Crunchy red celery set to test American tastes
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October 17, 2010, Sunday
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IS America ready for red celery? A Florida produce company thinks so and has bet consumers will bite on the colorful crunch of its new product.
Red celery will hit selected supermarkets on December 1 - in time to add some eye-catching color to holiday tables, said Dan Duda, president of Duda Farm Fresh Foods, which was set to unveil the new celery at a produce industry trade show in Orlando, Florida, yesterday.
"It's bright, it's red, it's different, it's unique," said Duda, who added that it has the same flavor and crunch of regular green celery.
It was nearly 20 years in the making, he said. One of the family owned company's celery breeders, Larry Pierce, started developing it in 1991, working off a European heritage variety using natural breeding methods.
Jean Ronnei, who oversees the award-winning school meal programs of the St Paul public schools, said the new celery could be a "perfect fit" for her cafeterias, which run "coolest new veggie" contests to encourage students to try fresh produce.
US consumers used an average of just over 2.7 kilograms of fresh celery per person last year, compared with about 3.6 kilograms of fresh carrots, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Red celery will hit selected supermarkets on December 1 - in time to add some eye-catching color to holiday tables, said Dan Duda, president of Duda Farm Fresh Foods, which was set to unveil the new celery at a produce industry trade show in Orlando, Florida, yesterday.
"It's bright, it's red, it's different, it's unique," said Duda, who added that it has the same flavor and crunch of regular green celery.
It was nearly 20 years in the making, he said. One of the family owned company's celery breeders, Larry Pierce, started developing it in 1991, working off a European heritage variety using natural breeding methods.
Jean Ronnei, who oversees the award-winning school meal programs of the St Paul public schools, said the new celery could be a "perfect fit" for her cafeterias, which run "coolest new veggie" contests to encourage students to try fresh produce.
US consumers used an average of just over 2.7 kilograms of fresh celery per person last year, compared with about 3.6 kilograms of fresh carrots, according to the Department of Agriculture.
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