Food model

Food models, also known as fake foods, food figurines or "food samples" (Japanese: 食品サンプル, romanized: shokuhin sampuru), are scale models or replicas of a food item or dish made from plastic, wax, resin or similar inedible material. They are commonly used as mockups in restaurant display windows and shelves in Japan, although other countries like South Korea and China also use such models for similar promotional as well as decorative purposes for restaurants, food boothes and street food carts.

"Fake fruit" redirects here. For culinary fruits that are not classified as botanical fruits, see Accessory fruit.

Using food models allow food vendors to advertise to the consumers a three-dimensional image of their products, while avoiding the need to put real food on display unattended for prolonged periods of time, which can get contaminated, spoiled or attract unpleasing pests like flies, cockroaches and ants.

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