European Food Tech Magazine Features USA Highbush Blueberries

The top food technology magazine of Europe -- Food Marketing & Technology (FM&T) featured highbush blueberries in its January Ingredient special.   Topics covered include inclusion of blueberries with ancient grains, and beauty ingredients and the use of blueberries in sweets and savories.  Thanks to our great editorial friends Benno Keller and Ian Haley  for continued support of highbush blueberries.   Benno visits the USA each year attending the Institute of Food Technologists meeting and always spends quality time with his blueberry friends.  The publication is read by food processors from throughout Europe and the Middle East and has an online version and web.


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Dynamo Awards Featured in Korean Food Magazine

The December 2016 Little Blue Dynamos awards in Seoul were a big deal for the fruit trade.  Here is an article in the Food News!

Latin American Food Industry Discovers Blueberries

Food manufacturers from throughout Latin America are churning out world-class new Delete repeated word containing blueberries.  While in the past most developments were from US companies and affiliates -- we are seeing new blueberry items from local companies including Grupo Bimbo -- a Mexican company which is now the leading bakery group in the USA.  Now blueberries are used as ingredients all over  Latin America including most of the countries including those with local blueberry production.  USHBC has been promoting blueberries in Mexico for the past 15 years and now conduct regional activities in the region including food tech and bakery expositions to spur blueberry product development.

Here are some interesting developments in 2016!

Blueberry cake from Colombia

E-Wong is a large Peruvian company.

New Yogurt product from Brazil

Blueberry Breakfast Cookie from Mexico

Yoplait Drinking Yogurt - Mexico

Mexico produced Blueberry Cereal

Chia and blueberry jam - Argentina

Blueberry drink, Brazil

India Promotions at High End Grocery Chain

Check out this successful promotion by Anusaya Fresh -- India!  Congratulations to Don Van de Werken and Dinesh Shinde from Anusaya Fresh.  The promotions were held at the Food Hall which is an upscale grocery chain in Delhi and Mumbai.

Asian New Blueberry-Containing Products Strong in 2016

Asian food processors continue to utilize blueberries in new-consumer products.  In 2016, Mintel Global Product Reports recorded more than 1,000 new blueberry containing products in 15 countries. Most are countries where USHBC has conducted food tech promotions.

The leading countries are: 
China - 238
South Korea - 216
Japan - 132
India - 97
Indonesia - 69
Thailand - 56
Taiwan - 44
Singapore - 43
Hong Kong - 41
Malaysia - 36
Vietnam - 27
Philippines 25
Myanmar - 15
Pakistan - 10
Sri Lanka

Interesting New Product Developments:

This product from Japan uses real blueberry flakes.  It is now produced all over Southeast Asia including this version produced in Malaysia.

Here is another example of a popular Korean product manufactured in North China.  Very tasty and popular. 

Asians have a strong belief in the connection between blueberries and healthy eyesight.  This new product from Wakasa Seikatsu is called "healthy eyesight."  This concept has been around a long time -- but this product is novel as it is called "blueberry" not "bilberry."

20 years ago we were told that Chinese will not drink milk.  Now dairy is a rising mega-category.  Here is a blueberry "lassi" product "borrowed" from India.

Babies reign supreme in Asia and there is nothing too good for the "little emperor or empress."  Here is a baby food made from freeze dried blueberries.

Stay tuned for more examples of new blueberry-containing products from abroad.

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Korea Food Journal Features Blueberry Award

Here is an article in the Korea Food Journal covering the 2016 Little Blue Dynamo Award!