Soup's on; sides, too

Prepared Foods, March, 2005 by William A. Roberts

In South Africa, o gluten-free rice added some flavorful ingredients. Health Rice from Spice and All Things Nice (Cape Town, South Africa) boasted apricots, almonds and mint.

Presenting pasta in a more-convenient manner, Nissihin Foods (Tokyo) offered Yudezu Ni Honkaku frozen pasta, which could be microwaved. Similar ambient, microwaveable and pre-cooked pasta in pouches also were seen from Masterfoods (Hackettstown, N.J.) in the form of Dolmio Express!, which debuted in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Australia.

Unibel (Brussels, Belgium) added a little flavor to Belgium's instant soup market. Under the Knorr brand, instant soup cubes were available in three varieties: curry & coco sensations, shiitake Asian and epinards & champignons (okay, spinach & mushroom).

Website Resources:

www.Mintel.com--Mintel International Group

www.PreparedFoods.com--Type "side dishes" into the LINX search line for o list of articles related to the category

www.PreparedFoods.com/FILES/HTML/PF_newsleller_index/ 1,7111,,00.html--Prepared Foods' weekly e-newsletter

www.affi.com--American Frozen Food Institute

www.idahopolatoes.org--Idaho Potato Commission

Much information in this article was derived from Mintel International's Global New Products Database, www.gnpd.com, 312-932-0400.

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