U.K. supermarket chain to sell Vietnamese dragon fruit

Tuoi Tre

Tesco’s stores around the world will stock Vietnamese dragon fruit after the fruit processed by Vietnam’s Bao Thanh Company was deemed to meet the U.K. supermarket chain’s standards.

Ho Chi Minh City-based fruit exporter Bao Thanh was granted the Tesco Nature’s Choice certificate last month, a certification only granted to fruit and vegetables that meet Tesco’s safety, quality and environmental standards.

Bao Thanh Sales Director Ly Hai Long said the certification applied to the fruit grown at the company’s farms and processed at its packing factory in southern Binh Thuan Province.

The Tesco Nature’s Choice certificate given to Bao Thanh is the first ever awarded to a Vietnamese fruit exporter.

The company’s dragon fruit, which are also GlobalGap certified, is already exported to Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and the U.S. bearing the Ticay brand.

Bao Thanh is now looking for investment partners in the U.S., Europe or Japan to develop a large-scale dragon fruit farm in Vietnam.

Tesco is the leading supermarket chain in the U.K. and the world’s third largest retail group. It has supermarkets in China, the Czech Republic, Poland, Japan, France, Hungary, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, the U.S. and Turkey.

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