New CI-CONTROL coatings from CITROSOL to control chilling injury marks
The symptomatology of chilling injury is a collapse of the skin cells that affects many classes of fruit, especially citrus and other fruits of tropical and subtropical origin, in refrigerated storage or transport between 0ºC and 13ºC. Over time, the affected parts acquire a brown color, or suffer “pitting”. In Picture 1 you can see the typical appearance of chilling injury marking on oranges.
“In some coatings we have improved the properties of the formulations where we have managed to integrate CI-CONTROL (CIC) functionality, such as Citrosol Sunseal® UE and Sunseal® Extra UE,…
The driving force behind postharvest knowledge
CITROSOL is pleased to invite you to our postharvest webinars that will take place on January 14 and 21, and February 4 in South Africa and Australia.
You can register at the following link to the webinar you wish to attend: REGISTER
14 January 2021: Wax application (70 min)
– Features of our waxes and practical recommendations for sound application. (Juan Carlos M. Loeches).
CITROSOL has developed during the last decade several new types of waxes and coatings with different functionalities. We will present an overview of them together with recommendations for sound…
Solving the problem of Propiconazole residues on fruit
Over the last 8-9 years, Propiconazole has been widely used in the postharvest treatment of citrus fruit, although, thanks to our Vertido Cero® technology, we have not needed to include it in CITROSOL treatments. Citrosol developed a methodology which avoids the problem of Propiconazole residues that are becoming manifest in the packing houses that have been using it.
Citrosol innovates with two solutions to mitigate loss claims at destination for avocado shipments
A few days ago, Peru ProHass, the Peruvian association of avocado producers, invited Citrosol to present our new postharvest solutions, used in the export of avocados, through a webinar entitled “Advanced postharvest solutions for the avocado”. It was hosted by Dr. Martín Mottura, the Precision Postharvest Manager at Citrosol, who presented the Citrocide® Avocado System; and Raúl Perelló, International Operations Director at Citrosol, who introduced the new Citrosol® A K Palta coating that mitigates weight loss and reduces pulp blackening caused by chilling injury. In short, both…
Benito Orihuel: “Citrosol owes its growth to radical innovation”
Benito Orihuel, CEO of Citrosol, a leading company in post-harvest technology and treatment of fruit and vegetable produce, developed his professional career in the company from where he is due to retire in December.
Since taking the helm at Citrosol, the company has grown to hold a 40% market share throughout Spain and has tripled its turnover. Furthermore, he has overseen very significant international expansion.
Ongoing Professional Development for Citrosol staff
Within the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), training of our own personnel is a fundamental aspect taken very seriously by Citrosol. Evidence of this can be seen in our recent inhouse seminar, timed to coincide with the start of the new financial year 2020/21, and which has served to bring together the various projects we will be undertaking in the coming months.
“Our strategy as a company is very easy to define: Grow by adding value," explained CITROSOL's CEO, Benito Orihuel.
About Citrosol
CITROSOL, advanced postharvest solutions, was established in 1964, in the…
Citrosol delivers a seminar in Egypt on its successful ‘precision postharvest’ model
The AEC (Agriculture Export Council) in Egypt is a public body that brings together companies and professionals from the agricultural sector annually to participate in a technical seminar in which a guest company provides the keynote speakers for the entire seminar. This year the Spanish company Citrosol fulfilled that role. The heads of the International department within the Valencian firm designed the Seminar, Citrus Postharvest, held at the end of September in Cairo (Egypt), to embrace a broad theme that encompassed degreening, decay control, application of coatings and waxes, cleaning…
Citrosol develops the first two coatings for use on organically grown citrus fruit in their R&D center
Mission accomplished. It is not an easy task to introduce bio coatings for citrus fruit to the market with proven trials backing our research, but CITROSOL researchers have accomplished just that. From the R&D center of this Valencian company in Potríes, following years of research, the first citrus coating solutions for organic production are seeing the light of day.
It is a great step forward for the leading post-harvest sector company in Spain, whose work methodology is to launch new products only once their efficacy has been extensively tested. Last autumn, within the auspices of the…
PAA based formulation, an effective treatment to improve postharvest life of tomatoes
Tomato fruit, considered the second most important vegetable in the world in terms of quantity of vitamins and minerals contributing to the human diet, is affected by postharvest diseases that significantly increase spoilage after harvest. Furthermore, economic losses due to postharvest diseases are even greater than generally realized because the value of the produce increases several-fold while passing from the field to the consumer.Because the increased concerns regarding food safety of fresh vegetables we developed a PAA formulation and application system for the hygienic washing of…
CITROSOL and KRONEN have successfully complete the last phase of the aqUAFRESH European project
Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for high quality fresh-cut products that comply with the strictest food safety standards. Washing with water is a fundamental step in its processing since it removes dirt and there’s a challenge to reduce the microbial load.
CITROSOL and KRONEN, the German specialist in fresh-cut machinery, take part in the aqUAFRESH project, with the collaboration of the CNTA of Navarra, Spain. This project aims to develop a new and revolutionary system of washing and disinfection, alternative to the use of chlorine. Thus, the efficiency, food security and…
