New Melon Variety This Season From Costa Rica…..Called Tiko!

New Melon Variety This Season From Costa Rica…..Called Tiko!

Melon season runs from January to April in Costa Rica with planting beginning in mid-October.  This year, the company Exporpack have developed their own melon variety called “Tiko”.

This delicious small melon weighing 1.25 kg, has a unique and distinct flavor with a good level of natural sugars (up to 17 Brix).  The unusual ovoid shape with its oriental appearance has a beautiful aromatic salmon colored flesh, which due to its firmness, stays fresh for much longer than other melon varieties.

EXPORPACK´S NEW MELON: TIKO

New Melon Variety This Season From Costa Rica.....Called Tiko!

 

Exporpack is the main supplier of melons for Wal-Mart supermarkets in the U.S and Tesco in the United Kingdom, where the company have recently celebrated their 30th anniversary.  Agustin José Penón, the grandson of the founder, has been managing the business for 20 years and is responsible for building the company to become Costa Rica´s biggest melon producers.

Operations manager, Gustavo Estrada proudly explains the company´s policy on environmental sustainability with holding the world´s first PAS 2060 certification by any melon producer.  Without increasing production areas, Estrada believes their improved efficiency is the key to success, “we do not want to saturate the market and are now exactly where we want to be”.

For more information:
Gustavo Estrada K. – Operations Manager
EXPORPACK S.A.
Tel.: +506 2697-0466
www.exporpack.com

 

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