These Raisins Have Only Two Ingredients | Plant Based Halal Raisins | Restaurant Asia | Thomas Wee
Travel And Tour World brings you an exclusive interview with Thomas Wee from California Raisins, representing their Southeast Asian headquarters based in Singapore. In this conversation, Thomas explains how California Raisin are helping hotels, bakeries, and culinary professionals across the region meet growing demand for natural, dietary-inclusive ingredients. Key highlights from this interview: ✅ An introduction to California Raisin, representing around 3,000 growers and shippers across California's Central Valley, with a mission to educate chefs and bakers across Southeast Asia on how to use raisins in culinary and bakery applications ✅ A look at the strong turnout of chefs and culinary professionals at the event, including sponsoring a bakery competition and showcasing a raisin-infused chocolate made by a Malaysian chocolatier ✅ Why California Raisins support dietary inclusivity, offering a naturally sweet, plant based ingredient with no added sugar, made from 100% sun-dried grapes, with many growers and shippers being halal certified ✅ How California's strict food safety standards and multi-generational farming practices ensure high quality, with only about 30% of production exported internationally ✅ Why raisin remain one of the most cost-effective, high value ingredients for large-scale hotel and bakery operations, even amid rising costs ✅ Thomas's outlook on the future of hospitality dining, as consumers increasingly seek clean label ingredients with fewer additives and preservatives, positioning California Raisins as a simple, honest, and versatile ingredient for cruise lines, hotels, and tour operators This interview offers valuable insight for hoteliers, bakers, chefs, and culinary tourism professionals looking to understand how natural, halal-certified, plant-based ingredients like California Raisins are shaping global hospitality menus in 2026 and beyond. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [California raisin, plant based baking ingredient, halal raisin, raisins for baking, healthy dried fruit ingredient, California raisins halal certified, California raisins plant based fat replacer, California raisins for professional baking, California raisins as sugar substitute, California raisins clean label ingredient, how to use California raisins in baking, California raisins vegan protein bar binder, California Raisin Marketing Board, Thomas Wee California Raisins interview] #CaliforniaRaisin #HalalCertified #PlantBasedBaking #CleanLabel #HospitalityIndustry #TravelAndTourWorld #CulinaryTourism #BakingIngredients #FoodIndustry #TravelTrends2026 #MICE #SingaporeFoodExpo