Apples are stored in refrigerated cells at approximately 0.5 to 2.5 °C and under low oxygen. These storage conditions slow down the ripening process of the apples and put them into a kind of hibernation. They’re kept in this state until the apples are removed from the refrigerated cell. Using the so-called CA storage technique (controlled atmosphere), apples can be stored for up to twelve months. Besides this storage technique, there are several other methods that slow down the ripening of apples after harvest, thereby making them last longer.

As soon as purchasers have placed their orders, the apples go out once again into the fresh air. The crates are first taken out of the warehouse and brought to the sorting machine. Once there, they are transported by water and sorted according to shape, color, size, peel purity, and signs of damage. In this phase, a photo is taken of every apple. In the next step, they return once again, now sorted, to the large crates. Finally, they are washed with drinking water and brushed, packed in different forms of packaging, labeled, and transported to the customers.

Our Guarantee: Thanks to the barcode with which every crate is provided upon delivery to the fruit cooperative, every apple can be traced back to the individual grower. Only those apples which have a uniform size, shape, and color, which have residues below the prescribed limit, and which have been labeled may leave the fruit cooperative and reach the market.