FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS

Lázaro drives growth in fresh-cut with Calixta
In a market where convenience continues to gain ground, the company’s brand of ready-to-enjoy potatoes and sweet potatoes has become a key growth driver

Cooperativa La Palma: authentic flavour in formats for today’s consumer
Gazpachos, vegetable soups and creams, sauces and preserves, freeze-dried and dried convenience products, plant-based burgers and sports nutrition are all part of its portfolio

DiqueSí drives growth in the complete salad category
Vegetales Línea Verde showcases the innovation process behind its Street Food range

Packaging balances performance, sustainability and efficiency
The role of fruit and vegetable packaging is evolving in response to growing demand for ready-to-eat products

Grupo Paloma looks beyond nectarines
The company concentrates its production on extra-early nectarines. However, that picture could begin to change

Agrobiotech Innovation Forum: innovation, robotics and applied technology for the future
Lleida will once again become the centre of innovation in the primary sector from 27 to 29 October with the second edition of the Agrobiotech Innovation, designed to bring together knowledge, businesses, public authorities and consumers through technology

José Velasco: A life through the movies
I could never have imagined that our photo shoot would take place in a cinema, yet that is exactly what happened. José Velasco (1 June 1969) was born in Alhama de Murcia and remembers the day the cinema opened with remarkable clarity. The theatre was packed for the premiere of Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, a film he watched more than five times because he spent the entire weekend accompanying cousins and friends. The following week, Jaws was screened, and exactly the same thing happened

Size and convenience: reshaping the melon and watermelon of the future
The world’s leading seed companies once again opened the doors of their trial fields in Campo de Cartagena to showcase their latest innovations

Climate change is redefining breeding objectives
Plant breeder PSB Producción Vegetal is developing stone fruit genetics with the aim of anticipating the challenges posed by climate change, from rising temperatures to tree water stress

Sustainability and profitability shape Mercabarna’s management
The company has continued to implement its 2022–2026 strategic plan, whose first pillar is to promote sustainable management with social, environmental and economic impact

Roig’s prediction and the rise of ready-to-eat food
“By the middle of the 21st century, there will be no kitchens.” The debate sparked by the Mercadona chairman’s statement has a very tangible translation on supermarket shelves: the unstoppable growth of fresh-cut and ready-to-eat products

Grapes break the calendar and redraw the global map
Egypt, Brazil, Peru, India and China are consolidating their positions as table grape producers and exporters, extending their seasons and altering the balance between traditional origins and industries






