02 — Manifesto
For a tomato exporter the real question is not flavour but repetition. A retail buyer who approves a grade once expects the same grade on the next order. That is what Sunvital is built for, across 32,000 m² under glass: a closed environment, measured water, packing under one roof. The season changes; the case does not.
03 — The facility
- Covered area
- 32,000m²
- Altitude
- 1,030m
Destination-specific figures quoted per RFQ.
- Venlo glass structure with shade screen and ridge ventilation
- Soilless growing on coco coir substrate
- Drip irrigation with automated fertigation
- Computer-controlled climate
- Natural pollination by bumblebees
- Biological pest control and sticky traps
04 — System
No soil.No variables.
Every plant grows in coco coir substrate, fed by drip line in measured doses. Taking soil out removes the one input that behaves differently from one season to the next.
05 — The product
Ripened on the vine, picked on the vine.
Harvest follows the ripeness stage. Grade, truss weight and shelf-life targets are set against the destination market.
- Target caliber
- M 57–67 mm · L 67–82 mm
- Fruit weight
- 120–150 g
- Fruit per truss
- 5–6, pruned
- Brix
- 4.5–6.0
- Shelf life
- 14–21 days
These are glasshouse production targets; batch values are provided with the analysis report.
Private label and customer branding available.
Destination-specific figures quoted per RFQ.
06 — Harvest
The cold chain starts at harvest.
Picking, grading, boxing and pre-cooling run as one flow. The chain is not broken between the row and the cold store.
- Harvest to loading
- Harvest · Grading and sizing · Boxing · Pre-cooling · Cold store · Reefer loading
Tomatoes are never stored below 10 °C. Cold damages them, and both flavour and texture go with it.
Temperature, humidity and timing figures quoted per RFQ.
07 — Dispatch
Palletised under our own label.
Graded fruit goes into SUNVITAL cartons. Palletising and dispatch stay in one pair of hands.
Delivery terms and the shipping plan are set per destination market.
- Incoterms
- EXW · FCA · CPT · CIF · DAP
Destination-specific figures quoted per RFQ.
08 — Calendar
For most of the year.
A closed environment carries the harvest window past what open field allows.
- January — No harvest
- February — No harvest
- March — Harvest
- April — Harvest
- May — Harvest
- June — Harvest
- July — Harvest
- August — Harvest
- September — Harvest
- October — Harvest
- November — Harvest
- December — Harvest
The harvest begins at the end of February.
09 — Quote
Request a quote.
Tell us your destination market, the calibre you need and the volume. We will come back with pricing and a shipping plan of your own.