Product Overview

For produce importers, wholesalers, food processors, retailers, and commercial kitchens requiring a versatile everyday vegetable, fresh red onions provide dependable functionality across both fresh and processed food applications. The bulbs have a compact round-to-slightly-oval shape with layered papery skins ranging from deep reddish-purple and magenta to lighter rose tones. Beneath the dry outer layers, the flesh is crisp, firm, and naturally juicy, with pale white layers typically edged by red-purple pigmentation and the characteristic sharp, pungent aroma of fresh onion. This format is particularly suitable for slicing, dicing, chopping, grilling, sautéing, pickling, garnishing, and processing into sauces, condiments, spice preparations, and ready-to-cook products. Whole bulbs are straightforward to grade and pack by size for different retail and food-service requirements. For B2B buyers, bulk fresh-onion supply supports efficient handling, standardized grading, flexible repacking, high-volume kitchen preparation, and scalable distribution through wholesale, retail, hospitality, and processing channels.

Key Features

1. Red-Purple Skin — Naturally colored outer layers provide the recognizable appearance expected from commercial red onion varieties.
2. Firm Whole Bulbs — Dense, compact bulbs support grading, packing, transportation, peeling, slicing, and mechanical preparation.
3. Crisp Layered Flesh — Firm internal layers provide useful texture for raw salads, garnishes, pickling, and cooked applications.
4. Characteristic Onion Aroma — Fresh bulbs deliver the naturally pungent aroma and savory flavor required across diverse cuisines and processed foods.
5. Multiple Size Grades — Bulbs can be sorted into commercial diameter ranges to suit retail, food-service, and processing requirements.
6. Broad Processing Utility — Suitable for slicing, chopping, dicing, frying, grilling, pickling, dehydration, sauces, and prepared-food production.
7. Bulk Packing Compatible — Mesh bags, sacks, cartons, and other ventilated formats support efficient wholesale handling and distribution.
8. Storage Efficient — Properly cured whole onions can be held under cool, dry, well-ventilated conditions for managed commercial inventory.

Specifications

1. Product Type: Fresh Red Onion
2. Material/Composition: Whole natural onion bulbs
3. Form: Fresh, whole, cured bulbs
4. Color: Red to purple outer skin with pale layered flesh
5. Shape: Round to slightly oval
6. Size/Dimensions per Unit: Approx. 30–80+ mm diameter, grade dependent
7. Condition: Firm, dry-skinned commercial-grade bulbs
8. Packaging: Mesh bags, woven sacks, cartons, or buyer-specified bulk packs
9. Pack Weight: Commonly approx. 5–25 kg depending on market requirements
10. Shelf Life: Approx. 1–3 months under appropriate post-harvest storage conditions
11. Storage Conditions: Cool, dry, dark, and well-ventilated storage
12. Application: Fresh retail, food service, pickling, cooking, and industrial food processing