Turbana Yucca Featured On Fox News As Alternative To Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes

CORAL GABLES, Florida – Turbana announced that one of the United States’ biggest news sites, Fox News, is today debuting Turbana’s Coconut Yucca Fries with Creole Lime Mayo just in time for Thanksgiving. The recipe, created by Turbana, was featured at PMA 2013 in New Orleans and is now touted by Fox as an alternative to potatoes this holiday season. The recipe can be found online here: http://www.foxnews.com/recipe/coconut-yucca-fries-creole-lime-mayo

Yucca is part of Turbana’s larger line of Tropicals that aims to help retailers capture the ethnic market, the fastest growing segment in the US population, as well as the mainstream population in North America. Marion Tabard, Marketing Director of Turbana, says, “We are delighted that Fox News wanted to feature our Yucca Fries. This is part of Turbana’s larger effort to expand awareness of tropical products with American consumers, and Thanksgiving dinner is a great place to start.”

Turbana’s tropical line includes yucca, chayote, eddoes, batata, malanga lila, calabaza, yellow yam, dry coconut, name, aloe vera, malanga coco, and malanga blanca. For more information on Turbana’s Tropicals line, please visit www.turbana.com/tropicals.

About Turbana

Turbana Corporation is one of the leading premier importers of tropical produce including bananas, plantains, pineapples and ethnic tropicals. Besides offering healthy tropical foods, Turbana’s objective has always been to develop the farming communities in the banana and plantain-growing regions, by investing in social and economic projects including education, housing, infrastructure, and environmental protection. Additionally, Turbana supports its retail partners by helping them build sustainability and growth in their own communities. Turbana is inspired everyday by the goodness of its fruit and a spirited commitment to its people, environment and customers. www.turbana.com.

Source: Turbana Corporation