Peru will have an elite passion fruit seed

Peru will soon have an 'elite' passion fruit seed with which it will not only export juice, pulp and concentrates to new markets such as Asia, and a greater presence in others already known such as the US and the European Union, but it could also include part of its offer is its fresh presentation, said the spokesman for the ADEX Fruit Work Table for the Industry, Renzo Gómez Moreno. At the III International Passion Fruit Congress, held in Trujillo, he pointed out that with the new variety it will be possible to enter Taiwan, which consumes it a lot in juice. "With a pure variety, it will be more homogeneous and when that happens, it would be possible to progressively enter the fresh market," he told the media. It could also be grown in Oceania, in South America, and in Asia -he explained-, Vietnam, for example, produces concentrate but its juice is not good, the Peruvian is recognized and can be more consumed. “Asian passion fruit has garnet (purple) skin and yellow juice, while ...