Vulnerable communities get vitamin C boost with 1,000-ton mandarin donation

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Instead of 1-million kilograms of mandarins being turned into juice, the fruit is being dispatched to communities in Durban and Johannesburg in need of a vitamin C boost.

corporate social investment initiatives, said the donated fruit is usually used for fulfilling the company’s juice programmes.

“Donating vitamin C-rich citrus is a logical way of contributing towards helping communities to thrive,” said Ackermann. “We believe every South African deserves not just access to food but access to nutritious food,” said Alan Browde, CEO and founder of SA Harvest.

 

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