When a baby is born, it often births a new mother, new father and countless grandparents, aunties and uncles. But in the case of Byron Baby, it also birthed a new business.
The Australian Macadamias Innovation Challenge made its highly anticipated return to the macadamia growing region of Byron Bay earlier this month, with the finals event bringing together the food industry’s most creative minds to showcase their product innovations using macadamias.
As one of the largest celebrations in the world, Lunar New Year – also known as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival – is an ideal opportunity to engage audiences in our Asian markets with culturally relevant macadamia content. In addition to being a widely celebrated occasion, it is also a time when nut sales typically peak in several Asian markets, with food playing a key role in traditional celebrations as people prepare banquets at home and give food as gifts.
The Australian macadamia industry has spent the 2018/19 summer focused firmly on the ice cream category, following the release of a new body of consumer insights research.
Macadamia product innovation has flourished during 2018, with many inspiring products launched across the world in multiple product categories. Proving how versatile macadamias are as an ingredient in commercial food, beverage and beauty products, this year’s innovations have also highlighted a number of key trends: health, premiumisation, dairy alternatives and localisation.
The 2018 Australian Macadamia industry conference has just concluded for another two years. There was excellent attendance and a vibrant buzz as industry representatives from across the supply chain gathered to connect, share and learn on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
With its population, economic growth, fast-paced innovation and shopping-obsessed consumers, China is the market that producers globally aspire to get a piece of. Yet for a market that offers so much opportunity, it’s curious that when it comes to macadamia innovation, there are surprisingly few examples to draw on.
Australian macadamia growers have produced a record crop – 49,300 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (52,900 tonnes in-shell @ 10% moisture) - announced the peak industry body, the Australian Macadamia Society today.
The 2018 Yearbook provides an overview of all key facets of the Australian macadamia industry, including essential statistics, productivity and sustainability improvements, marketing highlights, growing information, industry value, global production and consumption updates, domestic and international sales, health, consumer insights and promotion. It’s the go-to snapshot of our industry’s performance over the past 12 months. Click on the link below to download:
The 8th International Macadamia Symposium (IMS) has just wrapped up, with a powerful sense of buoyancy and optimism dominating the 3-day event hosted in the macadamia growing region of Lincang, in China’s Yunnan province.
The Australian macadamia industry has taken a deep dive into the world of snacks, commissioning consumer research into the category in both Asian and western markets.