beyond the insiders and did so also thanks to the commitment of the manufacturing companies present. One of these is Ortonatura, which with its Melanzì brand
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According to FAO data, in a Hortoinfo analysis, in 2021 Spain surpassed the Netherlands for the first time ever in the price paid to farmers for their aubergines, as Spanish producers were paid €0.67/kg and Dutch producers €0.65/kg. read more

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In the first quarter of 2023, the import of vegetables such as beets and aubergines increased in Kazakhstan. In turn, the import of vegetables such as peppers, onions, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, and garlic has decreased. read more

Hardly any time to take a breather: this is the current situation for the gardeners at Reichenau Gemüse. After the harvest of the greenhouse lettuces has been completed, the next steps are already waiting in the greenhouses. Planting, harvesting and cultivation of the fruit vegetable crops cucumbers,
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Vegetables are in a phase of pronounced ups and downs. While aubergines and courgettes are travelling at medium-low prices, tomatoes are experiencing a shortage of product and therefore prices are rising sharply and are likely to continue to rise; read more

Aeon has revealed that it has rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label across a range of supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. read more

Over the past few years, Futura srl has been receiving increasing requests for lines destined for the processing, grading and packaging of produce grown in traditional or hydroponic greenhouses, especially tomatoes, bell peppers and even cucumbers and aubergines. "We have already sold various
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According to a study by ASAJA-Almería, the Spanish province will see a 25% contraction in its outdoor watermelon production area. The reduction is due to a combination of the extended autumn productions of peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and courgettes until later in the year due to
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Farmers have been handed 11.5 million seedlings in the quake-hit Şahinbey district of Gaziantep province in southern Turkey. According to Daily Sabah, the move is part of a project to promote sustainability in agriculture. The plants, including tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, melons,
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"Last Wednesday, March 29, the market stopped marketing second-category long/black aubergines after the Extension of the Standard for this product was activated. Hortyfruta's Board of Directors has decided to deactivate the Standard Extension after verifying during its monitoring of the
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On March 22, the Board of Directors of Hortyfruta, Andalusia's Fruit and Vegetable Inter-branch organization, held a meeting regarding the evolution of the cultivation and marketing of vegetables such as aubergine, zucchini, and cucumber. "The market situation for aubergines has not improved.
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On 22nd March, the Board of Directors of the Andalusian Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetables, HORTYFRUTA, held a meeting in view of the performance of crops such as aubergine, courgette and cucumber. Finally, the market situation for aubergine has not
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This is the message from leading Belgian fresh produce cooperative BelOrta. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme on 3 March, BelOrta CEO Phillippe Appeltans said: “We hope that in the coming weeks – as the quantities of our tomatoes, aubergines and so on are increasing – we
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Hortyfruta, Andalusia's Inter branch Fruit and Vegetable Organization, has warned of the critical situation that some of its vegetable crops -especially aubergine, zucchini, and cucumber crops- are experiencing. read more

From this Tuesday until tomorrow, Wednesday 22nd March, those attending the Rijk Zwaan field days will be able to learn about the main advantages of the variety that has just been introduced into the aubergine portfolio. read more