All British Baker articles in April 2009 – Page 3
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Reporting in Is ’clean label’ clean?
As the Soil Association prepares for its processing standards review, two aspects of the relationship between food producers and consumers seem paramount: trust and transparency. The former requires the latter. Food scares in the past 20 years damaged trust in conventional producers and encouraged people to seek organic alternatives, based ...
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Spice rack: Cinnamon
Cinnamon is the dried bark of an evergreen tree that is grown in Sri Lanka, Southern India and the West Indies. It is available in small sticks or ground into a powder. The sticks are usually used to make an infusion, for example warmed in milk for custard tarts.Generally, when ...
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Caught on the web
l The sadly departed author JG Ballard was assistant editor on The Baker in 1956, then the official publication of the Institute of British Bakers and of the Institute of Irish Bakers... tinyurl.com/dgbtpv l Deep Fried Coke is taking off in the States with a calorie count equivalent to 10 ...
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Drury deal at Caffè Culture
The Drury Tea and Coffee Company, which is sharing a stand with The Coffee Machine Company at the upcoming Caffè Culture exhibition in May, is offering visitors a special rental/purchase deal. The show offer, equivalent to 0% interest, is valid on a range of Rancilio machines and ancillary equipment.The Coffee ...
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BSA develops food hygiene and safety courses
The British Sandwich Association (BSA) has consulted some of the largest sandwich producers and retailers to develop online training courses for improving food safety and hygiene.Greggs, Subway, Tesco and Marks & Spencer have all had input into the new courses, which cover sandwich production in both the manufacturing and retail ...
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Sielaff brings Italian style
German firm Sielaff has launched a new bean-to-cup machine, the Piacere, which is Italian for ’pleasure’. It offers a menu of speciality hot drinks, including espresso, cappuccino, hot chocolate and latte macchiato at the touch of a button.The machine has two different models - the Piacere Mono with one grinder ...
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Culture corner: Book review
It can hardly have escaped any baker’s notice that cupcakes are big business. One firm that could perhaps be considered a founding member of the cupcake movement is London’s Hummingbird Bakery, which has just launched its own cookbook.Filled with recipes from its kitsch shop creations, Hummingbird founder Tarek Malouf reveals ...
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BB’s takes to forecourts in first move from malls
BB’s Coffee & Muffins plans to open up to 25 outlets in petrol station forecourts in the UK by the end of next year, after launching the first at a branch of Shell in Middlesbrough last month.The move is the first time the coffee and bakery chain has opened outlets ...
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Baking industry in limbo as salt goals stay unclear
The Food Standard Agency’s (FSA’s) long delay in publishing revised 2010 salt targets has left the baking industry in limbo, with companies unsure how much to invest in product reformulation as time runs out before the deadline.
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Popular demand spurs on Hambleton Bakery
A traditional bakery opened only last September by the owner of the renowned Hambleton Hall country hotel, in Rutland, is proving so successful that a third shop has opened this month to cope with public demand for its specialist breads.Hotelier Tim Hart initially opened his bakery in the village of ...
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Baker takes top title in pie championship
The first ever British Pie Awards took place at St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray, Leicester this week.There were 277 hot pies and 234 cold entered - a grand total of 511 pies across 12 categories. These included Steak and Kidney, Cornish Pasty, Football Pie, Vegetarian, plus the famous Melton ...
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In my world: the plant baker
People off work through mental ill-health costs business millions every year, but this is the tip of the iceberg compared to the higher costs involved when people at work perform below par through a mental ill-health condition. My eyes were opened to this ’last taboo’ subject recently when I was ...
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New category joins Awards
British Baker is pleased to announce another new category for the Baking Industry Awards 2009. The Artisanal Bread Award will be sponsored by Morrisons and is open to all kinds of businesses, from small artisan bakeries to larger more automated producers that manage to incorporate artisanal methods.
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Sticker attack on plant bread planned
The Real Bread Campaign is planning to distribute stickers to consumers for placing on packs of plant bread, warning them against unlabelled processing aids used to make loaves. The labels will first be distributed at the Real Food Festival, at London’s Earl’s Court from 8-10 May, and will then be ...
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The art of bread
Fancy yourself as a bread artist? The non-profit Grain Foods Foundation - set up in 2004 to promote the benefits of grain-based products in the US - has teamed up with charity Feeding America to provide food for those in need. You can create a personalised piece of bread art ...
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In the BB Archives
The Lister Institute has published the results of experiments with rats, carried out on its behalf by Dr Harriet Chick, who came to the conclusion that ordinary white flour is inferior to wholemeal flour even when the deficiency of protein, minerals and vitamin B1 has been made good through fortification.Rats ...
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Anti-cupcakes
And if you’ve had your fill of cupcakes, meaty or otherwise, you could always try dieting with these low-cal creations made, appetisingly, of cardboard. These cakes are the work of English artist Patianne Stevenson, based in Seattle - see www.patiannestevenson.com
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Shops reopen after tragedy at bakehouse
Andrew Jones Pies’ two shops have reopened and a new factory has been sourced following a tragic explosion at its factory on Good Friday, which left one man dead.The explosion happened at Andrew Jones Pies bakehouse in Old Leeds Road, Huddersfield, only minutes after the 5am shift had started, ...
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Take advantage of Craft Bakers’ Week
It’s not long now until National Craft Bakers’ Week, so make sure you get involved and promote your business.Running from 8-13 June, the aim of the week is to raise the profile of independent craft bakers - ’The Shop That Never Sleeps’ - and, in doing so, capture ...
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Ginsters adds to pasty offer
Savoury pastry brand Ginsters is to introduce a range of limited-edition pasties later this month. A new Roast Chicken & Bacon Pasty and Steak & Ale Pasty, both 180g, will be available from 26 April.The varieties will change every six months as part of Ginsters’ ongoing product development. ...