Green Giant® Fresh Little Gem Lettuce Hearts deliver a truly unique flavor and texture. The perfect cross between Butter and Romaine lettuce, Little Gems bring together a sweet, buttery flavor with perfectly shaped, crispy, green leaves for a one-of-a-kind meal experience. Little Gem Lettuce Hearts are harvested from the innermost portion of each head of gem lettuce, resulting in a compact head with more usable leaves. President, Gary Andreasian, tells AndNowUKnow, “This special Gem variety produces dense, compact heads that result in a sweet, buttery flavor from the outside leaves all the way through to the edible core. Little Gems provide a gourmet twist to a quick and easy meal solution.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">SunWest Fruit Company still has significant supplies of Navels and Cara Caras for the next couple of months, despite weather challenges. Many suppliers are experiencing crop damage, due to the California citrus freeze, which started in December. Although SunWest is seeing about a 15-20 percent crop loss, most of the product is not damaged. Doug Sankey, Vice President of Marketing, tells us, “Our Navels and Cara Caras grown in Fresno County have outstanding taste and flavor and we’re seeing minimal loss in comparison to other growing regions due to last month’s cold spell.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
