Spanish produce importer and distributor Cultivar has opened a new banana ripening facility in Madrid in a bid to boost its competitiveness. 

Complete with five degreening chambers for 160 pallets, the 600 square-meter facility is operating in the major wholesale market Mercamadrid, with the latest technology to improve the fruit ripening process.

According to a company release, the operation will offer a much more accurate and homogeneous matured banana with a better color, quality and longer shelf-life.

"The new refrigeration system allows Cultivar to be more efficient and competitive in both imports of Canarian banana as well as satisfying the most demanding requirements of distribution," it says.

"The goal is to keep proposing the best service and excellent quality, and completing the range of products offered by Cultivar to our customers."

The new facility will also be used for other categories imported and distributed by Cultivar including avocados, mangoes and papayas.

"Consumers increasingly demand products ready to consume, at their right point of maturity with guaranteed flavor and texture and this technology allows mature exotic fruits to be offered according to customer demand."

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