India: Sam Agri commissions new facility for year-round pomegranate supply
The prepared fruit sector has seen significant growth in both the Western and Asian retail market segments, as people are switching to healthier and convenience foods across the globe. In markets like the UK and US, prepared fruit and salads business is witnessing double digit growth, providing tremendous opportunities for players like Sam Agri.
Sam Agri is keen to align with new partners in US and North American markets to capture the increasing demand for prepared fruit and in order to do that, have invested in developing state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities meet standards of food safety regulations and the internal technical standards of developed countries and also the private independent standards of large super market chains in UK and EU.
The latest addition being an exclusive new facility with all required features as mandated by global food safety standards further underlines the commitment of Sam Agri to be a leader in prepared-fruit segment and Pomegranate Arils in particular.
Production capacities of the company have more than doubled from 7mt/week to 15mt/week with complete product traceability systems in place.
Looking at the growing demand for the prepared foods in Asian cities like Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kaulalampur etc the company is focusing on special efforts to increase its marketing network in Asian markets including India and China, which are witnessing rapid urbanization and demand of convenience health foods.
The continued R & D efforts of the company is expected to add few more fresh cut products to their product range, as India’s rich and varied climatic zones provide a huge potential for a wide-range of fruits to be produced. Sam Agri would like to replicate the success it achieved by being a pioneer in 365-day supply of Pomegranate Arils, to other fruit products as well.
For more information:
Sam Agritech Limited
Tel: +91 40 27906577
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www.samagri.com
