Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery had the chance to attend THAIFEX this year, held at the IMPACT convention center in Bangkok, Thailand. The show had 2,537 exhibitors, and 62,039 visitors, from over 150 countries (48,929 local, and 13,110 from international). The top ten most visiting countries included China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Italy, Singapore, Turkey, and India.
There were 11 halls in total, and one of the halls had many, many rows of snack foods and bakery items. Trends ranged from better-for-you products (broccoli chips, coconut chips, etc.) to interesting flavors that you might not see in the U.S.—for example, durian-flavored products are quite popular there, as well as flavors like Tom Yum popcorn. Check out the above slideshow to see what we came across at the show.