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In 2015 Chinese cuisine was soaring across the UK, contributing to Asian food being the fastest growing cuisine with a market value of almost £3 billion*. Fast forward to 2019 where Thai and Japanese chains took the limelight in the casual dining sector. Since, Thai chains have made a 123% leap, while the number of Japanese sites climbed by 44%. Both increases have been driven by the expansion of brands such as Giggling Squid, Rosa’s Thai, Shoryu and Yo! Sushi, as well as smaller groups.

CGA business unit direct for food and retail, Karl Chessel says, “Consumers are continuing to broaden their horizons, discovering many new cuisines. This is particularly obvious in the Asian sector, where food knowledge has gone way beyond Chinese and interest in Thai, Japanese and a repertoire of other cuisines is soaring. The healthy aspects of these foods may well be another factor in their popularity.”

In 2016, we launched our Asian Range to help working kitchens across various sectors to capture authentic, delicate flavours of pan-Asian cuisine in a simple, easy-to-use format, delivering dishes to meet the growing demand from consumers.

Thought of as ingredients to inspire, these stock bases allow you to offer the UK’s fastest growing cuisines on your menu in a matter of minutes with absolutely no compromise on taste. Each pot makes a generous 25 litres and the paste format allows them to be so versatile - use to rub, marinade, the options are endless. The whole range is 100% gluten free, contains no added MSG with options suited to vegan and vegetarian diets.