Baked goods of all shapes and sizes on show at Taipei International Bakery Show

Baked goods of all shapes and sizes on show at Taipei International Bakery Show

2024-03-15

The Taipei International Bakery Show is on with more than 350 companies represented in 1,550 booths. President Tsai Ing-wen attended the event Friday, checking out the baking equipment on display and sampling the products. But still there is one bakery item that stands head and shoulders above the rest in her heart. Let’s find out what it is.

The smell of freshly-made Berliner-style jam donuts fills the air. Also on the table is a gigantic loaf of roggenbrot, a kind of rye bread.

Ms. Chiu
German bakery owner
I think that over the past 10 years, Taiwanese people have become more interested in European-style breads. Now that the pandemic is over, costs have gone down slightly, and sales have recovered somewhat.

This bakery owner says that during the pandemic, the price of flour skyrocketed by 70%. Fortunately, the prices are coming back down again. Taiwan’s baked goods industry was valued at around NT$79 billion in 2023, a rise of 8.76% from the year before. Another bakery is introducing Taiwan to the flat croissant, a snack that’s caused a sensation in South Korea.

Cheng Yao-chung
Croissant shop operations head
You take a croissant and press it flat. It’s become the most popular and best-selling flat croissant in the world.

They pose for a photo with President Tsai Ing-wen, who was not to miss the event. She strolled around the exhibits trying a bite here and there. She’s a fan of tasty bakes.

The mention of bagels brought back memories of a viral video starring her.

During a U.S. transit in 2019, Tsai presented her bagel purchase to reporters in a clip that was widely shared online. Now, the president confirms that bagels are indeed her favorite.

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開心逛國際烘焙展與民眾合照蔡總統:最喜歡貝果!

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台灣麵包去年國內產值高達790億元，今年的國際焙展盛大登場，集結將近350間廠商、超過1550個攤位，蔡英文總統也來逛逛，從麵包到器具，看得她目不轉睛，還說看了肚子很餓，而被問到最喜歡吃什麼麵包，她說最喜歡貝果!

香噴噴的現做歐式麵包柏林娜，還有這款比臉大的高加索純裸麥，通通擺上桌。

[[德式烘焙業者邱老闆]]
“十幾年來，我覺得台灣人現在對歐式麵包接受非常的高，現在疫情結束了，(成本)有稍微下滑一些，然後買氣也比較回來了”

老闆說疫情期間，光是麵粉就漲了70%，好在現在價格慢慢回穩。台灣烘焙市場產值，2023年達到790億元，比前一年增加8.76%，有可頌專賣店把韓國最夯的扁扁可頌，搬來台灣。

[[可頌專賣店營運長鄭瑤中]]
“可頌把它壓扁成型，成為全世界最流行暢銷的扁扁可頌”

開心合照，蔡英文總統今年也沒缺席，來到展區到處逛逛，時不時還試吃幾口，因為她也是麵包愛好者。

這句喜歡貝果，讓人想到這段漏網鏡頭。

2019年蔡英文過境美國時，拿著貝果向媒體介紹，在網路上瘋傳，這回她也親口證實，最愛貝果。

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