Outbound Mission program plays an important role supporting Australian grape exporters
India is a large producer of table grapes with relatively small volumes imported mostly from China. India’s lack of cold chain infrastructure inhibits table grape development. In 2021/22 India

Spreafico innovates fruit salads with banana
Hitherto in ready-to-eat fruit salads there was one big absentee: the banana. The handling of the fruit, which tends to blacken quickly, has always seemed too complicated for fourth range

'Eating mushrooms might lower blood pressure levels'
In a recent Phytotherapy Research study, scientists review existing literature on edible mushrooms and their bioactive constituents and their impact on hypertension. Edible mushrooms are enriched

Good demand for Zespri kiwifruit and AAA class stone fruit - despite high price level
Currently, the company Mack and Gerstner from Mannheim is still offering the last green kiwifruit from Italian origin, as Managing Director Florian Wahl (pictured below) tells us. "Since last

Lidl: retailers must make F&V packaging more attractive
Lidl has called on other British supermarkets to follow its lead and introduce packaging design changes to help make fruit and veg more appealing to children. The discounter made its call after it

Meeting of wholesale markets: Barcelona, Padua and Verona axis
The business missions of the delegation of Mercabarna, the wholesale market of Barcelona, represented by the managing body and some wholesalers, were held in Padua and Verona. They were organised

Luka w podaży marchwi
Zapasy marchwi w Polsce właśnie się kończą. Za to wiadomo, że start nowego sezonu będzie opóźniony z powodu zimnej pogody. W związku z tą sytuacją ceny

Falling prices and over-supply of macadamia nuts not all doom and gloom
Falling prices and over-supply has been topic of discussion, but it is not all doom and gloom, says Jillian Laing, CEO of, the World Macadamia Organisation (WMO). Keep the faith farmers! We have a