Re: Kiwi fruit question
Lynn from Fargo
> Kiwi fruit question
>
> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier today. The brand
> is Zepsri.
>
> These came packaged in a paper tray, three per, wrapped in hole-punched
> clear cellophane for 95¢. I bought two packs.
>
> On the bottom is a printed bar code sticker declaring "Product of New
> Zealand."
>
> The little sticker on the fruit reads "Zespri Green Kiwi - 4030 New
> Zealand." I visited their website and they mention they have 2,700
> growers. Everybody knows that that many growers can't all be in New
> Zealand so my first question would be, how do I find out where these
> kiwis were actually grown? TheGreenery website was no help at all! :(
>
> Anybody?
>
> Aside: Miche, I hope you're OK down there after your 7.0 earthquake!
>
> Andy
>
> --
> I might be a little less knowledgeable but
> being less knowledgeable, I have more fun.
Why can't there be 2700 kiwi growers in New Zealand? There are
probably 2700 soybean growers in North Dakota.
Lynn in Fargo\
More worrried about Miche in New Zealand than the kiwi growers.
Besides for all I know, she may have kiwi trees growing in her back
yard!
Bigbazza
"Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9DE98ED...@216.196.97.131...
> Kiwi fruit question
>
> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier today. The brand
> is Zepsri.
>
> These came packaged in a paper tray, three per, wrapped in hole-punched
>
> On the bottom is a printed bar code sticker declaring "Product of New
> Zealand."
>
> The little sticker on the fruit reads "Zespri Green Kiwi - 4030 New
> Zealand." I visited their website and they mention they have 2,700
> growers. Everybody knows that that many growers can't all be in New
> Zealand so my first question would be, how do I find out where these
> kiwis were actually grown? TheGreenery website was no help at all! :(
>
> Anybody?
>
> Aside: Miche, I hope you're OK down there after your 7.0 earthquake!
>
> Andy
>
Hi, Andy....An easy way to see where the food comes from (Produced) is
looking at the 'Barcode' first numbers....... The USA and Canada is from
00-13:
Now, New Zealand produce is 94: ..... Australia is 93: etc.... Here is a
handy chart of world-wide Countries Barcodes....
http://www.ceveni.com/2008/12/bar-codes-of-different-countries-around.html
--
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wisely from life's great stores"
Janet Wilder
> On Sep 4, 12:04 pm, Andy<a...@b.c> wrote:
>> Kiwi fruit question
>>
>> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier today. The brand
>> is Zepsri.
>>
>> These came packaged in a paper tray, three per, wrapped in hole-punched
>>
>> On the bottom is a printed bar code sticker declaring "Product of New
>> Zealand."
>>
>> The little sticker on the fruit reads "Zespri Green Kiwi - 4030 New
>> Zealand." I visited their website and they mention they have 2,700
>> growers. Everybody knows that that many growers can't all be in New
>> Zealand so my first question would be, how do I find out where these
>> kiwis were actually grown? TheGreenery website was no help at all! :(
>>
>> Anybody?
>>
>> Aside: Miche, I hope you're OK down there after your 7.0 earthquake!
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> --
>> I might be a little less knowledgeable but
>> being less knowledgeable, I have more fun.
>
> Why can't there be 2700 kiwi growers in New Zealand? There are
> probably 2700 soybean growers in North Dakota.
> Lynn in Fargo\
> More worrried about Miche in New Zealand than the kiwi growers.
> Besides for all I know, she may have kiwi trees growing in her back
> yard!
Kiwi fruit grows on a vine that they trellis. I saw it in New Zealand.
There is plenty of room for that many growers. No one stated how big the
plots have to be. The plots we saw when we were there weren't very large.
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Way-the-heck-south Texas
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atec77
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sf
<bigb...@lotsofspam.net> wrote:
> Hi, Andy....An easy way to see where the food comes from (Produced) is
> looking at the 'Barcode' first numbers....... The USA and Canada is from
> 00-13:
>
> Now, New Zealand produce is 94: ..... Australia is 93: etc.... Here is a
> handy chart of world-wide Countries Barcodes....
>
> http://www.ceveni.com/2008/12/bar-codes-of-different-countries-around.html
Interesting, but your bar codes might be set up differently. Ours
lead and end with a single digit and have two sets of 5 digits in
between.
Here are a couple of examples, both are California products
7 89581 24009 7
8 52282 00238 4
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brooklyn1
Yoose would find much more info iffn yoose only knew how to spell
kiwifruit... not all Noo Zealanders are faggots (Kiwi "FRUIT")
jack
>
> "Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:Xns9DE98ED...@216.196.97.131...
>> Kiwi fruit question
>>
>> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier today. The brand
>> is Zepsri.
>>
>> These came packaged in a paper tray, three per, wrapped in hole-punched
>> clear cellophane for 95ข. I bought two packs.
>>
>> On the bottom is a printed bar code sticker declaring "Product of New
>> Zealand."
>>
>> The little sticker on the fruit reads "Zespri Green Kiwi - 4030 New
>> Zealand." I visited their website and they mention they have 2,700
>> growers. Everybody knows that that many growers can't all be in New
>> Zealand so my first question would be, how do I find out where these
>> kiwis were actually grown? TheGreenery website was no help at all! :(
>>
>> Anybody?
>>
>> Aside: Miche, I hope you're OK down there after your 7.0 earthquake!
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> Hi, Andy....An easy way to see where the food comes from (Produced) is
> looking at the 'Barcode' first numbers....... The USA and Canada is from
> 00-13:
Sorry, but that is a common misconception - the barcode indicates who the
seller of the product is, not where is it produced. Some large companies
buy their barcodes at the head office level, and use them all over the
world. In other cases a company imports in bulk, then packages locally and
uses 'local' barcodes for foreign products.
>
> Now, New Zealand produce is 94: ..... Australia is 93: etc.... Here is a
> handy chart of world-wide Countries Barcodes....
>
> http://www.ceveni.com/2008/12/bar-codes-of-different-countries-around.html
The authoritative reference: http://www.gs1.org
-j
James Silverton
>> "Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9DE98ED...@216.196.97.131...
>>> Kiwi fruit question
>>>
>>> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier
>>> today. The brand is Zepsri.
This is a bit away from the current bar-code topic but has anyone seen
*yellow* Kiwi fruit lately? They tasted a little different, better IMHO,
but I haven't seen them for a year.
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
sf
> " Bigbazza" <bigb...@lotsofspam.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Andy....An easy way to see where the food comes from (Produced) is
> > looking at the 'Barcode' first numbers....... The USA and Canada is
> from
> > 00-13:
>
>
> Bigbazza,
>
> 33383 (first five digits), so 33 on the chart means France.
>
> Thanks very much!
>
FYI, Andy... http://www.wikihow.com/Read-12-Digit-UPC-Barcodes
"UPC Barcodes are typically registered and used in the United States
and Canada and, therefore, do not indicate a country identifier."
Cathy posted this in chat... enter the entire 12 digit number with no
spaces http://gepir.gs1.org/v31/xx/gtin.aspx?Lang=en-US
gloria.p
> jack wrote on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:46:34 +0200:
>
>>> "Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9DE98ED...@216.196.97.131...
>>>> Kiwi fruit question
>>>>
>>>> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier
>>>> today. The brand is Zepsri.
>
> This is a bit away from the current bar-code topic but has anyone seen
> *yellow* Kiwi fruit lately? They tasted a little different, better IMHO,
> but I haven't seen them for a year.
We had them in N.Z. last year. They called them "Golden Kiwi".
Unfortunately I am very allergic to kiwi and didn't dare try them.
The rest of our group said they were delicious.
I've never seen them stateside.
gloria p
pavane
"gloria.p" <gpue...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:i60sm4$er$4...@news.eternal-september.org...
They have been in Florida for at least 5 years. Pretty good
but I like the original green ones better. The golden kiwis
are pretty sweet and monotonic in flavor. But they are
around the US and should be available for you to try.
pavane
atec77
> jack wrote on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:46:34 +0200:
>
>>> "Andy" <a@b.c> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9DE98ED...@216.196.97.131...
>>>> Kiwi fruit question
>>>>
>>>> I found green kiwi fruit at the produce market earlier
>>>> today. The brand is Zepsri.
>
> This is a bit away from the current bar-code topic but has anyone seen
> *yellow* Kiwi fruit lately? They tasted a little different, better IMHO,
> but I haven't seen them for a year.
I find the taste a little to sweet generally
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Miche
<cc9b071d-cf6e-4442...@i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Lynn from Fargo <lynn...@i29.net> wrote:
> More worrried about Miche in New Zealand than the kiwi growers.
> Besides for all I know, she may have kiwi trees growing in her back
> yard!
Thanks, Lynn, I'm fine.
Kiwifruit grow on a vine, and it's too cold for them in this part of the
country.
My uncle Barrie used to grow them in Christchurch. When the sap rose in
spring the neighbourhood cats would chew the vines and get stoned. It
was funny, seeing all these joed-out cats lying all over his lawn.
Miche
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