British apple and pear news
British Apples and Pears Limited announces new research project
BRITISH APPLE LIFE CYCLE CARBON ASSESSMENT British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL), the UK top fruit grower association, has announced an expansion of its existing Farming Innovation Pathways feasibility project to analyse the impact of British apples on the...
TRADE RELEASE: Sunniest June for 66 years brings great tasting new season British apples
Issued 7th August 2023: Monday 2nd October 2023 will mark the start of the new British apple season and UK growers say that while it may not be a bumper crop, the taste and flavour of the new season fruit is excellent. The sunniest June since 1957[1] ensured young...
BAPL EFRA inquiry response
At the end of July 2023, British Apples & Pears Limited submitted a response to the EFRA Committee inquiry on fairness in the food supply chain. Read the BAPL written evidence. This eight-page BAPL response to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Links between eating apples and reduced frailty
A new research study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that a diet containing the flavonoid quercetin is associated with lower chances of developing frailty in our 60s. Frailty describes how our bodies gradually lose their in-built...
BAPL retailer webinar
On 16th May 2023, BAPL held its annual retailer webinar. BAPL executive chair, Ali Capper, provided an update on: Recent sales and market share data Plans to reinvigorate the apple and pear category Energy costs and inflation A grower panel discussion then followed...
BAPL House of Lords Horticulture Committee evidence and report
On 20th April 2023, Executive Chair of British Apples & Pears Limited, Ali Capper, gave oral evidence to the House of Lords Horticulture Committee. The oral evidence was a follow-up to written evidence already submitted to the Committee by BAPL. Read the BAPL...
True cost of apple production exposed
British Apples and Pears Limited calls for fairer returns. For the first time, an independent analysis has exposed the real cost of production crisis facing UK apple growers. The analysis, conducted by farm business consultants Andersons, reveals that it now costs...
Andersons cost of production report
Andersons Midlands calculates cost of production of Gala apples Analysis, conducted by farm business consultants, Andersons, reveals that it now costs £1.26 (median cost) to produce a kilo of British Gala apples. The analysis confirms what, anecdotally, growers have...
Electricity costs up 133% for UK apple growers
A survey of British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) growers has revealed that they are paying more than twice as much for electricity in December 2022 than in the same month in 2021 and 2020. The median price paid by UK apple growers per kilowatt hour was 15p in...
Aldi sold more British apples than any other UK supermarket in February 2023
For the first time this season, Aldi has bought more British apples from UK growers than any other UK retailer. The latest data released by British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) shows Aldi at the top of the chart, ahead of Tesco in second place, Sainsbury’s in...
British Apples & Pears Limited commissions vital crop research
As soon as it became clear that the AHDB was withdrawing from horticultural crop research, the British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) board acted quickly to establish an alternative arrangement. The BAPL R&D Group now works actively to enable growers to meet...
Why some British apple and pear orchards are being dug up
The BBC (The One Show and BBC Kent) recently reported on how apple farmers in Kent are being forced to dig up their orchards. Understandably, this has concerned British apple lovers. We want to explain a little about why apple orchard planting is on hold. Why are...