Onion

- Rising prices but there are problems

After a very unfavourable winter and spring, the current season is offering some respite and onion is performing well on international markets.

- Agrofresh looks to Europe

Agrofresh, the Spanish export consortium, is opening markets for its five partners in Europe.

- Procecam advocates reducing supply

Procecam is driving a project to adjust onion production to market demand

- Indigenous varieties: on the decline

Every year some indigenous varieties of onion are lost. The culprits are climate changes and soils that have become depleted in nutrients.

- “Onion that has been kept in cold storage has to be differentiated”.

Using good cold storage technology to conserve produce has always been fundamental for Movialsa.

- Onion, one very safe product

“Onion is one vegetable that retains the lowest levels of residues”

- The PGI “Cebolla de Fuentes” will be presented at the Expo

The onion from Fuentes de Ebro is about to receive its Protected Geographical Indication. The official initiative will be announced at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza.

- Professional experts

“Spanish onion growers are at the fore among European professionals. Onion from Spain, together with that from the United States, are worldwide leaders.”

- Finis: processing excellence

Finis’s onion processing system is one of the best on the current pre-prepared market.