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Fruits and vegetables seasonal
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Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Why eat fruits and
vegetables seasonal?
Organoleptic Quality (Flavour and Texture)
This is the most obvious reason when it comes to taste. Produce harvested at the peak of ripeness offers the very best flavour.
1. Ripening point
The product completes its natural cycle at the winery, allowing the sugars and aromas to develop fully.
2. Perfect texture
As they haven’t spent weeks in cold storage or been forced to ripen, they retain their firmness and natural juiciness.
3. Intensity
A summer tomato or a winter orange has a concentration of flavour that a greenhouse-grown or imported product can never match.
Maximum Nutritional Value
Nature is wise and provides us with exactly what our bodies need in every season.
1. Vitamin content
Fruit and vegetables start to lose nutrients from the moment they are picked. Seasonal produce is usually locally sourced, which reduces the time between harvest and your table.
2. Biological synchrony
In winter, nature provides us with citrus fruits rich in vitamin C to boost our immune system; in summer, fruits rich in water and beta-carotene (such as melon or watermelon) to keep us hydrated and protect our skin from the sun.
Financial savings
The law of supply and demand works in the consumer’s favour when the calendar is followed.
1. Abundance
When a product is in season, there is a plentiful supply on the market, which causes prices to plummet.
2. Reduction in logistics costs
Transoceanic transport costs, tariffs and storage infrastructure costs (large, energy-intensive cold stores) are eliminated or reduced.
Sustainability and the Environment
Eating the right food at the right time is one of the most effective ways to reduce our ecological footprint.
1. Reducing emissions
It avoids ‘long-distance transport’. Eating an apple from your local region in autumn causes far less pollution than importing one from Chile in spring.
2. Soil health
Seasonal crops allow for crop rotation and reduce the need for intensive chemical fertilisers and pesticides required to force crops out of season.
3. Biodiversity
It promotes the cultivation of local varieties that would otherwise disappear in the face of industrial varieties.
Support for the local economy
When you choose seasonal produce, you are usually also choosing locally sourced produce (zero-mile).
1. Supporting the primary sector
You are helping local farmers and fishermen, ensuring that their livelihoods remain viable.
2. Gastronomic identity
It preserves the traditional recipes that are based, precisely, on what the land provides at every time of year.
Where can I buy fruits and vegetables seasonal?
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On the slopes of Puig de Santa Magdalena, the Seguí-Villalonga family makes organic cheeses using raw milk from Mallorcan red sheep and Malaga goats. A farm with history, committed to the environment and the taste of the countryside.
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MALLORCA
Son Jover SAT
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MALLORCA
Caragolers de Muro
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MALLORCA
Licores Morey
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IBIZA
Licores Aniseta
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MALLORCA
Crisol