Growing, Packing & Processing
Growing
The soil and climate of Hyderabad and its surrounding areas are ideal for growing figs. Figs thrive in the Hyderabad’s hot, dry summer sun.
New plantings of fig trees reach bearing age at 1-2 years. Fig trees have tremendous longevity. For Fig Growers, fig production is a year-round business. We are continually preparing the soil, monitoring irrigation and pruning the trees for maximum yields from the orchards.
Unlike other tree fruits or nuts, fig trees have no blossoms on their branches; the flowers are inverted and actually develop inside the fruit. These many tiny flowers produce the crunchy little seeds which give figs their unique texture.
The Brown Turkey fig plant is pruned back in August/ September/ October months. The figs start ripening/harvesting from January and will continue till June. Brown Turkey figs are mostly Exported to various Export Markets mainly UK, Europe, Middle East Asia, Far East Asia, Canada etc. The Export window for Indian fig is open in all these markets between January to June.
All our farms are GLOBAL GAP CERTIFIED and follow the stringent traceability norms. Each and Every lot is tested for MRL(Minimum Residue Limit) as per UK/European standards, upon satisfactory reports for SAFE EATING only, the figs are cleared for packing. On the day of packing, figs are harvested from 6am till 10am, before temperature crosses 25° - 28 ° C. The fruit is immediately loaded into a Refrigirated Van and shifted to the Packing Facility [Exports] where every single fig is checked and graded for size, colour, sugars, physical blemishes etc before packing into the designated boxes as per the customer requirements. The facility is certified to meet all international quality norms. Our Quality Control staff ensures that the highest possible quality standards are met. Figs are immediately Pre-cooled to zero degrees centigrade and on the same day sent to the airport in our Refrigirated Van from where it is sent to the required destination. At 0-4 C the figs can have a shelf life of about 10 days.
Processing/Drying
Deanna figs are mainly dried and packed for domestic market. Upon harvest, the figs are washed, treated with potassium sorbate, processed osmotically to preserve the beautiful golden amber colour, Aroma, Nutritional values etc. The fruit is then shifted into our solar green house drier for drying. Upon drying the moisture content is brought down to 14-31 percent which make our figs plump, moist and delicious.
The fruit is then graded for blemishes and graded into various sizes and packed into specialized food-grade PET boxes.
Quality Assurance
Our Quality Control staff ensures that the highest possible quality standards are met.
Tasty Greens undergoes all micro-biological lab tests giving us access to more in-depth analysis of our products to ensure the finest quality standards.
As a result of our rigorous quality assurance program, our outgoing standards for all of our fig products meet or exceed Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI).
