Description
🚚 The fastest delivery time : 2-day delivery.
🐝 Supplier / Origin : New Zealand
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🌱 Supplier introduction :
As we strive to create products that retain most of their nutritional value, they may not look like the “highly processed” foods that can sit on supermarket shelves for more than two years.
Our products may...
- Dispersion - because we do not use binders and emulsifiers
- Goes bad faster - because we don't use preservatives
- The colors may not look as bright - because we don't use any artificial colors
- The flavor is a little different every time - because every batch is made with real ingredients, just like no apples are the same on the tree.
🛍 Product Information :
Dazzle™ by Mr Apple — New Zealand red apple. Watermelon crunch, clean sweetness, low acid. Grown in Hawke’s Bay. Snack, share, gift.
What it is
Dazzle™ is a club (managed) variety, not a generic red apple. The underlying cultivar is PremA129, developed over about 20 years by Plant & Food Research at Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay. It is a conventional cross of Sweetie × Scired made in 1997. Prevar owns the variety; Fruitcraft (Mr Apple, Bostock New Zealand, Freshmax and licensed exporters) holds production and marketing rights. Mr Apple is New Zealand’s largest integrated apple grower–packer–exporter and one of the core Dazzle shippers. Chinese-market names include 丹爍, 丹妃 and 炫光蘋果.
Origin and growing
Core orchards sit on the Heretaunga Plains of Hawke’s Bay: long summer sunshine, coastal breezes and cool nights. That climate builds red colour, sugar and a tight cell structure (the crunch). Mr Apple ships under its 5 Point Promise — Pure Place, Pure Expertise, Pure Control, Pure Safety, Pure Delight — with orchard-to-carton traceability and both machine and hand checks. Harvest is mid-season in New Zealand, typically after Royal Gala.
Appearance and eating quality
- Skin: intense bright red, glossy; lenticels often visible
- Size: medium to large — useful for sharing and gift packs
- Flesh: white to creamy-white, very firm, juicy
- Flavour: high sweetness, low background acid, clean and refreshing
- Texture: Mr Apple’s own line is “the crunch is a little like watermelon with a refreshing sweetness”
- Storage: good outturn; colour and bite hold through export and retail
Bred specifically so Asian buyers get a large, highly coloured, sweet apple with little tartness — closer to Gala/Queen in sugar balance than to tart NZ classics such as Braeburn.
Season and Hong Kong
New Zealand harvest is typically March–April in the orchard; fruit reaches Northern Hemisphere markets from about May through October (exact weeks depend on the year’s crop and shipping). In Hong Kong this sits in the premium imported-red-apple slot when some local and Northern stocks are quieter. Look for the Dazzle sticker (often “Grown in New Zealand”) and Mr Apple’s red export cartons. Confirm count size and grade with the importer for retail vs gift-box use.
Nutrition (overview)
Treat as a typical eating apple: roughly 50–55 kcal per 100 g, mostly water and natural sugars, about 2–2.5 g fibre, some vitamin C, potassium and skin polyphenols. There is no widely published “super-apple” nutrient claim unique to Dazzle; the selling point is eating quality (sweet, crisp, low acid), not a special functional profile.
Culinary uses
Best raw and chilled: snack, lunchbox, fruit platter, cheese board. Holds shape in salads and slaws. Low acid means a milder bake than Granny Smith; still fine for light desserts, juice and a quick pan-fry with butter and cinnamon. Wash just before eating.
Simple ideas:
- Lime and a pinch of salt on cold wedges
- Dice into shrimp or roast-chicken salad
- Thin slices with cheddar
Storage
Refrigerate in the crisper for maximum crunch. A few days at cool room temperature is acceptable if the fruit will be eaten soon. Do not wash until serving. Avoid bruising; the skin shows marks.
🥘 Recipe：
Dazzle Apple Prawn Salad
Serves: 2 as a light main, 4 as a starter
Time: about 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 medium–large Dazzle apple
- 200–250 g prawns (about 8–10), peeled
- ½ cucumber
- 1 celery stick (tender part)
- A few sprigs coriander or mint
- 2 tbsp toasted walnuts or flaked almonds (optional)
Dressing
- 1½ tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp honey or maple syrup
- ½ tsp fish sauce or light soy
- Sea salt and black pepper
- Pinch of chilli flakes (optional)
Method
- Poach or quickly pan-sear the prawns with a pinch of salt until just cooked. Shock in ice water, drain, and chill.
- Slice or dice the Dazzle with the skin on. Toss at once with ½ tbsp lime juice so it does not brown and so the low-acid apple gets a lift.
- Cut cucumber and celery into thin matchsticks or small dice.
- Whisk the remaining dressing. It should taste clean, lightly sweet and lime-bright — not heavy.
- Toss prawns, apple, vegetables and herbs with the dressing only at the table. Finish with nuts. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Dazzle is sweet and low-acid; the lime in the dressing is essential.
- Do not dress ahead or the watermelon-like crunch will soften.
- Swap prawns for chilled chicken breast or smoked salmon if you prefer.
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