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Bühler's SORTEX PolarVision™
technology safeguards quality of
Blåtand's super berries
®
SORTEX optical sorting technology is helping world-class
berry supplier Blåtand AB to drive efficiency in
processing its wild berries, as it gears up for growth and
expansion into new markets. This leading international
food company supplies high quality frozen berries, jams
and fruit preparations to caterers, restaurants,
wholesalers and retailers in the food industry. It prides
itself on its environmentally-friendly, ethical production
that meets the highest of standards across the entire
chain, from forest to customer.
Blåtand's hand-picked berries include deep-blue
bilberries and bright-red lingonberries, a traditional
Swedish staple. These health boosting berries are
increasingly in demand around the world, as consumers
turn to them for their flavour and nutrient rich properties.
In fact, research published by Rabobank last year
highlights that European berry consumption is on track
to mirror the success of the fruit in the US, where the
healthy image of berries has helped them to become the
highest-value fresh produce category, with sales worth
more than $5.6 billion.

A year of worldwide success for CSO
Italy's “Freshness from Europe” project
The “Freshness from Europe” Project, funded by the
European Union, the Italian Government and CSO Italy in
association with Apoconerpo, Alegra and Naturitalia,
Apofruit, Assomela, Cico Mazzoni, Made in Blu,
Oranfrizer, Origine Group, Ceradini Group and Conserve
Italia, concluded its second year of international promotion
of fresh and processed fruit and vegetable produce at the
Summer Fancy Food in New York.
It has been a busy year of international operations for
CSO Italy, which, within the three-year Project with total
funding of 3.6 million Euro, organised more than 210
promotion days in the various target countries, from China
to the United Arab Emirates, North America and Japan.
There was a strong focus on China, with the project
launched in Beijing in January with top Chinese authorities of
the agriculture sector and Italian companies in attendance.

Quintessentially British Tea Lounge
launches at DUKES Dubai
DUKES Dubai, the quintessentially British hotel on Palm
Jumeirah, is welcoming guests in true UK style, and what
could be more British than a lovely cup of tea, a round of
cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches, and scones
with clotted cream and strawberry jam, displayed
impeccably on a high-tiered cake stand?
The Tea Lounge has opened its doors on the third floor
of the hotel, serving traditional afternoon tea as well as a

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