Cantaloupe Melon
Orange-fleshed and strongly aromatic, the Cantaloupe is the melon with the widest spread of counts in Hortiberia's offer: nine sizes, from a large fruit for cutting in food service to a small one for sale by the piece. The group's growers prepare it for a European buyer who wants melon ready for the shelf, with sound skin and an even stage of ripeness within each box.
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Technical data
- Category
- Melons and Watermelons
- Calibers
- 3,4,5,6,8,10,12,14,16
- Weight
- 700 - 1800 g
- Transport temperature
- 7º - 8º
- Packaging
- Cardboard box
5kg – Europalet 104 – Palet 130
6 kg – Europalet 120 – Palet 150
10 / 12 kg – Europalet 60 – Palet 75 - Guarantees
- GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS across the group's growers · lot and farm traceability
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Full product sheet
Availability
Cantaloupe is on the programme from October to May. It is a counter-season calendar that keeps orange-fleshed melon in the assortment through the colder months and links, in May, with the start of Galia and watermelon from the same group.
Weight, counts and palletisation
Fruit weight ranges from 700 to 1800 g. Counts available are 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 per box. Packing is in cardboard boxes of three weights:
- 5 kg: 104 boxes per Euro pallet and 130 per 100×120 pallet.
- 6 kg: 120 boxes per Euro pallet and 150 per 100×120 pallet.
- 10/12 kg: 60 boxes per Euro pallet and 75 per 100×120 pallet.
The 5 and 6 kg boxes normally go to retail self-service; the 10/12 kg box to wholesale and central kitchens.
Cold chain and compliance
Transport temperature is 7-8 °C. Cantaloupe has a netted skin and ripens quickly, so cold management at origin and in transit sets the number of selling days at destination. The producers operate under standards such as GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS and the equivalent schemes demanded by large retail, with traceability by lot and field and compliance with EU rules on maximum residue levels and labelling.
Given the number of counts, each customer should define in advance the sizes they handle and the box format; with that information, Hortiberia allocates weekly production between destinations in an orderly way and can tell a buyer early when a particular size is running short in the field.
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