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Kaki Persimon and the Ribera del Xúquer PDO

At the right time to collect and make available to the consumer the most authentic persimon kaki, recently an event was held in L'Alcúdia (Valencia). Political and scientific authorities have come to him to witness how the Ribera del Xúquer PDO exposes everything that surrounds this fruit. The bright red variety It is the star of the Valencian region, after months of intense care and work on the trees that bear the fruit. For more than 20 years, the Protected Designation of Origin is responsible for producing this food. Has seal of quality differentiated and certification of provenance.

Discovering the Valencian Persimon kaki

The trademark registered by the Regulatory Council for persimon kaki makes this fruit unique with its cultivation and, therefore, its birth in the Valencian fields. Specifically, those where the Ribera del Xúquer PDO, obtained in 1998 and recognized in 2001 by the European Union. This bright red variety It has special and differential characteristics compared to other persimmons. So now that your harvest time has come, the new 2019 campaign. 

In it, the benefits that you have for the region of L'Alcúdia the exploitation of this product, as well as the municipal economic development derived from it. Both for agricultural workers and for the region itself. Always promoting equally the knowledge and consumption of persimon kaki. It is characterized by its firmness, its orange skin and interior and a crunchy, delicious and sweet pulp.

This variety receives a natural treatment which consists of maintaining the fruit in an oxygen-free environment, once harvested, before maturing. This allows remove tannins present, causing astringency. As a consumer, persimon kaki offers you excellent nutritional properties between vitamins, antioxidants and especially fiber. This has been confirmed by a latest study carried out in the Complutense University of Madrid, by Dr. María Cortes Sánchez. The main objective was to verify those health benefits that said fruit of the Ribera del Xúquer PDO. 

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