A private label listing is won on consistency and lost on a single bad delivery. The specification has to be tight enough that the tenth container matches the first, because your retailer will compare them.
Fruit serving shells are whole fruits — orange, lemon, pineapple, coconut, melon and cocoa pod — hollowed out and frozen to become a natural, edible-adjacent presentation vessel rather than an industrial byproduct. Restaurants, gelaterias, hotels and dessert brands fill the shell with matching-flavor ice cream or sorbet (orange shell with orange sorbet, coconut shell with coconut ice cream) and serve it as the fruit itself, giving a zero-waste, Instagram-ready presentation that a plain scoop or tub cannot match. Scala Nuova supplies orange, lemon, pineapple, coconut, melon and cocoa shells frozen and ready for food-service use.
Retail buyers audit variation, not averages. Ask for the tolerance on every key parameter and how it is controlled across a season, not the value from one good lot.
Confirm carton dimensions, pallet configuration and label data early. Retailer specifications on pallet height and barcode placement are rarely negotiable at delivery.
Retail programmes demand BRC or IFS certification, full traceability and residue results per lot. Confirm the certificate scope covers exactly the product and site you are buying from.
| Product varieties in this category | 6 |
|---|---|
| Available cuts and forms | Halved |
| Packaging formats | Carton boxes on pallets |
| Storage and transport | Frozen at −18 °C, unbroken cold chain · Ambient, cool and dry, away from direct sunlight |
| Minimum order quantity | 1 FCL (1x20ft container); smaller volumes on selected products |
| Incoterms | EXW · FOB · CFR · CIF (import clearance by buyer) |
| Production facility certifications | FSSC 22000 · BRCGS · ISO 22000 · Kosher · Halal · Organic |
| Documentation per shipment | Certificate of Analysis (COA), technical specification, certificate of origin, health certificate where the destination requires it |
| Origin | Türkiye (own sourcing regions), complemented by tropical and counter-season origins |
