Red Cabbage
Red cabbage is graded by count, in 6, 8 and 10 heads per box, and packed in 60×40 cardboard or wooden boxes for the European winter trade. Hortiberia sources it from the brassica specialists among its member companies, including Agromark, which has grown brassicas in Torre Pacheco since 1984 and has supplied UK supermarket chains for decades. Both organic and conventional red cabbage are available.
Availability
Technical data
- Category
- Vegetables
- Calibers
- 6,8,10
- Transport temperature
- 1º - 4º
- Packaging
- 60x 40 Cardboard box
60X 40 Wood box
Granel 8/9/10 Kg
Filmed
Europalet 52– Palet 65 - Production
- Available as organic and conventional
- Guarantees
- GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS across the group's growers · lot and farm traceability
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Full product sheet
Season
Supply runs from December to April. Those five months match the peak of red cabbage consumption in central and northern Europe; outside them there is no availability from this origin.
Packing options
- 60×40 cardboard box.
- 60×40 wooden box.
- Loose in 8, 9 or 10 kg.
- Film-wrapped heads.
- Palletisation: 52 boxes per Euro pallet, 65 per 100×120 pallet.
Field preparation and cooling
Like the rest of the group's brassicas, red cabbage is largely prepared in the field and taken through vacuum cooling before dispatch, which brings the head temperature down in an hour or less without breaking the cold chain. Transport is at 1-4 °C, a range that should also be kept in the receiving warehouse to preserve leaf colour and firmness.
Certification and traceability
Organic red cabbage is certified under the EU organic regulation and travels identified and separate from conventional product. The growers operate under GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS, together with the equivalent standards demanded by UK and continental retailers, with each lot traceable to the plot and shipped in compliance with EU rules on maximum residue levels, plant protection products and labelling.
Weekly programmes for red cabbage can be agreed with Hortiberia for the December to April window, covering size mix, packing format and the share of organic product required by each customer.
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