APEX: Connecting the Field to the Finished Product

Turning Variety Trials into Real-World Insights

Morning Star’s new APEX pilot plant is giving our variety trialing program a closer look at what happens to a tomato beyond the field. Built at one of our southern California processing facilities, APEX allows small, replicated field trials to move through the major steps of commercial tomato processing in a highly controlled environment.

By evaluating everything from yield and Brix to processing efficiency, viscosity, color, flavor and finished-product performance, we can better understand what makes one variety perform differently from another.

Hear from Aaron Giampietro, Emily Clay and Leo Franco as they share how APEX is helping connect the work of growers, seed partners, Morning Star and our customers—and creating new opportunities to learn across the entire tomato journey.

Source: Morning Star