A chocolate puzzle, a chocolate-bead necklace and even a pizza made entirely of chocolate were among the innovations presented at ISM, the world’s largest trade fair for sweets and snacks, which was held this week in Cologne, Germany. However, ‘Bad Luck Cookie’ by Pechkeks, took out the top prize in the New Product Showcase at ISM, followed by an ‘Organic Veggie Box’ snack innovation, and Belgian filled chocolates ‘Pralibel Dômes’ in third place.
The ISM Packaging Award went to the Barbecue Marshmallow Grill Bag by tri d’Aix. These products are all excellent examples of the innovative power of the sweets and snacks industry, which comes together for ISM every year, said a spokesperson.
The “Bad Luck Cookie” by Hamburg-based company, Pechkeks is designed as a misfortune cookie. Unlike its traditional counterpart, the fortune cookie, it doesn’t offer comfort, nor does it predict strokes of good fortune. Instead, its messages are “blunt, honest and direct”. The pitch-black cookie, designed for people, who don’t take themselves too seriously and who can take a joke, went down very well with ISM visitors who voted the “Bad Luck Cookie” into first place.
Organic Veggie Box, which came second place, contains a combination of three crispy natural, air-dried vegetable crisps – packed inside an elegant and compact box. The products are organic, vegan, gluten-free and not fried.
A Belgian company took out third place for an upmarket mixture of filled chocolates in a round, elegantly designed box: Pralibel Dômes.
In total, 220 products were presented at the New Product Showcase at ISM 2017. Around 1,650 exhibitors from 68 countries were showing their innovations and best sellers at ISM, which closed on 1 February 2017.
