A seminar promoting flour from Lithuania was staged June 22 on the opening day of Food Taipei Mega Show, underscoring the commitment of Taiwan and the Baltic state to expanding bilateral trade.
Organized by the Industrial Development Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the event involved business leaders, experts and officials from both sides, including the EU member state’s Vice Minister of Agriculture Egidijus Giedraitis.
During the event, Lithuania’s Director of State Food and Veterinary Service Mantas Staskevicius brought participants up to speed on his country’s wheat sector, while a local food expert demonstrated ways to combine the flour with agricultural ingredients from Taiwan to make popular types of bread and pastry.
Taiwan’s master bakers and pastry chefs including Wu Pao-chun and Justin Wu also gave on-site demonstrations of their craft and shared their experience using the flour.
According to the bureau, Taiwan-Lithuania relations have been going from strength to strength in recent years, especially when it comes to trade ties. Following the successful promotion of beer and chocolate products from the Baltic state, it is hoped that flour will become the next major item boosting the already robust economic partnership, the bureau added.
In a tweet on its official Twitter account, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said “One does not live by bread alone. But it’s possible if the loaf is made using flour from #Lithuania. @iingwen, Vice Minister Giedraitis & friends got the inside word on ingredients & techniques from #Taiwan champion baker Wu Pao-chun & other experts. 2022 Food Taipei is mega!” (SFC-E)
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