Senior-friendly food label boosts Taiwan’s agriculture industry: Research InstituteBy Chien Hui-ju / Staff reporterA total of 140 food products have in the past two years been awarded the Eatender label for senior-friendly products, the Food Industry Research and Development Institute said yesterday. These products, if awarded the label, could generate revenue of more than NT$300 million (US$10.53 million), Liao said, adding that food products with the label can be exported to Hong Kong and Japan. A visitor at the Taiwan booth at the Taipei International Food Show in Taipei yesterday holds a package of chicken breast made by Taiwan Farm Industry Co, the winner of a senior-friendly food product competition. This year, the institute has selected 150 senior-friendly food products for a competition held by the Council of Agriculture, which assesses the nutrition value, texture and packaging of senior-friendly foods made from local produce, the institute said. Our chicken breast is prepared with sesame oil and tastes fresh,” Taiwan Farm Industry Co chairman Chang Hua-hsin (張華欣) said.

Source: Taipei Times December 20, 2020 15:56 UTC