K.C. Loo Fruit Centre

11/08/2026

Eat your 5 plus a day for that healthy lifestyle!

25/07/2026

Waikato’s Plan Change 1 is very concerning for vegetable growers: Vegetable growers rely on rotating different crops between different parcels of land – some owned and some leased from third parties – to maintain soil health, reduce disease, and minimise fertiliser and pesticide use. But under PC1, growers rotating across sub-catchments could be forced into far more complex and restrictive consenting pathways. During winter, Pukekohe can supply around 80% of some fresh vegetables because few other regions can produce at the same scale, mainly because the Pukekohe region is reasonably frost-free. If production declines in Pukekohe, the effects will be felt by retailers and consumers right across the country. Source: Federated Farmers

Vegetable growers warn Waikato's Plan Change 1 could make crop production more difficult, with potential impacts on prices and supply.

10/07/2026

⭐⭐⭐ ⭐It’s Matariki ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
K.C. Loo Fruit Centre is open today, Friday 10 July from 10-6. Enjoy a meal with your whanau (maybe make kumara the centre of a meal)!

Image: Tahuri - Peter Lange
This work in Mt Eden Village features three supersized kumara rendered in brick and pipe fragments in the artist's signature playful style. The kumara itself played an important role in Mt Eden's rich history and development. Tahuri was from Waikato and married into the Waiohua people of Tamaki. (Source: Eden Arts)

26/06/2026

🌱💚 Eat Seasonally! What's Instore? 💚🌱
New Zealand Cherimoyas. Also known as custard apples.

To eat a cherimoya, choose a fruit that is ripe (the skin has changed from bright green to a slightly darker greenish-brown) and yields slightly to a gentle squeeze, similar to a ripe avocado. Cut the cherimoya in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Discard the dark brown seeds – do NOT eat the seeds. You can also peel the fruit and cut it into cubes or slices. The taste is light and refreshing, and the fruit has a creamy, delicate, melt-in-your-mouth texture that feels reminiscent of ice-cream.

Nutrition info: Cherimoya offers health benefits from its rich content of fibre, vitamin C, B vitamins, potassium, and antioxidants, which support immune function, digestion, heart health, and skin health.

Origin: A subtropical fruit believed to have originated in the Andes region of Peru and Ecuador.

Orders and enquiries to:
☎️ 09-6304003
📱 027-477-0248
✉️ [email protected]
✉️ [email protected]

26/06/2026

🍓🍓 Eat Seasonally! What’s Instore? 🍓🍓
Sweet, delicious strawberries are now grown all year round in sunny Clive, Hawke’s Bay in a collaboration of Japanese expertise and Kiwi know-how. The business is called Ichigo because it’s the Japanese word for strawberry.
https://www.ichigo.nz/

Orders and enquiries to:
☎️ 09-6304003
📱 027-477-0248
✉️ [email protected]
✉️ [email protected]

30/05/2026

🪾🥶🥬 What’s Instore? Brussels Sprouts Stems 🥬🥶🪾
New Zealand Organic Brussels Sprouts Stems. Now instore. A great centrepiece for your dinner table. $12.99 per stem. 💚💚

To Cook: Beautiful roasted. Cover the entire stem with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in the oven at 175°C-190°C for about 35-45 minutes. Once the sprouts are tender, remove. If you wish to eat parts of the stalk, remove sprouts and leave stalk to soften up for another 15-20 minutes. (The inner part of the stalk also makes a good base for soups.)

Nutrition Info: High in Vitamins (A, C, K), folate, fibre, potassium, magnesium and thiamine. A good source of antioxidants and phytonutrients.

To store: Store with the stem in water (just like flowers).

29/05/2026

🧡 🥭 💛 What’s Instore? Mangoes 🧡 🥭 💛
Mangoes from Vietnam (Elephant or R2E2) and from Taiwan (Irwin). Enjoy these sweet, juicy, and aromatic tropical fruits! Nutritionally, mangoes are a rich source of vitamin C and vitamin A and antioxidants.

29/05/2026

🍂🫜Eat Seasonally! What’s Instore? 🫜 🍂
New Zealand Red Daikon Radishes. Mild, sweet and a little spicy, just like a radish. ❤️❤️

Red daikon radishes can be used in the same way that you would use a white daikon radish. Great for adding a lovely splash of colour to your dish. Perfect to eat raw in salads, braised in hot pots, slaws, pickled, baked, boiled and stir fried. You can also lightly steam with olive oil, salt and/or lemon juice for a bit of flavour. $7.99 per kilo.

Nutritionally, red daikon radishes are low-calorie, non-starchy cruciferous root vegetables. Packed with fibre, potassium, and up to 30% of your daily Vitamin C in a single cup, they make a hydrating, volume-rich addition to any diet.

26/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who has purchased from, and/or donated to, the fundraising stand at K.C. Loo Fruit Centre.

With your support, we recently raised $2,000 for SPCA New Zealand🐈🐕 https://www.spca.nz/donate/

Our current fundraiser is for Hospice NZ – Living Every Moment https://www.hospice.org.nz/donate

Thanks very much once again!
Glennis Loo, Brendan Loo, Frances Loo & the Loo Family 🙏💛👍

09/05/2026

🍎❤️🌹 Our warm wishes to all of the wonderful mothers out there! We hope you get a chance to put your feet up and enjoy the day! 🍎❤️🌹