Sweet pepper
MPIC enters vegetable sector with greenhouse project in Batangas
2023-02-21 00:00
Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) is building a greenhouse facility in San Rafael, Batangas, this is the company's first involvement in the vegetable sector.
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Supermarkets across north London hit by vegetable shortages
2023-02-20 00:00
North London supermarkets are being particularly hard hit by a nationwide shortages of fresh vegetables.
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"I've never seen prices such as these for TOVs"
2023-02-17 00:00
Greenhouse vegetable prices are skyrocketing. "Bell peppers, zucchini, eggplant, tomato, cucumber. You name it, everything's expensive," says Geert Baecke of Tino's Fruit in Belgium. "We're anxiously awaiting Dutch and Belgian trade, but it's going to be a big problem getting products in the
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No patents on seeds: Patent on peppers not revoked
2023-02-17 00:00
The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected the opposition against a patent of the company Syngenta (Chemchina) on conventionally bred peppers (EP2140023). In 2013, Syngenta had applied for a patent on the genetic trait of plants originally from Jamaica.
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In Europe, greenhouse vegetable prices are reaching great heights. "Unbelievably, bell peppers currently cost more than green asparagus. Wednesday, Feb. 15, bell pepper prices even broke through the magic €30 mark. Monday, Feb. 13, that was still €25 to €26," says Ruud Zwinkels of EFP
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'Spanish peppers had a firm grip on the market'
2023-02-14 00:00
Spanish sweet peppers had a firm grip on the market but were unable to meet the demand to the full extent. Turkish imports followed in importance, but they were completely absent in Cologne. Italian lots were available exclusively in Frankfurt, where they were briskly sold -red and yellow- at
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Almería: Record prices for peppers
2023-02-14 00:00
The Almerian source markets are again surprising this season. Prices continue to experience great ups and downs. An example of this is the strong price increase for peppers california and peppers lamuyo red, for which more than three euros/kg were paid in week 6. February
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 13 February
2023-02-14 00:00
Prices for fruit and vegetables, especially cauliflower, are growing in general. For oranges, demand is still for red-fleshed varieties. The availability of purple Romanesco artichokes is increasing. Quotations for peppers, especially Sicilian ones, are also on the rise. Cold and costs
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The PGI Senise Pepper is not affected by overproduction
2023-02-14 00:00
Together with the strawberry, the PGI Senise pepper is a characteristic product of the local heritage of the region of Basilicata; both of them generate quite high yields for farmers compared to other fruit and vegetables grown in the same region. However, until ten years ago, there were only a
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"I don't see unbelievably high Spanish greenhouse vegetable prices changing any time soon"
2023-02-14 00:00
"Unbelievable, these prices. We've been in business for a few years now, so we've naturally seen occasional outliers, but prices have been outlandish for days," says Pieter de Ruiter of 4Fruit Company in the Netherlands. "I don't see the market situation changing any time soon either. There's
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Tatayoyo snack pepper wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023
2023-02-13 00:00
The new snack pepper brand Tatayoyo has won the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023! The Dutch vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is extremely honored by this recognition of fresh produce professionals’ enthusiasm for Tatayoyo. This unique, ready-to-eat pepper with bursting flavors is one
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Rijk Zwaan's Tatayoyo pepper wins the FLIA
2023-02-13 00:00
The winner of this year's Innovation Award is a pepper from Rijk Zwaan in the Netherlands marketed under the brand name Tatayoyo. The pepper has a distinctive and strong taste that originates from wild peppers. With its pod of medium size between a pepper and a
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Tatayoyo wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023
2023-02-10 15:00
Rijk Zwaan’s Tatayoyo pepper has beaten off stiff competition from nine other leading fresh produce innovations to win the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023.
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Tatayoyo, the intensely flavoured and distinctive pepper from Rijk Zwaan, has won the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award for the best innovation in the international fruit and vegetable trade. Intermediate in size between normal-sized and snack fruits, the distinctive flavour comes from
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After two days of voting during FRUIT LOGISTICA, the votes have been counted and the winner has been decided: this year, the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) goes to Tatayoyo from Rijk Zwaan. With 26% of the votes, the pepper is the winner in the competition for the best innovation
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"Our snack pepper delivers an evolution to the pepper category"
2023-02-06 00:00
A tropical adventure with flavor, that's what the pepper brand Tatayoyo is all about. Rijk Zwaan is very proud that this snack pepper has been nominated for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023. They asked their chain partners and colleagues: What makes Tatayoyo so unique? And how is this
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FLIA 2023: "Tatayoyo", Rijk Zwaan B.V., Netherlands is nominated
2023-02-03 00:00
Tatayoyo is the brand name for peppers with a distinctive and strong flavour.
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The weather-related shortage of vegetables is also affecting the pepper market. Prices for primarily Spanish and Moroccan products in the German wholesale trade are at a high level.
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Tesco no longer stocks yellow peppers due to supply challenges
2023-02-01 00:00
Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, is no longer stocking yellow peppers after supply challenges caused by warmer weather abroad, followed by cold snaps. The majority of Tesco’s stores are out of stock and it is impossible to buy yellow peppers online from Tesco. As an alternative, Tesco is
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Apofruit Italia presents its variety innovations at Fruit Logistica
2023-02-01 00:00
Apofruit Italia, with its Group companies Canova and Mediterraneo Group, will be at Fruit Logistica where it will display the cooperative's main novelties in a large exhibition space (Hall 2.2 stand A-40). The Group is also a partner in the Violì artichoke and Sunions onion Mini pepper projects
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