Vegetables on the grill – or as a side dish

In the product portfolio of the Southern Great Plain Horticulturists Cooperative, we can find white peppers, bell peppers, pritamin peppers, California peppers, as well as different kinds of tomatoes, e.g. cocktail, cherry, sweet date, etc.

New and exciting “barbecue starters”

“Courgette and bell pepper have been well-known grilling favourites for years. Now available from local growers, grilling tomatoes have been added to the range, but potatoes are also becoming popular, together with aubergine”,

says Kamil Tóth.

His company enters the market with new products every year, following global and the regional trends of neighbouring countries. In line with the changing consumer demand, there are more and more chemical-free and certified organic farmers in Hungary. At barbecues salads are also present as a side dish or starter. The company’s Salanova® lettuces and Knox™ lettuces have entered the domestic supply chains, together with Crunchy lettuce, which has become the first to be available online as a snack salad.

Salad on a plate rather than on the grill

Eisberg’s product portfolio consists of packaged salads and salad mixes, seasonal salad products, salad bowls, yogurt-based salad dressings and cold-pressed oils.

Vegetable snacks are here

“The most common and well-known grilling vegetables are aubergines, courgettes, potatoes, onions and peppers. As a side dish we offer cabbage, carrots and onions for a coleslaw salad, which is an excellent, light accompaniment to meat dishes”,

says sales manager Zsuzsanna Lóczki.

For grilling they offer BBQ packs, an onion mi, a pepper selection, and 300g fresh radish packs. They buy the vegetables from Hungarian producers and the products turn up in the shops within 24 hours.

 “Opinions on this were mixed, but in any case it is good to know that there are fruit varieties suitable for grilling. Still, aubergines and courgettes are the most recommend for this purpose”,

says the marketing manager.

Vitamin Szalon Kft. has its own grower base, which means that the products they sell can be tracked. At the end of 2023 they developed a new product, called Vegetable Dip Snack: a variety of assorted snack-shaped carrots, English celery, cucumbers and palermo peppers, accompanied by a matching cream.