Gac fruit and mini-mango from Thailand

Gac fruit and mini-mango from Thailand

Gac fruit, little known in Europe but widely popular in Southeast Asia, is being exhibited at FRUIT LOGISTICA by Soonthorn Sritawee at his Blue River company stand, and has attracted a lot of interest among trade fair visitors. The prickly fruit, which is red when ripe, contains ten times more carotene than a carrot and seventy times more of the antioxidant lycopin as a tomato. While the market opportunities for this product are still being tested in Europe, mini-mangos, which are eaten like a plum, are already being supplied to Europe. According Sritawee, the lychee-like longon fruit, which can be used in sweet-and-sour dishes as well as for compote, may be less suitable for the European market due to their very sweet flavour. (Hall 5.2, Stand B-02. Contact: Soonthorn Sritawee, tel.: +66 81 8800143, e-mail: soonthornsri@yahoo.com)