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Private Sector | Not Classified - india | PID: 198603
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WayCool, one of the country’s leading agri-commerce firms, plans to set up India’s first ventilated cold storage for onions by building a pilot plant
Onion is not stored in cold storage but in warehouses that have ventilation. If it is stored in cold storage and taken out, the bulb rots very fast. The reasons are that water condenses from it fast and the vegetable itself transpires due to which it begins to rot
Technology is now available to keep it dry. We will bring and build a pilot plant with a (ventilated) cold storage,” said Karthik Jayaraman, Co-founder and Managing Director, WayCool Foods and Products Pvt Ltd
The ventilated cold storage for onions will be part of WayCool’s efforts to build capability in supply chains. “We want to bring in such technology for our supply chains,” he told BusinessLine v The Chennai-based firm, launched seven years ago, has tied up with Mooij Agro of the Netherlands to convert cold storage to ventilated cold storage to preserve crops such as potatoes
This reduces the sprouting of potatoes and improves the shelf life of the produce besides preserving its overall quality
| Updated on: 10 - Jun - 2022
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