The best avocado in the world comes from Peru and is called Hass. There is a certain Peruvian export product that has a presence in almost all international markets, reports Peru.info. Its reputation is such that the Dutch and Spanish love it almost as much as their own cheeses and wines.
Mexico harvested about 2.4 million tons of avocados in 2021, making that country the top producer of avocados worldwide.
Mexico is the leading producer and exporter of Hass avocado.
Unlike many other avocado varieties, Hass avocados are native to California, not Mexico. The growing Hass avocado popularity during the 1950s was so great that producers in Mexico started growing the Hass over other indigenous varieties.
Avocado production in Australia
Australian avocados are produced all year round, with production mainly in Queensland (March-September), northern New South Wales (July-October) and Western Australia (July-March). The main varieties produced are Hass and Shephard.
Most avocado imports come from New Zealand and fill a gap in the market during Australia's slower production months. For the first time last year, avocados from Chile were also imported.
The two main varieties of avocados grown in Australia are Hass and Shepard. Hass are in season from May through to January and Shepard's are in season from February through to May.
For example, 'Hass' is considered to be a Guatemalan x Mexican (G x M) hybrid because it has the thick, rough skin of the Guatemalan race but the high oil content of the Mexican race.
Taste - A ripe Hass avocado should be rich and buttery with a creamy texture that melts in your mouth. Texture - Ripe avocados will also have skin with a bumpy texture whereas unripe avocados have softer skin. Firmness or ripeness - The riper the avocado, the softer it will feel when gently pressed on the skin.
Mexico is the largest producer and exporter of avocados in the world, with the United States as its main commercial client, a country to which avocado exports have grown enormously in recent years.
Mexico is the largest producer, producing 1,889,354 tonnes year, followed by the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, Peru, Peru, and Indonesia, which produces 304,938 tonnes annually.
How did avocado become so popular in Australia? It was a combination of a few things. The rise of the wellness industry attracted many bloggers to this fruit because of its colour. Also, the California Avocado Association mentioned an avocado toast recipe in their 1915 report.
Fallbrook is immediately east of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. Fallbrook is known for its avocado groves and claims, without any official recognition, the title "Avocado Capital of the World".
The most popular varieties of avocado are the Hass (shown above) with its pebbly purple-black skin when ripe, and the pear shaped Shepard which has smooth, thin, green skin. The yellow-green flesh has a rich smooth consistency and a nutty flavour. Choose ripe avocados which are soft but free from dark sunken spots.
The two most common varieties grown in Australia are the Shepard and Hass. Shepard avocados have smooth, glossy green skin that doesn't change colour with ripeness. They are rich and nutty in taste, with a buttery texture.
Green-skins tend to have less fat and oil. That makes them healthier by some standards but less delicious by others. However, Evans says “when you want a real tasty avocado you got to eat a green-skin avocado. You know, a green-skin avocado is far more flavorful than the Hass avocado.”
Based on the Tablelands, Howe Farming supplies Coles with over four million avocados annually, mainly the popular Hass variety and the lesser-known Shepard (those with the smoother glossy green skin).
The surge in prices is due to an avocado shortage. There's not enough of the popular varieties Fuerte and Hass to feed our avocado obsession, according to the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).
Increased production, particularly in Queensland, led to a record A$55.1 million of avocado exports in 2022. Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia are Australia's major avocado markets. Producers are seeking to establish new markets, including in Japan and now India.
“Australia has [for now] limited market access for exporting avocados, largely because of the Queensland Fruit Fly affecting phytosanitary requirements of importing countries,” explains Piggott.
Seven quarantine pests associated with fresh avocado fruit are present in Chile, and need risk management measures to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. These pests are: fruit fly: Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) mealybugs: grape mealybug (Pseudococcus maritimus)
Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is an evergreen subtropical fruit tree native to Central America and Mexico where it was domesticated and cultivated in ancient times (Alcaraz and Hormaza 2009).
Avocado consumption around the world.
In 2021, consumption reports by Statistica showed that, Mexico remained as the top consumer of avocados, with a per capita consumption of 8.1 Kgs.