Sustainable
The aim is to reduce food losses along the value chain and offer our customers not only ripe for consumption, but perfect, aromatic and sweet fruit with a longer shelf life. Already during the testing of the technology, another effect of the increased ripeness quality became apparent: food losses can also be further reduced in this phase due to an increased pack-out. "Although the preservation of ripened fruit by applying protective layers is currently the focus of the industry, the decision in favor of softriping as a state-of-the-art ripening technology - entirely without the use of additives - is currently the more obvious and sustainable step for us," explains Falk Schlusnus, who has accompanied this forward-looking investment at TFC Holland since 2019 and helped get it off the ground. In addition, the Softripe® process significantly shortens the necessary maturing time and thus reduces the required energy input.