At the end of last year, Nisvinex Grup SRL (Shishcani village, Nisporeni district) launched fruit snacks under its own brand Ro Do – Roada Domnească (Tsar’s Harvest). Currently, the Ro Do range consists of five products: red and green apple chips, pitted dried plums, prunes and chocolate-covered apple rings. The company will replenish it with apple crackers, compote sets, and possibly pear chips in the future. The equipment’s capacity allows 8,000-10,000 bags (40-200 grams) per day, millions of bags per season.

The Nisvinex Grup company cultivates more than 35 hectares of intensive apple and plum orchards planted in 2011-2013 and will renew them soon. Also, the company rents 200 hectares of Moldovan table grapes. Over the past few years, the company has built a refrigeration complex with a capacity of more than 3,000 tons of simultaneous storage. Currently, they install equipment for chambers with a controlled gas atmosphere. The company also has lines for drying apples and plums, peeling fruits, removing seed chambers and seeds, sorting and packing products.

The company management plans to process almost the entire volume of the 2020 fruit harvest, stored in refrigerators, into the Ro Do range of products. They are sold in Moldovan supermarket chains (Metro, Linella, and soon – Kaufland) and exported to Romania and Bulgaria.

The company is certified according to ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 22000: 2018, FSSC and GLOBALG.A.P standards.

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According to Andrii Yarmak, an economist at the Investment Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), berries and nuts are the two fastest-growing horticultural markets in the world.

“Every year, the world trade in nuts is increasing by an average of 7.8%, which is comparable to the growth rate of the berry market. At the same time, the export of nuts annually grows by $2 billion a year and already reached about $34 billion,” says Andrii Yarmak. “The best-selling nut in the world is cashew, its sales are growing at a tremendous pace, namely by 17.2% or $760 million per year,” the expert says.

The trends for vegan food, paleo diets, and other healthy eating habits are important factors that affect such rapid growth in the global nut market. In these diets, nuts often play a crucial role as they contain lots of protein in combination with healthy fats and carbohydrates. Today’s rapid pace of life means people have less time to cook and prefer healthy snacks instead, which also results in increased nuts consumption. Nuts are filling type of food, and they are considered a healthy snack.

Their more active processing also plays an essential role in the growth of demand for nuts. In particular, the increased use of so-called nut flour also boosted global nuts consumption. The confectionery and snack industries also play a significant role, where the demand for healthier products containing nuts is growing.

The growing number of people going in for in sports contributes to growth in nuts consumption because they are recommended as a part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. It is also essential that large international corporations are investing heavily in promoting healthy snacks, and that is a locomotive for the demand for nuts.

At the same time, Andrii Yarmak noted that walnuts, traditional for Moldova, are significantly inferior in growth rates to cashews and almonds, as they are less versatile in consumption and processing. Thus, the share of walnuts in the world nut market is gradually decreasing. The expert also clarified that little-known niche nuts such as cola, betel nut, and macadamia have the highest sales growth rates. Their global exports are growing by 25-40% annually.

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