The Softripe technology developer will present its new AI-driven kiwifruit ripening process at Fruit Logistica
Frigotec, the company behind Softripe ripening technology, has announced that it will present another innovation for the fruit sector at Fruit Logistica this week.
With the development of an AI ripening process specially adapted to kiwifruit, Frigotec has said that it is underlining its global technological leadership in the ripening of exotic fruits by launching HappyRipe.
The new process makes it possible to achieve a new level of quality in kiwifruit, the company outlined.
“Hard and sour-tasting kiwifruit are now a thing of the past,” reported managing director Roland Wirth.
“With the HappyRipe process, fruit traders can produce and offer premium quality from kiwifruit that was previously unripe and less tasty.”
Visitors to the Frigotec booth in Berlin can examine and taste kiwifruit ripened using the HappyRipe process.
“With a firm skin, the flesh is ready-to-eat: soft, juicy, and pleasantly sweet,” Wirth continued.
“At the same time, the fruit has an outstanding shelf-life thanks to a natural skin-fruit seal.
”Internal tests have shown a shelf-life of 30 days or more – the fruit remains stable and healthy,” he explained.
The process can be used for any kiwifruit quality and brings the fruit to its maximum quality potential and shelf-life, Frigotec stated.
“As with avocados, soft kiwis and thus unsellable fruit are avoided on the sales shelf,” Wirth added.
