A small scale banana ripening room can work: the four conditions it must hold, the refrigeration figure most conversions get wrong, and when to buy ripened.
Category Archives: Product Knowledge
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Oct
Oct
Banana quality inspection on arrival, in the order that holds up: the reefer download, pulp temperature before unloading, how much to open, naming defects.
13
Oct
Oct
Banana crown rot postharvest disease starts at the cut crown in the packing house, not in the reefer. What the surveys found, and what actually reduces it.
13
Oct
Oct
Why singapore banana prices are higher than China’s or Malaysia’s: the unit values side by side, dated, and the four structural reasons behind the gap.
25
Sep
Sep
Pisang berangan vs Cavendish: one is the aromatic banana Malaysians eat, the other is the graded export fruit. Why imports are almost always Cavendish.
16
Sep
Sep
Incoterms for reefer fresh produce: FOB, CFR and CIF all pass risk on board, and CIF’s minimum cover does not include refrigeration breakdown.
16
Sep
Sep
The banana ripening stages colour index is not standardised: the same fruit is stage 4 on one chart and stage 3 on another. What to specify instead.
10
Sep
Sep
Banana green life, and how many days you really get: the published range, what one day of field heat costs, and why harvest maturity is a commercial call.
10
Sep
Sep
Reefer container settings for bananas, with the real numbers: setpoint, delivery air, fresh air exchange, humidity, CA – and what each one prevents.
08
Sep
Sep
Cavendish banana grades and sizes are not universal. Here is how length, grade and class are actually measured, and what to put in your spec.