Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, has conducted the first successful trials of an innovative and natural method of ensuring food safety within the supply chain. Current industry practice is to manually deep clean avocado ripening rooms to maintain high levels of food safety and eliminate residue from naturally occurring fruit mould. Westfalia’s new method uses a probiotic uniquely distributed within a water mist circulated throughout ripening room, delivering … [Read more...] about Westfalia Fruit trials exclusive technology targeting food safety and sustainability
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Vertical Integration and Assortment: VOG Sets the Standard in the Apple Category
At Fruit Logistica, the Consortium presented the developments in the reorganisation that has resulted in coordination of all production chain phases. The trend for the 2023-2024 sales campaign is encouraging VOG – Home of apples confirms its status as an apple category benchmark with reorganisation for ever-greater efficiency, product specialisation and a variety and brand assortment able to add value to the fruit and vegetable department all 12 months of the year. All these factors were … [Read more...] about Vertical Integration and Assortment: VOG Sets the Standard in the Apple Category
Westfalia Fruit celebrates 75 years of leading global avocado markets and ‘Doing Good’
Westfalia Fruit, the leading global avocado supplier, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Founded by the legendary philanthropist and geologist Dr Hans Merensky in 1949, Westfalia continues to stay true to its purpose of Doing Good. Ahead of his time, 75 years ago, Dr Merensky had the foresight to establish the Hans Merensky Trust to ensure that his pioneering spirit and support of local communities would be protected for future generations. From its roots in South Africa, Westfalia … [Read more...] about Westfalia Fruit celebrates 75 years of leading global avocado markets and ‘Doing Good’
