"Since the start of the cooperation between KRONEN and food technology organization SPRK.global in February 2022, several processing plants have become food rescuers by regularly sourcing high quality produce from the retail platform run by the start-up.

This not only has a positive impact in terms of resource and climate protection but also enables customers to benefit from produce available at a reduced purchase price."

The cooperation between SPRK.global and KRONEN delivers positive results: Since the start of the cooperation between KRONEN and the food technology organization SPRK.global in February 2022, several processing plants have already become food rescuers by regularly sourcing high quality produce from the retail platform run by the start-up. This not only has a positive impact in terms of resource and climate protection but also enables customers to benefit from produce available at a reduced purchase price.

Be it as an entire fruit or sliced, peeled or with its peel on, and as a snack between meals or an ingredient in meals, apples are one of the most popular fruits in many regions worldwide. Every year, millions of tons of apples are cultivated, imported and exported, and processed all over the world – mainly because they can be successfully stored all year round, and not just during the harvest season.

"IT’S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS since visitors and exhibitors last met in Berlin, Germany, for Fruit Logistica, which has kept equipment suppliers from showcasing new developments in person. Given the goahead for 2022, the trade fair opened its doors and welcomed over 40,000 visitors. Kronen was there to showcase its GEWA AF and GEWA XL leafy greens washing equipment. In a recent interview, Russell Quandt, Kronen sales manager for the U.S., explained what makes the washers so innovative."

This shade-loving vegetable is not only healthy but also much more versatile than people may think: chicory can be served as a salad, sautéed as a side dish, coated in cheese and baked in the oven, or enjoyed as individual leaves with a variety of fillings. It also offers plenty of healthy nutrients and is therefore now available all year round.

From the farm to the fruit and vegetable wholesaler with a huge convenience range: Kuttner in Austria introduces new healthy bowls to its range.

Ever since convenience products were first introduced to its range, the family company Kuttner has been processing its vegetable produce with KRONEN machines.

The VitERz.fruit research project at the BMKW Innovation Day for SMEs:

Since May 2020, KRONEN’s development team and the German Institute of Food Technology (DIL e.V.) have been working on the development of a prototype line that can guide fruits onto a measuring flume separately with perfect orientation so that they can then be classified.

Foodlink from the USA uses cutting machines and a hygienization system from KRONEN to process ingredients:

Foodlink, a food bank in New York State, produces over 5,000 healthy meals a day to feed those in need in the Rochester community, and also supplies schools and day cares, and their own Community Café.

Be it in sandwiches or ready-to-eat mixed salads, tomatoes are an absolute must and an extremely popular ingredient worldwide for meals ranging from fast food to everyday dishes and right through to haute cuisine. Against this background, the processing of tomatoes also plays an important role in the fresh-cut sector, in which ensuring optimal processing hygiene and excellent cutting quality, even in the case of ripe fruit, are particularly important.

GEWA AF and GEWA XL: for the gentle and economical washing of large quantities:

With the GEWA AF and the GEWA XL, KRONEN is bringing two high-performance washing machines and new hygiene standards to the market. The newly developed GEWA AF pre-washing machine uses a new and unique “Active Flume” washing system. It was specially developed to wash floating, leafy products, to submerge light, delicate products without mechanical stress, and to handle production peaks.