Exotic fruits and vegetables : The requirements of modern consumption

Sabino Jeanine. 2001. Exotic fruits and vegetables : The requirements of modern consumption. Fruitrop (English ed.) (85) : 19. Journée professionnelle Technofruits 2001, Montpellier, France, 5 Septembre 2001.

Résumé : New consumption European consumers are sated customers with a profusion of commercial proposals in their towns. And there is no longer any question of protected areas. The minimum requirements are as follows: 1. taste quality: ripeness, varieties, aromas; 2. presentation, with precise grades and follow-up; 3. batch homogeneity throughout the season; 4. marketing and promotion operations planned in direct contact with distributors; 5. rational agriculture with third-party control; 6. strict date management and guaranteed freshness; 7. batch traceability from the field and crop management sequence; 8. labelling: barcode or PLU code (an essential service for the distributor), etc. Quality is not necessarily perceived in the producer country. Specific client requirements must be taken into account. The British, the Germans and the French do not perceive quality in the same way; their culinary histories are not the same. Neither is there any question of having fibrous mango with a strong taste of turpentine, for example, etc.). Ripeness is essential, and must of course be handled in conjunction with storage. Throwing produce away on arrival is very expensive. Rigorous taste tests must be used. Customers travel and are beginning to know the good taste of fruits picked from the trees, and which they do not find in the shops. Ecology and the environment are strongly in favour everywhere in Europe. Everything done in the direction of rational agriculture receives an echo: Max Havelaar, EUREP GAP, the coming French decree, etc. Lines of work for the coming years. 1. Taste quality fruit by fruit: non-destructive quality testing is in the starting blocks, etc. 2. Controlled, mastered taste quality: sugars, acidity, juice percentage, firmness, aromas, texture, etc. 3. Communication highlighting terroirs. 4. Exceptional varieties not yet known to consumers and distributors (outside producer countries). 5. A specification containing a description of the crop management sequence and the efforts made to ensure good traceability, the smallest possible amounts of residues of pesticides, hormones or growth activators, preservatives, etc. 6. 'Clean' packaging: environment friendly, recyclable, recycled, etc. 7. Ready-to-eat with guaranteed ripeness. (texte intégral)

Classification Agris : E73 - Économie de la consommation

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• Sabino Jeanine

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