Unilever Food Solutions

The joy of sharing food dates back to the earliest days of our existence. We’re now in the era of The New Sharing – one of the 8 trends featured in The Future Menu Trends 2024 report. It’s an exciting way to experiment with new cuisines, attract new diners and increase profit margins. Boards are the new plates and a chef’s playground!   As UFS Alvaro Lima, who is based in North America, says: “This trend is very exciting. Chefs can blend their global influences with other flavours or techniques that are trending. Take Birria, for example, you now see it in eggrolls or even in dumplings. Mashing up Mexican and Asian, just like that to offer something unique and delicious. It’s a great way for chefs to showcase their versatility and creativity. It’s also great from a profit standpoint as it allows you to maximise the ingredients in your kitchen.”   Check out more on the New Sharing trend: https://lnkd.in/eTV4ZMWC

For over 100 years, Hellmann’s has been making the best mayonnaise and the legacy continues with the new Hellmann’s Professional. A professional mayo that performs every time, over time and brings maximum stability to all applications. Designed by chefs for professional kitchens, it holds its thickness, providing delicious versatility in hot and cold applications. It brings the classic Hellmann’s taste and is an ideal base to build your signature dishes on. It is also made with sustainably-sourced oils, cage-free eggs, no artificial colours and is free of gluten and lactose. Available in 5L and 10L buckets. Bring the famous Hellmann’s taste and maximum performance to all your dishes: salads, burgers, sandwiches, dips, sauces and more! #ufs #ufsglobal #Hellmann

We’ve been on the fly since the global launch of our Future Menu Trends Report 2024 in March when we came together as one big team to celebrate this milestone. It was a real team effort by our global teams and worldwide network of 250 UFS chefs. Now we’re focusing on bringing the key menu trends outlined in the report to each of our local markets.  Tasty Future Menus launches and get togethers with the chefs and food service professionals we serve in 75 countries across the globe are the order of the day…….   Upcoming Future Menus 2024 launches:   Singapore (June) Philippines (July) Malaysia (July) Baltics (August) Kingdom of Arabia (September) Belgium (September) Poland (September) Finland (Q3) Denmark (Q3) Norway (Q3) Sweden (Q3) Maldives (October) Czech Republic (Q3-Q4) Slovakia (Q3-Q4) Discover the Future Menus 2024 Trend Report: www.ufsfuturemenus2024.com #ufs #ufsglobal #FutureMenus2024

Our very own Ronald Van der Laars has been named one of the Top 10 chefs in the Netherlands by Gronda – a platform where some of the best chefs around the world share their culinary creations. Chef Ronald is an ambassador for Future 50 Foods, a list of diverse and highly nutritious foods with a low planetary impact. It’s one of his passions in life. He encourages people to be “eativists” and use food to make a positive difference in the world. Chef Ronald is also one of our longest serving chefs in UFS, having been with the business for almost 25 years. He has enjoyed a very full and privileged career in that time, believing people play a big part in shaping their own destiny and finding fulfilment in their work. He has done this by staying open to possibilities, maintaining a great desire to get to know new people and cultures and honing a continuous drive for self-improvement. #ufs #ufsglobal #Gronda #Future50Foods #nutrition #chefs

Food allergy awareness is becoming far more commonplace in food service as more than 10% of the general population is affected by this. A fact that comes into sharp focus on World Food Safety Day 2024. With 14 allergens to contend with in the professional kitchen, it requires careful management to ensure guest safety. Using high quality allergen-free ingredients gives you the space to create delicious dishes without compromise. Check out the Knorr Professional concentrated bouillon range with no allergens to declare. It’s made with no artificial taste enhancers and is perfect for every type of cuisine. Because when you change your ingredients, you change taste for the better. #ufs #ufsglobal #WorldFoodSafetyDay #foodsafety #safefood #foodsafetyculture #Knorr

Esme Restaurant in Chicago has been the home for the Unilever Food Solutions North America launch of Future Menus Report 2024, a Global UFS initiative that we landed with impact on May the 20th, 2024. We invited 100 distinguished guests from the Press, our esteemed Customers and Colleagues. Chef Jenner Tomaska, armed by his creativity, brought to life those trends in an extraordinary way and dazzled our guests. The Report, which is available online, received 217 million impressions and was #1 search result for "Unilever" in the first 24 hours. Future Menus Report by UFS is set apart because of a very robust roaster of leading industry reports, like Kantar, Firmenich, Symrise and Forge, social media analytics using 77 thousand keywords representing 69 million searches across 21 countries, and e-panels with 1.600 professional chefs. What makes the Report unique however is its actionable nature. It focuses on operator and chef pain points while it addresses every single trend with recipe and ingredients solutions, making Unilever Food Solutions an indisputable trend setter for the North American Food Service Market. #Futuremenus2024 #Futuremenus #preppedfortomorrow #restauranttrends

When you collaborate with a Michelin Star Chef ⭐️ have you done it all??? Asking for a friend…. #preppedfortomorrow Unilever Food Solutions Somos Hospitality

As World Environment Day 2024 fast approaches, we are very proud to share the launch of 25 dishes with a lower carbon footprint in partnership with Sodexo. It’s the latest initiative in our long-standing sustainable dining collaboration. Each dish has less than 900 grams of carbon emissions and was developed by a team of talented UFS and Sodexo chefs who worked together at Unilever Foods Innovation Centre 'Hive' in the Netherlands. The dishes are being added to Sodexo’s Spring/Summer 2024 menus across the globe giving diners the option to enjoy delicious meals that positively contribute to the health of people and planet. #ufs #unileverfoodsolutions #preppedfortomorrow #Future50Foods #netzero #Sodexo #LoveOffood #SustainableFood #ZeroWaste #Sustainability #Forceforgood #Chef #ChefLife #GenerationRestoration Kees Van Erp, Effrosyni Petala, Lucy Stowell, Arnaud Leleu, Maurits van Vroenhoven, Ronald Van der Laars, Evert Vermandel, Kok-Kin Chan 陳國堅, Lloyd Mann, Richard Learmount, Alexandra Serizay, Stuart Bowman,Martijn van Vliet, Bart van der geld, Carlo Morrison

We are excited to share that LSG Group, a leader in airline catering and onboard retail, has teamed up with our own The Vegetarian Butcher to transform in-flight dining. Together, they will introduce mouth-watering plant-based meals made with meat alternatives that cater to a wide array of passenger preferences, aligning with leading global nutrition trends. This dynamic partnership promises to elevate customer satisfaction, allowing travellers to savour the flavours and textures they love in a variety of ethnic and regional dishes crafted with The Vegetarian Butcher’s innovative meat alternatives. With the combined expertise of both companies, these culinary creations are set to soar to new heights. Together, we will be exploring how the future might look like and identify opportunities for our first joint projects with customers. Today, we kicked it off by providing some delicious plant-based snacks together at World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo. #preppedfortomorrow #plantbased #foodtrends #airline #catering

Attracting younger diners to your restaurant is about one thing: giving them the exciting new taste experiences they crave. Enter Flavour Shock – one of the key trends in the Future Menu Trends Report 2024. Delicious sauces are one surefire way to pack a flavour punch. Carlos Alberto Venegas Martinez shares his top 5 favourite Mexican sauces in the report and explains how to use them to build dishes with incredible flavour. “The flavours and textures of these sauces make them ideal to mix with different dishes and proteins. They go perfectly with burgers, pasta, chicken, fish and vegetables. You can use them as a main base to create the dish or as a side for dipping.” “Try experimenting with the technique to bring out different flavours in the sauce. For example, stir-fry or grill the ingredients before putting them together. You could also switch up some spices and play around with the textures. Don’t be afraid to break the rules and just go for it.” #ufsglobal #ufs #futuremenu #foodtrends