Although a natural process, the ripening of an avocado is managed to perfection at Halls with the correct technical understanding both at harvest and during the ripening procedure.
The fruit is always shipped at low temperatures to hold it in a "sleeping" state throughout transportation. Depending on the customer's requirement, the fruit is then "woken up" to be delivered at the required stage of ripeness. Fruit can arrived "triggered" which then ripens through the customer's own supply chain, or is fully ripened and ready to eat. Halls has the experience and technical expertise to manage this process, ensuring an excellent eating experience.
With ripening, packing and storage facilities in South Africa, Paris, Marseille and Rotterdam, Halls can take the fruit from our carefully managed orchards all the way to our customers' doors. Our ready to eat avocados are sold under the Halls RIPE brand, packaged in a striking design to stand out on trade and supermarket shelves.
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AVOCADOS
Be AVOconscious.
When you choose Halls, you are choosing an avocado from established specialists. Halls offers a year-round avocado fruit supply in eight varieties sourced from our farms and carefully selected global grower partners from our Responsible Sourced Network
We were the first avocado operation globally to achieve an ISO9000 Universal Quality accreditation.
Our experienced and passionate staff are custodians of all fruit that passes through our value chain. Extra care ensures you get high-quality fresh produce when you buy avocados from Halls.
RIPENED AVOCADO
Although a natural process, careful control of the ripening process is by no means simple. As sub-tropical fruit specialists, Halls manage the ripening of our avocados to suit our customers’ requirements.
With ripening, packing and storage facilities in South Africa, France, the Netherlands, Spain and China, we select fruit, ripen and pack fruit under strict quality assurance procedures to deliver to our customers' doors.
Learn more about our RIPE range here.
SEASONAL CALENDERS
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VARIETALS
HASS
Hass trees produce fruit year-round and have medium-sized, ovate fruit with a black, pebbled skin when ripe. The flesh has a nutty, rich flavour.
FUERTE
Fuerte is pear in shape, often with an elongated neck. It has a leathery, easy-to-peel skin which ripens green. The flesh is creamy with a mild flavour.
EDRANOL
This fruit is pear in shape, olive-green in colour with a slightly rough skin. The fruit has a relatively small seed and the flesh has a nutty, rich flavour.
PINKERTON
The Pinkerton variety has a small seed and its green skin deepens in colour as it ripens. The flesh has a smooth, creamy texture with good flavour.
REED
This cultivar has large, round, green fruit with a smooth texture and dark, thick, glossy skin. Smooth and delicate, the flesh has a slightly nutty flavour. The skin ripens green.
RYAN
This fruit is medium-large sized and egg-shaped. The skin is green when ripe with a relatively smooth texture compared to that of other varieties.
LAMB HASS
Often maturing later in the season, this cultivar has a relatively small seed and skin that turns black when ripe. Its flesh has a creamy, nutty flavour.
ZUTANO
The fruit is pear in shape and has a lighter green coloured skin than the other varieties. It is delicate to handle and prone to diseases upon ripening.
HALLS PACKAGING FORMATS
Halls supplies our customers with packaging that meets their needs. We recommend the use of packaging only when it is needed to maintain quality of the product, so that we avoid unnecessary packaging waste. Where packaging is used we incorporate recycled material and display on-pack recycling guidelines in support of a circular economy. Current formats include:
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4kg cartons
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10kg cartons
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Punnets in either 1, 2, 3 or 4 avocados per punnet
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Heat-sealed punnets of 1 or 2 avocados per punnet
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Nets
Contact a Halls sales rep for more information.
