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Consistency of premium quality fresh produce.

Avocados

A family favourite fruit that is grown across Australia with major growing areas in Western Australia, Tristate, NSW and Queensland.

Bananas

One of Australia’s most consumed fruits, our bananas are grown on the rich red soils of North Queensland and Mareeba.

Lychees

Introduced to Australia in 1870 by early Chinese settlers, Lychees are a sweet and delicious summer fruit grown in Queensland and Northern NSW

Family owned and operated since 1974

Tropicana and our marketing arm Arcella are family-owned companies which grow, pack, ripen and distribute bananas from our farms and packhouse in North Queensland to major supermarkets and premium independent retailers utilising our sites in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne markets.

Over 50 years, Pat Arcella has developed the company with the support of a great team of almost 200 people headed by long-standing farm managers, salespeople and family Carmen, Rosa, Frank and Dom.

We have expanded our farming and marketing services to include growing 100 acres of lychees in Mutchilba (Queensland), establishing a brand-new avocado packing shed in Manjimup (Western Australia) and marketing of numerous other fruit and vegetable produce lines. Our business prides itself on reliability, consistency and hands-on management.

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Grading

Tropicana has a specially designed quality grading system to ensure consistency of quality and provide transparent feedback to growers.

Natures Own

Quality rating 85-90% – Utilises the whole crop including fruit with natural markings, allowing us to retain grading integrity.

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Quality rating of 90%+ – our premium grade pack is our most packed product that allows for small amount of skin blemish.

Finest

Quality rating of 96%+ – our speciality grade is reserved for only the best in class fruit.

Our Markets

Tropicana has a specially designed quality grading system to ensure consistency of quality and provide transparent feedback to growers.

Brisbane

Sydney

Melbourne

Our farms & packing sheds

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