All British Baker articles in December 2006 – Page 6
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Naturis
A new company providing natural food ingredients to manufacturers has been launched.Naturis (Slough, Berks) will provide ingredients to enhance the health benefits of products. Among the functional ingredients offered by Naturis are insoluble fibres, probiotics, prebiotics, proteins, vitamins, minerals and omega-3s.Head of marketing and strategy for Naturis, Markus Smet, says: ...
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Michton
Confectionery manufacturer Michton (Swansea, West Glamorgan) has launched mini marshmallows, which are available in two different formats, either white or an assortment of three colours.They are packed in 1kg bags, with eight bags in a carton. The marshmallows are used by bakeries as decorations for muffins and cup cakes.They ...
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Media at the mill
There is no doubt that one of the reasons the British became so effective at dismissing the Atkins diet is the hard-hitting media information campaign put out by the Flour Advisory Bureau (FAB).They had little need to tackle the nutritionists, but they did need to target the national media, including ...
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Seymour Manufacturing
Cold Stop insulated freezer and chill-store entry curtains can help bakers reduce energy costs, according to Seymour Manufacturing (Shropshire).The company says the curtains can lead to energy savings ranging from 18% to 25% in a chiller room to 30% to 35% in freezers.The Cold Stop curtains qualify for 100% tax ...
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Winners and losers in uncertain sector
The bakery sector has become more unpredictable, with successful firms likely to slip quickly from being ’winners’ to being ’losers’, according to new research from business analyst Plimsoll.The research company has divided the 960 bakery sector companies surveyed into ’winners’, ’losers’, ’chasers’ and ’sleepers’ on the basis of their financial ...
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L’Artisan plans larger premises
Spicers Bakery in Navan, Co Meath, Ireland, is to move its L’Artisan division to a new bakery at the end of January to meet increased demand.MD John Spicer founded the L’Artisan company three years ago to make and distribute artisan-style bread, confectionery and dessert products for caterers.The new bakery ...
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Kingsmill loses market share
Allied Bakeries’ market share for its Kingsmill brand has reduced in every region of the UK over the last year, according to new market research compiled by Warburtons.Warburtons’ Bakery Review 2006 report, which uses data from sources including AC Nielsen and TNS, divides the UK into 10 regions.The Kingsmill brand ...
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Johnstone’s
Johnstone’s just desserts (Wishaw, Warwickshire) has created a range of festive cakes in the run-up to Christmas.New products include Caramel Shortbread, which uses edible decorations to display pictures of snowmen, as well as Luxury Cheesecake Mini Bites, Luxury Caramel and Chocolate Drizzled Flapjacks, Yoghurt Coated Flapjacks and Stem Ginger and ...
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JBS
JBS (Peterborough, Cambridge-shire) has developed a new, flexible sheeting and curling unit for its Rollmaster range of roll plant. In-line sheeting and curling, featuring rolls above and below the band, provides simpler operation, while still retaining the high-speed high-friction belting that provides the quality features of positive curling of dough ...
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Houno A/S
Danish manufacturer of combi ovens Houno A/S has been sold to the US company Middleby Corporation, thereby adding a new range of combi ovens to its range of foodservice equipment.Chairman and chief executive officer at Middleby Corporation, Selim A Bassoul, commented: "The addition of Houno to the Middleby portfolio of ...
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Search is on for Furniss workers
A Cornish bakery is trying to piece together part of its company history by tracking down former workers.Redruth-based Furniss wants to trace 100 years of missing history at the firm, which master baker John Cooper Furniss set up in the late 1880s.It started out as a Truro teashop and made ...
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European Process Plant
Koenig, a specialist manufacturer of automatic roll plants, has introduced the new Koenig Rex Industry plant, supplied, installed and supported by European Process Plant (Epsom, Surrey). It produces a full range of traditional products, such as round rolls, baps, finger rolls, bridge rolls, teacakes, fruited buns, Swiss buns and ball ...
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Eurobake
The Kemper Twin Star by bakery equipment integrator Eurobake (Bolton, Lancashire), is a flexible, two-row, fully automatic dough dividing and moulding machine that can produce round, long-moulded and folded rolls.Suitable for a one-man operation, the Twin Star can produce between 1,600 and 3,000 pieces an hour. The Twin Star is ...
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Commodities tracker
The Australian Macadamia Society (AMS), which represents over 790 Australian macadamia growers and processors, is planning an awareness campaign to raise the profile and increase sales of macadamias in the UK.The Australian macadamia industry has undertaken a large planting programme and as these trees come into production over the next ...
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Tom Chandley
Winner of the ’North Wiltshire Best New Business 2006,’ MyLoaf Bakery in Corsham, relies on baking and moulding equipment from oven specialist Tom Chandley (Manchester). Directors of MyLoaf Bakery, Tia Lang and Jackie Perry, have identified customers’ need for quality and a range of baked goods. Loaves are hand-baked ...
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Pat-a-Cake calls it a day in face of fierce competition
West Cumbrian bakery chain Pat-a-Cake has blamed competition from big rivals for a decision to close its six shops and small bakery, with the loss of 54 full and part-time jobs.The family-owned business blamed "a downturn in trading conditions" caused by national chains opening rival outlets in its area."It’s been ...
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Business briefing
The Federation of Small Businesses is warning about the threat of company identity fraud, following reports of bogus calls from people pretending to be Companies House officials. Fraudsters have targeted small businesses to try to get hold of secure authentication codes for Companies House files, which could then be ...
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M&S highlights bread role
For a long time, the focus in the sandwich trade has been on developing novel flavours and ingredient combinations for fillings, while sandwich retailers have often seen the bread as an afterthought. But some are now thinking outside the triangle.Not missing a trick, David Bal-mer, food technologist at Marks & ...
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Low-GI health boost
Ground-breaking research has made a link between the consumption of low-glycaemic index (GI) bread and the prevention of Type 2 diabetes. The research also shows that low-GI bread contributes to a reduced risk of heart disease.The year-long study, entitled The Effect of Low-GI Bread on Glucose Response, was carried out ...