Vegetable seeds for professional growers
Rijk Zwaan offers high-quality vegetable seeds that are perfectly tailored to the requirements of modern cultivation. Our assortment includes innovative varieties that help you achieve the highest standards in quality and yield. In close cooperation with our partners along the entire value chain, we develop pioneering solutions for professional vegetable cultivation.
RAWONDER
The green mini cos lettuce
Discover RAWONDER: a lettuce with cylindrical, medium-sized head with attractive yellow inner leaves, rapid development and strength against bolting and internal blight. Perfect for harvesting and packaging thanks to its flat, stable ribs and closed underside.
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Solutions for the entire value chain
From grower to consumer
Our innovations & solutions increase crop quality & quantity for farmers, and meet the needs of a changing market.
Rugose Defense™
High resistance to ToBRFV
This is the solution that the tomato supply chain around the world has been hoping for: the introduction of tomato varieties with high resistance (HR) to the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV). The best varieties are now available under the Rugose Defense label.News
Yellow watermelon: how Tropical Sunshine RZ adds colour to retail shelves
Innovation is the only way to stay ahead of the game. That is why South African growing companies, supermarket chain Woolworths and Rijk Zwaan collaborated closely to bring customers something special in both the core fruit and the prepared fruit category: yellow watermelon Tropical Sunshine RZ. “It stands out because of its colour and amazing taste.”
Tropical pepper Tatayoyo® conquers shelves: “Truly impressed by richer aroma”
“Tatayoyo® is not just a pepper; it’s a versatile innovative ingredient that can transform dishes,” says Andrea Alvarez from fresh produce company UNICA. Since last year, the award-winning pepper is also being sold at retailer LIDL. “We highly value the close cooperation with Rijk Zwaan and UNICA to bring this to our shelves,” says Boyd Muijs, Vice President of Fresh Purchasing International at LIDL. Innovation and collaboration are just two reasons why Andrea and Boyd are so enthusiastic about this groundbreaking new concept.
New Rijk Zwaan tomato varieties combine high resistance with flavour
By working in partnership with Rijk Zwaan, growers gain early access to the newest resistant varieties. This is of strategic importance to help them meet retailers’ needs and add value for consumers. One example is Anizalla RZ, the new ToBRFV-resistant mini-plum truss variety that is already being grown commercially for sale in Germany and the UK. “We care about bringing varieties to the retail market that add value for consumers in terms of flavour and visual appeal,” says Maarten van der Leeden, Client Manager Sales at Rijk Zwaan in the Netherlands.