Food Processing - August 2008 - (Page 16)

SPECIAL REPORT Organic foods of all types are very big in Thailand right now. A walk around the show ﬂoor turned up these interesting products: • Take the same recipe as potato chips but form them into thin crackers and you have Boogie snacks from Nelie. The true potato ﬂavor seems to beneﬁt from the added thickness of a cracker over a chip. • The chunky water alluded to earlier was a drink with chunks of aloe suspended in beverages of various ﬂavors. Several companies had similar products on display, including Sapanan General Food Co. • Keko Marketing had two remarkably beautiful containers for its Glinter beverages. A traditional-looking soft drink “can” was made of clear PET, but still had the standard aluminum top and pullring. And Glinter mineral water comes in an attractively sculpted PET bottle with a full-width cap. • Gingen oﬀered tastes of a drink made with chrysanthemum and honey. Floral extracts and tastes were widespread at show. There also were numerous food products, most of them beverages, promising women youthful-looking skin. In addition to aloe, they contained collagen, coenzyme-Q10, grape seed extract and lycopene. And there was a handful of American brands. Florida’s Natural, imported by Food Gallery Co., caters mostly to Western visitors and expatriates, although wealthier Thais are appreciating the diﬀerence over Asian orange juices. Bud’s Ice Cream from San Francisco has a similar experience, although the American-style products are made in Thailand by a licensee. Dole has a Thailand joint venture. The Washington Apple Commission was there. Dave Rockwood, president of Rockwood Trading, with oﬃces in both Bangkok and Park City, Utah, shared some insights as an importer and exporter: “Our most successful product exporting to the USA is mangosteen, both whole fruit puree and juice concentrates. Thailand has the highest quality of food safety and best supply chain and post-harvest management,” he said. As for American products he thinks would do well, “American companies should export to Thailand healthy foods and nutraceutical supplements, high-quality organics and low-sugar/low carb diet foods.” We Rent Solutions Cooling Heating Dehumidiﬁcation Rental Experts We keep food processing plants running at peak capacity. Don’t let temperature or humidity control problems degrade production rates or quality. Our engineers speak your technical language. Chillers Cooling Towers Pumps Heat Exchangers Air Conditioners Spot Coolers Air Handlers Dehumidifiers Heaters Boilers Generators 800-586-8336 CarrierRentals.com 16 • FOOD PROCESSING AUGUST 2008 We are the rental cooling, heating and dehumidiﬁcation experts. FOODPROCESSING.COM http://CarrierRentals.com http://CarrierRentals.com http://FOODPROCESSING.COM

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Food Processing - August 2008

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