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. read more

Yellareddypet-based Shyamanthula Anil, a 40-year-old artist, made a scale model of the Ram temple in Ayodhya with pumpkin and carrots on the eve of the consecration of the temple on Monday. read more

Emergent Cold LatAm now offers the largest temperature-controlled food storage capacity in Central America and the Caribbean. Emergent Cold Latin America is inaugurating the expansion of its temperature-controlled food storage and logistics facilities in Panama, as part of a US$ 15 million
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According to a monthly survey, the total number of apples in storage on February 1, 2024, was 137 million bushels, 33 percent more than last February’s total of 103 million bushels and 23 percent more than the five-year average for that date. read more

To measure the success of a trade fair one can use quantitative parameters, which are more objective, or qualitative, which are more subjective, or a mix of these. With regard to the former, Fruit Logistica - both in terms of exhibitors and visitors - confirms its undisputed leadership in the
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Colombia Avocados’ Hass avocado shipments have had a growing presence in the U.S. over the last five years. That growth is highlighted by the shipment of 1,496 tons of Colombian Hass avocados to the U.S., a 56 percent year-over-year increase during the lead-up to the Big Game. read more

Last Thursday 8 February saw the launch of the 'Low&Bloat' campaign in the more than 300 Todis shops, an Italian supermarket brand owned by Iges Srl, a subsidiary of the Pac2000A Conad cooperative, a major price repositioning campaign on 250
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From tomorrow (Tuesday 13 February, ed.) until 16 February in Nuremberg, Germany, Biofach, the most important international trade fair dedicated to organic food, will take place. In previous years there have been around 50,000 visitors and over 3,000 exhibitors.
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Planet Farms, a leading technology company in the vertical farming sector, is proceeding with its development programme by focusing on its new-generation plant in Cirimido, whose construction work will see a major acceleration in the coming months, with
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Tomra Food has unveiled its new organizational structure, showcased its sorting, grading, and packing solutions, and launched three new AI-powered sorting and grading solutions. read more

Fruit Logistica 2024 is done and dusted. Three days of networking, walking around and, in our case, taking pictures, has come to an end. Exhibitors were generally positive. Protests and strikes in and around Berlin certainly did not make traveling any easier, but people still managed to find
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The arrival of ITAJAI EXPRESS operated by Hapag-Lloyd at Modern Terminals on 4 February marked another record for Hong Kong; the ship brought 1,941 active reefer containers to Hong Kong. This is the highest number of Chilean cherry containers discharged from a single vessel call, surpassing last
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According to EastFruit analysts, in the 2023/24 season a new trend emerged at the European market – exports of fresh apples to companies-producers of apple juice concentrate. This is due to unprecedentedly high global prices for apple juice concentrate, the reasons for which we described
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"We have worked to save the bagged salad from European follies, giving an answer to the many farmers in the IV gamma chain. In Berlin we presented our Manifesto for the relaunch, which is the result of discussions with the main realities of the sector and a part
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The Ecuadorian Banana Cluster represented by AEBE and Acorbanec, supported and accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture of Ecuador, Franklin Danilo Palacios, and H.E. Diego Morejón Pazmiño, Ambassador of Ecuador in Germany, stands united to address critical issues faced by banana producers
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Turkey's organic certified product production, which avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, has exceeded an annual export limit of 1.6 billion dollars. The country aims to earn 1.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange from organic products, thanks to the increasing popularity of
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Drewry’s World Container Index dropped by 1% to $3,786 per 40ft container this week. read more

Transformation is a strategic pillar of Fruit South Africa, alongside market access, strengthened relations with government, and information management and communication. read more

Sorma Group presented a new crate filling robot in Berlin, a new solution to improve the automation of post-harvest packaging processes for fruit and vegetables. The machine, designed to facilitate the placement of the packs into the crates, is ready to
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Veg Power, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky Media announced today that their multi award-winning Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign is returning to TV screens and primary schools across the UK in mid-February. Now in its sixth year, the campaign, originally launched by ITV and Veg Power and proven to
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