Developed by Paradise Fruits Solutions, Taste of the East takes its inspiration from Japan and meets a growing trend for Eastern flavors. The new collection includes offerings such as Mandarin & Yuzu, Lychee & Raspberry, Apple & Green Tea, Lime & Matcha Tea and Ginger & Plum. These and other custom, bespoke combinations are popular with confectionery and bakery manufacturers. 

Taste of the East is available in a number of formats including Paradise Fruits’ unique irregular cut granulates, standard granulates, fruit pastes, juice drops and standard and bespoke shapes. Again, they all are suitable for a variety of applications from baked goods to chocolates and snacks.

“We were delighted with the feedback we received from visitors to our stand, who were impressed with the variations in textures, colors and flavors that we offer,” said Kurt Jahncke, CEO of Paradise Fruits. “Taste of the East proved to be particularly popular, as it provides food and drink manufacturers with a number of innovative solutions to get a head start in developing exciting new products for retailers to stock during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.” 

Boost Fiber, Reduce Sugar

Also generating interest was Paradise Fruits Solutions higher fiber, lower sugar recipe, which provides less than 40% sugar (naturally occurring) than standard fruit ingredients and almost 40g of fiber per 100g and is available as fruit granulates, pastes, drops and shapes. 

Paradise Fruits’ Garden also made an impact with visitors interested to hear about the business’ all-year-round sourcing options to offer consistent product and quality, regardless of season. 

Added Jahncke, “With a trend towards ‘better-for-you’ snacks and confectionery continuing to prevail, our higher fiber recipe went down particularly well with food manufacturers looking for functional ingredients that will help them develop products that meet this demand.” 

Paradise Fruits Frozen also impressed visitors with its unique and indulgent chocolate-coated frozen fruits, which were created especially for the event to innovatively showcase its individually quick frozen (IQF) fruit inclusions for applications suitable to the foodservice sector.

Kurt Jahncke adds: “Our IQF chocolate coated raspberries were a triumph, with many foodservice suppliers commenting on the taste and texture. What’s great about this product is that the idea we put forward can be developed even further to offer a quality, easy to serve choice of dessert for restaurants and caterers.” 

Throughout the event, Paradise Fruit’s Freeze-Dried division also demonstrated its versatile Crunchy range, which is manufactured through a specially adapted freeze-drying process that allows customers the option of a one component recipe made of 100% fruit, or a combination with yoghurt or additional carriers. The range delivers unique flavours and textures for applications such as cereal, snacking, baked goods and chocolate.

Paradise Fruits also invited guests to take part in one-to-one product demonstrations and taste tests at the company’s Innovation Station. Presentations at the station were tailored so that each attendee could explore how Paradise Fruits can work with manufacturers to develop bespoke products to suit their requirements. 

For more information about Paradise Fruits by Jahncke and its group of companies visit: www.paradisefruits.co.uk.

About Paradise Fruits

Paradise Fruits by Jahncke is a trusted partner to many of the world’s leading food manufacturers of baked goods, confectionery, chocolate, cereals and snacks. 

Under the Paradise Fruits banner are four distinctive natural ingredients businesses. These include:

•    Paradise Fruits Solutions, which specializes in the design and delivery of high fruit, low water activity fruit ingredients and customized solutions including ready-to-eat snacking products. 

•    Paradise Fruits Freeze-Dried, a leading supplier of freeze-dried fruit and speciality items for all aspects of the food industry. 

•    Paradise Fruits Frozen an IQF and cold-store specialist.

•    Paradise Garden, which specializes in the global sourcing and supply of freeze dried herbs, spices, vegetables and other speciality culinary ingredients which complements the ingredient offering from Paradise Fruits.

The company has a history spanning over 130 years. Still owned by the Jahncke family, Paradise Fruits has its manufacturing plant in the Altes Land area of Northern Germany, which is the largest continuous apple growing area in Europe. With a heritage formed by a strong father-son management, the business has been able to implement progressive ideas and retain a sense of time-tested methods to make the group one of the most significant and successful in the global fruit processing industry.