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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PACKING
Halls' pack houses follow strict protocols to ensure that the receipt, grading, packing and refrigeration of fruit is completed in an efficient manner while meeting the all important parameters of Food Safety, Food Quality, Traceability and Legality.
Halls' packing operations are located in South Africa, France (Paris and Marseille) and the Netherlands and are equipped with the latest technology.
Post-harvest cold chain management begins from the moment the fruit is picked from the tree. It is the key objective of management to ensure the fruit is collected swiftly from the orchard and delivered for grading and packing within a defined period.
Employing state-of-the-art equipment and Halls' expertise, fruit is sorted, graded and packed according to specific market or customer specifications. All packaging carries the relevant information to ensure that the fruit can be traced back to its origin. The fruit then enters the cold chain to be optimally managed through to its destination.
PACKAGING
Halls strives to supply our customers with packaging formats to meet their specific requirements. Current formats include:
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4kg cartons
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10.5kg cartons
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Flow-wrapped punnets in either 1, 2, 3 and 4 avocados per punnet
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Heat-sealed punnets of 1 or 2 avocados per punnet
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Bags
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Nets
For additional information on packaging dimensions, configurations and customised packaging offerings please contact a Halls sales representative.
