Bottles are being opened and dishes shared as tens of thousands of people come to Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall and Taipei World Trade Center to see what Taiwan’s food industry has to offer, one sample at a time. The thousands of people manning the booths at Asia’s 5-in-1 Food Expo are serving up visitors a taste of Taiwan — and abroad. Some visitors came with more than just curiosity. Fifty-seven buyers from 20 countries arrived looking for partners in Taiwan. Some already have an understanding of the quality of Taiwanese food, whereas others have been drawn by the scale of the expo itself. They’re sitting down with local businesses at the Procurement Meeting held as part of the expo.
People have also come to Taiwan to showcase their goods. From Spain’s famous jamón ibérico (Iberian ham) to Indonesia’s Javanese turmeric, products were rolled out
by businesses from 36 countries. National pavilions compete for attention with their gourmet showcases — Julie’s biscuits from Malaysia, ice-cream from Belgium, beef and pork from the U.S. — as live-streamers give real-time comments from the sidelines.
Live-streamers are not the only novelty in the well-oiled trade show, the internet of things (IoT), data-based food preparation, Productivity 4.0 and cutting-edge packaging technology are all hot topics at the event. Another term that’s on everyone’s lips, of
course, is food safety. Local names such as DaChan and Kimlan are brandishing their cutting-edge safety measures and food labs at the expo.
Taiwan’s allies joined forces at the Central America Trade Office booth, where even visiting Honduras First Vice President Ricardo Antonio Alvarez Arias could be seen chatting with exhibitors and no doubt lending them his star power. At quieter corners of the expo, ideas were sparked as policymakers, experts and opinion leaders exchanged their views and experience on issues such as healthy packaging and halal certification.
參觀者和買家齊聚台北國際食品五展體會台灣好味道
數以萬計的訪客來到台北南港展覽館和台北世貿中心,一嚐台灣食品業的優質產品。在台北國際食品五展上,數千位展位工作人員,為訪客提供了台灣風味。有些訪客不僅僅是好奇而來,來自廿個國家的五十七位國際買家到台灣尋找合作夥伴。他們有些已聽聞台灣食品的優良品質,有一些則是受食品展本身的規模吸引而來。他們在本次展中舉行的採購大會上與本地企業代表洽談。
有些國外訪客為了展示他們的產品來台。從西班牙著名的伊比利亞火腿到印尼亞的爪哇薑黃,來自卅六個國家的企業在這裡推出他們最好的產品系列。多個國家館同場展示他們的美食,包括來自馬來西亞的Julie’s餅乾,比利時的冰淇淋,以及美國的牛肉和豬肉等。同時直播網紅也在場邊上提供實況評論。
直播並不是這次展覽唯一的新鮮事,其他包括物聯網、基於數據的食品準備、生產力4.0和最新包裝技術都是流行的話題。當然,每個人都在討論的議題是食品安全。本地大廠如大成,金蘭等,都在展會上展現了最新安全措施和食品實驗室。
台灣友邦們在中美洲貿易辦事處的攤位一同合作,就連來台訪問的宏都拉斯副總統阿瓦雷斯也在現場與參展商聊天,增添展場光彩。
在會上較安靜的角落,決策者、專家和意見領袖多個研討會上就健康包裝和清真認證等議題上交換了意見和經驗。