Insights
Notes from the delta, written for people who have to plan around them
Four kinds of writing, and nothing else. Three are for people who buy fruit for a living. The fourth is for anyone who wants to know what is actually in it.
Heritage
Growing regions, seasons, varieties, and how the delta actually works.
Operations
Regulation, residue limits, certification, cold chain and shipping.
The network
How supply is built, and what changes when volume goes up.
Nutrition & health
What is in the fruit, with sources — and what a buyer needs to build a label.
Latest
What is actually in durian
Durian composition per 100 g with sources: 147 kcal, 5.3 g fat, 436 mg potassium and an unusual amount of thiamine. Why it is the one tropical fruit that does not behave like a fruit.
What is actually in young coconut water
The composition of young coconut water per 100 ml, with sources: potassium, sodium, sugars and calories. Why the numbers move with the age of the nut, and what that means for anyone drinking it.
Why a Bến Tre coconut tastes the way it does
Brackish water, river silt and a dwarf variety harvested young. What growers in Bến Tre say makes their coconut sweeter, what we can prove about it, and what to ask for instead of a story.
Why Chợ Lách is where this company started
Chợ Lách in Bến Tre has been grafting and propagating fruit trees for more than a century. What that means for a buyer sourcing coconut, pomelo and durian from the Mekong Delta.
Four ways to cut a young coconut, and which channel each one is for
Trimmed white, diamond cut, easy-open and whole husked green. What each format costs you in shelf life, freight and handling, and which retail channel each one actually fits.
What actually shortens fresh coconut shelf life
Forty-five days is a specification, not a promise. The four things that decide whether a young coconut arrives saleable: hours after harvest, pull-down speed, temperature stability and humidity.
Why pomelo is bought by count, not by weight
Buying green-skin pomelo by loose weight leaves your retail price per unit undecided until the container is opened. Packing by count fixes it before the container is sealed.
Eleven questions to ask a Vietnamese fruit supplier
A practical checklist for importers evaluating a Vietnamese fruit exporter. The questions that separate a grower from a trading house, and what a good answer sounds like.
What the EU’s shift on residue limits means for a Vietnamese supplier
Why residue control planned at grove level is a different risk profile from testing at the end, and what an EU buyer should ask a Vietnamese fruit supplier.
How off-season durian works, and why June is still a gap
Controlled water stress in the Mekong Delta, the Đắk Lắk highland season, and the two months no technique can fill. An honest durian availability calendar.