Ingredient Key Attribute and Application Research (Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore & Vietnam)

Ingredient Product Research: Key Attributes & Applications

(Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore & Vietnam)

WUSATA has arranged for a culinary center in Oregon to work with a broad range of ingredients. The culinary center will receive ingredients from participating companies for analysis for key attributes and application information. The goal is to help small and medium sized companies from the Western US gather information to help sell their ingredients to food processors, especially food processors in Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam & Indonesia.

This work will help companies market their ingredients to food processors. It will also lay the groundwork for participation in future ingredient seminars attended by international buyers and meetings with buyers.

For questions and inquiries, contact Theresa Yoshioka (Theresa.YOSHIOKA@oda.oregon.gov)

Participating companies may have up to 2 ingredients reviewed. Participating company responsibilities will be:

• Select 1 or 2 ingredients to participate in the project
• Provide a sample of at least 5 pounds of your product to research team (adjustments can be made for products used in lower quantities or perishable products)
• Complete an in-take form for culinary team
• Join kick-off meeting (virtual) for your product(s) with culinary team and Project Manager
• Be available to answer questions from culinary team
• Join final presentation of results meeting (virtual)

If interested, please register now. The first 5 companies to sign up will make up the first group of companies for work with the culinary team in March– May. After that companies can sign up for the waitlist to participate in the next available time.

Why Participate:

Benefits from participating in the activity:

• -Have up to 2 ingredient products reviewed by culinary experts
• -Get analysis of ingredients’ key attributes of interest to food processors
• -Recommendations on how your ingredients may be used in finished processed food/beverage products
• -One-page summary to use in marketing
• -Up to $1,500 in shipping reimbursement for participating products shipped to potential customer in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore or Vietnam.

Itinerary:

Group 1:

Mar.-May – Culinary experts work with your product

Group 2:

Registration opening in May

Jun.-Aug. – Culinary experts work with your product

Group 3:

Registration opening in August

Sept.-Nov. – Culinary experts work with your product

*Dates for 2nd & 3rd groups are subject to change.

Registration Opens: 02/28/2025

Suitable Products: Ingredients for food processors, such as nut products, pastes, oils, processed fruit products, purees, powders, processed vegetables, ground seeds, seed/nut meal, freeze dried products, baking ingredients, etc.

Registration Details:

Deadline: Group 1 - March 14th, 2025 

Participation Fee: $75

Passes Available: 5 Companies per group