Innovative persimmons packaging and protocols bridge gap season
- Post Harvest Hub
- Jun 1, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 17
Persimmon consumption in Europe and North America is on a rise and the demand for year-round supply drives growers and shippers to seek ways to bridge the supply gaps between Northern and Southern Hemisphere crops.
A request came from MOR, a leading grower and exporter of Sharon persimmons grown in Israel and South Africa, to develop packaging and postharvest protocol for preserving the freshness of the fruit harvested in October and November for marketing in March and April.
After three years of research and development together with ROP, a leading Israeli modified atmosphere (MA) packaging manufacturer, Postharvest Hub not only reached the initially specified goals but was also able to realize the additional benefit of auto de-astringency of the fruit while in transit. This eliminates the need for the traditional ripening process using exposure to high CO2 — a definite increase in ROI.