Hummus, soups and velvety soups. These are the novelties of Valfrutta Fresco presented during the last edition of Macfrut. References made by small artisan producers and which are attracting the interest of large-scale organised distribution, where they will be available in a few
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Brazil’s Tahiti lime season is winding down slowly with a lower peak seen this year. According to Luiz Eduardo Raffaelli, from the Brazilian exporter Be Fruit: “Last year our season started in early November instead of the usual December. Right now we do not have a lot of volume, we are
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According to EastFruit analysts, the situation on the strawberry market in Eastern Europe is non-standard in 2023. Cold and mostly cloudy weather in Ukraine leads to a delay in the ripening of berries, which affects prices. read more

The sixth edition of MeetingPack, the biennial meeting organised by AIMPLAS and AINIA that brings together the entire agri-food packaging value chain, will be held on 10 and 11 April 2024 at the Palacio de Congresos de Valencia. read more

Selenella Consorzio Patata Italiana di Qualità (Italian Consortium for Quality Potatoes), made its presence at the 40th edition of Macfrut with products derived from agriculture 4.0, with a high level of quality and low environmental impact. Among other things, harvesting operations of new
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The European Commission and the UK government has agreed on requirements for the labelling on agri-food retail goods. A label will be placed at different levels starting from individual, box, shelf signs and posters. Milk, butter, meat, fish and vegetables will start carrying a “not for EU”
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Indian ports got off to a slower start in the fiscal year 2023-24, which began on 1 April. According to exclusive data obtained by Container News, combined volumes out of India's major/government and minor/private ports last month fell 7% month-on-month reaching 1.76 million TEUs. read more

Due to the high temperatures and the lack of rainfall, harvest forecasts are between 15 and 20% lower than last season, although the cultivated area is similar to last year. read more

At the Staay Food Group, too, the Spanish season began two weeks late. "No numbers are available yet, but we've started," says Nico Veldhoen. "Because productions are two weeks behind, the market's completely different. A late market usually gives high prices." read more

The ginger export campaign is exceeding initial expectations, showing a 59% year-on-year increase in export volumes, as Peru has exported a total of 25,609 tons of ginger so far this season, according to Fresh Fruit data. read more

EastFruit analysts review the latest retail price dynamics in Georgia. According to official statistics, retail prices for vegetables in Georgia went down by 6% in April 2023 compared to March 2023. Further reduction is expected in May. read more

The first large artichokes from Brittany have arrived on the market. “The mild temperatures and rainfall of the last few days have delayed the production but many plots are now close to maturity,” explains Pierre Gélébart, product manager at Prince de Bretagne. “They are just waiting for
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The apple sector in the Alte Land, northern Germany, is looking back on a very extreme marketing season so far, as Jürgen Faby, managing director of the eponymous cultivation and marketing company in the heart of the Alte Land, tells us on site. read more

Catalonia, with the province of Lleida at the head, is undoubtedly the largest apple-producing region in Spain. It accounted for 43.5% of the apples harvested nationwide in 2022 (a percentage that would rise to 51.8% if apples for cider production were not taken into account in the total), so
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We have now entered the month of May ten days ago, but the temperatures, at least in northern Italy, do not seem to have fully noticed. Fortunately, for vegetable consumption little has changed and there is still a fair amount of movement in the market. To tell us
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The sowing season is coming to its final stretch in the later areas of León, Burgos and Segovia, after starting on 20 February with the short-cycle varieties. read more

Rebranding for Elisir, the brand under which Cediorselects and distributes quality fruit and vegetables, bringing them to the tables of Italians. New positioning in the large-scale retail trade and new brand awareness. L'Orto dei Cugini the new pay-off Gianluca Cugini, CEO of Cedior read more

"It's Chiquita o'clock' is Chiquita's spring-summer campaign, a new limited-edition series of the iconic Blue Sticker that this time celebrates the versatility of the banana, through 3 different stickers, each dedicated to a specific time of day
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On the island of Hokkaido in Japan, Hiroyuki Nakagawa plucks ripened mangoes ready to be packed and shipped. Nakagawa has been growing mangoes in the snowy Tokachi region of Japan’s northernmost island since 2011. He sells them for as much as $230 each. He never thought an experiment in
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The numbers can only attest to what was a record edition of Macfrut, its first 40 years ended with a bang: almost 50 thousand visitors and those who were in the pavilions were able to see for themselves the turnout at the stands, the enlargement of the
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