350 exhibitors displayed fine food products at SIAL 2010

Since 2008, the Gourmet Foods sector, whose offering is separate from the Grocery, Pastry & Confectionery, and Tinned & Preserved Products sectors, is dedicated to manufacturers and retailers of high quality food and non-food products for fine food shops, wine merchants, concession stands in medium- and large-scale retail stores, foodservice, central purchasing groups, import-export, and alternative channels. 

Fine food products:

Upscale, premium, original, rare, refined and sophisticated, giftware, gift baskets, festive goods, special and top quality packaging and/or fair trade.

Gourmet food products and Innovation

SIAL Innovation Observatory: looking ahead

SIAL Innovation Award given to: Truffle perlage truffle juice pearls imitating caviar from TARTUFLANGHE (IT)

A selection of the new fine food products: 

• Boost a tea that stimulates both body and mind, presented in a metal box KUSMI TEA (FR), 
• Concassé d’aubergine et tomate séchée, soubressade et origan crushed vegetable spread with dried tomatoes, aubergines, soubressade and oregano DUCS DE GASCOGNE (FR), 
• Confiture Olive Gingembre a natural, olive and ginger jam MOULIN DU CALANQUET (FR),
• Écorces d’agrumes du Japon citrus peel nibbles from the island of Shikoku, Japan SUR LES QUAIS (FR),
• Freshburst Pearls an outer skin incasing a liquid centre to use as garnish or decoration IMAGINATIVE CUISINE Ltd (GB), 
• Manuka Honey from New Zealand, with antiseptic, antibacterial properties either to eat or to apply on the skin COMPTOIRS ET COMPAGNIES (FR), 
• Leaf pepper black pepper leaves for foodservice NANKAI CO Ltd  (JP), and more.

Gourmet Experience, Fine & Selective Foods

A selection of products:

• « Choc, Made in F » - Les numeros et recettes a visual, taste and emotional shock… a delicious trilogy from the new chocolate collection declined by numbers and recipes FAUCHON (FR),
• 154 Miel de Thym romarin de France a subtle mixture of thyme and rosemary honeys MIELS VILLENEUVE (FR),
• Boite poisson métal a fish-shaped metal box containing two tins of sardines in olive oil CONSERVERIE GONIDEC (FR),
• Burrata a mozzarella ball with a notch on top, containing a soft and creamy centre COOPERATIVA ALLEVATORI PUTIGNANO (IT),
• Caramel au beurre salé a caramel made with fresh butter and salt from the Guérande marshes LA MAISON D’ARMORINE (FR),
• English breakfast tea – Ridgways of London excellent quality fair trade black tea TYPHOO TEA Ltd (GB),
• Foie gras d’oie entier millésimé a vintage goose foie gras  with no preservatives or other additives LAFITTE FOIE GRAS (FR),
• GALETTES DE PONT AVEN sweet biscuits in small gift baskets or other types of packaging for gourmet food shops and luxury restaurants BISCUITERIE TRAOU MAD (FR),
• Jamon ibérico de bellota admiración pure Spanish ham selected for its top quality JAMONES BLAZQUEZ (ES),
• NIHONSHU Hiroshima’s Nihonshu, by far the best producer of sake in Japan NANKAI Co. Ltd (JP),
• BRUM’ natural, certified organic sprays for flavouring dishes MB AROMES (FR), and more.

MONOPRIX selection

Groupe Monoprix selected 10 SIAL Innovation products and offered to sell them in Monoprix stores throughout France during Les Jours Essentiels, from 17 to 28 November 2010.

• Boost a tea that stimulates both body and mind, presented in a metal box KUSMI TEA (FR).

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