Jaguacy is Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of avocados, and accounts for nearly 80% of Brazilian avocado shipments.<\/p>\n
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Ligia Carvalho<\/strong>, HR and marketing director at Jaguacy Brasil<\/p><\/div>\n AgriBrasilis – What is the difference between the common avocado and the Hass?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ligia Falanghe – <\/strong>Tropical avocados and Hass are all varieties of avocado. Tropical avocados are larger, with smooth skin, intense green and are better known by Brazilians.<\/p>\n The Hass avocado is a slightly different variety, with a rough skin and buttery pulp. When it matures, the color of the skin changes, becoming purplish brown.<\/p>\n Another difference between these fruits is the concentration of water: tropical avocados have five times more water than Hass avocados.<\/p>\n AgriBrasilis – Have Brazilians already incorporated the habit of consuming Hass avocados?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ligia Falanghe –<\/strong> Brazilians are discovering not only the Hass variety, but also tropical avocados in general. The versatility of use in savory dishes is helping to increase internal consumption, but we still have the memory of using avocado only in sweeter dishes and smoothies.<\/p>\n AgriBrasilis – What contributed to the 800% growth in the cultivation of the Hass variety in Brazil? Will this growth continue?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ligia Falanghe –<\/strong> We attribute the increase in consumption of Hass to several factors: increased demand for healthy foods and lifestyle, increase in Latin restaurants in the southeast region, that served to “introduce” avocado as a salty dish to Brazilians, the possibility of profitability with exports, and the visibility of the fruit on social media platforms.<\/p>\n AgriBrasilis – To what countries is the Brazilian Hass avocado exported to?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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