Food in the 21st century, in addition to providing nourishment, should be healthy, safe and up-to-date with international trends, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said yesterday, adding that Taiwan's high quality agricultural products are ready to take center stage on the international market.
COA Deputy Minister Huang You-tsai (黃有才) made the remarks yesterday at a press conference announcing the 18th Annual International Food Exhibition, which is set to run from today until Saturday.
“The exhibition aims to attract both domestic and international buyers. There is no doubt that Taiwan produces good quality agricultural products, what we are demonstrating with this year’s exhibition is how we have applied advanced technologies to further improve our goods,” Huang said.
The exhibition will be divided into six sections: CAS-certified products, farm products, fishery products, forestry products, livestock products and prepared foods, Huang said.
A “resume rice” — which comes with details including its origin and grower — and plum-flavored miso will make their debut appearances to foreign buyers, the COA’s agriculture and food agency specialist Lao-dar Juang (莊老達) said.
Sashimi-grade fish, instantly frozen at minus 55°C to preserve 100 percent of its freshness and nutrients, will also be displayed, Juang said.
A company that sells deboned and frozen milkfish will also be presenting its products, Juang said.
“Milkfish contains 220 bones so it is not usually not favored by consumers; however, the company’s second-generation owner deboned his fish and created a recipe Web site and blog for his company, and in this way has improved sales,” he said.
But perhaps the most refreshing product at show is “bamboo water,” a beverage that has been developed and patented by the Forestry Bureau.
“Bamboo naturally contains nutritious fluids inside its soft linings,” the bureau’s senior technical specialist, Huang Miao-hsiu (黃妙修), said.
The fluid is extracted by a low-temperature, high pressure technology to create a drink that is low in calories (2.4 calories/100ml), tasty and good for the body, containing bamboo-leaf-flavonoids, an excellent anti-oxidant, and polysaccharides, Huang said.
With an international market, the bureau is projecting NT$3 billion revenue for the product, Huang said.
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