In this video we visited one of our local partners: Koppert Cress! They are known for, as the name suggests, their cresses. They produce lots of varieties and keep on innovating to create new products. During our visit we stood still by the well known Purple Shiso, a cress with a cumin-like taste. We also got to taste one of Koppert Cress it's new product: Sansho leaves! Small leaves with a citrus taste. A product with a lot of potential!

Throwing away and wasting beautiful fresh produce is something we all want to avoid. It's a waste of all the time and effort put into growing and transporting the produce. Besides that, it's also a waste for the environment when products have to be thrown away. Storing fruits and vegetables in the right way keeps them nice and fresh. This means we don't have to throw away as much! Check out the tips below so you can save extra effort and money!

Organic products have become increasingly popular the last few years. In supermarkets, more and more organic products are available nowadays. But did you know that there are also distinctions within organic growing? There are different ways of Organic growing. For example, you can do it the Rudolf Steiner way, this Austrian man came up with a method in the 1920s that we now call Biodynamic agriculture. Frank de Koning is our Organic grower who follows this method, he produces salad vegetables and we visited him to see how he does it!

Every day pallets full of fresh fruits and vegetables arrive at our warehouse. These are immediately sorted, counted, checked  and put away in the right place under the right conditions. We are in constant contact with our growers about their products and the quality. They always try to provide us with their best products. However, fruits and vegetables are natural products and anything can happen during transport. Therefore we have our own QC-Team that conduct decent quality checks on the incoming products! But how does this work?

A lot is happening in the world. This brings difficulties for many people. There is inflation, but also extreme weather conditions. This also influences the production of fruits and vegetables. Nevertheless, our growers stay positive. They use their knowledge and creativity so they can keep producing high quality produce. We keep in contact with our growers so we can keep providing you with the produce you need! To get a better idea of what exactly is happening, we visited Bert Doelman, our zucchini grower.

Many people think of corn as a vegetable in the form of a yellow corn cob that you can also pop popcorn with. But maize is more than that! The first misconception we must clear up is that maize is not a vegetable but a grain. The second misconception is that there are only yellow corn cobs. In this blog, we will show you this versatile cereal. Interesting for anyone who loves colourful and healthy cooking, hopefully you will be inspired.

Maybe you've had a tomato plant or herb garden before. Great fun and easy too! Well, there are many more fruits and vegetables that you can grow at home. Often an excuse is: 'It will take so long before you get something in return'. But if you think back? How many avocado seeds have you thrown away over the years? They could have been beautiful trees by now! We have been working on our own orchard for a while now ???? . Would you like some tips for growing fruits and vegetables at home? Read more!

Chefs love it: cresses. Small sprouts with an intense flavour. A special addition in the kitchen. Many think it can only be used to garnish a dish. However, nothing is further from the truth, these cresses can be used in many ways. In order to show this, Koppert Cress organizes the 'Cressperience'. One of their chefs will show you the possibilities of these flavour bombs. We recently had the opportunity to try this Cressperience ourselves!

Lettuce season is back! Have you ever looked beyond the normal lettuce varieties? Do you know the Oakleaf red, Lollo Rossa en Lollo Bionda for example? These varieties are unique and make a great combo with the culinary kitchen as a side dish, but also as a main dish / starter.

A unique company “Dutch Wasabi” is located in De Lier, a picturesque town surrounded by windmills and meadows (can’t it be more Dutch?). Wasabi? Isn’t that from Japan? That’s right! But pioneer Sander van Kampen took the challenge to grow Wasabi in the Netherlands a couple years ago. How? Dutch Wasabi is the only company that grows wasabi in the Netherlands and it has grown to a successful company, selling delicious wasabi. We visited Sander and that turned out to be very fun and educational!

Everyone knows the red beetroot. You most probably have eaten it as a stew, as thin sliced carpaccio, in a salad … or even have drunk it as juice.
Did you know beetroot is there in many varieties and colours? Chioggia, forono beetroot, collard green leaves, sugar beet, white beet and yellow beet. The yellow, or golden beetroot, is getting more and more popular. Would you like to know why? I have worked it out for you, will you join me reading it?

Fermentation is an ancient technique where carbs (sugars/starches) are converted into acid or alcohol with the help of yeast and bacteria. The alcohol and acids created act as natural preservative. Besides they give a distinct taste to the final product.

Yeah, you read that correctly, the ripening process of an avocado is special. Not all avocados ripe the same way, but the ‘Hass’ avocado does. For example, a strawberry doesn’t ripe after you’ve bought it, but the ripening process of an avocado can be stimulated by yourself! What does the ripening process look like, and how do you stimulate it? I researched it, want to read along?

People always wonder what you should not eat during pregnancy. But are there things you should eat? What is a good product to eat before, during or after pregnancy? I will be looking for the answer in this blog. If you are pregnant, know someone who is pregnant or you just want to hear about some tips about a good diet during pregnancy, continue reading..

Taking good care of your body has never been so trendy. Everyone who thinks a healthy lifestyle is important is involved in it in a different way, but the similarities are mainly: healthy eating and exercising. Are you one of them? You probably no longer see the forest for the trees in all the information about food, diets and sports. At BE Fresh, we are convinced that it is not about dieting, but about the balance between nutritious food and slightly less healthy food. Especially adopting a healthy lifestyle that helps you to stay fit and vital. It is important that the lifestyle suits you, only then it will not cost you any effort.

Have you ever had this too? I don’t always see the difference between ginger and turmeric from the outside. These two uber healthy roots look almost the same, but there are differences. There are also many healthy similarities. I was very curious and searched for the differences and similarities of these powerful spices. Are you curious? Then read on quickly.

Judging by the size and skin, you would think of a grape at first. When you cut the kiwiberry it looks like a kiwi, but it is a kiwiberry! The kiwi berry is a relative of the Actinidia family and is a small variant of the kiwi. The skin is not brown and hairy like the kiwi, but mostly green and smooth. The fruit grows wild in many parts of China. In addition, it can be found in countries such as Korea and in northwestern Siberia. Most of the kiwi berries are grown in Chile, the United States and in the country of the kiwi, New Zealand.

Hatsjoe! “No, no corona, I suffer from hay fever.” Sneezing was no fun, but nowadays you also have to explain that it is hay fever ;) How do you get rid of that stuffy nose, sneezing, mucus in your throat and itchy eyes? Most people use hay fever medicines and only start using them when they have symptoms. But I have read an article about a natural way to reduce hay fever symptoms. That is a win-win situation.

This time no blog about fruit or vegetables, but a blog about customer satisfaction. A hot topic at BE Fresh. No company can exist without customers, so neither can we. But the degree to which your company is successful depends, among other things, on how happy the customer is.

It is one of the many excuses that people come up with to walk out of the supermarket with a cart full of unhealthy groceries. Another frequently heard excuse is: "Healthy food takes longer to prepare" or "Healthy food tastes less good". In this blog we want to show you that healthy food does not have to be more expensive.

When I heard about the use of ethylene gas in the ripening of fruits and vegetables, I initially thought of an artificial gas. It doesn't sound very bio, but nothing could be further from the truth. You cannot find more natural gasses such as ethylene. I found out after a good conversation with our Quality Controllers. If you also want to know more about this interesting natural phenomenon, please read on quickly.

BE Fresh has got a special Quality Control Team. All fruit and vegetables coming in our warehouse are checked and inspected for quality. All Quality Controllers have followed detailed product training courses and know exactly how  to inspect the product. In addition to the knowledge they also use various measuring instruments to determine the quality. Please take a look at the daily equipment of our Quality Controllers.

Many people will celebrate holidays this December. Each in their own way, but we all have one thing in common; Christmas and New Year's Eve is all about food, especially a lot (and often unhealthy) food!
When you're living a healthy lifestyle, holiday dinners can be a challenge to resist temptation. With some clever tricks it is really possible to start the dinner in a responsible and healthy way, even during the holidays.

Yellow frisée is extremely popular among our customers, thousands of packages are shipped to 26 different countries every week. Why is yellow frisée that popular? Interviews with our supplier, customer and online research have resulted in fun and interesting facts and we are more than happy to share these with you.

Vegan is an increasingly popular lifestyle, according to which an estimated 75 million of the world's population lives. Others are curious and there are those who don't want to know about it. There are many questions, but also many misunderstandings about being Vegan. Did you knew that November 1 is the perfect day to learn more about a vegan lifestyle? During World Vegan Day, seminars, debates and workshops are organized. Perfect moment to ask your burning question.

Our fruit and vegetables will be on customers plates from New York to Japan. Our high quality products must be preserved throughout the journey, from field to fork. We call this the cold chain. An important part of this cold chain is the packaging material for pallets, I would like to tell you more about that.

A normal head of lettuce weighs 300 grams. What is the reason that the weight of a head of lettuce drops to 220 to 230 grams at certain times of the year? We hear this questions on a regular basis. The answer to this question has everything to do with the big, yellow sun and our nature.

A while ago, a customer asked us for the Maris Piper. It's a very popular variety in the UK, where it’s grown, but we prefer to source our potatoes as locally as possible. That’s why we mainly work with Aardappelhandel Kouters, because they choose farmers here in West Brabant or Zeeland, and occasionally just over the border in Belgium. So we took the liberty of offering the customer an alternative instead: Agria.