One of the aspects that ranks Zespri® as a leading brand is its ability to offer kiwis all year long, always maintaining the fruit’s excellent quality and unbeatable organoleptic characteristics.
The secret to achieving this lies in the Zespri System, an integrated environmental production and deliveries process designed by the company, which sets down the guidelines that all the farmers working with Zespri® anywhere in the world must follow.
This system, which is applied both to growing the Zespri Green and the Zespri SunGold varieties, allows production on both hemispheres, following exactly the same guidelines and ensuring that Zespri Kiwis are available on the Spanish market for consumers 365 days a year. These indications cover the entire production process, from selecting the land to the end transport, and they include environmental aspects as part of Zespri’s strong commitment to taking care of the surroundings where its activity is being carried out.
In the cultivation phase, special mention must be made to the care the Zespri System places on the land selection for the plantations, at all times giving priority to the fact that the kiwis must have space, light and air to be able to grow in the best and most natural way possible.
The Zespri System also looks after the kiwis in the harvesting and storage phases. Before harvesting, the fruits are subjected to different external inspections to confirm that they are at the perfect moment for picking, with the aim of guaranteeing maximum durability during transport and that they reach consumers’ tables with the best quality and a delicious flavour. Once harvested, Zespri kiwis are stored in environmentally-friendly cold storage rooms.
Finally, there is the transport. On this point, the Zespri System indicates that, in order to reduce carbon footprint to a minimum, kiwis may only be moved by the means of transport that produces the least pollution. In addition to this, the pallets on which they are transported have EAN 128 barcodes that allow an exhaustive tracking of the route that the fruits travel during the supply process.
To conclude, the Zespri System guarantees that eating Zespri kiwis is always a positive experience for the entire family, with constant checking to ensure that the fruit reaches the consumers’ tables with the best quality and organoleptic characteristics, regardless of where they come from or the time of the year. All of this, without forgetting the importance of looking after the environment and actively fighting climate change.
