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Promoting Ontario foods at the world's biggest food fair held in Cologne, Germany last fall ore, leii to right: E. F. Merritt, Director. Agricultural Brunch, Ontario House, London, England; Miss Gisela Weuslhoff (Miss Ontario Corn); W. H. Richardson, Vice‘Chair- mon, Ontario Food Coun- cil,- Miss Friedel Wirlz (Miss Onlorio Tamale),- C. E. Mighton, Associate Director, Agricullurol Branch, Ontario House, London. Bulk of the inquiries were from Germany. witzerland, France, Sweden. Finland, Hol- nd. Norway, Belgium and Italy. 60% of the German visitors liked Ontario .inned whole kernel corn on tasting it for the ll'St time, 20% were indifferent, 20% disliked The President of the German Republic, Dr. leinrich Lubke, drank Ontario [Omato juice bile visiting the Ontario Food Council exhibit. Included among the 35 different food com- iodities displayed at the Ontario Food Coun- tl exhibit were: tomato juice, apple juice. hole peeled tomatoes, wax and green beans. hole kernel and cream style corn, pork and idney beans, peas, pears, frozen fruit and egetabies, onions, pickles, apple sauce. canned utter, skim milk powder, tinned ham, cabbage fills, Jambalaya, frozen turkey and chicken rhole and parts), honey, strawberry and rasp‘ :rry jam, blueberry and cherry pie filling. *ozen pies. white beans, barley, oats. wheat. orn (grain), red clover, timothy seed. trefoil nd fresh apples. Over 3,000 product information folders were iistributed to interested membe’rs of the trade. 30mments on Foods Sampled and Sold The quality of the Ontario products was ex- .ellent, when compared with the local Eu- opean brands, with better flavour and workâ€" manship. Generally speaking, our Ontario ’Iroducts were very well received by buyerS, rgents and the general public. Canned Whole Kernel Sweet Comâ€"Canned vhole kernel SWeet corn met with very good ‘lccePtance, and has a definite potential market Jere. As mentioned earlier, 60% of the Ger- mfln Visitors liked the whole kernel corn. and said that they would like to buy it, 20% were WINTER 1966 "MW" indifferent. and 20‘? disliked it. Cream Style Sweet Comâ€"No acceptance on this market. Red Kidney Beansâ€"Have good acceptance on the United Kingdom market. and they are interested in this product in Germany. Tomato Juiceâ€"Good acceptance. but this market will take time to develop. Cherry Pie Fillingâ€"A very definite market for this product. with considerable interest shown. The German public indicated a prefer- ence [or the almond flavoured product. Canned Sour Chen'icsâ€"This Canadian prod- uct has been sold on the German market successfully for several years. Our quality is well-known and in demand, However. export to Germany is limited by import license. Sevâ€" eral buyers hoped that the total license could be increased. White Beansâ€"German buyers previously had the impression that United States beans were better. The European countries have formed a Lentile Council. which will include white beans. and Ontario should have representation on this Council. Apple Juice and Apple Productsâ€"There is a good demand for these products in Germany and Western Europe; however strong competi- tion from other sources musz export of Apple products doubtful at this time. Fresh McIn- tosh apples met with good acceptance. but there is the matter of cost and local supply from competing countries. Onionsâ€"There is :1 good market here in Eu- rope for the smaller sizes. and a limited market exists for our large Ontario sizes. The standard container is the 25 kilo bag (56 lbs.) and On- tario suppliers may have to adopt this unit to compete in this market. 17