Egyptian Red Onions

The Egyptian Onions is the best in nutritional value all over the world while We provide our customers with a wide range of mixed diameters options that fit all markets requirements and especially for the supermarket chains in Europe, Russian, African and Asian Markets.

Egyptian Fresh Zone guarantees a sweet and juicy, moderate to the strongly flavored onion with a dark red-purple flesh, which is dotted with white lines. the skin of the red onion has also been used as a dye. They are used raw and can be added to salads for color and taste, grilled, salsas, and as a topping on burgers and sandwiches or cooked with other foods because of how mild they are.

Red onion is one of the oldest vegetable crops as it was used in the middle ages for medical purposes, such as protection against the plague and evil spirits. The red onion kinds include Italian red onion, creole onion, and red torpedo.

You can use red onion in pickles. Pickled onions are fabulous with Mexican food! pickled red onions contain many vitamins and minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, and Vitamin C.

Another use for red onion, you can use it either chopped or diced. The difference between chopped and diced is that chopped is too small pieces and loose. There may be some irregular pieces. Diced onion is ideally small squares of even sizes.

Egypt is one of the largest onion producers on a global level. Onions are the third most important crop in the country after oranges and potatoes.

Due to the latest Agricultural Export Council data, in 2017 Egypt produced about 1.75 million tons of red onion1.6 million. Around 476 thousand tons were exported abroad to the EU, Arab countries, Asian countries, and Russia.
In 2018, Egypt was expecting to produce 2 million tons with the objective of exporting 600 thousand tons of them after the new agreements specified by the government with China, Australia, and South Africa.

Product specifications :

HS Code: 070310

Varieties:  Red onions – Golden onions

Packing : 
On mesh Bags
– 5 Kg,10 KG ,15 KG, 20 KG,25 KG 
– jumbo bags 1200 KG
– 550 Kg – Wooden bins
– 1250 Kg – Jumbo bag
– As per customer Request
 Size  :  25-30 , 40-60 , 60-70 MM

• Types of Packaging:
  10 Kg – Mesh bag
  25 Kg – Mesh bag
  550 Kg – Wooden bins
  1250 Kg – Jumbo bag
• Availability: From April till October.
• Shipping:  Reefer Container, Sea shipment.
• Container Capacity (40 feet ): 25-28 Tons