Latest Food Products and News: March 2013

Posted on the 23 March 2013 by Pearlowa

Why Chicken Wings are the Ultimate Food Millennials??


" Millennials are defined as individuals between the ages of 16 and 34. In the United States alone, there are 80 million people in this category. They want to participate, or co-create, in a brand’s marketing. They crave adventure. They look to their peers for affirmation. They turn to social media — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and the like — to express themselves.
Because Millennials are different than other cohorts, they have to be marketed toward differently, too. The old marketing model included interruption, reaction and big promises. The Millennial marketing model includes engagement, interaction and active co-creation.
That could be why chicken wings are the Ultimate Millennial food.
The generation enjoys restaurants like Buffalo Wild Wings, where you can choose your own sauces. It allows them to create their own experience and therefore speaks out more so than other restaurants. While they want to be served, they also want the freedom to put their own signature on the dishes they’ll later devour alongside their friends or family."  Read More
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Top Restaurant in the World fails in food safety


When Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant that for the past three years has held the top spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, was discovered to have suffered a norovirus outbreak, the media response — both mainstream and social — was vast, immediate and nearly gleeful. “Poisoning at ‘World’s Best Restaurant,’” reported France’s Le Point. “World’s Best Restaurant Hit by Vomiting Bug,” said Huffington Post. “Restaurant Leaves Bad Taste with Guests,” giggled the Financial Times.
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Even the World's Top Restaurant is not Immune! 


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Steam: The Zero Calorie London Restaurant


A pop-up restaurant in London's Covent Garden is promising diners a 'calorie-neutral' meal in which guests will tuck into steam-cooked scallops, chorizo and beef fillet, but leave the restaurant having burned off every calorie. How is this even possible? Read More about its unique way.

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Dunkin Donuts to Use Sustainable Palm Oil


Changing a recipe of our loved donuts is not easy for the company. When Dunkin Donuts is introducing 100% sourced palm oil in the donuts, means a change in the recipe. But will the flavor and texture change?Let us wait and taste ...
This step was done after the outcry for Palm Oil production which has caused serious deforestation in Malaysia and especially in Indonesia, as tropical forests are chopped down to make room for oil palm plantations. Read More
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 McDonald's to display calorie count of all food sold across the Gulf

The last news is about the region : Gulf region and Arabia.
 McDonald's will improve its corporate transparency, meaning nutritional information will be available in the region online, on the back of paper tray covers and even via a mobile phone app – virtually everywhere but the menu order boards in the restaurants.
"A Big Mac, according to the new label on the packaging, provides 527 calories, 28 grams of protein, 28g of total fat, 41g of carbohydrates and 1080mg of salt." More about that