RedPop®, the apple-shaped snack, has already won over customers and consumers all over the world. After its success in Asia, the little big sweet marketed by the VOG Consortium has reached a new milestone in the United Kingdom: from this season onwards, it is now available in
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For 25 years, the company behind FreshPlaza has been reporting on the latest fresh produce news globally. To celebrate this anniversary with the team, we will be taking a short break on Thursday and Friday of this week. read more

The World Avocado Organization (WAO) a non-profit organization which represents producers, exporters and importers of avocados from across the world, is pleased to announce its expansion of educational activities to promote avocados in the Indian market. read more

Growing Kent & Medway, Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are joining forces for the first time at this year’s Fruit Focus. read more

Carrefour expects to sell more than 25,000 tonnes of melon and watermelon from Spain this summer, 10% more than last year's season. In this way, the company is reinforcing its commitment to more than 100 local, regional and national growers, ensuring that it will be able to offer its customers the best quality melon and watermelon from Spain.
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While one grower in The Dalles, Oregon is hitting its 100-year anniversary this year, its president, Brenda Thomas, has the crop on her mind. “We have to get through harvest first,” she says. “The focus is to take care of everybody that’s working for us, take care of the cherries and
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The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has participated in the opening of the VIII International Congress of Red Fruits organised by Freshuelva in Huelva, where she has underlined "the positioning and the great possibilities" of this sector.
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Everyone knows the favourite orange vegetable. But what do schoolchildren actually know about the production of carrots here in Germany? This year, the team from meine-Möhren.de is creating a film for school lessons to convey this knowledge. read more

Ukrainian growers have started their sour cherry season last week. However, first large shipments of Ukrainian sour cherries appeared in the market only this week, as reported by EastFruit. The current sour cherry season kicked off in Ukraine several weeks later than last year, but with higher
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In MY 2022/23, European Union (EU) citrus production is projected to amount to 10.4 million metric tons (MMT), 10 percent down from the previous season, especially impacting oranges and lemons, and slightly lower than previous estimations. read more

A new avocado cultivar, suitable for high-density plantings (BL516), is about to be released. It is the second such variety to be released in the last twenty years and was developed by the University of California Riverside (UCR,click here for
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Inaugurated in Gallo (Ferrara) the Newpal plant for the production of the innovative and sustainable Noah pallet. A circular supply chain project, unique in Europe, which is the brainchild of Cpr System and Lucart and also involves the Ferrara-based company Vetroresina. A product
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Corteva Agriscience has opened its first combined crop protection and seed research laboratory for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions to drive innovation and develop sustainable solutions for farmers. The expansion of the research and
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From 12 June until 16 July, OrtoRomi is on air on the radio; first on Radio Deejay, with the involvement of the famous radio presenter Gianluca Gazzoli and on Radio M20; later on RDS, where the brand is also present in the programme 'TUTTI PAZZI PER RDS' with Rossella
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More than half of Germans currently assess their own financial situation as worse than in the previous year. As the April data of Deloitte's "Global Consumer Pulse Survey" show, the gloomy economic outlook also has an impact on eating habits
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The Netherlands is the world's second-largest avocado importer, reports the CBS. "Many of those are ripened into ready-to-eat fruits, but that process results in a small percentage of rejects," says Refruit's Jan Kraayeveld. In January, this Dutch company began processing these excess avocados
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According to EastFruit analysts, in May 2023, Tajikistan exported a record volume of fresh cherries to China for this month and even surpassed Uzbekistan. It should be noted that we are talking about relatively small volumes of products compared to these supplied by other exporters. However,
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“Monoprix and Amazon are supporting the purchasing power of French consumers by launching an unprecedented offer for all everyday purchases, online and in the stores. Amazon Prime members in France now benefit from a 10% discount at Monoprix for 6 months, in-store and online, for all their
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The last Rocca Imperiale lemons left the packing station on Monday. Although the season lasted 20 days longer than last year, it was nevertheless not devoid of difficulties. The weather was not always conducive in southern Italy and there were also challenges on the sales front. read more

The third consecutive monthly easing in grocery inflation in the UK is nice, welcome there is no reason for celebration yet, as the rate remains the sixth highest recorded in the past 15 years. The pace of grocery inflation has eased to its slowest monthly rate this year, according to industry
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