The vitamin-rich kiwi fruits are available in German supermarkets all year round. They come to Germany from New Zealand, Chile or Italy and taste fruity and fresh like a mixture of strawberries, melon and gooseberries.
The kiwi fruit arrived in New Zealand from China in the early twentieth century as the Chinese gooseberry and some time later was exported around the world under the name of the New Zealand bird. To this day, the Hayward variety accounts for the majority of fruit grown worldwide.
Kiwi in German supermarkets
The kiwis are available in our supermarkets all year round. They are delivered to us from the southern hemisphere in spring and from southern Europe in autumn and winter:
- April to June from Chile,
- June to November from Chile and New Zealand,
- October to May from Italy, Greece and France.
tips and tricks
The kiwi fruits are among the so-called climacteric fruits, which are harvested unripe in the growing countries and continue to ripen during transport and storage.
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