JD Cooling has become the exclusive UK distributor of ripening system Softripe.
The new technology is described as 'revolutionising the ripening process for better-quality and more natural tasting end product',ensuring that produce including bananas, avocados and mangoes are ripened to an end quality and taste that will enhance the consumer experience, ultimately increasing demand.
According to the company, Softripe “talks” to the fruit as if it is still on the tree, with the 'stress-free process enhancing quality and flavour and extending the shelf life of the produce.' It also allows themanager to 'suspend' ripened fruit in prime condition, allowing fluctuating order trends to be met with minimal wastage.
The process of adapting each ripening cycle to match the exact demands of the fruit also helps reduce ripening periods by up to 50 per cent, increasing output and delivering significant energy cost savings.
Softripe ripening technology received the silver award in the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2019.
JD Cooling's managing director John Dye said: “This new deal with Softripeis a really exciting time for JD Cooling and UK fruit importers. At a time when every ripening facility faces the challenges of labour and skills shortages, squeezed margins and pressure to reduce food waste, this system delivers multiple benefits across all of these areas.
'Combined with our extensive experience and expertise in delivering state-of-the-art cooling systems along with heat recovery technology, backed up by our nationwide service network of over 70 mobile engineers, JD Cooling and Softripelook forward to changing the face of UK ripening as we move into the next decade and beyond.”
