Blueberry Moon Cakes in China

The Chinese Moon Festival (aka. Mid Autumn Festival) is one of the biggest holidays in China and the entire Greater China region.  This is a special holiday falls on the night of a full moon in the harvest time.   Celebrations include night markets, street fairs and lots of great food and beverages.   A staple of the Moon festival is the "Moon Cake."  This is a jacketed biscuit with a filling which is usually a sweet bean paste filling and traditionally an egg.  Now -- here comes a blueberry Moon Cake!

Real Blueberry and Vodka!

We have been watching this category closely for the past decade and not that much to get excited.   We have seen blueberry vodkas without blueberries. You can always tell as the artificial
products will compensate with glow in the dark blue color!

Now, from Australia -- here is the real deal.   Made with blueberry juice concentrate!

Anuga Action!

Here are some action shots from the recent ANUGA exhibition in Cologne Germany.

Ambassador John B. Emerson and wife at USHBC booth.   He is a Californian and was pleased to learn that blueberries are an important crop in the Golden State!

The USHBC booth was an action center throughout the exhibition.

Industry visitors and friends from Hawaii!

Blueberry and Hemp Seed

From the Netherlands -- here is a blueberry and hemp seed combo!

USHBC Exhibits at ANUGA, Cologne

USHBC exhibited at the "World's Fair" of food in Cologne Germany, October 10-15.   Although this is a German exhibition, exhibitors from around the world attended and and exhibits were stacked in multi-floors of dozens of exhibition halls.

The US Blueberry exhibit was placed in the US Pavilion and our stand received heavy traffic throughout the 5-day show.   Strong interest was shown in dehydrated blueberries from companies throughout the world.  This is a new item in many parts of the world and a logical choice in places such as the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.

This year we also had lots of visitors from throughout Europe looking for frozen blueberries for jam and jelly manufacturing.

Although there are many places on earth where blueberries are grown, North America is considered the one-stop shop for a whole range of blueberry ingredients including frozen, liquid, driScheduleed and others.

During the exposition, we had great meetings with several US Blueberry sellers as well as our friends from the  BC Blueberry Council who were in a neighboring hall.

Of course we experienced our traditional Indian dinner where we toasted the progress in the European markets.

Blueberries and Chia

Blueberries and Chia seeds are hot!  Now they are combined in a new Jam produced in Norway.

Skyr from Norway

None of us heard of Greek Yogurt ten years ago.  And now look at the developments!   Here is another up and comer that will influence blueberries!

Skyr is an Icelandic yogurt specialty and now this sensation is spreading to other parts of Scandinavia.  Will not be long before it reaches North America!