New technology allows fruit and vegetables to be frozen when they at their peak ripeness, preserving for up to three years texture, appearance, odor, flavor, and nutritional properties.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
A statement from the Costa Rica Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER) reads:
New technology developed for freezing fresh produce
New technology has recently been launched in Spain that can freeze fruits and vegetables which have been picked at their peak ripeness, preserving the same texture, the same sensory characteristics (appearance, odor, flavor, etc.) and the same nutritional properties as their varieties fresh for up to three years. This means that seasonal foods such as melon, peach, pineapple or tomatoes can be eaten all year round.
The new technology called NiceColdSystem, was developed at the Technical University of Catalonia in partnership with two companies after a trial period of five years of research.
According to Xavier Boil, the company’s director of marketing, the intention is to revolutionize the market with this new technology and to try to reach both small, medium and large -sized companies. According to the director the company is in negotiations to export this technology to other countries, and for this reason every week they are making contact with large companies and pineapple producers, who are very interested in this system.
Source: mercabarna.es and interempresas.net Date :18-Sep-2012
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The strong growth reported in past years in foreign sales of frozen fruit from Costa Rica has declined, a situation that businessmen believe is because of market saturation.
According to data from the Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer), between 2016 and 2017 foreign sales of frozen fruit grew 21%, from $65 million to $79 million, but for the period between 2017 and 2018 the increase was just 1%, going from $79 million to $80 million.
The market for fresh fruits and vegetables in this European country amounts to $25 billion, mostly in fruits, while processed vegetables amount to just over $4 billion.
From a report by Procomer Costa Rica entitled "Opportunities for marketing fresh and processed fruits and vegetables in Italy":
In the last year, Peruvian fresh mango exports to North America, Asia and Europe grew by 21%.
From a statement issued by PROCOMER:
Camposol, the Peruvian group known for its extensive activities in the cultivation and export of fresh fruit and vegetables, is expanding its business of frozen products, offering a more complete range to its global clientele. This has made it the number 1 manufacturer in Peru of mangoes, avocados andfrozen blueberries.
DFT-Agrotropic has announced the start of operations of its new plant for processing mango and frozen pulp located in Champerico, Retalhuleu.
This year the company expects to export one million pounds of frozen products, a figure which it aims to increase to five million in 2017.Eddy Martinez, general manager of DFT-Agrotropic, said"... fruit will be received that has been grown directly for the frozen process, and contacts have already been established with producers in the region for this."
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