Growers' crops are transported to our Yaxley processing centre where they are:
- Left in the haulier's transport trailer and washed upon arrival. Crops are treated very gently by spraying - to clean - with water jets.
- The product is then moved through a Jacuzzi system: air is gently pumped through the water to agitate the crop.
- Loose soil sinks to the bottom and the carrots float through to brush washers.
- Water cooling: RB Organic's Water Coolers MUST run slowly and be FULL of carrots. To be effective every crop must be in the cooler for a minimum of 20 minutes. Water flow must be at maximum to give a carrot crop its shelf life and minimise silvering.
- Sorting: optical grading is mechanised, but we still need to have staff in place as an additional back-up.
- Packing: our fully automated packing line can pre-pack carrots in any size or system customers specifically request. i.e. FFS, bags, stretch, shrink and over-wrap, plus boxes and bags from 50kg to 100kg. We endeavour to use - and encourage the use of - compostable and biodegradable packaging wherever possible.
Latest News
Best Supplier Technical Service Award for Marshalls
We are delighted to announce that at the recent Sainsburys Brand Conference, held at their Holborn offices on 26th April 2010, Marshalls were presented with the award for Best Supplier Technical Service by Judith Batchelar, Director for Sainsburys Brand.
Food and Drink iNet Innovation Award Winners 2009
At the Food and Drink iNet Innovation Awards 2009, held in Leicester on Tuesday 17th November, the Food Processing Faraday Award for Most Innovative Large Food and Drink Manufacturer went to Marshalls (part of the Produce World Group), Butterwick, Boston, for the development of bellaverdeŽ sweet stem broccoli, that was launched in July 2009, and created in conjunction with Seminis.
