Asian markets also sell frozen durian whole or pre-shelled and packaged in plastic containers. Its texture is stringier than fresh fruit, says Morales. In a word, a durian tastes divine ...

The fruit gives off a foul odor similar to that ... At Mao’s shop, a customer can now buy a whole durian for the equivalent of 12 Swiss francs. Mao employs 100 people, 20 of whom work ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Just one 2.5-kilogram durian from Nonthaburi, Thailand, can cost $380. Yet the fruit has a smell that some people find extremely unpleasant.

“There needs to be enough quantity of the same ‘brand’ (type) of the fruit ... Meanwhile, durian farmer Tan Chee Keat said he has been exporting fresh whole durian to China from eight ...

Dragon fruit has surpassed durian to be the top export fruit in January as shipment of the latter to China plunged amid tightened inspection. Exports of dragon fruit jumped 35% from December to $58 ...

Zahari said among durian products sold in the market were fresh durian, frozen whole fruit, freeze-dried durian, chilled pulp and frozen pulp and paste. Maintaining top spot Johor Agriculture ...

Soon, the whole durian supply chain will feel the impact ... Both provinces are known for their fruit plantations, and both have large swaths of protected public forest. In one case in ...

Only 3,500 tons of durian were shipped as of mid-February, an 80% drop from a year earlier, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association. The fruit normally accounts for nearly half of all ...

BANGKOK, Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chulalongkorn University researchers, led by Professor Dr. Supaart Sirikantaramas, discovered an innovative use for durian, a fruit known for its pungent aroma ...