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Mandarins
She’s good to go, a lunchbox hero in nature’s smartest packaging: the mandarin. First Fresh mandarins are sweet, juicy, and easy for even the littlest hands to peel and eat. The varieties our growers produce have almost the entire calendar year covered, so you basically never have to do without. Enjoy the echo of Gisborne summer sunshine, year ‘round.
A tasty, portable immune booster: mandarins provide 79% of your daily vitamin C needs.
Mandarins are A much sweeter way to get folate into kids (and adults!) than leafy greens.
Mandarins are a good source of mood-boosting, brain function-bolstering vitamin B6.
Nutritional Information
Recommended Serving Size: 2 small mandarins (150g). Percentage daily intakes per serve are based on an average adult diet of 8700 kJ as specified by FSANZ. Nutritional source: L1183.
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Mandarin Varieties
Satsuma
The OG winter-fruiting mandarin: originating in Japan, Satsuma are a long-haul favourite at First Fresh. Thanks to their long maturity time, First Fresh can keep these juicy, mild-flavoured, seedless mandarins in your fruit bowl right through the New Zealand winter.
Seasonal availability
April to August
Where to buy
Encore
Encore! Encore! Trailing quickly in the wake of their Satsuma sisters, the spring-summer-autumn maturing Encore means mandarins almost year-round. Taking the crown as our main variety, Encore are easy peel, firm-fleshed and delicious.
Seasonal availability
October to March
Where to buy
Afourer
Fruiting in late winter with a brief harvest season, get in quick to enjoy juicy and sweet Afourer. They’re great for kids: easy to peel, easy to segment, with minimal seeds. Recognise Afourer by its vibrantly orange-coloured rind.
Seasonal availability
September
Where to buy
Richard‘s Special
Bigger sometimes IS better: Richard’s Special are large, deliciously sweet and easy to peel. Like Afourers, Richard’s Special are also here for just a short time: get them in September, a burst of summery citrus at the end of winter.
Seasonal availability
September
Where to buy
First Fresh fruit is available from…
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Mandarin Recipes
Always a snack, never a starring role? Not so! These delicious mandarin recipes put sweet and juicy First Fresh mandarins at centre stage. Now that’s a-peelin’!
View RecipesPicked by our grower family, for yours
“Our sun kissed Mandarins are hand picked just at the right time to ensure they are bursting with goodness”
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Health and wellbeing
We think our fresh Gisborne-grown fruit is pretty amazing. And not just for snacking. Learn how First Fresh fruit can help manage your weight, boost your immunity, care for your heart health and more.
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The first fresh story
We’re built on a foundation of family and a fierce loyalty to Tairāwhiti Gisborne. But we also have an eye to the future, with a commitment to sustainable growth.
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A real slice of Gisborne life
Is it the warm climate, high sunshine hours, or fertile soils that create the best growing conditions in the world?
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