trends & happenings
Specialty Food Brought to You by…
Inmates?
While serving time in Taiwan prisons, some female inmates are
creating specialty food products including high-quality choco-
late, kimchi, peanut brittle, and soy sauce. With local consum-
ers concerned about food safety issues, the inmates' additive-
free products have garnered a loyal following, generating more
than $15.6 million last year. The money goes towards victim
compensation, facilities improvement, and inmate wages. The
items are so successful that more than 50 prisons are making
around 300 products, and all can be ordered via phone, online,
or directly from prison offices.—D.S.
the amount the plant-based water segment will reach by
2020, with maple and coconut waters leading the pack.—D.S.
$5,400,000,000
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FINE DINING GURUS GO FAST CASUAL
Daniel Humm and Will Guidara, partners behind the high-end Eleven Madison Park
and NoMad in New York City, are the latest culinary greats moving into the boom-
ing fast-casual restaurant market, which is expected to reach $66.9 billion by 2020,
according to global research firm Technavio. The pair's new restaurant, Made Nice,
will use fresh, seasonal ingredients in the same manner as at its upscale sibling res-
taurants, offering smoked salmon with greens, and confit pork with quinoa and kale
from $11 to $15, according to press materials. Even the takeout bags will focus on
good food and recipes, with each colored bag including a restaurant recipe. As of
press time, Made Nice was scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2017.—D.S.
New Food Resources
for Consumers
When customers want to learn
more about meat and produce
while shopping, they have two new
resources to help them.
The free MyMeatUp app, cre-
ated by the North American Meat
Institute, offers an interactive guide
to beef, pork, lamb, and veal. The
"cuts of meat feature" visually dis-
plays the most common retail cuts
along with corresponding explana-
tions, recipe ideas, cooking meth-
ods, and other information meant
to help demystify meat purchases.
For shoppers concerned about
produce safety, the Alliance for
Food and Farming created safe-
fruitsandveggies.com, a science-
based site covering topics like
washing produce, pesticide use,
health and nutrition, and safety
standards.—D.S.