Prepared Foods talks Latin food trends, tastes and ingredients with Anna Cheely, chef and senior scientist at Kalsec Inc. Kalsec, Kalamazoo, Mich., is an international leading supplier of natural spice and herb extracts, colors, antioxidants, advanced hop products, dry products and nutritional ingredients for the manufactured food, beverage, nutritional and pharmaceutical markets.
Prepared Foods:Last year certainly was a difficult one for restaurant, which contribute so much to food and flavor trends. Even so, let’s talk about new Latin-inspired foods and drinks. Looking back on the year, were you able to observe any shifts—either involving finished products or trending ingredients-flavors?