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| PRODUCT | MALTESE FROM TUNISIA | |||||||||||||||||||
| Characteristics | Orange to juice and to eat; expert consider it as the best orange in the world. It has its place among the luxury oranges | |||||||||||||||||||
| Family | Rutaceae family , Citrus Simensis species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Variety | Blood and half blood orange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Production | 100 000 T mainly in Cap Bon area 25 000 T exported (no treatment after harvest) |
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| Tonnage A. Fabre | 4 000 T | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Conservation | 15 days to 3 weeks at 5° to 8° (Celsius) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shipping | 95 % by boat 5% by containers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Palettisation | 80% on pallets100x120 20% on pallets 80x120 |
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| Packaging | On pallet 100x120: 64 cardboard boxes 50x30/65 cardboard boxes 60x40 On pallet 80x120: 48 cardboard boxes 50x30 String bag and Girsac 2kg and 1 kg – Consumer unit 2,5 kg |
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| Arrival | 100% in Marseilles by daily boat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exclusive brands | BF, LYNA, SOLTANA, CEPA, MOUNIA, ZINETTE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Caliber | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Diameter | 77/88mm | 73/84mm | 70/80mm | 67/76mm | 64/73mm | 60/68mm | ||||||||||||||
| Maltese and health | The orange is rich in vitamin C (53mg/100g): an orange allows practically the recommended daily contribution. Other assets are that the orange has a low nutrition fact (45 kcal/100g) and it is also a good source of calcium (40mg/100g instead of 10mg/100g for most of fruits). Furthermore, the fruit's organic acids play a favourable part in the calcic assimilation. So, the orange's biological use is very close to milk. Finally, these organic acids incite the digestive secretions and facilitate a good assimilation of foods | |||||||||||||||||||
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