Onions
Onions are a twelve-month line for Hortiberia. Supply runs all year round from the group's growers in south-east Spain, which makes the product suitable for annual programmes with retail chains, importers and wholesale market operators, with volumes agreed weekly and no seasonal gap to bridge from other origins.
Availability
Technical data
- Category
- Vegetables
- Calibers
- 1 ( 115+), 2 (110/115), 3 (90/105), 4 (70/90), 5 (75/55)
- Transport temperature
- 2º - 5º
- Packaging
- Cardboard box
Net 14 x 1 kg – Europalet 48 – Palet 60
Net 10 x 2 kg – Europalet 36 – Palet 45
Sacks 10 – 20 25 kg Palet 100 – 50 – 40 - Guarantees
- GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS across the group's growers · lot and farm traceability
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Full product sheet
Size grades
Onions are graded by diameter into five sizes:
- Grade 1: 115+.
- Grade 2: 110/115.
- Grade 3: 90/105.
- Grade 4: 70/90.
- Grade 5: 75/55.
Large grades are generally directed to food service and cutting plants, while medium and small grades are the usual choice for retail nets sold by the kilo.
Packing and pallets
- Cardboard box.
- Nets 14 × 1 kg: 48 boxes per Euro pallet, 60 per 100×120 pallet.
- Nets 10 × 2 kg: 36 per Euro pallet, 45 per 100×120 pallet.
- Sacks of 10, 20 and 25 kg: 100, 50 and 40 sacks per pallet respectively.
Transport and storage
Onions are less demanding in transit than leafy vegetables, but they still need moderate cold and good airflow to prevent sprouting and rots. The recommended transport temperature is 2-5 °C, held steady for the whole journey and ideally continued in the customer's store.
Traceability and standards
Every consignment is identified by lot and plot of origin, with documentation available to customers and inspection authorities. The group's growers work under GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS, alongside the equivalent schemes required by European retailers, and comply with EU rules on maximum residue levels, plant protection products and labelling.
Hortiberia's commercial team can build a stable onion programme with each customer, setting the grade and packing mix for the year and reviewing it as market conditions change.
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