Naturally less fat and fewer calories - SlimCado Avocados

Yes Virginia, there are avocados that naturally have less fat and fewer calories - SlimCados.

SlimCado avocados are a different variety than the leading California avocado. Think about it, California is a dry environment; Florida - where SlimCados are grown - is anything but dry. You'd have to be a different avocado to not only survive but thrive as SlimCados do.

SlimCados have a much lighter taste. A great avocado for slicing on top of salads, chopping into fruit salsas, dicing up on top of creamy soups, and much more.

And if you're thinking, avocados have the 'good' fat and you needn't worry about fat content, read this.

Belize packing facility achieves, yet another, superb food audit

Congratulations, BFP for another successful food safety audit. 97% is fantastic.

Southern Expansion - the Belmopan fields

Here is an aerial photo of our first field in Belmopan. This picture was taken about a month ago.

There are 10 acres of large papaya and 7 acres of solo. Our nursery is in the upper right corner.

Uniq Fruit winning the 'Ugly' award

Check out the latest nutritional news about Uniq Fruit in our Tropical Nutrition web page.

Our registered dietician columnist, Donna Shields. suggests some great recipes to try. The Uniq Seviche - no cook version - is fantastic.

Greg Smith joins Brooks Tropicals 2

Here's a link to the And Now U Know video announcing Greg's joining Brooks Tropicals as CEO.

Papaya - the fruit to be associated with

About once a month, I'd find the word 'papaya' used outside the normal produce arena: NYC hot dog stands, Nicole Kidman's latest outfit, soaps, Christmas ornaments, etc.

The last month I'm seeing 'papayas' everywhere.

Do you watch the CBS show "Amazing Race"? If you do, you probably saw the show that critics are calling a one-hour

commercial for Snapple bottled teas. The show highlighted their new Mango-Papaya tea, available in both regular and diet versions.

If you watch ABC's "Modern Family," you may have noticed the wall collages In Haley's room that mix photos with Papaya prints. Papaya is an Oregon-based company that creates bold graphic art with handmade style.

'PapayaMobile' has become the Android's leading social gaming network, offering a full suite of social gaming features.

In retail clothing stores, there's Papaya an upscale store with a contemporary environment focusing on 16 to 25 year-olds.

Exciting to see papayas recognized beyond the produce section in the grocery store.

Extreme flavors becoming mainstream, says new report

Excerpts from an article in FoodNavigator.com by Caroline Scott-Thomas, 25-Mar-2011

‘Extreme and edgy’ flavors are increasingly moving into the mainstream, according to a new trend report from the Center for Culinary Development (CCD) and market research organization Packaged Facts.

This new report, “Extreme & Edgy Flavors: Culinary Trend Mapping Report”, claims that Americans are always interested in new flavors as long as they are not “too far out”, and will pay attention to edgy flavor combinations as long as they taste as good as they sound interesting.

CCD’s collaborative reports with Packaged Facts are based on trend mapping, which it says is guided by the premise that new flavor trends often go through five distinct phases on their way to becoming mainstream.

New trends tend to emerge at upmarket dining establishments, it says, passing into specialist consumer food magazines and television programs, before being picked up by mainstream chain restaurants, then begin to appear in family-oriented consumer magazines, and finally appear in grocery stores and/or quick service restaurants.

Young men are in it for a big kick, women for a possible health benefit on the side, Latinos and Asian for familiar flavors in new places and everyone for the rounder, more balanced flavors all of these trends offer.”