Most of the canned white asparagus comes from outside of Spain
Value Added Asparagus
Spain
Published Apr 4, 2023
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Most of the canned white asparagus that is marketed in Spain comes from outside the country, due to the significant savings in labor and production costs that its importation entails compared to the price to pay for growing and processing it in national territory. The difference has reached almost 92% in favor of canning with asparagus of foreign origin, according to a study carried out by the Protected Geographical Indication (IGP) Espárrago de Navarra. This analysis indicates that of a market of some 60 million canned white asparagus, only 5 million (8.3%) are of Spanish origin.
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More recent is a study by the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU), which in 2021 analyzed 26 whole extra-category canned white asparagus and thick or very thick caliber, obtaining as a result that 15 of those analyzed indicated on their labeling that they came from from China or Peru, and the rest had their origin in Spain. Many of the imported asparagus are packaged in Spanish canning factories, according to the OCU study, which limited itself to superior quality asparagus. However, the secretary of the Asparagus Regulatory Councils of Navarra, Ana Juanena Lazcano, has told Efeagro that it is customary to import the preserves already made abroad, in their entirety, and not just the raw material. "Cultivating, bottling and bringing (the preserve) to Spain is cheaper than doing it here, because a lot of labor is demanded in the field and in the cannery, and in countries like Peru or China labor is cheaper," Lazcano comments. According to the OCU, imported products have a ...
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