An “aggressively superior” new species of avocado has hit the shelves with bold claims that it’s perfect every time. Huge if true. There are few frustrations quite like selecting the perfect avocado, bringing it home, cutting into it, and it’s mush. Or too firm. Or it’s all seed. Or it’s a Shepard.

This chagrin could be a thing of the past thanks to the intensely named GMax by GreenSkin Avocados. The avocados have been selectively cultivated for a significantly smaller seed than the Hass or Shepard varieties, and in some twist of sorcery, won’t oxidise when exposed to air. We have questions.

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To find out exactly what makes this avo so special, delicious. did a bit of digging into Lakeshore Farm in northern Queensland, where the GMax originated. We got a bit of a science lesson – here’s the footnotes.

Available from May to July to bridge the gap between Shepard and Hass seasons, your days are numbered to have a crack at the “predictably perfect” avo but Louise and Matthew Kleyn, founders of Lakeshore Farm reckon the fruit is well worth adding to your shopping list. 

To create the so-called perfect avocado, they started with the soil. In the idyllic setting of tropical north Queensland, the Kleyns found the perfect conditions to grow avocados year-round, and keep their orchards as pristine as possible. By preparing and nurturing their land prior to planting, the trees that are meticulously selected from controlled greenhouse nurseries ensure only the strongest rootstock makes the cut.

The avocados are picked by hand then packed on site using high-definition colour cameras, as well as cameras with multiple channels of infrared, to identify and grade fruit based on imperfections that can’t be seen with the naked eye. The result? Perfect avos, every time.

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