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Tini Wini Biti Mysterious Black Flavour brings black colour to snacking

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Tan Heng Hong
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Konimex’s Sobisco Tini Wini Biti Mysterious Black Flavour (20g) is an interesting cracker that taps into the trend of applying black colouring into food to evoke a mysterious taste. The bits of fun comes in salty and “opera cake” flavours. Konimex launched this product in animal shape two months ago. The black packaging also gives a Halloween feel.

The company is engaging with children with the #MysteriousBlackFilter giving away prizes for winning selfie shots with the Tini Wini Biti rasa Mysterious Black.

Taokaenoi offers the smell of corn soup in newest seaweed snack

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Tan Heng Hong
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Seaweed snack maker Taokaenoi is bringing the familiar corn soup flavour into the seaweed snack category. The corn soup flavoured seaweed offers the smell of corn soup. We have seen Taokaenoi innovating with corn soup as a flavour in the Four Layers Kobuk Chip. We could be seeing soup and soupy dishes as flavour inspiration for the snacking category.

Bar.B.Q Plaza makes available spicy crispy bacon for in-home eating

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Tan Heng Hong
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Bar.B.Q Plaza from Thailand is another interesting example of foodserving making available some of their specialty ingredients for in-home cooking. The barbeque chain has launched spicy crispy bacon in packaged, take-home format. Consumers can sprinkle it on their rice, salad, noodle etc to enhance the taste of their dish. The price per pack is THB 159.

In another development, Bar.B.Q Plaza has collaborated with EURO’s Pipo jelly to launch a new jelly dessert.

New Potabee Wagyu Beef Steak

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Tan Heng Hong
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Calbee Wings Food, the joint venture between Calbee and Indonesia’s Wings Food, has rolled out Potabee Wagyu Beef Steak. The new potato chips cut into precision with V-cut technology making it very crunchy and lock more flavors. The new chips are also sprinkled with wagyu bits.

New Pick Cup Nusantara brings out the uniqueness of local coffee

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Tan Heng Hong
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Pick Cup Indonesia took the different route to celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day. Unlike the other players innovating with local desserts or flavours, the foodservice beverage player focuses on using authentic Indonesian coffee beans with five different unique flavours. The five new beverages under the new Pick Cup Nusantara are:

1. Aren Keraton – single espresso, milk and palm sugar
2. Dolce Katulistiwa – single espresso, sweetened condensed milk and palm sugar
3. Coco Jimbaran – single espresso, coconut powder, palm sugar and milk
4. Pakarena Choco – single espresso, choco powder and milk
5. Legenda Robusta – double shot espresso

Prices per cup range from IDR 15,000 to IDR 23,000.

Kopi Soe teamed up with Teh Pucuk Harum

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Tan Heng Hong
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In Indonesia, Kopi Soe has collaborated with the RTD tea brand Teh Pucuk Harum to roll out three new beverages – Soerya Tea, Soe Pucuk Lemon and Soe Pucuk Krim. It is interesting to see Teh Pucuk Harum engaging in more partnership with foodservice player, which has become a norm in the industry.

Tea and coffee are often considered as drinks targeting different consumer segments. By combining tea and coffee through the collaboration between Kopi Soe and Teh Pucuk Harum, it shows the importance of working together and stay united during this challenging times, explained Debora Christiany, Assistant Brand Manager Teh Pucuk Harum.

Kopi Soe has previously launched the “SERI KOERMA” or kurma series featuring Kopi Soe Koerma, Soe Koerma and Soe Koerma Jahe.

 

Ooh gets halal certification for its signature mala snacks

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Tan Heng Hong
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Image from Ooh

Ooh 麻辣, the maker of mala snacks in Singapore, has finally received halal certification for its 3 signature mala products – mala potato chips, mala peanuts and mala cassava chips. The halal certification was issued by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS), also known as the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore. The MUIS certification is widely recogniseed worldwide, paving the way for more export opportunities for Ooh, which is the first mala snack brand in Singapore.

Holi Ice Cream x Tokopedia

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Tan Heng Hong
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Image from Holi Ice Cream

Holi Ice Cream is back with a collaboration with Tokopedia. Cendol Nangka is a special variant exclusive only for Tokopedia’s 11th Anniversary. To add to the allure of this time-limited offering, the special variant is only available for sale for one day on 17 August 2020 and purchase must be made to Tokopedia. The green colour of cendol matches the corporate identity of Tokopedia.

It is interesting to see how food manufacturers are cooperating with e-commerce platforms to launch limited-edition flavour and this could pave the way for similar launches in the future.

Mondelez Kinh Do rolls out premium mooncakes, children’s range with AR and healthy options

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Tan Heng Hong
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Image from Mondelez Kinh Do

In Vietnam, Mondelez Kinh Do has launched a series of new products for the upcoming mid-autumn festival for festive gift giving. The highlight of its latest mooncake innovation is Trang Vang Black & Gold, reported bizhub.vn.

The premium Trang Vang Black & Gold has a luxurious black outer layer topped with golden powder, according to a report in hanoimoi.com.vn. Inside the mooncake are premium ingredients such as abalone, scallops and sea cucumber.

Apart from the Trang Vang Black & Gold, Mondelez Kinh Do has also introduced children’s range with AR technology as well as lava flow mooncake. To cater to consumers with special dietary needs, the company has a line of low-sugar (70% reduction) and sugar-free mooncakes.

Nestlé Vietnam 5 Beans go paper straw

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Tan Heng Hong
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Nestlé Vietnam said in early July 2020 that its Nestiva RTD plant-based drink Sữa 5 loại đậu Nestlé Nesvita with 5 kinds of beans started to shift to paper straws since June 2020. The drink is especially formulated to meet the health and beauty needs of Vietnamese women as it contains calcium and fibre and no lactose. This is the first time the Nesvita range is embracing paper straws. Such move is expected to reduce 8 million plastic straws in 2020.

The paper straw can be bent like the shape of a normal straw.

The five beans in the Nesvita drink are soybeans, black beans, green beans, white beans and red beans.

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