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Tim Cummings
Peri & Sons Farms
430 Hwy 339
Yerington, NV 89447
www.periandsons.com
Phone: (775) 463-6324
Fax: (775) 463-4028

National Onion Labs, Inc.
Laura A. Burrell
604 N W Main Street
Collins, GA 30421
www.onionlabs.com
(912) 693-9060

National Onion Labs, Inc. (NOL) is excited to announce that Nevada based Peri & Sons Farms has contracted to participate in the NOL Flavor Certification Program . This is the first year that Peri & Sons Farms will be  joining the select group of distinguished NOL clients who are committed to providing mild and sweet onions that will help to grow the category through consumer satisfaction.

David Peri, of Peri & Sons Farms, has long felt the need for testing onion crops as a guide for growing the best onion possible.  “In recent years, the Sweet Onion Category has grown significantly and as a result, many companies are marketing Spanish yellow cooking onions as sweet onions, ruining the distinctiveness of the sweet onion in the minds of consumers,”  Stated Mr. Peri.  “Only through testing can we learn when and how and where to improve our management practices so that we can be sure the onions we offer the consumer will meet their expectations”  Retail buyers can be sure that when they receive the notice of NOL’s Certified Extra Sweet® or Certified Sweet® status regarding our Sweetie Sweet onions, they will know that we continue to expend the extra efforts to bring their customers a quality sweet onion.” 

David Burrell, president of NOL agrees with Mr. Peri about the need to test sweet onions to bring integrity back to the Sweet Onion category but he warns “Pungency is only a small part of the flavor of the onion.  We need to look at the total chemical profile of the onion to make sure it will meet the desires of the consumer.  An onion can be low in pungency but still have bitter or ‘off’ flavors that are “offensive.” At NOL we have tested onions that would “pass” the pungency test but we withheld Certified Sweet® and / or Certified Extra Sweet ® status because they had bitter and ‘off” flavors that would have failed the taste expectations of the consumer. 

Only onions that pass all of our strict testing standards are allowed to be promoted with NOL’s Certified Extra Sweet® or Certified Sweet® certifications.”  National Onion Labs, Inc., located in Collins, GA is the acknowledged Industry leader in Flavor analysis and certification of onions.  Since 1998, NOL has been using the latest technology to test the onions enrolled in the Flavor Certification program. 

Peri &Sons Farms currently grows, packages and ships over 2,700 acres of pesticide residue free onions from their Nevada and California operations.  They have spent many years developing a specific sweet onion variety suited to their location which they market under the Sweetie Sweet® label. “The reason our sweet onions have their unique sweetness and onion flavor” remarked David Peri, “is because they're grown in an environment that they love. They thrive on the warm days and cool nights in the high desert of Yerington, Nevada. These optimal growing conditions make for the optimal sweet onion!”  And by using National Onion Labs’ Flavor Certification program, we can prove it!