SmartFresh™ Quality System
and Harvista™ 1.3 SC help expand harvest and
storage timing, and quality of apple crops
PHILADELPHIA, July 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.,
a global leader in post-harvest solutions for fresh produce, has
partnered with Fruitways, a leader in the South African apple
industry, for more than 20 years. Having integrated the AgroFresh
SmartFresh™ Quality System into their operations for many years has
helped Fruitways revolutionize their business by allowing longer
fruit storage and exporting good quality fruit over a much longer
season. It has also opened markets that were previously unavailable
due to quality constraints. Now, with the addition of
Harvista™ 1.3 SC as a near-harvest product, Fruitways has another
valuable tool to manage produce quality before and during
harvest.
"AgroFresh is an important supplier partner for us," said
Jaco Moelich, Fruitways General
Manager – Technical Services. "Both Harvista and SmartFresh
give us valuable tools to determine the timeframe that we want to
harvest and when we want to pack the fruit for our clients.
SmartFresh has really transformed the way we think about our
post-harvest process and how we make decisions on storage and
marketing of our fruit."
SmartFresh™ Quality System and Harvista™ 1.3 SC technology have
transformed Fruitways' presence in the pome industry.
"The climate is not always ideal for good color development, so
you sometimes need a bit longer time on the tree for the cold
fronts to come in the autumn time and Harvista gives us the
opportunity to delay our harvest. You get a bit bigger size, but
you also get very good color development if you can delay your
harvest a little bit," added Moelich. "In post-harvest, the most
important thing is texture and SmartFresh plays a very big role in
maintaining a crisp texture during storage, long after apple
harvest, for consumers."
"It fills us with a sense of pride and satisfaction knowing that
Fruitways and the pome industry is benefiting from the research and
investments AgroFresh has made, and is still making, in the sphere
of quality management," said Peter
Wood, Country Manager South Africa for
AgroFresh. "Collaborations like the one with Fruitways are the
cornerstone of the success AgroFresh has had over decades in the
industry. We answer real quality and freshness challenges our
customers face throughout the fresh produce supply chain."
AgroFresh commercialized the SmartFresh™ Quality System products
based on 1-MCP, beginning in 2003 with application for apples. In
the last 20 years, it has been expanded for use in multiple crops
and new applications in field, storage and transit. Their focus on
quality and freshness has driven the advancement of their solutions
portfolio beyond ethylene management to include fungicides,
coatings and digital platforms, including FreshCloud™ for quality
inspection and in-room wireless monitoring with the Strella
sensor.
"The SmartFresh Quality System has really transformed the way we
think about our post-harvest process and how we make decisions on
storage and marketing of our fruit. Going forward, I cannot really
imagine how we would handle a process without this collaboration
with AgroFresh," said Moelich.
For more details about how AgroFresh solutions are helping
customers produce abundant, sustainable, quality fresh produce for
all, visit AgroFresh.com or contact info@agrofresh.com.
To hear Jaco Moelich, Fruitways
General Manager – Technical Services, share more about the
Fruitways and AgroFresh partnership, view here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycL6-OPZSE
About AgroFresh
AgroFresh is a global leader in
post-harvest quality and freshness solutions, dedicated to
enhancing the quality and extending the shelf-life of fresh produce
while reducing food loss and waste. From a legacy of innovation
that stretches back more than 40 years, AgroFresh addresses fresh
produce supply chain challenges from all angles, offering a full
suite of integrated storage, packing line, and digital solutions.
AgroFresh has what it takes to empower growers, packers and
retailers to succeed in their business of delivering fresh, quality
and sustainable produce from harvest to home. To learn more about
AgroFresh, visit www.agrofresh.com/.
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