Kiwi Zespri Sungold, three stages for consistent high quality
The yellow kiwi fruit that Zespri is renaming SunGold, a reference to the sun and gold, the colours of its flesh, is harvested in the province of Latina, Lazio. Yes, because this kiwi variety has been growing alongside the green-fleshed variety for some years now and is enjoying considerable success among consumers.
We went to the fields of some farms in the province of Latina to observe the harvesting phases and then to the Punto Frutta transfer point in Cisterna di Latina, which is owned by Salvi, where the quality is assessed and sorted before preparation in the packaging. This is a crucial moment in processing to maintain a high and constant quality, a requirement increasingly demanded by large-scale retail chains but also by consumers. The three fundamental post-grading phases
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