Orange paprika ice-cream
19-10-2011
Paprika grower Hermans-Walter and ice cream maker Theo Clevers have taken the challenge to create a new flavour of ice cream for the Dutch market. Together they have created the orange paprika flavoured ice cream. The main reason for creating this flavour of ice cream is to promote the orange paprika throughout the country.
Nutri-Pulse e-cooker
18-10-2011
IXL Netherlands BV introduces a new way of cooking with the Nutri-Pulse® e-cooker. This e-cooker uses electric pulses to cook meat, fish, vegetables and fruit within minutes, or even seconds. By using this new way of cooking, all the nutritive value of food, as well as the taste, colour and flavour are preserved. At the same time it creates a reduction in energy and food waste. With the Nutri-Pulse e-cooker, IXL Netherlands BV has won the Food Valley Award of 2011. Watch the movie for an explanation.
24 carat chocolate champagne truffles
18-10-2011
A true chocolate delicacy of The Choclate; a handcrafted champagne truffle, sprinkled with 24 carat gold flakes, presented in a contemporary chic, Swarovski adorned boutique box. It took 2 years to perfect the truffles and to place them on the market. The truffles are made of the most expensive dark chocolate, and are all handcrafted, which makes each truffle a unique one.
Organic energy drink
18-10-2011
Scheckter’s OrganicEnergy is a new energy drink, developed by using natural ingredients. These natural products like the raw green coffee beans, guarana (seeds), ginseng and gingko biloba, gives this drink your body and mind a natural boost of energy.
Restaurant In de Olie opened her doors
17-10-2011
Last Friday cafe-restaurant ‘In de Olie’ opened her doors officially in Amsterdam. The cafe offers a menu of finger food and tapas, such as Spanish and Italian sausages, manchego cheese and marinated pulpo. The dinner menu consists of a wide range of Mediterranean dishes, like lamb tajine and fish dishes, served with authentic vegetable side-dishes. Also, the restaurant offers several Spanish, Italian and Greek oils, which you can take home bottled. Every Thursday and Friday between 17.00 and 19.00 hrs you can visit ‘In de Olie’ for a ‘Aperitivo’, to enjoy a small bite and drink, whilst enjoying a DJ. Each Sunday afternoon ‘Tapas & Tunes’ takes place; a podium with changing live performances.
Get well soup from Heinz
17-10-2011
Send your loved ones a “Get well soon” soup from Heinz if they are ill. Instead of a simple card, one can create a personal message on the website that’s printed on a can of soup and sent. This campaign is currently only available for UK facebook fans of Heinz.
Digital bottle message for Burkina Faso
17-10-2011
Spa Reine has started a campaign in cooperation with Unicef. For every bottle that is sold, Spa donates 4 liters of clean drinking water to the children living in Burkina Fas. Consumers can leave a personal message about this campaign on the website Spahelpt.nl and create more awareness to the campaign.
Wine in doggy bag
14-10-2011
In France there are doggy bags for wine bottles. When a guest in a restaurant doesn’t want to finish the whole bottle of wine but rather take it home, he’ll receive a free specially made doggy bag. These wine doggy bags are used in 45 restaurants in France.
Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange
13-10-2011
Smirnoff organizes a worldwide party in fifty countries at the 12th of November. The vodka brand challenges visitors to come up with original ideas, and create fifty unforgettable nights together. After suggesting an idea in the category music, location, dancing, eating, drinking and ‘other’ people can vote for their favorite idea. The campaign is supported with a video, Facebook page and a website.
Blippar
12-10-2011
Blippar shows the consumer extra product information of a certain product by using augmented reality. By filming the product with a smartphone, product information and recipes appear in the screen of your phone. Blippar has a partnership with several supermarket chains in the UK, such as Tesco and Cadbury’s, in order to make sure that most products will be recognized by Blippar.