Squash
Hortiberia's squash is graded by count per box, in sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14, which gives buyers a straightforward way to specify everything from large fruit for food service cutting to small squash sold by the piece in retail. The group's growers produce it in the Campo de Cartagena and other areas of south-east Spain, in organic and conventional, for export to the EU and neighbouring markets during the autumn and winter season.
Availability
Technical data
- Category
- Vegetables
- Calibers
- 4,6,8,10,12,14
- Transport temperature
- 7º - 10º
- Packaging
- Cardboard box
Basket
Greenbox
5/10/12 Kg granel
12 kg – 60X40 – Europalet 60 – Palet 75
6 kg – 30×40 – Europalet 120 – Palet 150 - Production
- Disponible en ecológico y convencional
- Guarantees
- GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS across the group's growers · lot and farm traceability
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Full product sheet
Season
Squash is available from September to March. There is no supply from April to August, so programmes concentrate on the seven months when demand in central and northern Europe is strongest.
Packaging and palletisation
Several presentations are available to suit wholesale and retail customers:
- Cardboard box, basket or Greenbox.
- Loose in 5, 10 or 12 kg.
- 12 kg box, 60×40 footprint: 60 boxes per Euro pallet, 75 per 100×120 pallet.
- 6 kg box, 30×40 footprint: 120 boxes per Euro pallet, 150 per 100×120 pallet.
Transport temperature
Squash should not be shipped at low chill temperatures. The recommended range is 7-10 °C, which protects skin and flesh in transit and, if kept in the customer's warehouse, extends shelf life considerably.
Certification and traceability
Organic squash is certified under the EU regulation and kept identified from field to dispatch, separate from conventional product. The group's growers work under GLOBALG.A.P. and IFS, with every consignment traceable to lot and plot and shipped in compliance with EU rules on maximum residue levels, plant protection products and labelling, as well as the equivalent standards European retailers require.
Retailers and wholesalers handling squash through the autumn and winter can agree sizes, packaging and weekly volumes with Hortiberia's commercial team before the season opens.
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