Crunshella™ carries the flavour
Come for the taste, stay for the crunch. Crunshella™ is Rijk Zwaan’s snack lettuce with naturally spoon shaped leaves and the strength to support both hot and cold toppings. Designed for practical use, it offers whole leaves that stay crisp, are easy to prepare and work across multiple applications, including tapas style spoons, wraps and salads.
Discover the benefits of Crunshella™
Spoon-shaped leaves
Crunshella’s naturally spoon-shaped leaves offer a stable base for toppings and whole-leaf applications. The shape supports scooping, filling and portioned serving, making it ideal for tapas-style spoons, wraps and full-leaf salads.
Suitable for hot & cold toppings
The leaves maintain their structure and crunch even when combined with warm ingredients. This heat resistance makes Crunshella™ a reliable carrier for dishes that mix temperatures or require stronger leaf performance.
Excellent crunchy texture
Crunshella™ delivers a firm, consistent crunch from prep to plate. The texture enhances bite and supports toppings without collapsing, adding a fresh, crisp element to any dish.
Crunshella™ for growers
All partners in the Crunshella™ Growers Group enter into a formal contract. This agreement ensures partners receive marketing support, the right to use the Crunshella™ logo and visual identity, and clear quality guidelines for Crunshella™ products. Structured leaves for today's applications
Crunshella™ was developed to answer a practical need: a lettuce leaf that can carry fillings, support warm or cold toppings and stay crisp in whole-leaf use. Its spoon-shaped form and reinforced structure make it suitable for applications that standard lettuces struggle with, such as tapas-style spoons, wraps and full-leaf salads.
Designed for strength, shape and reliability
Where standard lettuce types can wilt, fold or lose structure, Crunshella™ maintains its crunch from prep to plate. The variety was bred for firmness, versatility and reliable performance in dishes where the leaf serves not just as an ingredient, but as a carrier.
Practical benefits in prep and planning
Beyond performance on the plate, Crunshella™ was created to simplify preparation. Whole leaves are easy to cut, rinse and strip, and the variety’s natural durability supports longer shelf life and flexible planning in both professional and home kitchens.
Smooth and crunchy texture recognised with an ITQI Award
Crunshella™ snack lettuce has been awarded three stars by the International Taste Institute (ITQI), whose jury consists of more than 200 top chefs. They especially praised the size and shape of the leaves, which lend themselves to a wide variety of preparations, as well as the "wonderful crispiness that stays crunchy for a long time." Get inspired on our consumer platform
To support our partners with the introduction of Crunshella™ we create a marketing toolbox with packaging, campaigns and a consumer website. In this way we challenge the consumer to explore the unknown. Crunshella™ is the mini lettuce that transforms every bite into something fresh, fun and delicious. Its naturally spoon‑shaped, firm leaves make it perfect for scooping, filling or wrapping your favourite ingredients. Crunshella news list
Crunshella®: mini lettuce with maximum bite
Crunshella® is the new name for Rijk Zwaan’s sweet, crunchy mini Snack Lettuce, which has amassed countless fans in Europe in recent years. The launch of the brand at Fruit Logistica 2026 is a major step towards the ultimate goal: year-round on-shelf availability. Rijk Zwaan and Spanish growers’ cooperatives are inviting retailers and lettuce growers from Northern Europe to join them in promoting Crunshella.
“Together we’re ensuring that consumers can enjoy Snack Lettuce all year round”
Snack Lettuce enables retailers across Europe to offer consumers something exciting in the lettuce category. It not only forms a crunchy basis for snacks, but is also available all year round on the continent. This is thanks to close collaboration within the expanding network of growers in Spain, Italy, Germany and Ireland. Four of them explain what makes both the partnership and Snack Lettuce so successful.
New collaboration between European growers enables consumers to enjoy Snack Lettuce year round
Five major European growers’ cooperatives have joined forces to supply Rijk Zwaan’s innovative Crunchy Lettuce to retail chains throughout Europe all year round. The three Spanish founders – JimboFresh International, Fruca and El Dulze – are excited about the new chapter in this story. “Together with the leading growers’ cooperatives Landfrisch AG in Germany and Fellini Patrizio Srl in Italy, we can reach out to a new generation of consumers who will love the texture, flavour and crunch of this unique product, 365 days a year,” says Miguel Ángel Jiménez, CEO of JimboFresh. Four of the growers’ cooperatives and Rijk Zwaan will showcase this Snack Lettuce on their booths at this year’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin.