Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
BASF’s vegetable seeds business has developed a tearless onion variety which has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. The yellow onion variety constitutes a breakthrough in vegetable innovation and is a real gamechanger as the first tearless onion available to the market, says BASF. According to the firm, it’s a result of more than three decades of conventional breeding efforts. Its benefit: while onions usually become more pungent while being stored, this variety becomes milder and sweeter over time. Pilot sales of Sunions started in Italy in December 2021 and in the UK and France in January 2022. In Germany, it will hit supermarket shelves from February. It was already launched in the U.S. and Canada in 2017 and in Spain in 2020. The fresh onions will be marketed by trading partners under the brand name Sunions. “The tearless onion is a clear example of our ambition to make healthy eating enjoyable,” says Bilgehan Suer, regional crop lead at vegetable seeds and project leader for Sunions Europe. “Different consumer studies confirmed that consumers love to eat Sunions raw as much as baked, stir-fried and cooked.” Value chain collaboration Grown from a seed variety from…
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BASF’s vegetable seeds business has developed a tearless onion variety which has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. The yellow onion variety constitutes a breakthrough in vegetable innovation and is a real gamechanger as the first tearless onion available to the market, says BASF. According to the firm, it’s a result of more than three decades of conventional breeding efforts. Its benefit: while onions usually become more pungent while being stored, this variety becomes milder and sweeter over time. Pilot sales of Sunions started in Italy in December 2021 and in the UK and France in January 2022. In Germany, it will hit supermarket shelves from February. It was already launched in the U.S. and Canada in 2017 and in Spain in 2020. The fresh onions will be marketed by trading partners under the brand name Sunions. “The tearless onion is a clear example of our ambition to make healthy eating enjoyable,” says Bilgehan Suer, regional crop lead at vegetable seeds and project leader for Sunions Europe. “Different consumer studies confirmed that consumers love to eat Sunions raw as much as baked, stir-fried and cooked.” Value chain collaboration Grown from a seed variety from…
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