Avocados
Click here to take a look behind the scenes look at how Richard, our avocado ripening master, ripens our avocados to perfection!
Avocados - Perfectly Ripe and Ready to Eat
A fresh perfectly ripe and ready-to-eat avocado is a delicate balance of science and art. At Thrifty Foods that delicate balance is maintained by Richard our in-house ripening expert. With more than 10 years of produce ripening experience, Richard uses state of the art equipment and his keen sense for avocados to know just when each avocado is perfectly ripened and ready-to-eat.
Did you know?
- Avocados ripen best at a steady 21°C (70°F). Our state of the art ripening room is constantly monitored to ensure no deviations from this temperature.
- The ripening process takes 72 hours and once it starts it cannot be stopped or interrupted; this is why our ripening rooms operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Avocados ripen from the inside out. The inner flesh is ready to eat first with the outer flesh ripening last; this is why it is critical the ripening process be carefully monitored at all times.
- Perfectly ripe avocados are best stored at room temperature. A refrigerated avocado can turn to inedible mush in under a day.
- Thrifty Foods customers consume more than 40,000 perfectly ripened avocados every week. As little as ten years ago only about 1,100 avocados were eaten a week. It goes to show when perfectly ripened, everyone loves an avocado.
- Avocados are in fact a fruit and not a vegetable.
- Alligator Pear is another name for avocados because of its pear like shape and green textured skin.
