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Mechanical sowing into a prepared soil bed.
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Thorough visual control: carrots that don’t meet our quality demands are removed.
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Mechanical harvesting of the carrots.
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Hydro cooling: During the washing process carrots are rinsed with ice-cold water to enhance shelf life.
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Unwashed storage in cool stores at 1°C to ensure delivery all year round and to guarantee that the carrots retain their flavour and nutritional value.
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Fully mechanical sorting by size and weight.
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Unwashed carrots are unloaded in boxes or bulk at the pack house in Dendermonde.
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11/14
The carrots are packed per size and packing type by 10 different production lines to fulfil specific orders from our customers.
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Foreign bodies are removed throughout the washing process. Carrots are thoroughly washed.
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Controls are performed daily on the water, temperature, quality, absence of metals and the weight of the bags.
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Brushing machine: Fine roots and other impurities are removed from the carrots, in order to achieve a product with a smooth surface and nice colour.
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Mechanical supply of empty boxes to the production lines.
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7/14
All carrots pass through an optical sorting machine that performs the first quality selection.
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Deliveries just-in-time with our own trucks.
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