Contextualizing a Silent Sensory Shift
Flavors have always been a central steering tool in the food industry. Sweetness, acidity, bitterness, and umami structure products, markets, and consumption habits. Continue reading Why Terpenes Are Relevant Now
To capture the full complexity of products like Manresa Honey or Remedios Chocolate, simple tasting is not enough. We use the “3-S Method”: See, Sniff, Melt (Sehen, Schnuppern, Schmelzen). Continue reading Tasting Like a Pro – Manresa & Remedios
A non-alcoholic, tart, clarifying drink that utilizes the woody and crisp notes of pinene. Continue reading Forest Pinen Tonic
A soothing hot beverage highlighting the relaxing properties of myrcene. Continue reading Golden Myrcene Latte
A zesty, floral dessert featuring the synergy of limonene and linalool. Continue reading Lemon-Basil Sorbet
Congratulations on your anniversary!
This year’s International Green Week Berlin is celebrating its birthday—its 100th, in fact—which we took as an opportunity to do some extensive research into the history, significance, and transformations of this internationally popular event, in addition to our usual trade fair roundup.
Our visit to FRUIT LOGISTICA 2026 felt noticeably more relaxed than the previous year. This year featured a remarkable variety of mushrooms – presented in many different formats – some primarily from a culinary perspective, others with a focus on health benefits.
As loyal foodadvisor readers, you know that for us the culinary has always been the focus in recent years. Be it restaurants, hotels or the meet the chef section – in the end it’s all about enjoyment, about the joy of sharing positive experiences with you and about what’s on the plate. Continue reading TOMRA 2022 – Interview Intro
Reservation & Web
On recommendation we spontaneously decided to visit The Grand in Berlin. In the afternoon we were looking for a location in Berlin Mitte and made an ad hoc reservation by phone. A refreshingly friendly and courteous opposite took off – Daniela – she told us a bit about The Grand and immediately made us feel welcome. Continue reading The Grand
Anticipation for this year’s FRUIT LOGISTICA was high – perhaps a little too high, because expectations need to be met, and this time Friday was certainly not our best choice of day to attend. But more on that later.
Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2025
Year after year – including in 2025 – Green Week once again drew us into the halls of Messe Berlin. As always, there was plenty to see: much that was familiar, but also quite a bit that was new, surprising, and this year, seemingly an incredible abundance of sweets. Continue reading International Green Week 2025
Update: [2024-08-08] Unfortunately, the Feuerbach no longer exists.
The press contact of the Initiative Tierwohl – Dr. Patrick Klein – was kind enough to give me an insight into this important and for me new topic, thank you for that. Continue reading Animal Welfare Initiative
Matti and Tuuli Kotaja from the Finnish family business Finnish Plant FP-Kotaja Oy, founded in 1983, are real enthusiasts – with their high-quality rose petal confiture they have a unique delicacy on the market. It is particularly likeable and impressive that Matti’s family has been active in agriculture since the 16th century – he has always had his profession in his genes. Continue reading Rose petal jam
As every year, fruit enthusiasts gathered once again in the halls of Messe Berlin in 2024. Naturally, the Foodadvisorblog team also undertook the “arduous” journey to the German capital to report back to you. Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2024
Great news for all papaya lovers and those who want to become one – HLB has introduced a new, very special product – the SAMBA Papaya. I have been following this impressive company since my first visit of FRUIT LOGISTICA, because papaya was not really one of my favourite fruit varieties at the time. Continue reading HLB`s SAMBA
At the FRUIT LOGISTICA there were all sorts of suppliers of papaya and every variety had its advantages. I had the chance to try papayas from every corner of the world. Very tasty papayas came for example from Brazil, they were quite big, nice to look at, not too firm and sweet as sugar. Continue reading HLB: Papaya at its best – Organic from America
First of all, a quick info on my TOMRA interview partner at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2022 in Berlin.
Ken Moynihan, a native of Ireland, has been CEO of TOMRA Processed Food since January 2021. He is an absolute team player and brings to the company more than a decade and a half of experience in leadership roles in high-growth, transformational and scaling structures.
In addition to outstanding technical expertise, Ken consistently exudes positive life energy that has motivated his teams to award-winning high performance over the years. Ken is the Global Player personified and has worked, lived and been inspired by different cultures in South Africa, USA as well as New Zealand. Prior to joining TOMRA, Ken was CEO of Compac, the global leader in fresh fruit sorting technology, which TOMRA acquired in 2016. Continue reading TOMRA 2022 – The Interview
The premium beef of the brand SCOTLAND HILLS carries the label “Scotch Beef” and is produced according to high standards. On the one hand, the farms are regularly inspected by the Scottish animal welfare organisation SPCA on a voluntary basis and in unannounced spot checks. Thus, ethical breeding and rearing has been guaranteed in Scotland for many years – farms that violate the guidelines can be closed down without further ado. Secondly, the quality of all meat products is checked by Quality Meat Scotland. Continue reading SCOTLAND HILLS
South Tyrol has been a reliable source of excellent bacon and sausage products for centuries, which is why many professionals in the field of bacon and ham production come from this part of Italy. Especially the ideal air conditions there have always been a guarantee for the optimal maturing of air-dried meat & sausage products. Continue reading MERANO bacon (Speck)
This year, the Innovation Award at FRUIT LOGISTICA was once again a real magnet for visitors. However, the setup for the presentation of the Innovation Award participants was different this time from that of previous years.
Messe Berlin had decided to set up the associated stands in Hall 20. This was a wise decision, especially due to the always poor acoustics and proximity to the trade fair catering at the previous location in front of Hall 21, because now visitors could devote themselves to the innovators’ presentations in a much more relaxed manner.
We begin our brief overview of this year’s participants, including a profile, with the winner of the FRUIT LOGISTICA 2022 Innovation Award.
Expectations for FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023 were high and we wondered whether the motto “All in ONE” could make it the same as it once was before the pandemic.
Continue reading FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023
JYMY ice cream is a Finnish, multi-award-winning organic product from the small but fine company Suomisen Maito Oy. This ice cream manufacturer still uses genuine craftsmanship to create a culinary experience for its customers using sustainably produced organic raw materials. Continue reading JYMY Ice Cream