NL: Nunhems at Fruit Logistica

From February 9 to 11, at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Nunhems (stand A-05 in Hall 1-2) is presenting its wide array of innovative seed products designed to meet the needs of all professionals involved in bringing fresh, convenient and tasty food to consumers: growers, logistics operators, wholesalers, retailers and food service providers.
"For us, innovation starts with the seed, but we have learned over many years that we obtain the best results when we work collaboratively with every link in the produce chain." explains Daniel Kretzschmar, Nunhems Produce Chain Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "We closely monitor companies and professionals at every stage of food production to share their intimate knowledge of consumer needs and to understand the specifics of their processing practices. When we design our seeds, we try to meet and surpass the industry's expectations."

Sandwiches: an unforgiving reality check
This year at Fruit Logistica, products for sandwich makers are in the spotlight, with customized varieties of tomatoes, lettuce, onions and cucumbers being featured. "Sandwiches are an unforgiving reality check for the food processing industry," continues Daniel Kretzschmar, "because you've got to get everything right. Ingredients have to be available all year round, they have to be easy to handle, they have to arrive ripe and ready and be easy to process. Once in the sandwich, they have to blend well with other ingredients, not make the bread soggy, stay fresh looking, sweet tasting and of course they've got to be cost effective."
Visitors to the stand can see ? C and taste ? C four specifically-designed sandwich ingredients:
Arnaud and Renoir slicer cucumbers
Crisp, tasty and attractive because of a drier pulp which reduces water loss
Vaquero and Countach mild Spanish onions
Wider, easy-to-cut into onion slices, with a mild velvety taste adaptable to different sandwiches, in attractive white and red
Multileaf sandwich lettuce
Bringing color, crispness, its distinctive curly edges, sweet taste and freshness to all sandwiches
Intense sandwich tomatoes
Custom-designed sweet-tasting, bright red varieties of the first tomato in the world that doesn't lose its juice, now available in oval and round shape
All these varieties are grown throughout the year in different regions, thus ensuring a continuous and stable supply of ripe and ready products that are designed to please.
What food professionals and consumers want
At Fruit Logistica, Nunhems will exhibit its entire portfolio of seeds designed to meet the needs of all sectors in the fresh produce markets, including food processing professionals and retailers.
Featured on the stand, some of Nunhems' best-selling and most innovative products, including:
Magenta (Cantaloupe) and Kirene (Galia) melons
* Easy-to-find available all year round
* Easy-to-handle withstanding the stress of the logistics supply chain
* Easy-to-sell consumers love their fresh appearance and sweet taste
Several varieties of award-winning Intense tomatoes
* The world??s first non-leaking tomato, its high-density flesh retains its shape during slicing, dicing and cutting and can be served raw or cooked
* Its low waste level, processing convenience, intense red color and sweet taste have made them one of Nunhems' star products
A wide assortment of Multileaf lettuces for food service professionals and retailers
* New varieties: colorful, crisp, attractive, sweet tasting and fresh
* Adapted to various uses, multi-colored versions for garnishing plates and extra-curly leaf structures for greater volume in retailer cut-lettuce bags
"Nunhems products, designed for specific users sandwich makers, restaurant chefs, food processors, retailers all have the right features that make them convenient and profitable for professionals and fresh looking and great tasting for consumers," concludes Daniel Kretzschmar.