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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MANGO
Only the best.
Halls mango is a delicious sweet treat anyone can enjoy. As part of our premium range, our mangos are available 365 days a year.
Juicy and nutritious, mango is the most widely consumed fruit in the world.
Mangos are picked and packed for flavour and sweetness and shipped to Europe by sea.
Our experienced and passionate staff are custodians of all fruit that passes through our value chain.
RIPENING
The mango will ripen at room temperature becoming sweeter and softer as the process evolves.
The demand for ready-to-eat mango is growing. The Halls team takes great care to ensure that customers receive fruit at the required stage of ripeness.
The Halls RIPE range of mango is ready to eat on the same day of purchase. Learn more about our RIPE range here.
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HALLS PACKAGING
Halls supplies our customers with packaging that meets their needs.
Current formats include:
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4kg cartons
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6kg cartons (air freight)
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Flow-wrapped punnets of either 2 or 3 mangoes per punnet
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Heat-sealed punnets of 1 or 2 mangoes per punnet
Contact a Halls sales rep for more information on our packaging.
VARIETALS
There are more than a thousand different varieties of mango around the world. The mango varietals that Halls sources for our retail programmes:
KENT
Fruit colour is attractive, and the tasty flesh is firm, ripening gradually. Bred in 1932 in Florida, the Kent bears comparatively large fruits, ranging from 440g to more than 1kg on young trees. Much appreciated by both the upstream and downstream ends of the sector, yields are medium but with a high proportion of export fruit.
TOMMY ATKINS
Yellow, orange and bright red, this variety is a favourite in northern Europe. Bred in Florida in 1922 and chosen by growers for its productivity, robustness when handled, and resistance to anthracnose. The flesh has a deep orange colour, and even though slightly fibrous, it is of good quality.
KEITT
The flesh appears orange to deep yellow and is rich in flavour with a melting texture. Bred in 1939 in Florida, the Keitt has high, regular yields. The reddish colour appears before the fruit is ripe and can lead to problems of early picking. It is gaining importance as an end-of-season variety, prolonging the export season.