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Belgian fruit and vegetables specialists
Sure, climate and soil form the perfect ecosystem for our fruit and vegetables.
But it’s the reliability of the entire production chain that really makes the difference. Growers, cooperatives, suppliers: everyone has the ambition to stand out. The sum of all these ambitions? Produce of pure quality.
Download our leaflet now!Our 4000 passionate growers
Belgian family businesses produce home-grown fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables. Our passionate growers feel highly involved in their productions. In addition, they are given support by professional crop advisers and product development specialists.
Thanks to its favourable climate and fertile soil, Belgium is a natural breeding ground of fruit and vegetables. Through the centuries—and up to the present day—Belgian growers have become ever more proficient in cultivating top-quality produce.
- Traditional Belgian family businesses
- Dedication and craftsmanship based on years of experience and expertise
- Innovative and entrepreneurial spirit
Our 5 Flemish cooperatives
The majority of Belgian fruit and vegetables are traded via auction houses - which combine their offers as large, uniform consignments. A far-reaching quality policy guarantees that the customer’s requirements are always met.
Our 5 Flemish cooperatives together sell more than 100 different types of fruit and vegetables, in large volumes for clients in Europe, the UK, Canada, the US, Dubai, China, Singapore, India, Mexico, Vietnam, Thailand, Israel, Hong Kong, United Emirates, Japan. The daily fresh fruit and vegetables are prepared to go to the market by 3,500 growers with a long history of expertise and professional skills. Together they deliver more than 1,5 million ton (!) of fruit and vegetables every year.
More infoSustainability: responsibly fresh (Goodness by nature)
Our products display the ‘Responsibly Fresh’ label. It is a sign of the participation of the corresponding growers’ and producers' organisations to the collective sustainability project with the same name.
The sustainability project builds on three pillars:
- Growers deliberately choose a cooperative approach, as standing together makes them stronger.
- Fruit and vegetables are intrinsically healthy. With this in mind, the sector focuses on food safety and nutritional economy.
- The sector aims at booking progress with attention to natural elements. Fruits and vegetables are grown with a minimum impact on the environment and the surroundings.
Through Responsibly Fresh ‘Goodness by nature’, growers and cooperatives wish to meet the Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations.
The engagement of growers within Responsibly Fresh ‘Goodness by nature’ contributes to a wide assortment of fruit and vegetables that are reliable, high-quality and healthy, for both today’s and tomorrow’s consumers. www.responsiblyfresh.eu
Quality, research and innovation
We know it’s easy to say that the quality of our produce is impeccable, and that it tastes fantastic. But here in Belgium, we have good reason to say so—thanks to our growers’ uncompromising drive for quality and innovation.
Research Centres and Research Stations form unique collaboration platforms between universities and growers:
- Fundamental scientific research in field and semi-field trials and dissemination activities
- Best practices and new technologies are implemented at the farms
Specifications for production conditions define mandatory procedures for all growers:
- Integrated Production Method through prevention, monitoring and intervention
- Sanitary and working conditions at the growers
- Traceability to parcel level
Certificates
Food safety and hygiene are our top priority.
Our cooperatives, producers and staff make great efforts on a daily basis to provide our clients with the highest-quality product-safe fresh fruit and vegetables. Our products have the reputation of being very reliable, and our certificates guarantee it.
In full control of Food Safety
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) is Belgium’s overarching control agency for food safety.
Its mission is to ensure food safety and quality in order to protect the health of consumers, animals and plants—with food safety inspections, integrated controls on food, feed and fertilisers, and prevention and control measures.
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