Visiting Special K at Battle Creek

USHBC traveled to the "Cereal City" -- Battle Creek, Michigan for meetings with regional food technologists.   Great to meet with manufacturers, suppliers and sellers of blueberries.  Always seeing new items such as extracts, powders and even blueberry seed oils!

Powder Pure is a company in Washington who produces a high phenolic powder to rival the imports from Europe and Asia.

Next day, attended grower meeting at South Haven.  

Headed home through "Beer city!"

North American Blueberry New Product Development Rises

Food manufacturers in the USA and Canada are responding to supply and demand to develop a flurry  of new blueberry-containing products in the first quarter of 2016.  The number of new products has jumped more than 50 percent over 2015 at 150 new products January-April 2016.   At this pace the numbers will on par with the record amount in 2012.

Here are just a few innovative products:

Baby food with blueberries and healthy grains.

 

Ale with natural blueberry flavor and lots of blueberry identification on the pack.

Blueberries, blueberry puree and lots of chocolate!

Blueberry pet foods continue!

Nothing but blueberries!

Real Blueberry Beer from Chile

I am always on the lookout for a beer and this one caught my interest.

I think it is worth a overnight flight to Chile!

Great packaging!  Look forward to tasting or hearing from those in the blueberry world who have tasted!

Blueberry Beauty for India

Here is a very interesting skin care item sold in India.  
Blueberries
are associated with skincare in this land of 1.3 billion!  Don't mind the grape leaves!

"Trending" with Blueberries!

We aim to keep blueberries top-of-mind with food and beverage professionals.

Here is what they see when opening up Food and Beverage news!

Now we are trending!

Blueberry Granita!

Here is the formula for Blueberry Granita which chef John Hui will present at an upcoming seminar in Tokyo May 13, 2016!

Here is a real Blueberry Cosmetic!

No, this is not a yogurt cup!  It is a face creme produced in South Korea and marketed all over Asia.  Note how the blueberry sells!