Consumer trends, as we know, have a significant impact on the sales of products displayed on supermarket shelves, and it is now well established that protein lines are an established trend, just look at how many new proposals on the subject arise from one day to the next. For such
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Centrale Ortofrutticola, a company specialising in the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables based at the Ortomercato di Milano, expands by opening a new packaging centre in Melzo (Milan). read more

Breakfast? 70% of Italians always eat it. When they do happen to skip it, it is due to lack of appetite (42%), time (39%) or habit (28%), especially the very young (between 11 and 19 years old) among the 'breakfast skippers'. According to Nielsen processing, the
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"The deadlines demanded by the European Climate Commissioner and the European Green Deal,Frans Timmermans,on the reduction of plant protection products are unreasonable". This is how the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida spoke in a video link during the national assembly
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The cool weather in May and June favoured the ripening of small fruits in the Veronese area, with an abundant harvest and an excellent quality product. Slightly less satisfactory were the prices for blackberries, the harvest of which is almost at an end, while that of the
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At the end of July, Parlapiano Sicilia will begin the marketing of its summer delicacies, the Pera Coscia di Ribera and the Pescabivona IGP, typical Sicilian regional products, unique in the world for their organoleptic characteristics. Excellent forecasts for the season ahead
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Last week's article on the malpractice of selling fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram (click here to read it) - in defiance of health and hygiene regulations, commercial quality and tax legislation - generated a heated debate on our
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Seventy per cent of Italian pears are grown in Emilia-Romagna. In 1998, due to their exceptional quality, they were the first fruit to receive IGP recognition in the European Union. The Protected Geographical Indication protects producers in the vocated areas between the provinces of Reggio
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It is an unlucky season for Spanish watermelons and melons. As we wrote recently (click here to read more), the campaign has been heavily marked by the weather events of the last few months: a situation that has led to a decrease in volumes but also to prices over the
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Climate change is disrupting the countryside, where there has been a 10% cut in wheat production while the honey harvest has fallen by 70% compared to last year, but orchards are also in trouble, with cherries down 60% due to the flooding in Romagna, the
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The PNRR Steering Committee, chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and the PNRR, Raffaele Fitto, met yesterday in the Sala Verde at Palazzo Chigi to take stock of the situation with all the central and territorial administrations; read more

This weekend (Sunday 17 July, ed.) saw the conclusion of the world's most famous tennis tournament, and the Wimbledon final gave us the consecration of the new world tennis phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz. read more

Some of the largest companies in the fresh produce industry will participate in the first Global Tropicals Congress, to be held in The Hague on 14 September to discuss the latest trends and growth strategies for fresh tropical fruit; read more

There is a place where hundreds of varieties of apples, pears, plums, peaches and many other fruits are gathered in a unique pomological collection. We are talking about the Fruit Museum in Turin where, as reported by the online newspaper iltorinese.it, the fruit on display all seem real when
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Syngenta Vegetable Seeds has long focused its EAME research and development activities on the iceberg salad segment, a stable and consolidated market for Italy and also particularly interesting for its dual consumption destination: I and IV Gamma. By
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There is a place where hundreds of varieties of apples, pears, plums, peaches and many other fruits are gathered in a unique pomological collection. We are talking about the Fruit Museum in Turin where, as reported by the online newspaper iltorinese.it, the fruits on display all seem real when
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The first six months ended negatively for the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade. The volume figures denote the current difficulties in the sector, especially with regard to fruit, while the value figures still show the persistence of strong inflationary effects. Certainly the month of
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Babaco Market and Biova Projecthave joined forces by launching a circular economy project against food waste that has led to the birth of Biova Lemon, a German-inspired 'blonde' with a fresh twist given by the juice of 'rescued' lemons, squeezed by hand and blended
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According to a recent report by ResearchAndMarkets.com, the global vertical farming market will reach $10.3 billion by 2030, up from $3.2 billion in 2022. In fact, an annual growth rate of 15.6% is estimated, a double-digit growth rate that will bring
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