More than 65,000 trade visitors from over 135 countries will have a chance to vote for the Innovation of the Year on 3-4 February 2016. The FLIA honours outstanding new products and services in the fresh produce industry that have set important new trends in the marketplace. The ten innovations will be presented at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2016 in a special display located between Halls 20 and 21. This is where the winner will be announced on 5 February 2016 at 14:30.
Nominees were announced in December 2015 and detailed information about the innovations is now available.
Details on the ten nominees
Product Automato
Company/ Country Stoffels, Belgium
Market launch June 2015
Location Hall 6.2, Stand C-04
Website www.stoffels-tomaten.be
Automato is a POS “vending machine” with three boxes that dispense different cherry tomato varieties into paper bags. Each box has its own hopper and can be operated separately. Consumers can choose one or more varieties – in one colour or a mix of red, orange and yellow. The Automato is hygienic and interesting for the youngest shoppers – it also attracts their interest in new vegetable varieties. Each box measures 23.5 x 51 x 50 cm. The total size, including all three boxes and a holder for the paper bags, measures is 70 x 130 x 75 cm.
Product Enjoya
Company/ Country Terra Natura International, Netherlands
Market launch April 2015
Location Hall 3.2, Stand C-15
Website www.tniholland.nl
Enjoya is a unique, yellow/red striped pepper characterised by a very aromatic, tangy flavour and a crunchy bite. These peppers also have a very high vitamin C content. Enjoya is ideal as colourful highlight in salads or as a snack with a vegetable dip. Enjoya is available in sizes 60-80 mm, 70-90 mm, 80-100 mm and 90-110 mm and has already been launched in Holland, UK, USA and Germany.
Product Genuine Coconut
Company/ Country World's Coconut Trading, Spain
Market launch June 2015
Location Hall 10.2, Stand B-01
Website www.genuinecoconut.com
The Genuine Coconut is an organic coconut with a special patented opening. Supplied with its own straw, it provides a simple healthy, refreshing drink. Genuine Coconut offers 100% organic coconut water from green coconuts. Thanks to the patented opening system, consumers can enjoy the water straight from its natural container – the coconut itself. These coconuts grow naturally in the heart of Thailand and are harvested at the optimum point of ripeness when they contain a large amount of water with important nutrients and minerals. Thai Nam Hom coconuts are considered the best choice for their quality, taste and flavour.
Product Harvest Automation
Company/Country Hortiplan, Netherlands
Market launch October 2015
Location Hall 5.1, Stand B-15
Website www.hortiplan.com
Green lettuce can now be grown automatically with the Mobile Gully system and also harvested and packed by this new machine. The plants are automatically lifted out of the seed rail and then cut. Depending on the degree of automation, the heads can also be packed directly into crates. Tomatoes and other glasshouse vegetables have long been produced using hydro-culture. With this breakthrough technology, similar methods are now available for leafy vegetables. In response to increasing demand, hydro-culture production is now being expanded and prices are coming under pressure. Automation not only for sowing and cultivation, but also for harvesting and packaging, can help absorb some of the production costs.
Product Kitchen Minis®-Tomato
Company/ Country Northern Greens, Denmark
Market launch March 2015
Location Hall 1.2, Stand C-18
Website www.northerngreens.dk
The Kitchen Minis®-Tomato is a small, compact and visually attractive cherry tomato plant for the domestic window sill. It is capable of producing up to 150 fruit throughout the year. One of the special features is the particularly small size of the plant: 9 to 11 cm wide and 35 cm high. The tomatoes weigh 8 to 10 grams each and have a Brix value between six and seven. Sweet tasting and aromatic, the Kitchen Minis®-Tomato can encourage children and younger consumers to eat more vegetables. At the same time, they learn about fruit growing and can trace the development of the plant from flower to green tomato and ripened fruit.
Product Outspan Sam
Company/ Country Capespan, South Africa
Market launch September 2015
Location Hall 5.2, Stand A-05
Website www.capespan.com
The Outspan Sam campaign shows children how fruit is grown, all the way from the plantation to the point of sale. In four different videos, the path of the fruit is traced in all its different stages: from the seedling in the plantation, through harvesting, packing, transport and sale in the supermarket, to the kitchen table. Outspan Sam, a character specially developed for this campaign, narrates the story. Video clips can be accessed by scanning a QR Code. The aim of the campaign is to promote knowledge and understanding among young, next-generation consumers and increase appreciation for healthy, fresh produce.
Product Parmentine's Cup
Company/Country Parmentine, France
Market launch October 2015
Location Hall 21, Stand E-07
Website www.parmentine.fr
Parmentine's Cup is a plastic container with 250 grams of baby potatoes for cooking in the microwave. They are packed together with 25 grams of basil-tomato or chive-quark sauce. The potatoes are pre-washed and ready to eat. The containers are easy and safe to transport and can be prepared quickly and easily in the office or at home. Six minutes in the microwave and consumers have a healthy and tasty, low-fat meal. The yellow-fleshed potatoes have less than 90 calories per 100 grams, the basil-tomato sauce only 20 calories, and the chive-quark sauce around 70 calories.
Product Pearl Herbs
Company/ Country 2BFresh, Israel
Market launch October 2015
Location Hall B, CityCube Berlin, Stand C-15
Website www.taprojects.com
Pearl Herbs are only about a centimetre long with very short stems. This makes them ideal for garnishing and serving with other dishes. Finely delicate in taste, these tiny fresh herbs are available in more than ten different varieties including basil, amaranth, sunflower, parsley and pak choi.
Product QualyCheck
Company/ Country HortKinetix, Germany
Market launch August 2015
Location Hall 20, Stand B-01
Website www.hortkinetix.de
QualyCheck is an app that uses standardised forms to create and transmit inspection reports with images. After the inspection, the report can be automatically sent to a database and/or to different predefined e-mail recipients. The paid app can be installed on a standard Android smartphone. QualyCheck works with text blocks based on current official standards and the extensive knowledge database of the developers. QualyCheck is automatically updated on a regular basis to ensure compliance with the latest marketing norms.
Product WOW! Colourful Perupas
Company/ Country HZPC Holland, Netherlands
Market launch November 2014
Location Hall 1.2, Stand C-17
Website www.hzpc.com
WOW! Colourful Perupas are potatoes based on original varieties from the Andes. They offer a new and interesting product range as well as a diversity of taste, colour and shape.
Four varieties are currently available:
• Violet Queen – with dark purple flesh and the flavour of sweet beetroot
• Double Fun – in two colours with violet and yellow flesh
• Magenta Love – in dark pink, a rare colour in potatoes
• Blue Star – with a striking marbled pattern, ideal for chips or mashed potatoes
Three more varieties will follow in 2017.
