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Discovering the Definitions

of Good Food in Taiwan

Nowadays, people have paid high interested on health consciousness, especially
for Taiwanese people who are highly concerned on quality of food because they
believe that eating good food can make good health like the phrase saying, "You are
what you eat". You may wonder what is good food? This trip will take us to find answers
on the definition of good food from eight food and machinery manufacturers in Taiwan
that are willing to open their plants for our visiting and reveal highlights for showing at
the Food Taipei 2019, an international food and beverage showcase in Taiwan.

@ Taipei Popping Bubble, which are made from fruit juice mixed with sodium
alginate by using Spherification techniques making a clear round
The first food factory that we visited is bubble. Meanwhile, Taiwanese people are trying to lead the trend by
located in Taipei. This factory is known for the creating new flavor and new recipes all the time. For example, it has
best quality raw materials as the manufacturer mixed the coffee syrup with Bubble tea creating a new perfect recipe.
believe that good raw materials are the heart of good food This recipe is expected to be popular in many countries soon.
products for consumers. I-MEI Foods is a large snack During this trip, besides food and beverage manufacturers, the
manufacturer which started its business with Taiwanese rice owners of the food machinery and technology in food industry also led
cake, pine-apple cake, nougat, and a wide range of Taiwanese us to learn on the automatic machinery innovation, which is an important
desserts. Later on, the company has expanded the production line to solution for good food production for consumers as well.
the dairy and bakery products to support the growth of the food service Seeing the machinery working in reality in the production line seems
business. One of its main products are English muffins that are sold to be one of the top reasons for making decision to buy a machine for
to McDonald's stores throughout Taiwan. This plant produces more food manufacturers in Taiwan. Hundred Machine Enterprise (HM
than 2,000 products, including food products and food supplements Food), a manufacturer for ready-to-eat food machinery such as dim
by using chemical-free agricultural raw materials, and have modern sum, bun, rice cake, and various kind of frozen bakery products, took
farm and transportation management systems creating high confidence us to its new Antenna showroom, which is not far from the factory in
on quality ingredients. Moreover, there is a research and development New Taipei City, which will be ready for an official open for service in
laboratory that focuses on the development of specialized food flavor June this year. This showroom displays various sizes and models of
formulas for patients, elderly and allergy sufferers., while also bringing machines, while also has a demonstration zone for machine, so that
natural raw materials to produce functional food products. Besides
the factory itself, there is also a R&D center for food, which is open customers can see the real production process and can decide to
for those who are interested in studying the benefits of food ingredients, choose the machine for their industry. This factory focuses on producing
including vegetables, fruits, herbs, while also open an opportunity for machines for serving Taiwan and overseas markets such as Thailand,
visitors to create a healthy food menu as a way to enhance the health Singapore, Canada, and Australia, while for China market, which is
and well-being of consumers of all ages. the main market, the manufacturer has established a factory for serving
this market in particular in Jiangsu province, China. For the Food Taipei
@ New Taipei City 2019, the new robot arm technology for convenience products is ready
to be demonstrated in the event.
Next station, we went to the perimeter of Taipei so called Another machine manufacturer for ethnic food groups that have
the New Taipei City by visiting to the integrated Boba or Bubble tea been trusted around the global “Anko Food Machines” is a
factory “Sunny Syrup Food”, which is a manufacturer and distributor manufacturer and designer of dim sum production machine, cake/
for all ingredients of Bubble tea drinks which are prompted to produce pastry production machine, spring rolls and other dumplings production
Bubble tea products as customer’s demand from around the world. machine, and recently the company has designed and manufactured
This factory produces concentrated fruit juice, fruit syrup, toppings a tortilla production machine for expanding its market to Grab & Go
especially soft Bubble (tapioca ball) that have a wide variety of grades, consumers which will be a highlight machine for Food Taipei 2019.
including raw, boiled, and ready-to-serve Bubble in pack. The Bubble From the total machinery productions of the company, about 85 percent
is developed according to the different trends of consumer around
the world, such as soft Bubble, which is favored among the European of its machinery are exported to overseas such as to Thailand, Vietnam,
and American market, while in Asian markets, consumers are like Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, and Australia.

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