It's official, Zespri has confirmed that its current red kiwifruit will be named Zespri RubyRed Kiwifruit for the first year of sales of commercial volumes in the upcoming 2022 season.
据官方消息，Zespri已确认，其目前的红色猕猴桃将被命名为Zespri红皮猕猴桃，作为即将到来的2022年销售季的第一年。
▲Golden kiwifruit▲
The red variety was commercialised in December 2019 and initially marketed as Zespri Red during the sales trials. Now the newly-branded kiwifruit will be available in commercial volumes for the first time in 2022 in NZ, Singapore, Japan and China. Volumes are expected to increase from 700,000 trays in 2021 to around 250,000 trays in 2022.
▲rubyred 宝石红奇异果
该红色品种于2019年12月商业化，并在销售试验期间最初以Zespri red上市。现在，新品牌猕猴桃将于2022年首次在新西兰、新加坡、日本和中国上市。预计容量将从2021的700000个托盘增加到2022年的250000个左右。
▲Kiwifruit planting
Zespri chief growth officer Jiunn Shih says the new name better reflected the fruit's properties and had tested well in consumer research.
Zespri首席生长官Jiunn Shih说，新名称更好地反映了水果的特性，并在消费者研究中得到了很好的测试。
▲Golden Kiwi seedlings▲
"Consumers have been attracted to the fruit's unique colour profile and berry-like taste and we've been delighted with their feedback," he told Hort News. "The consumer response to our limited slaes trials over the last three seasons have exceeded expectations and suggest Zespri RubyRed Kiwifruit is able to attract new and younger consumers into the kiwifruit category, complementing our offering of the world's best kiwifruit."
▲rubyred 红奇异果
“消费者被这种水果独特的颜色和浆果般的味道所吸引，我们对他们的反馈很满意，”他告诉Hort News。“过去三个季度，消费者对我们有限的slaes试验的反应超出了预期，表明Zespri RubyRed猕猴桃能够吸引新的和年轻的消费者进入猕猴桃类别，补充了我们提供的世界上最好的猕猴桃。”
▲Kiwifruit planting
Shih says as Zespri moved towards establishing commercial volumes of the red kiwifruit, they've been exploring names that better embody the essence of the fruit, which he hopes resonates with our consumers.
施说，随着Zespri开始建立红色猕猴桃的商业卷，他们一直在探索更好地体现这种水果本质的名称，他希望能引起消费者的共鸣。
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He says throughout their consumer research, Zespri RubyRed Kiwifruit has remained at the top of consumer's preference list. He says this not only because it reflects the rare and precious nature of the fruit but the ruby element gives consumers an immediate sense of that alluring red colour.
他说，在整个消费者研究过程中，Zespri红果猕猴桃一直是消费者首选的水果。他说，这不仅是因为它反映了水果的稀有和珍贵性质，而且红宝石元素让消费者立即感受到诱人的红色。
▲rubyred 宝石红猕猴桃
"Consumer research was undertaken in a number of markets, and also took into account the need for the new name to translate across different languages given the fruit's broad appeal in Asian markets. The name is in the process of being trademarked in Zespri's key markets."
▲redkiwifruit▲
“消费者研究在多个市场进行，考虑到水果在亚洲市场的广泛吸引力，还考虑到需要将新名称翻译成不同的语言。该名称正在Zespri的主要市场上注册。”
▲Kiwifruit orchard
Shih says the shorter shelf-life of RubyRed compared to Zespri SunGold and Zespri Green has meant that they've prioritised their Asian markets given the shorter shipping times. He says, in the meantime, they are continuing growing trials in Zespri's Northern Hemisphere production locations - such as Italy to determine the commercial potential of a red cultivar in different environments.
Shih说，与Zespri SunGold和Zespri Green相比，RubyRed的保质期更短，这意味着考虑到更短的运输时间，他们已经优先考虑了亚洲市场。他说，与此同时，他们正在Zespri的北半球生产地（如意大利）继续进行种植试验，以确定一种红色品种在不同环境中的商业潜力。
▲rubyred 宝石红猕猴桃
"We remain committed to providing the world's leading portfolio of fresh, high quality and safe kiwifruit and we're looking forward to even more consumers being able to try Zespri RubyRed Kiwifruit in the years ahead."
“我们仍然致力于提供世界领先的新鲜、优质和安全的猕猴桃产品组合，我们期待着未来几年更多的消费者能够尝试Zespri红果猕猴桃。”
▲RubyRedkiwifruit
▲zespri goldenkiwifruit
▲佳沛宝石红奇异果
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▲zespri yellow kiwi
▲sungold kiwi growing zone
