DURIAN
Durian is a unique tropical fruit, mostly grown in Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Vietnam with its rich humid climate and enough warmth, is an ideal place for durian to grow. Durian is commonly grown in the Southeast, Central Highlands, and Mekong Delta regions.
Durian is a fruit with a recognizable appearance distinguished by its large size, spiky,and hard outer shell. Inside, the fruit has got custard-like flesh with large seeds. Durian’s most famous attribute is its heavy pungent smell. Durian’s taste is described as a mixture of flavors such as almonds, garlic, cheese, and caramel. However, durian is still favored by the general public.
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How to eat
In Southeast Asian cuisine, durian is often selected for processing into sweet or savory dishes. Both the flesh and seeds of the durian are edible, but the seeds need to be cooked before eating
Health benefit
Despite its unusual strong aroma, durian contains more nutrients than most fruits. Vitamin C, B vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, fiber, and several other health-beneficial compounds. This earned the fruit the title “King of the fruit”, given its many health benefits. Not only does eating durian can reduce the risk of cancer, containing Polyphenols which have the effect of inhibiting growth and even killing cancer cells. It also contains a lot of iron and folate that stimulate the production of red blood cells, to help people with anemia.
Nutrition value (per 100g):
- Energy: 147 Kcal
- Carbohydrates: 27.09 g
- Protein: 1.47 g
- Total Fat: 5.33 g
- Cholesterol: 0
- Dietary Fibers: 3.8 g
Export Overview
Durian is an agricultural product of exceptionally high value and is currently one of the high-yielding fruits in Southeast Asia. Vietnam began to pick up durian as one of the main exported agricultural products after observing the interest of durian booming in overseas markets. Nevertheless, Vietnam has caught up with other leading exported countries to become the world’s third-largest exporter of durian.
Vietnamese durian has been introduced to so many markets, aside from traditional markets such as Hongkong or Taiwan. Vietnamese durian also became popular in other fastidious markets like the US, Australia and Japan, ...
What’s FOSACHA
FOSACHA offers two varieties for exportation, both are VietGAP and GlobalGAP certified:
1. Ri6 Durian: A Vietnamese durian variety. The fruit has an oval shape and narrow bottom. The thin husk is green but turns yellow when is riped and the seeds are flat. Ri6 Durian’s pulps are even in size, light yellow, have a characteristic aroma, and a sweet taste
2. Monthong Durian: A Thai durian variety. The fruit is green or gray, ovate or oblong, with thick spines. The pulp has a light aroma, light yellow color, thick and dry, can be preserved for a long time.
Aside from Fresh Whole durian, FOSACHA also provides frozen durian pulp, Monthong variety and packaged in-tray of 500g/each.
FOSACHA works directly with our farms throughout the production process, from planting, harvesting to sorting and grading the top quality of the durian for any potential importers from international markets. We do follow the international standards way of packing.
FOSACHA is confident that we will always provide our customers with high-quality products that satisfy global consumers.
Moreover, FOSACHA provides a solution to all the challenges of establishing a traceability system with unlimited information. The information that has been updated on the system cannot be changed and is suitable for product traceability. Therefor the importers won’t need to worry about the product’s origin.
Packing: Fresh/Frozen whole piece and frozen pulp
If you are looking for a reputable supplier to import high-quality, VietGAP and GlobalGAP compliant Vietnamese durian, as well as establish a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership, pleasefeel free to contact us with the following information for further discussion.
Storage advice
- Production lead time: 7-10 days upon packaging requirements
- Storage recommendation: Stored in a cool, dry place at 12°C and CBM 20%
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