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Reading: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster... Florida Department of Citrus seeks to 'educate' scientists about the value of orange juice #orangejuice
Just booked a quick trip to Food Ingredients Europe in Frankfurt... Alway good to be there. #Fi
Doing some serious preps for a major overhaul of juiceherald.com Any suggestions on what to add?
New post: World Juice 2009 – Nice France http://juiceherald.com/world-j...
Getting ready for ANUGA. Who is going?
//ELB//
Currently showing Foodnews headlines for passion fruit of the past year. Very interesting fluctuation, also from a news medium point of view
Interesting note on Pineapple: he hears more and more blenders are substituting pineapple with more affordable alternatives...
Stage discussion now... Will not report this.
Up now: Leonardo Santana, indepent talks about Brazilian tropicals.
Frsh organization with clear goals. Trust that they will further extend their concern for this industry throughout the world.
Expectency for 2009: about 25 million metric tons of processed apple. Although a decline, these are still huge figures.
CitrusBR founded by/with Cutrale, Citrovita, LDC and Citrosuco. Open to new and smaller producing companies.
Also fir Brazil: slight decline in fcoj exports, still growing exports of NFC.
Both orange and grapefruit NFC, even with the price premium, show an amazing growth... So the segment to further develop!
Next up: president of CitrusBR, Christian Lohbauer. Brazilian Association of Citrus Exporters.
More information on the organization: http://www.citrusbr.com
Greening, especially in the centre and south of the sao Paulo region, is a big concern. Still no sulution to this disease.
Forecast 2009: higher AJC price and higher fresh apple price due to upward Chinese consumption trends for fresh.
Sugar cane still a threat to orange... Especially with growing prices for sugar, farmers are stimulated in the wrong direction.
Interesting objective is to promote the sector's image toward the public. Somehow I am still missing the actual word "consumer".
From oranges to apples: Joyce Cui of Shaanxie Haisheng Frsh Fruit Juice of China talks about world apple juice market.
In retai, NFC rules just over half of the total market... FCOJ on the decline. Reconstituted also.
Big gap between fresh apple market and that of the processed. 09-10 crop about 10-20% decrease compared with last year.
Grapefruit story is more or less the same... But decline in grapefruit trees is staggering. At almost 1/3 of the volume of 10 years ago.
Fruit juice market US: 53% Orange and only 2% grapefruit.
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