Another Malaysian Jackfruit Variety

One of the variety is Subang. It very large and heavy. Here how it looks.

The fruit is almost as big as two-year child. Wonderful!

Malaysian Jackfruits Variety

There are many jackfruit varieties in Malaysia. The Department of Agriculture has registered many clones. There are old clones like NS1 , NS 2 etc but these clones are proned to bacterial diseases like Phytopthora and Corticium which lasts about 10-15 years after planting, and where most of the clones are grafted. Through selection  many more varieties have been selected and registered like J29, J33, J 34.etc There are plantations which had keen to grow these jackfruits. Based on yield and quality, there are many outcomers. One of the popular one is J33. This variety is very sweet, less flatulence, less sticky, very crunchy. and long shelf life.

Malaysia's jackfruit  Madu variety

Post Harvest in Jack Fruits

Young generations today prefer to eat  ready-to-eat foods or fast-foods. That is why fast-foods are getting very popular since decades ago.Western countries have innovated countless fast-foods e.g Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), McDonalds, A n W etc. Our new generations have consumed these fast-foods and they like and crave them very much. Even if you ask them; how chicken looks like? They will point to chicken avaialble in KFCs like chicken wings, drumsticks whats not.

Back to agriculture,we should revolutionize our thinking to new products. For instance in jackfruits. How could we encourage the young ones to eat this messy fruits with latex and sticky gums? We could say to them that this fruit is nice, aromatic blah blah .. but it is bulky and difficult to open. And morever, consumed jackfruit is not  easily to  eat just like apple or oranges, it needs more than that.

Yes, jackfruits (JF) is not easy to eat.But, there are ways we could attract young generations to eat. Of course through innovations like minimally process or fresh cut . Make the product presentable, attractive, ready-to-eat, and clean. I am sure the younger generations will love to eat if they have tasted this fruits.

Here are some example how minimally process is done.

Phamplet showing minimally process jackfruit

Minimally process JF  are becoming popular, they can be air-flown to any destinations