Hazel’s suite of apple products provide growers with better flexibility, better control, and better quality apples post-storage by providing the apple category the most diverse range of postharvest treatments, which work on their own or together to meet the business needs of any operation of any size.
A 2021 study, performed in partnership with a Midwest grower, was designed to test Hazel 100’s effectiveness in maintaining pressure/firmness in a “treated” sample of apples vs. an “untreated” control sample.
The study measured the “Flesh Firmness” of each set of apples at 0, 7, 10 and 14 days after they were transitioned from a cold storage environment to ambient storage.
In a typical year we might ship 2 million boxes of apples, ranging from the core varieties like Honeycrisp to proprietary varieties, like Kiku and Lemonade apples. With each variety comes different challenges. We have found that Hazel’s range of technologies can help to keep the fruit fresh and attractive which is why we’ve added Hazel 100 to our process this year, alongside Hazel CA and Datica.
At BelleHarvest, we pride ourselves in embracing innovations to provide the highest quality of produce for our customers. Over the last two years of working with Hazel, we’ve seen that same dedication to innovation through the constant improvements being made to Hazel CA and its companion technology, Hazel Datica. We’ve been thoroughly impressed with our QC and pack-out results.
