Sweet onions

Sweet onions are highly versatile.

 

Flavor 

Compared to other onions the sweet onion is sweet and mild. Because of the lack of the various sulfur composites that usually cause tears when pealing and cutting onions, “crying” belongs to the past when preparing this sweet onion. The onion is crispy as an apple with a pleasant onion flavor; it contains more sugar and is digested easily.
 

Usage

Because of its sweet taste this onion is an ideal product for children. The sweet onion tastes great in many dishes, in particular in salads, raw vegetables, at the barbecue, garnish of hamburgers and pizza´s, stewed onions, etc.

 

Worldwide

In the United States 20% of onion consumption corresponds to sweet onions. The product is rather new in Europe and demand is steadily growing, because of the multiple advantages of the sweet onion.