Avocado packing software Australia
Avocado packing software Australia for packer, wholesaler, and exporter of Australian avocado.
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Avocado packing shed.
Having navigated the harvest process and delivery to our packing shed we then ensure that our avocados are safely and securely packed. The trip through market systems around Australia can be tough on an avocado and we try to prepare them for the journey. All through the packing process we are trying to avoid bruising through a combination of careful handling and cooling.
Precooling
Avocados that are cooled to 5oC are far more tolerant of bruising and less likely to rot as they soften. At Avowest our avocados are loaded into coolrooms as soon as they are harvested. Early in our harvest season (July) this is barely necessary due to cold winter temperatures. Sometimes it’s warmer inside the coolrooms than outside.
Precooling using coolrooms
Precooling using coolrooms
Water bath
From our bulk bins the avocados are gently tipped into a water bath to begin their journey through the grading and sizing machinery. This allows us to transfer the avocados from the harvest bins without bruising. The chlorinated water is also chilled to minimise bruising.
Water Bath
The water also helps to clean up our avocados.
Out Of Water Bath
Out the water they go
Packaging
The packaging used at Avowest is cardboard trays with a moulded fibre insert. Both are made using a mixture of recycled and new pulp material. They are completely recyclable and renewable. They also absorb shocks and moisture to help us get our avocados to the customer in the best condition.
Avowest recyclable & renewable cardboard trays and moulded fibre inserts
Avowest recyclable & renewable cardboard trays and moulded fibre inserts
Back in the coolroom
Once our avocados have been sized and graded into trays it’s back in the coolroom as soon as possible. Research commissioned by Avocados Australia clearly shows that maintaining the cool chain is critical for supplying the best quality avocados to retailers. Our avocados will stay in coolrooms until they are transported to ripening and distribution centres on refrigerated trucks.
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We’re avocado experts
And so are our team of 120 growers. We’re also innovators when it comes to using the latest technology to optimize the supply chain.
As a result, not only do our avocados reach our retail, wholesale, foodservice and import partners quickly – but they’re consistently high quality when it comes to taste, look and feel.
The Avolution avocados are Shepard and Hass. They start their journey on our growers’ farms around Australia. Thanks to their expertise (and key guidance when it comes to the latest horticultural insight on everything from crop management to soil fertility), they’re grown in optimal conditions – then picked at exactly the right moment.
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From there, our cutting-edge supply chain approach comes into its own. We’re renowned for our ability to shorten the time it takes our avocados to travel from harvest to customer, ripening, packing and transporting them at exactly the right temperature. Our innovative use of Escavox data logging technology enables us to hold all aspects of the supply chain to account in real time.
With this approach, we give you security of supply along with the confidence that every avocado is of the same high quality and delicious taste. And this scalable model means we’re known for meeting customer needs and matching your specifications every time – whatever the size of your business.
Avocado packing Software for Australian Packaging Standards
Don’s Fort Packing is wholly owned by the Donovan Family, who have been growing & packing Avocados for the past 25 years in Bundaberg, Queensland.
The Donovan’s are one of Australia’s largest avocado growers and have built this state of the art facility primarily to process their own produce. However, the plant has tremendous capacity and the facility will be available to process 3rd party fruit for selected growers.
Don's Fort Packing are experienced fruit processors who are focused on getting the optimal return for our produce by leveraging the technology and capabilities of this new facility.
Our systems are not focused on delivering a low cost service that fails to deliver real value for our customers.
We understand the competing challenges of optimising pack outs, meeting market specifications and minimising processing and packaging costs as we grow, process, pack and market our own produce through the same facility.