PHILADELPHIA, June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AgroFresh
Solutions, Inc. ("AgroFresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AGFS), a
global leader in produce freshness solutions, and family-owned
grower and shipper Fisher Ranch recently partnered to deliver
ready-to-eat, ripe melons from California to global markets using SmartFresh™
technology.
With the use of SmartFresh technology, California-based Fisher Ranch has created new
business opportunities by extending the storage window and gaining
improved inventory flexibility. The grower reported excellent
freshness results using SmartFresh™ SmartTabs™ on cantaloupes and
Golden Dewlicious™ honeydew melons. According to Fisher Ranch,
AgroFresh's industry-trusted post-harvest solution enables melons
to ripen on the vine, allowing the fruit to retain great firmness
and sugar content despite longer transit time.
SmartFresh SmartTabs helps growers and shippers maintain fresh
and firm fruit during transit, which results in longer retail shelf
life. SmartFresh has also been proven to help control skin
disorders on melons for 26 days in cold storage.
"After the successful completion of our commercial trials last
year, SmartFresh enabled us to deliver great-tasting, aromatic,
high quality melons to global markets, which was a new achievement
for us," says Mike Farrage, sales
manager at Fisher Ranch. "With this success in mind, we've
increased our export volume this year and we'll now apply
SmartFresh to our entire shipment of export melons."
SmartFresh SmartTabs is a convenient, easy-to-use solution for
transport containers and small storage rooms. There's no need to
manually insert sachets in each box of produce.
"We're excited to help our customers optimize the quality of
their fresh produce and grow their business, at potentially higher
margins, in distant markets that they otherwise could not access,"
says AgroFresh commercial development manager Fernando
Edagi. "We're thrilled to help growers such as Fisher Ranch deliver
melons that provide a great eating experience with consistently
high quality, flavor, sweetness and firmness."
"In our industry, we're noticing an increasing shift to long
shelf-life (LSL) melon varieties that lack aroma and flavor," says
Farrage. "By using SmartFresh, we're able to enjoy the same
shelf-life benefits offered by the LSL varieties, but with enhanced
characteristics such as aroma, flavor, firmness and texture that
consumers prefer."
SmartFresh technology empowers growers, packers and retailers
from around the world to preserve quality and freshness for a wide
range of crops including: apple, pear, avocado, banana, melon,
tomato, broccoli, mango*, peach, nectarine, plum, persimmon,
kiwifruit, lime* and watermelon.
SmartFresh SmartTabs is registered by the US EPA; Registration
No. 71297-3. Always read and follow label directions. For
SmartFresh technology crop registration status in a particular
country, contact your local AgroFresh representative.
* SmartFresh SmartTabs is not registered for use on mango and lime
in the state of California.
About AgroFresh
AgroFresh (NASDAQ:AGFS) is a leading
global innovator and provider of science-based solutions,
data-driven technologies and experience-backed services to enhance
the quality and extend the shelf life of fresh produce. For more
than 20 years, AgroFresh has been revolutionizing the apple
industry and has launched new innovative solutions in a variety of
fresh produce categories from bananas to cherries and citrus to
pears. AgroFresh supports growers, packers and retailers by
providing near- and post-harvest solutions across the industry to
enhance crop values while conserving our planet's resources and
reducing global food waste. Visit agrofresh.com to learn more.
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