Fresh cut solutions for your convenience
The growing demand for convenience is an important trend in the fresh vegetable industry, serving as a catalyst to boost vegetable consumption. Rijk Zwaan stands at the forefront with an innovative portfolio designed to empower growers and processors to deliver superior fresh-cut solutions that meet the evolving needs of consumers.
Specific traits
Fresh & appealing
Focus on all post-harvest aspects, ensuring an extended shelf life, maintaining a fresh appearance, preventing wilting, rotting, colour contrast, and discoloration. Prioritize appealing textures and flavours.
Easy processing and handling
Crops designed for robust performance: Our varieties boast traits like solid ribs in lettuce, Knox™ delayed pinking, and upright growing baby leaf varieties, ensuring resilience during mechanical harvesting, cutting, washing, and drying processes.
Waste reduction
Eliminating food waste throughout the supply chain begins with a healthy crop and resistance breeding, as seen with Fusarium Defense in lettuce, improved usability of individual fruits, as seen in melons, and extended shelf life, as shown by Knox, giving consumers more time to enjoy a fresh salad.