Taiwan: US Baking Seminar Sells Like Hotcakes
The U.S. Healthy Baking Seminar organized by the Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Taipei on November 17 was a great success and attracted 34 chefs. Corporate Pastry Chef John Hui, from Pebble Beach Resorts, created authentic U.S. baked delicacies that featured a wide variety of U.S. ingredients, including: cream cheese, milk, frozen/dried blueberries, raisins, barley flakes, potato flakes, and locally milled flour from U.S. wheat. In 2014, the United States exported nearly 990,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat to Taiwan, or roughly $356 million. Approximately, 44% of locally milled flour is sent to the baked goods industry. As for other ingredients typically used in the baking industry (e.g., cheese, nuts, etc.), Post estimates the United States exported approximately $70 million for the baking industry in Taiwan in 2015.
