All British Baker articles in February 2007 – Page 4
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This week, I would particularly like to draw your attention to the Friday Essay by Rob Devlin (pg 13) entitled: Make Bakery Attractive! You cannot move an inch in this industry without someone saying: "What are we going to do about the lack of next generation bakers?"Everyone, craft bakers, wholesale ...
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Reporting in
I nearly choked on my toast the other day, while reading my newspaper at the breakfast table. For there, in print, was Professor Graham MacGregor, of pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Health, praising our industry. "The UK is leading the world on salt reduction. Many of our food ...
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Rational
Baking ’front-of-house’ is increasingly popular for all sorts of products, especially for baking bread.Rational (Luton, Bedfordshire) offers the SelfCooking Center that can cook and bake pies, quiches, bread, rolls and cakes. It is adaptable for any food preparation, such as roasting, poaching, toasting, baking, baking-off, drying or regenerating. It features ...
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Porkka UK
Porkka UK (Watford, Hertfordshire) has launched a range of refrigerated counter displays for use with a wide selection of foods. The range comprises the Porkka Cold Spot (+4°C to +8°C), the Porkka Chill Display (+2°C to +6°C) and the Porkka Spot Freezer (-8?C to -12°C).Available in standard or self-service options, ...
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Pricing out organics
Well who’d have thought it? Only 60 years since the organic movement was a glint in the farmer’s eye and people suddenly can’t get enough of organic - quite literally.Demand for organic wheat has never been higher amid the consumer and corporate scramble to paint the world green. All of ...
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Muffin solutions
A leading UK bakery manufacturer and supplier of bakery components, Baking Solutions, has recently purchased a complete muffin-processing unit worth £100,000 from specialist depositing technology manufacturer Turbo Systems.Baking Solutions, based in Oxfordshire, had won a major contract from a leading customer to supply muffins for over 300 outlets across the ...
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Lincat
As part of its drive to offer electric alternatives to conventional gas cooking ranges, Lincat (Lincoln) has added a four hotplate electric range to its Opus 700 series of equipment. "For many years, gas-powered ranges have been at the heart of commercial bakeries in this country," says ...
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Your Letters
I was sad to receive a letter from the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) informing me that it was to close its training arm (see BB, 26 January, pg 6) and felt I could not let this pass without comment.I have been in touch with bakers who use this ...
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Warburtons extends lines with Healthy Harvest loaf
Warburtons is launching a new Healthy Harvest loaf, available from 19 February.The 800g white loaf is said to have added health benefits, such as 50% more fibre than a standard white loaf, as well as being low in fat and sugar and containing added wholegrain.A spokesman for Warburtons said the ...
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13 Focus On FlourLocation: CCFRA, Chipping CampdenContact, tel: 01386 84210413 Sugar Craft - Cake Decorators at WorkLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk19 - 23 The Essential Slattery Chocolate ExperienceLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk22 - 23 Sourdough for AllLocation: ...
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A day in the life of...
John Watts works as senior technologist at ingredients supplier to the baking industry, National Starch Food Innovation. He formerly worked as process manager for British Bakels. Now, clearly relishing his new role, he takes us through a typical day.6amMost people won’t believe me when I say this, but ...
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OPM Chocolate,
OPM Chocolate, the division of OPM that supplies solutions for the confectionery industry, and represented in the UK by Hänsel UK (Peterborough, Cambs), has introduced an electronic piston-type forming machine for depositing fat, cream or sugar-based chocolate.Made from stainless steel, it has a double jacket to allow water circulation and ...
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Malawi’s charm offensive
A fatal combination of chronic poverty, natural disasters and extremes of drought and flooding, mean that Malawi has repeatedly been affected by dire famine since 2002. It is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world, with an average life expectancy of around 40 years. The country has an ...
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Pantheon Catering Equipment
Pantheon Catering Equipment (part of Monarch Catering Equipment and Crompton Direct, Bolton, Lancashire) has added contact grills to its range of equipment. With a heated surface both above and below, cooking times for a wide range of food can be halved compared to open grilling, according to the company.The grilling ...
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Portugal cakes
This recipe comes from Hannah Glasse’s 1747 book, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. Fortified wine, known as "sack", was used in the original recipe. Sack was like a dry sherry, which serves as an excellent modern equivalent.Makes 180 small cakesIngredients5lb/2.4kg butter5lb/2.4kg plain flour5lb/2.4kg granulated sugar4½fl oz/125ml rosewater4½fl ...
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Brook Food Processing Equipment
Record Food Equipment, available from Brook Food Processing Equipment (Minehead, Somerset), has made jelly spraying easier.The Record Jelly Sprayer, is fitted with a fast compressed air joint at the front and, with its high-powered compressor, the sprayer can be used for many applications including those that require compressed air and ...
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Briefs
n A £4.4m Skills Academy will open in April, said food and drink sector skills council Improve. It has been working with employers, including Warburtons and RHM, on the academy, which is expected to serve over 28,000 people in its first four years. The academy will co-ordinate existing training programmes ...