Making News this week
What’s Happening in News this week Wet Winter sets up bumper stonefruit crop Fruit lovers can look forward to a bumper crop of sweet s...
The name speaks for itself! The Professional Fruit Supplier of Sydney Markets, ProFruit provide a professional and personalised service to the full range of retail outlets throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
ProFruit was built on the hard work and success of A&H Fruit Supply and has joined with the Cremona family to include Apples, Pears, Grapes, Berries, Avocado’s, Mangoes, Kiwi Fruit, Chestnuts and Exotics – as well as A&H’s signature lines of Citrus and Stone Fruits.
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Recipes
Throw some fruit on the barbie Sweet and healthy treat … grilled pineapple. Spring’s here, which means many of us will be cleani...
Introducing The Chosen Ones: The best of Aussie stone fruit…Perfectly Picked for Flavour.
A new era in stone fruit marketing: • The Chosen Ones brand stands for premium quality, exceptionally delicious stone fruit. • Only spec...
Summer Fruit Auction to welcome the start of stone fruit season
Sydney Markets welcomes the start of a new tradition this year with the inaugural Summer Fruit Auction to be held on Wednesday 28 October 20...
Fig, Rocket, Prosciutto and Feta Pizza
Looking for an easy dish with some real WOW factor to it? Your Local Greengrocer has all the ingredients to turn your dreams of WOW food int...
Tevita’s journey to joy
When only weeks old, Tevita Afemui was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). It is the most common form of NF, affecting the bodies...
Apricot Cobbler
Ingredients Around 5 or 6 medium sized apricots, stone removed and sliced Zest of 1 orange 3/4 cup sifted self raising flour 1/3 cup sifted ...
November’s FreshIncite Now Available
November’s FreshIncite Now Available Freshlogic is pleased to release its latest edition of freshIncite – a concise monthly fo...
Fun Snack – Fruit Necklace
If you are looking for a great way to entertain the kids and feed them a healthy and tasty treat, try these fruit necklaces. 1. First, gathe...
In Season: Apples
While the weather is cold and the days are short, it is easy to make some less than healthy choices when choosing what food to eat, but heal...
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade? Naturally sweet, frothy and refreshing! Strawberry Lemonade (Serves 4) 1 Cup Chopped Fresh Strawberries, stemm...
Best fruit to store in the fruit bowl
Having a central fruit bowl in the house is a great way to encourage the family to eat a piece of fruit if they want a snack. The vibrant co...
It’s Vitamin C Time!
With the cooler weather settling in, it’s important to top up your levels of vitamin C to keep potential colds and flu at bay. Did you kno...
Sydney Markets generosity helps a Community in need
Lowood is a delightful town in the Somerset Region, at the southern end of the beautiful Brisbane Valley. In January 2011, the Queensland ...
What’s Happening in Fresh Produce
Coles sales rise despite grocery price war Wesfarmers has reported a rise in third-quarter sales at its Coles supermarkets despite a record ...
Australian Persimmons: things you’d like to know
Australian Persimmons Varieties 1. The Sweet Persimmon (non-astringent) The sweet persimmon is round, with a diameter of around 10cm. The fr...
Families Delve into stories about food and farmers at the Royal Easter Show
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson today encouraged families to pick up a copy of Delve at the Easter Show to find out wher...
10 Rules for Healthy and Happy Kids!
The team at Super Healthy Kids have read the research, sorted through the muck, eliminated the controversy, and identified the biases! Then,...
Suppliers promoting actions against Australian supermarket ‘duopoly’
More than 60 per cent of senior executives in Australia believe the Australian Government should intervene in, and regulate, the activities ...
1 in 3 young Aussies will get diabetes: researchers
One in three of today’s young Australians will go on to develop diabetes, according to new figures. A new assessment of national healt...
Lemon Curd and Quick and Easy Lemon Tarts
Ingredients: 2 cups caster sugar 4 lemons zested and juiced (yielding approximately 160ml juice), at room temperature 4 eggs, at room temper...
Williams Pears
Make the most of in season William pears to make scrumptious summer desserts. William pears are a medium to large pear with yellow skin when...
Fat Free TV
The good folks over at Cancer Council NSW recently launched Fat Free TV. And no, the initiative is not a campaign to ban all those weight lo...
Eat Well, Spend Less: 5 Ways to Make Food More Fun (For Kids)
Eat Well, Spend Less: 5 Ways to Make Food More Fun [For Kids] Meet Katie Goodwin, author of GoodLife Eats, a website where she shares her li...
Choc Chip Pancakes With Maple Nectarines
Choc Chip Pancakes With Maple Nectarines Choc Chip Pancakes With Maple Nectarines Serves 41 bottle pancake mix 30g butter 1/2 cup dark choc ...
Beat the lunch box blues
If ever children have a finicky food preference, it will be outed the moment it is placed between two slices of bread. It is a morning – o...
It’s Healthy Weight Week
Do you ever find that you want to eat healthier, but you just aren’t sure how? Or do you look at fruit and veg and think something els...
Australia carbendazim ban for orange juice
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) have announced that oranges and orange juice sold in Australia will not be permitted to contain...
The Year of the Farmer hits the road!
Year of the Farmer hits the road NINE Toyota Landcruisers will start hitting the road this week to celebrate the Australian Year of the Farm...
Mango Sorbet
With mangos at their seasonal peak right now there’s not a better time of the year, wherever you live, to buy a tray of fat beauties and t...
An unlikely couple
I love Summer. The warm weather, the beach, daylight savings, and I especially love how easy it is to throw together a quick and easy dinner...
8 hair care treatments you can make yourself
Eggs, yogurt and honey are, at first glance, all components of a tasty breakfast — but they also happen to be hair treatment ingredients, ...
The Kitchen Spa
Help your skin survive unpredictable weather with these two essential steps: exfoliation and moisturisation. Skin-cell buildup leads to dryn...
Weed App on Show
FARMERS will soon be able to use smart phones to better identify problem weeds, using a new phone application. The popular GRDC ‘Weeds: Th...
Sydney Markets Gives Flood Victims a Helping Hand
Earlier this year, many growing areas in Queensland Australia were devastated by floods that engulfed farms and towns alike. Tens of thousan...
Sydney Wholesaler wins prestigious industry award
It was applause all round when well known Sydney Markets wholesaler, Mark Kelly was announced as the recipient of the prestigious Industry M...
Pacific Island seasonal workers scheme achieves permanency
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the announcement that the Seasonal Workers Scheme for the Pacific Region and East Timo...
Building on trust
The food on in our supermarkets is safer and fresher than ever before, but farmers and food companies face a significant new-age contaminati...
Holy Guacamole
There’s been precious little cheer for many fruit growers along the River Murray in recent years. Drought, over supply, poor prices an...
Sydney Markets Cherry Auction 2011
Come to the Cherry Auction this Wednesday 9 November at Sydney Markets. Located between A and B Sheds and starting from 6:45am, entertainmen...
Amron’s Vanishing Fruit Wash Labels
From the creator of the Key/Ring comes the Fruit Wash Label. These fruit labels dissolve into an organic fruit cleansing Produce Wash that ...
This week in fresh produce
Avocado Price Plummets Supply of avocado’s have reached a peak with supplies available from all over Australia and the New Zealand imp...
Australian shoppers struggle to stay loyal to local, survey finds
Despite two-thirds (67 per cent) of Australian consumers saying they believe it is important for grocery products to be sourced locally, onl...
Haling the cider boom
The humble apple is gaining a new lease on life as the popularity of cider continues to grow. Hail storms need no longer mean devastation fo...
Community assistance required for fruit fly control program
NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) is calling for community assistance to help protect the region’s valuable fruit production ...
Australia’s first farm comes alive again to launch Year of the Farmer 2012
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, the site of Australia’s first European farm, welcomed farmers, farm animals, farm machinery and a map of Aus...
Making News This Week
Foodie pledges support for GV co-op Culinary cult hero Peter Russell-Clarke could soon be a regular face in the region, having pledged his s...
Australian Mango Varieties
The Mango season is upon us. Prices might start high but they don’t take long to come down so we can all enjoy this delicious summer f...
The Goodness of Fresh Fruit and Veggies
Fruit and vegetables – benefits – Fruit and vegetables are an important part of your daily diet. They contain vitamins and min...
Sweet Success for Apple Crunch
The Big Apple Crunch at Denistone East Primary School was a huge success. Hundreds of Denistone East students, parents and teachers gathered...
The ProFruit Way
When it comes to fruit, every piece has a purpose. When sourcing fresh fruit, ProFruit are conscience of the many businesses they cater to and their changing needs. Many businesses in the fresh food chain pride themselves on only selling the best of the best. ProFruit like to take a well-rounded approach to buying and selling fresh produce. Quality counts. If you’re after the best of the best, and it’s available, ProFruit will have it, they’ll also have fruit that comes in a close second and third too.
The Chosen Ones
This Summer, choose the new stone fruit brand designed to increase your sales and profits.
The Chose Ones – the best of Aussie stone fruit, Perfectly Picked for Flavour.
A new era in stone fruit marketing:
- The Chosen Ones brand stands for premium quality, exceptionally delicious stone fruit.
- Only specially selected, high flavour varieties from our 1,000+ variety test orchard qualify for the brand. • Provides shoppers with consistently delicious fruit they can trust.
- Research shows consumers are often disappointed in stone fruit taste. Buying The Chosen Ones eliminates disappointment and makes choosing great tasting stone fruit easy.