Koppert Cress intrigued Fruit Logistica visitors with its premium products, which included seaweed, grown as cress, ultra-sweet tomatoes and plant-made vase, Venus.
“Gourmet restaurants are really enthusiastic about the mini-seaweed varieties,” said Koppert’s marketing manager Liesbeth Boekestein.
The Venus vase, which looks like a small pitcher, is the pouch of the insectivorous Nepenthes plant (monkey cup), which can be used as an exotic container for sauces, soups or drinks.
Koppert Cress has seen its turnover grow 35 per cent in the last year, with most of its products going to the UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
