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Chiquita has some of the deepest agricultural & technical expertise in growing, harvesting and optimizing banana quality.
 
Quality & Food Safety
 
Quality: It's in our DNA, from seed to shelf

Part of the Chiquita Difference is our companywide, laser-like focus on providing quality products for our consumers and quality service for our business partners.

This focus is built into the DNA of Chiquita, and it can be found in every area of our businesses—from seed to shelf! The symbol of this quality has been represented for the past more than 50 years with our famous, iconic Blue Label.

Our team—the employees behind our label—is what makes our quality products so special.

Chiquita in the spotlight
Link to Undercover Boss Episode Featuring Chiquita

Watch how our employees are dedicated to the care of our products as they were filmed for the hit CBS reality television show, "Undercover Boss."

You'll get a glimpse of some of the things we do to ensure that each banana, pineapple, avocado and salad is delivered to you in peak, fresh and delicious condition.

Quality on the job, day-in and day-out

The Chiquita Difference is part of every stage and level of growing and processing. From the workers who take care of our plants and harvest our fruits and salads, to the carriers that deliver our containers and trucks every day to your supermarket, we perform our job with pride, dedication, loyalty and responsibility.

Quality in our Chiquita® bananas
  • Our team has some of the deepest agricultural & technical expertise in growing, harvesting, and optimizing banana quality in the industry.
  • We offer our certified growers technical assistance and work with them along the entire product life cycle to maximize and maintain banana quality.
  • Our Product Supply Control Plans ensures we meet important consumer definitions of banana quality.
  • We hire highly specialized third-party auditors to inspect our products at the retail level and ensure that we're meeting your quality expectations.
How Chiquita measures up

Our quality isn’t just measured by us. It’s certified through implementation of some of the toughest and most demanding standards in the industry within Global GAP, SA8000, and the Rainforest Alliance

Quality in our Fresh Express™ Salads

  • Our Raw Quality team represents our "boots on the ground" who continually monitor quality during growing, harvest, etc.
  • Our Product Supply Control Plan (PSCP) ensures that we meet important consumer definitions of salad quality.
  • Our quality experts consistently evaluate product shelf life and quality. We hire highly specialized third-party auditors to inspect our product at the retail level to ensure that we are meeting your quality expectations.


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