Fresh Papaya, Sweet Papaya, Frozen Papaya

Product Description

Each papaya is selected for its correct ripeness by the picker who then carefully passes it onto a receiver who places it into a lug. Lugs are placed in the shade for collection and transportation to the packhouse. To eliminate the necessity of pickers having to climb ladders to pick the fruit higher up in the tree, new innovations such as picking poles (trade named PICK IT) and automated picking trailers are being evaluated. Fruit is carefully placed in lugs containing aero theme sheets, preventing mechanical damage.

At the pack house fruit is sanitized, packed in plastic lugs and placed in ripening rooms. Ethylene is used for ripening. The fruit produces ethylene naturally. By adding a little extra we ensure even ripening and enable us to forecast shelf-life accurately. Fruit is then pre-packed into punnets. The wrapping used in punnets enhances shelf-life. All labelling happens before it is transported to the supermarket distribution centres.

Strict cold-chain maintenance is very important to ensure shelf life.

We make daily deliveries to distribution centres in Gauteng, Cape Town and Durban as well as to International Markets. We supply overseas clients via air freight from Oliver Tambo Airport in Johannesburg. We have developed protocols to enable us to also sea-freight papaya.

Traceability of fruit is crucial in our business. We are therefore able to trace a fruit to a specific irrigation block on the farm.

Varieties:
Solo Sunrise
Formosa
Red Lady