During the catering fair Tavola from 13 to 15 March REO Veiling was present with its two Tomabel and Fine FLeur brands. The Veiling presented various specialities, such as the hop shoots, micro leaves and crosnes. The latter is a lesser known tuber to consumers, but is regularly used by catering businesses.
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Ann Beyne, commercial manager at Tomabel, says that they have been selling organic mushrooms under the brand through the REO Veiling since the start of 2014. "More organic varieties were added. Last year we decided to offer the entire mushroom assortment organically. The range includes white mushrooms, brown mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, mini oyster mushrooms and shiitake. At the start we only offered regular mushrooms, but as the demand for organic increased, our producers switched in discussion with the auction."
Organic mushrooms on the left and hop shoots on the right.
The REO Veiling sees the demand for organic products increase. "The retail in particular is a demanding party. Yet it's not always easy to switch for growers. The process for mushrooms isn't always difficult, but for other products the transition period is quite long and costly. During this period everything still has to be marketed as regular. Organic is certainly on this rise, but we can't say how quickly it will go."
The REO-team during Tavola: Herwig Willaert, Jan Demyttenaere and Ann Beyne.
For more information:
Ann Beyne
REO Veiling / Tomabel
Oostnieuwkerkesteenweg 101
B-8800 Roeselare
0032 (0) 477 33 04 47
info@tomabel.be
www.tomabel.be
www.reo.be