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FAR LEFT: The headquarters of ANKO, which makes food production equipment.
LEFT: Best Food & Pastry factory floor.
allows these machines to vary pastry thickness, patterns and cuts.
Similarly, food processing manufacturer Hundred Machinery tailors its machines to its customers with the ability to modify food shapes, filling levels and flavours. Family business Seven Castle’s range of mixers find application in confectionery, food powders, sauces, pastes, and Asian cuisine. And Yuan Chuang, with its range of both machinery and food products, straddles both the health and customisation trends by producing healthier, grain- based snacks with its machines as well as a range of food products targeting the varying stages of child development.
milk and beverage cartons. Agriculturally, the company
aims to reduce waste (and help its healthy-product initiative) by using every part of a plant – for example, extracting the health properties of the banana peel.
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packaging and labelling, so every customer’s product is unique.
For ANKO Food Processing Machines, customised solutions keep it ahead of its competitors. The company, recognising that food has history and is part of every culture, is on a quest to supply ethnic-food-making machines across the globe. To date, the company has supplied equipment to 112 countries. ANKO makes multipurpose machines that form, fill, encrust, fold, roll, bake and more. It also makes customised moulds that can accommodate a variety of fillings. So, if you want to make Italian ravioli or tortellini; Chinese dumplings, dim sum, wontons or buns; or Spanish empanadas, ANKO can
provide the machinery to do so. A number of other food
processing companies offer similar customisation, including Best Food & Pastry Machinery Co, Hundred Machinery Enterprise Co, Seven Castle Food Mixers and Yuan Chuang Food Machinery Co.
Tai Yuh Machine Enterprise established Best in 2010 to expand into foreign markets and service worldwide demand; the company manufactures machines for puff pastry, croissant and Danish-making; bakery and frozen food equipment; and customisable ethnic-food-making machines. It’s bun-making machine can produce as many as 6000 pieces per hour. Customisation also
SunnySyrup’s Popping Boba products.
FOOD TAIPEI 2019
The 29th annual Food Taipei international food show takes place 19-22 June, 2019 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei, Taiwan.
The show is Taiwan’s largest international professional food industry purchasing platform. Last year, it welcomed more than 1,000 exhibitors and nearly 2,200 booths.
It happens in conjunction with four other tradeshows – Foodtech & Pharmatech Taipe, Taipei Pack, Taiwan Horeca and Halal Taiwan – to provide a one-stop shop for potential overseas partners.
This five-in-one expo covers every aspect of food, from fresh and processed products, ingredients and catering, to preserving and packaging.
At Food Taipei, food machinery manufacturers as well as many food and beverage suppliers will be on hand to showcase their equipment and products.
Food-processing machines; fresh and preserved fruits and vegetables; poultry, seafood, meat and processed-meat products; edible oils; dairy products; organic products; vegetarian food; frozen prepared food; canned foods; baked foods; biscuits; wine and liquor; coffee and tea; juice and soft drinks; condiments; confectionery and ice cream will all be present at the show. ✷
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FACTORY IN FOCUS: I-MEI FOODS
More than just a factory, the I-MEI Foods headquarters in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, is a tourist destination.
The factory campus also boasts an on-site museum, its own restaurant, a store, laboratory, children’s play area, traditional outdoor theatrical stage and an eco-park.
In fact, I-MEI puts a lot of effort into social responsibility and environmental-protection issues. The company sponsors conservation specialist Jane Goodall in her efforts towards chimpanzee preservation (the eco-park has a chair dedicated to her). It participates in conservation activities for the endangered Siberian tiger and sponsors groups that help the
Penghu Green Turtle return home to spawn. The park also treats wastewater and is home to old trees that I-MEI has rescued from destruction and transplanted. On-site, you’ll find park benches made from the brand’s recycled
The theatrical stage at I-MEI Foods.
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