Bimi®: the 100% Italian, sustainable, and gourmet broccoli is conquering the market
2025-03-14 00:00
Created by breeder Sakata®, who has successfully introduced it in Spain, Portugal, France, and in Northern European countries, broccoli Bimi® started its first marketing season of the Italian product in late 2024, cultivated in two of the regions with the highest vocation for it.
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Radicchio: lower yields, more uncertainty
2025-03-14 00:00
The radicchio, one of the symbol excellences of the Italian fruit and vegetable sector, is going through a complex phase. According to the data from the Agroter Fruit and Vegetable Monitor, in the last five years the average price of the product has increased by over 30% across all channels.
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Two-speed prices for fruit and vegetables: consumption drops while waiting for spring.
2025-03-14 00:00
In these first three months of the year, there is still a bit of sluggishness in the trading of fruits and vegetables on the markets, as explained by Vincenzo Pisano, the president of Coagri, the managing body of the Agri-Food Market of Sardinia, when interviewed during our weekly update.
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A few days ago, the monthly meeting of the Marketing Committee of Assomela took place in San Michele all’Adige (Trentino), with extensive participation from the main members of Assomela. During the meeting, market dynamics and the main influencing factors were analyzed.
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Week 9: halt in the fruit and vegetable sector Lcc
2025-03-14 00:00
Week 9 interrupts the positive trend of previous weeks for the sales of Lcc fruits and vegetables, with a recovery in the growth of the average price mix. Among the channels, only the self-service channel timidly increases volumes, while hypermarkets are increasingly out of the picture.
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"Il Rosso by Bayer", an integrated approach for processing tomatoes
2025-03-14 00:00
The industrial tomato represents a pillar of the Italian agri-food sector, with a value exceeding 2.5 billion euros and an export that exceeds 50% of production (source: ANICAV). Bayer Crop Science has launched "Il Rosso by Bayer," a project that integrates advanced genetics, solutions for
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She is small and sweet, but has a rebellious spirit to change the rules of the category: RedPop®, the apple-shaped snack, continues to win over consumers and increase sales in Europe and Asia.
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Melinda, with Freecrock the fruit is all to bite
2025-03-14 00:00
A bite that is a prelude to flavor and sweetness, to savor a new sweet and "naturally" crunchy experience. This is how the experience offered by Freecrock begins, the new line of bars made from 100% fruit and dried fruit from the innovation of Melinda. An essential product, with few ingredients all.
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The Fragola Rossetta® conquers the market.
2025-03-14 00:00
Nova Siri Genetics (NSG), a leading company in research and development of new strawberry varieties, has successfully introduced Rossetta®, a premium strawberry variety that is quickly gaining popularity in the domestic market due to its high quality and wide commercial availability, starting from late.
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China: 1,300 containers of Chilean cherries will be destroyed.
2025-03-14 00:00
The saga of the Chilean cherry containers blocked in the port of Nansha, China, has come to an end, as highlighted by the Argentinian news outlet mnews.com. After weeks of uncertainty, Chinese authorities have decided that all the fruit contained in the 1,300 containers, which was compromised,
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We are in the midst of artichoke season, but adverse weather conditions are slowing down trading in wholesale markets. In Bergamo, Federico Fapanni, a seller at Ortobergamo company, is photographing the current situation.
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Fruit Energy by Frullà Sport: good energy from fruit
2025-03-13 00:00
Frullà is becoming Frullà Sport and is introducing the new Fruit Energy line (click here to learn more) to support athletes, and not only them, in facing daily challenges with natural and delicious products. There are 4 available flavors: Blueberry, Banana, Pineapple, and Mango.
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Strawberries: price boom does not decrease consumption.
2025-03-13 00:00
In the last ten years, the consumer price of strawberries has surged by 70%, but consumption, at least in the Hypermarket and Supermarket channel, has not been affected, remaining stable. On the contrary, in the last five years, there has been a sharp decrease in volumes in the traditional retail sector.
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After a decade of progressive decline in domestic consumption and a 2023 that marked its historic low, mainly due to the strong inflationary pressure that affected household spending habits, 2024 sees a new development compared to the past: for the first time
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Kiwi: very good yellow and red. Green is stable.
2025-03-13 00:00
With the kiwi season now approaching its final stages, it's time to take stock of how the season has progressed. To do this, we have gathered the opinion of Moreno Armuzzi, Sales Manager of Jingold, one of the leading Italian companies in the sector.
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The Agri-Food Market of Sardinia is going digital: the experimentation of the marketplace is starting.
2025-03-13 00:00
The Agri-Food Market of Sardinia is opening up to innovation by experimenting with an e-commerce platform, designed to facilitate the purchase of fruit and vegetable products and expand the customer base. The project has already involved six companies and, if the testing phase is successful,
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"Delays for vegetables and industrial plants, pre-transplant operations for processing tomatoes suspended"
2025-03-12 00:00
Tractors are idle and fields that cannot be worked. The incessant rain does not give respite, thus blocking activities in the fields. And there is a precipitation alert for the next ten days.
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Ventura and healthy snacking: protein bars as a boost for the consumption of dried fruits
2025-03-12 00:00
Ventura is known as a love mark for dried fruit; in fact, for almost 90 years it has been passionately researching and selecting the best dried fruits from around the world, offering them as is or transforming them into tasty and balanced shelled mixes, salad enhancers, and meal additions.
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Italy's fruit and vegetable exports exceed 6 billion, but the country's trade deficit is growing.
2025-03-12 00:00
In 2024, Italian fruit and vegetable exports recorded an increase both in volume (+9%) and in value (+5%), surpassing the threshold of 6 billion euros in sales. However, the increase in imports has followed an even more rapid pace in terms of value (+13%), while the volume is...
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Small fruits, an overview on field management and defense
2025-03-12 00:00
From field management to defense against some insects, primarily Drosophila Suzukii and the strawberry antonomo. These are the topics at the center of the 11th technical day for small fruit growers that took place yesterday in Pergine Valsugana, at the peripheral headquarters of the Fondazione Mach.
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