October / November 2025
Piecing together the packaging puzzle
“The primary purpose of packaging is to maintain fruit quality – to deliver the best quality to our markets,” says Dr Johan Fourie, Postharvest Pathologist at ExperiCo Agri-Research Solutions. “We need to re-establish confidence in South African table grapes.”
To better understand how various packaging components and environmental conditions influence table-grape quality, the ExperiCo team has been running a three-year SATI-funded project. So far, they have studied the interactions between bunch carriers, liners, and SO2-release systems.