Okra, also called Lady Fingers, has high dietary fibre content which is good for digestion. The fertile soil and favorable weather conditions in Thailand provide an abundant supply of fresh okra. Our growers harvest okra according to customerâ??s size specification. Okra offers up some little-known health benefits. It contains magnesium, which can help prevent osteoporosis. Okra is a good source of folate, which helps prevent neural tube birth defects. It contains vitamin A, which helps keep eyes healthy. Okra also contains thiamin, which is important for brain function. To find out more about our Fresh Okra please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Pumpkin belongs to the Cucurbita genus, along with cucumbers, melons, and squash. However, the term â??pumpkinâ?? refers to members of four different species, C. moschata, C. mixta, C. pep, and C. maxima. Pumpkins range in size from less than 0.5 kg to more than 450 kg. Miniature-sized pumpkins weigh less than 0.5 kg, are marketed fresh and typically used for decorative purposes. Pumpkin is a nutrient-dense crop; a cup of cooked pumpkin provides more than 200 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, 20 percent of the recommended vitamin C and more potassium than a banana. Our Fresh Pumpkin is sourced from growers in China, India, Italy and Mexico. To find out more about our Fresh Pumpkin please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Fresh Red Onion is a vegetable which is almost like a staple of the vegetable category. Fresh Onion is also known to be one of the essential ingredients of raw salads. Our fresh onion come in 3 different colors, white, red and yellow. Red Onion emits a sharp flavour and fragrance due to the sulphur compound in the vegetable however, can taste quite sweet once fried our cooked for a short time. To find out more about our Red Onion please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Spring Onion has a dark green hollow-tubed leaves and a white bulb. They are a versatile vegetable that is popular in Asian cuisines. An excellent source of vitamin C and dietary fibre, this vegetable is available year-round in Thailand. Spring onions belong to the same family of vegetables as garlic, leeks and chives. The Straightleaf is the main variety of spring onion found in supermarkets and fresh food markets. Other selections of this variety include the Dynasty Winter King and Summer King.
Taro is the common name for the corms and tubers of several members of the Araceae plant family. A perennial plant, taro is native to the tropical regions of south India and south east Asia. It is primarily grown as a root vegetable for its edible starchy corm but it is also consumed as a leaf vegetable. The corms are prepared for eating by boiling, steaming, baking or frying as chips. To find out more about our fresh Taro please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Zucchini : Fresh or frozen zucchini is a very versatile vegetable ingredient. With its mild taste, organic zucchini is often used in dips, pesto, sauces and green beverages. Organic IQF zucchini is used as an ingredient for stews, prepared foods, and the classic French dish ratatouille. Both zucchini puree and IQF zucchini pieces can be used for baked goods production to add flavor and moisture to cakes, muffins, and bread. Our Zucchini suppliers offer green and yellow Zucchini varieties.
We can supply customers worldwide with grade a, fresh and frozen chicken paws, produced to meet the highest international standards such as iso, haccp, gmp, halal, etc. We deal directly with the biggest and most reputable poultry processing plants in thailand, all of whom are members of the thai broiler processing exporters association ensuring only the best quality products for our customers. Detailed description: - Well washed, fresh and clean - Without yellow skin - No feathers - Free of bad odors - No excessive blood or blood stains - Pad is retained and without damage - No bruises - No ammonia burns - Broken bones: under 3% - Moisture content: not above 3% - Blasted at: -40°c - Storage temp: -18°c Packaging details: product is packed in corrugated cardboard boxes, lined with ldpe poly bags, once filled boxes are securely closed with 4 polypropylene straps. - Average weight per piece: 35 to 60 grams/piece - Average length per piece: 12 to 18 cm
A Grape is the non-climacteric fruit, or true berry, that grows on the perennial woody vines of the genus Vitis which is deciduous. Grapes as a fruit can be traced back many centuries and there are examples of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics showing the cultivation of grapes for both food and wine. This continues to this day with grapes being eaten raw or used for making wines, juice, raisins and grape seed oil to name but a few. Grapes grow in clusters of 6 to 300 and can be a variety of colors; black, red and white (which is actually green in color) being the most common. To find out more about our Grapes please contact sales@crescoproduce.com
The Blackberry is a wild plant, in general, of which we eat the fruits, very aromatic and somewhat acid small berries of black color. They are consumed raw, although they are also used for making stewed fruit, fruit salads, cakes, etc. They are rich in vitamins and minerals. Besides, they supply fiber and they are low in calories. The Blackberry is the fruit of the bramble, a shrub that grows generally wild in many areas of the world. It is a black glossy berry-like fruit formed by multiple small fruits, each one containing a seed. It is an aromatic and somewhat acid fruit. It is a species known from the very old times, to which people confer many healing properties. They are consumed raw, on their own or along with ice cream, yogurt or cream. They are used to make fruit salads, stewed fruit, cakes, wines and brandy, etc. Our Blackberries are sourced from growers in China, Poland, UK and Serbia. To find out more about our Blackberries please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
The Strawberry is a succulent and fragrant fruit of bright red color, obtained from the plant with the same name. In the West it is considered as the â??queen of the fruit". It is eaten raw and used to make jam, stewed fruit... It is also used with medicinal purposes, since it has excellent benefits for health. Strawberries (Fragaria vesca) grew spontaneously in the forests. Its culture started quite late, since it is a very fragile fruit; in order to obtain a maximum yield in a whole month harvest, the field needed a permanent dedication. The edible fruit is commonly known as "etaerioâ??. It is a false fruit consisting of a receptacle bearing the achenes (seed-like parts), small and of pale color in the part that was exposed to the shade and a dark reddish color in the part that has been exposed to the sun. The achenes can be inserted in the flesh, superficial or protuberant. There may be numerous or scarce. The protuberant achenes increase the resistance of the surface, but during washing many of them come off. The consumer normally prefers the fruit with few achenes, since they remain between the teeth when we bite them. The central part or "heartâ?? of the fruit may be well-developed or very little developed, we may also find â??heartlessâ?? fruits. This is a negative characteristic. The fruits have various shapes, according to the cultivar: conical, conical-elongate, conical-rounded, spheroidal, oblate and kidney shape. Strawberries are usually harvested at the beginning of summer. Wild strawberries are generally smaller than the cultivated ones, but they have a better aroma and taste, slightly bittersweet. Strawberries are low in calories. Their energetic value per 100 g of edible fresh fruit ranges from 27 to 34 kcal. Apart from water, their main component are carbohydrates. Fructose represents practically half of the glucids and the rest is mainly glucose. It has a low percentage of proteins. The Strawberry is an excellent source of vitamin C. Our Strawberries are sourced from growers in Egypt, Turkey, Spain, Poland and Japan. To find out more about our Strawberries please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Gooseberry is a white, yellow, red or green berry according to the species, with a thorny, hairy or even skin. The different varieties are distinguished from each other by the time of maturation, taste, color, size, shape of the fruit and the way in which it is consumed. The most outstanding is the yellowish fruit with hairy skin, although there are also varieties of reddish, pale whitish green and dark green skin. Its strange taste is never sweet enough to enable the consumer to eat it raw, so it is normally used it in the processing of different by-products. Nevertheless, some varieties like Early Sulphur are consumed raw. Other varieties are more suitable to be cooked, like Careless, Leveller, Whinham"s Industry and Howard"s Lancer, and the rest are intended for processing jam and preserves, like Keepsake and Lancashire Lad. Apart from this species of currant there are other species like red currant and blackcurrant. Gooseberries grow solitary, not in clusters, in Europe and America. It does not grow in clusters and it is larger than red currant. This fruit is used to make cakes, sherbets, jelly and syrup. It is an ingredient for puddings, fruit salads and chutneys. To make gooseberry jam it is recommended to harvest the berries when they are still pale green, since their pectin content diminishes soon after they have reached the maturation point. The skin of ripe gooseberries is hard and it looses its colour with the heat treatment. Gooseberries are also served as garnish for meat and fish dishes. They have a high content of pectin and citric acid. The energetic value for each 100 g of fresh product is between 34-40 kcal. Its composition is quite similar to that of red currant. It is the richest in vitamin A of all the currant species, although its content of minerals and other vitamins is very similar to the content in red currants. Our Gooseberries are sourced from growers in Germany, Ukraine, Poland and UK. To find out more about our Gooseberries please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Red Grouper: 1 x 20' container, specified to buyers requirements.
Illex Squid: 1 x 20' container, specified to buyers requirements.
Scallops: 1 x 20' container, specified to buyers requirements.
The fruit of the Rambutan tree is usually bright red though there are also orange and yellow varieties. Rambut means hair in IndoMalay and the fruit could be described as a golf-ball sized red fruit covered in green Velcro fibers. Breaking open the skin reveals a fleshy translucent or whitish fruit containing a large seed. The fruit is sweet with a mildly acidic flavor. The best Rambutan are said to come from Surat Thani province where they were first planted in 1926. Rambutan is easily canned and thus available throughout the world in a sweet syrup. Our Rambutan comes from growers in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam. To find out more about our Rambutan please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Spinach is considered a super food. This green, leafy vegetable has many nutrients which makes it a popular choice. Spinach cultivation has always been very successful for decades. It is also very easy to cultivate, requiring only basic techniques of farming. Spinach is rich in vitamins, proteins, iron, minerals and a lot of other essential minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Our spinach is sourced from growers in Thailand, China, Japan, Turkey and Italy. To find out more about our Bitter Gourd please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
The Apricot is a fruit originating from the North of China. It has a rounded shape and its size is somewhat smaller than that of a peach. The color of its skin is yellow-orange with reddish hues. Its flesh is juicy and its flavor is sweet. It is one of the fruits richest in carotenes, especially in beta-carotenes, with Pro Vitamin A activity and which helps in the prevention of cataracts, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Recommended for stress and heavy digestion. In addition, it contains small amounts of flavonoids with antithrombotic and antioxidant activity. Our Apricots are sourced from growers in Turkey, Italy, Ukraine, Japan and Spain. To find out more about our Fresh Apricot please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
It is believed the Raspberry originated in Greece. From there it spread to Italy, England, the Netherlands and later to the United States and Chile. In Spain there are producing areas Huelva, Asturias, Cáceres and the Maresme area in Barcelona. Raspberries have a conical or round shape. Small in size (its base is between 15 and 20 millimeters in diameter). It is formed by many granites of velvety textured balls grouped very close to each other. The color of the Raspberry varies depending on the particular variety. Its texture is soft. The pulp is juicy and has a bittersweet taste. It is very aromatic. Inside it contains a multitude of tiny seeds. Our Raspberries are sourced from growers in Russia, Poland and Serbia. To find out more about our Raspberries please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
Blackcurrant is a berry of translucent pulp with red or green tones and bittersweet taste. The fruit is small, of black-blue color and spherical shape, with an intense taste when completely ripe. This berry is covered with hair and its pulp contains multiple small seeds. These fruits are not loose; they grow in clusters. The Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum, belonging to the botanical family of Saxigfragaceae) is the shrub where currants grow. In English its name means â??berry of gooseâ?? because long ago it was the main ingredient of a sauce that went together with goose dishes. Blackcurrant is used to make liquors, wine, juice and jelly. Blackcurrants are extremely rich in sugars, organic acids and vitamin C. The quantity of vitamin C in 250 ml of currants is three times superior to that contained in a small orange. Blackcurrants are excellent laxatives. They must be consumed in a short time, otherwise, they will spoil. In the fridge, at 4ºC of temperature, they last for one week. The output is used in the food industry that uses Blackcurrants for processing syrups, jelly and refreshing drinks. A characteristic liquor is made by means of macerating them in brandy and adding syrup. They are also used in chemists to improve flavors and as a source of food coloring. Our Blackcurrants are sourced from growers in China, Japan, Poland, UK and Ukraine. To find out more about our Blackcurrants please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
The Blueberry is a fruit that grows wild in fresh areas of the N hemisphere. It is a bluish-black, rounded berry measuring 6mm of diameter. It is mainly consumed in jams, cakes or as garnish for various dishes. It is rich in vitamins and it supplies very few calories. The Blueberry pulp is aromatic, juicy and somewhat acid. It contains multiple small brown seeds. In the upper part, this fruit has a small crown that differentiates it from the black currant. The Blueberry is eaten as table dessert, although it is chiefly intended for the processing of several product like jam, puree, stewed fruit, jellies and juices. It is also dried and frozen. In some countries it is even fried or cooked for making soups. As raw fruit they are part of fruit salads and they are eaten with cereals, crepes and waffles. They are eaten with cream, orange juice or with a drop of Grand Marnier, a liquor made with orange. The Cranberries are used to make buns, bread, pies, cakes and sherbets. They are garnish for turkey dishes. The Blueberries are rich in vitamin A and C, and they supply very few calories, since they contain few fats and proteins. They are rich in anthocyans, some substances that are beneficial for the digestive apparatus. Our Blueberries are sourced from growers in Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Germany. To find out more about our Blueberries please contact sales@crescoproduce.com.
