OTC Organics is the first to offer organic passioncuja from Ghana

OTC Organics B.V., distributor of organic fruit and vegetables, is always searching for new products. New (improved) tastes, shapes and colors or improved characteristics of a product. As of September they have a special novelty available: the passioncuja. A delicious fruit with a touch of sour of the yellow maracuja (the yellow sister of the passion fruit) and the slightly sweeter taste and the appearance of the passion fruit, but with a pink thin skin.

Garden of Eden
Núria Vlonk-Cunha Soares, Supply Development Manager at OTC Organics B.V. says: "We have come into contact with a Dutch grower who has been living and working in Ghana for 20 years now and has his own farm of more than 80 hectares, 70 kilometers northwest of the capital city Accra. This grower, who graduated from the Higher Agricultural School in Deventer, The Netherlands, once ended up as a trainee in Ghana. The country pleased him so well that he determined to remain. On his own farm you imagine yourself in the Garden of Eden, a beautiful growing area full of all kinds of (fruit) trees, where he grows organic ylang ylang, vanilla, sandalwood and cinnamon, mainly for the cosmetic market. I got to know him as an innovating grower who is constantly searching for new products and who does not back away from a challenge. We are very pleased that we have entered into a partnership. "

Exceptional project
Núria: "Our grower started in 2012 with the traditional breeding of the yellow maracuja with the purple passion fruit by manually crossing the stamen of a good variety with the pistil of another good variety. Maracuja grows well in Ghana but is difficult to sell. The purple variant is popular but grows less well. In 2017 he developed a very nice variety that will be multiplied in the coming weeks and harvested next year. From 2019 he will only grow his own variety. To give the passioncuja support during cultivation, the grower uses orange trees. These trees are high and sturdy enough to carry the passioncuja."

Limited volumes
Núria: "This year we are starting with limited volumes, but the expectation is that we will receive more production next year, because the grower has planted 10 hectares for 2019. From September 2018 the passioncuja is available at OTC Organics B.V. Depending on climatic conditions, we expect the season to last until December. Interested customers can order a free sample box to experience the taste."

For more information:
OTC Organics B.V.
Tel: +31 (0) 885 880 400
Email: sales@otcorganics.com
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