Super Starr

Nestled in the lush tropical landscapes of Mexico, the papaya plantations nurtured by Super Starr stretch across many plots tended with care. Its passion for cultivating the sweetest and juiciest papayas nature has to offer drives Super Starr. From its humble beginnings as a family-owned farm, Super Starr has grown into a thriving business dedicated to bringing the goodness of papaya to people worldwide.

The organic papaya grower and shipper maintains a pristine food safety record. It consistently stays ahead of the curve with its state-of-the-art standards in maintaining fruit quality.

Super Starr recognizes the delicate nature of postharvest handling for sweet papayas, as various factors can significantly impact the fruit's marketability, quality, and flavor. To mitigate these issues, it implements strict measures to ensure proper handling. It deals with plant damage caused by pests, viruses, fungi, and insects by developing bacteria and fungi that combat insects, that are harmful to plants and fruit.

A local type of bacteria leveraged by Super Starr is highly effective in combating and preventing insect formation in plants. This approach helps reduce costs, increase production, and enhance quality, resulting in a more sustainable and profitable operation.

“We uphold rigorous quality and food safety standards. Our end-to-end control of the supply chain enables us to strictly enforce these standards, ensuring our consumers receive only the safest and the tastiest sweet papayas,” says Lance Peterson, president of Super Starr.

Papayas produced by Super Starr range from the Royal Star and Super Starr Papaya to Super Star Honeydew and green papaya. The first hybrid papaya produced by the farm, Royal Star, is derived from non-GMO seeds. Grown in the nutrient rich volcanic soil of Colima, Mexico, Royal Star is known for its uncommon sweetness, pleasant smell, and long shelf life. Super Starr has spent the last decade perfecting this exclusive variety that sets the highest standards in the market. It takes various measures like soil management and proper spacing between crops to maintain the quality of its product

Dedicated to sustainable agriculture and quality, Super Starr nurtures every papaya from seed to harvest, ensuring each fruit has the sun-ripened flavor and nutritional benefits that make it a beloved staple of tropical cuisine.

Super Starr centers all of its production operations on food safety. Unlike other papaya and honeydew melon suppliers, it controls the quality of its fruit, from planting the seed to putting it on store shelves.

By joining forces with Texas International Produce Association, Super Starr is strengthening its food safety protocols and standardizing them for easier comprehension by producers. This collaboration has resulted in the development of comprehensive methods for addressing food safety and overcoming the challenges posed on a geographical level. These methods provide producers with various options to meet the minimum food safety standards, ensuring every aspect of food safety is covered.

Super Starr is committed to making a positive impact through social and environmental initiatives. Its workforce also plays a vital role in its programs. Employees experience a holistic working experience through equal opportunity employment, fair wages, and working conditions.

Its unwavering dedication to providing the finest fruit quality stems from Super Starr’s strong and direct connections with growers. With over 25 years of experience and a well-established reputation for producing top-quality papayas in Mexico, it offers buyers peace of mind that the product they receive is grown with integrity by trusted individuals. This is the key to maintaining consistent quality and delivery year-round.

Super Starr nourishes taste buds and the planet with sustainably grown sweet papaya.