Every format we run that handles orange, mandarin, grapefruit and export citrus.
Citrus is bought on colour. That single fact drives more packaging decisions than anything technical: mesh in the right shade makes the fruit read brighter on the shelf, which is why so much citrus ships in orange and red net rather than in something neutral. Get the shade wrong and good fruit looks dull next to a competitor's.
Beyond colour, the split is between volume and grading. Fruit moving through a consolidation centre wants throughput and airflow. Fruit being graded on skin condition at the receiving end wants a net that does not leave a pattern behind.
Same crop, different trade-offs. What separates them is how much air, how much print area and how gently the pack holds the product.
Oranges, mandarins and grapefruit are bought on colour. Mesh in the right shade makes the fruit read brighter on the shelf, and the header holds the variety, the count and the grower brand.
See Header Bags specifications →For oranges and mandarins moving in volume through a consolidation centre, the tube runs at line speed and the printed film label carries the brand without needing a separate header.
See Tube Bags specifications →For oranges and mandarins sold as a branded retail pack, the film face takes photographic artwork and the mesh window shows the real colour of the fruit behind it.
See Combo Bags specifications →Oranges and grapefruit in volume. The mesh colour is chosen to make the fruit read brighter, which is why citrus so often ships in red or orange net.
See All Mesh Bags specifications →Where a retail programme wants a high-impact printed bag rather than mesh, perforated poly carries photographic artwork across the whole face.
See Poly Ventilated Bags specifications →The usual case: a European or Canadian chain adds a packaging requirement mid-season and the pack has to change without the line changing.
See Compostable Net Tubes specifications →Export citrus programmes where the receiving chain audits the pack. A heat seal removes the metal detector question entirely.
See Heat Sealed Mesh specifications →Premium citrus sold on appearance, where the buyer is grading the skin as well as the fruit. Knitted net carries the count without leaving a pattern behind.
See Knitted Net (Soft Woven) specifications →Oranges and mandarins in count packs. Net colour is chosen to make the fruit read brighter, which is why citrus so often ships in orange and red extruded net.
See Vexar Mesh specifications →Easy-peel citrus in count packs, where a firm net leaves a grid pattern on soft skin and a memory net does not.
See Memory Net specifications →Mandarins and small citrus counts where the chain has committed to reducing plastic in the produce aisle but the fruit still has to breathe.
See Paper + Mesh specifications →Orange and red net are the most common because they make the fruit read brighter on the shelf. We run nine standard colours in tube bags and nine in heat sealed mesh, so the shade can be matched to the variety.
For volume, tube bags off the roll or all-mesh. For fruit graded closely on skin condition, knitted net stretches and settles around the fruit instead of pressing a grid into it. For a certified compostable requirement, the compostable net tube runs on the same equipment as a standard tube.
Yes. Heat sealed mesh closes with heat — no stitching and no staple — which is what several chains that audit the pack now specify.
The compostable net tube line is tested to ASTM D6400 and the documentation ships with the order. It is produced in Austria and Germany rather than in our Guadalajara plants.
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