Britain'sfavouritefreshproducemagazinesince1895
ByNinaPullman
Monday30thNovember2015,9:35GMT
Asdatosellfirst
UK-grownseedless
tablegrapes
'Breakthrough'trialinKenthasyielded
atleasttwosuccessfulseedlesstable
grapevarietiesexpectedtobeinstoresin
2016
A
TraditionallytheUKhasnotbeenaproduceroftable
grapes
sda is set to stock what it claims
grape right for our customers, as the
ForthefirsttimeeverintheUK,thesenew
aretheUK’sfirst-everretail-ready
climate in the UK means we don’t always
tablegrapesareexactlywhatyou’dexpect
seedless table grapes in mid 2016
getthesunshineandlightneededforthisto
toseeonasupermarketshelf,inbothlook
developwithinthegrape,”saidAsdagrapes
andtaste,”Goldbacheradded.
afterasuccessfulgrowingtrialinKent.
categorymanager,AlbertoGoldbacher.
Thetrialhasbeentakingplaceoverthelast
Asda said it is hoping to educate growers
three years using eight varieties of red,
“We’ve now seen great promise and are
across the UK to develop UK table grape
green and black table grapes. Spanish
happytomoveforwardwiththistrialona
productionintoanindustry-wideinitiative
growers travelled to the UK as part of the
muchlargerscale.”
by2018.
The new UK crop of grapes will be
Theretailersaiditsells1.4millionpunnets
harvested between August and October,
of grapes every week, and currently
At least two varieties of seedless table
meaning they will be on shelf to coincide
imports the fruit from 15 different
grapes can now be grown in UK soil, Asda
withtheSpanishgrapeseasonending.
countries, primarily Spain, but also India,
initiative to offer growing advice, with
progressregularlymonitored.
said, with 2015 as the first year the grape
vineshavebeenfullofedibleproduce.The
cropisexpectedtobeinstoresearlynext
year.
SouthAmericaandChile.
Assuch,Asdasaidthemovewillreduceits
carbonfootprintasitwon’thavetosource
as many grapes from countries such as
Brazil.
“It’s incredibly exciting to be reaping the
rewardsofthistrial,wehavetestedlotsof
different varieties of grapes over the last
“Grapes grown in the UK have previously
only been suitable for making wine as
threeyearsandourmainproblemhasbeen
they’re typically very small, have a thick
gettingthesweetnessofthe
skinandhavealargeseedinthemiddle.
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