All British Baker articles in January 2007 – Page 2
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nSTOP PRESS: Women can halve their risk of breast cancer by eating a diet rich in wholemeal bread and wholegrain cereal, according to new research. The Leeds University study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology this week, tracked the eating habits of more than 35,000 women over seven years.n ...
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Tesco breads grow
Tesco’s bakery sales are ahead of budget and up year-on-year, category manager Andy Brocklehurst told British Baker this week.Speaking after the supermarket reported record sales, as it delivered its Christmas trading statement last week, Brocklehurst said there had been good growth across the bakery category. Sales growth was driven by ...
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Regional bread winner selected
Suffolk baker Mark Felgate was named as "The Nation’s Tastiest Baker" of regional bread as part of the eighth Farmhouse Breakfast Week celebrations this week.Felgate, of The Cake Shop of Woodbridge, Suffolk (owned by Peter Wright), picked up the prize for his loaves including the Suffolk Trencher, an Anglo Saxon ...
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Cheap ranking for UK bread
T he UK is the world’s bargain basement for bread according to new figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit, supplied exclusively to British Baker.Despite press headlines this month about rising bread costs, such as "Bread set to break the £1 a loaf barrier", the UK is actually one of the ...
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Des Benson
Des BensonDes Benson, who died in Dublin on January 3, 2007,was born in Co Cavan in 1921 and had a long career in bakery and flour milling journalism, marketing and public relations. Educated at St Patrick’s College, Cavan and University College, Dublin, he was an outstanding Gaelic football player in ...
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Belcolade
Belcolade, the Belgian chocolate from Puratos (Buckingham, Bucks), has re-launched its website, [http://www.belcolade.com], making it more user-friendly and interactive. As part of the redesign, product information has been made quicker and simpler to access, while a database of recipes has also been added. "The aim of the site is to ...
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NA throws its weight behind Baking Industry Exhibition
The National Association of Master Bakers (NA) has given its support to the Baking Industry Exhibition, which takes place from 6-9 April, 2008, at the Birmingham NEC.Chief executive of the NA Gill Brooks Lonican said: "The NA, British Baker and Birmingham all go back a long way. Birmingham NEC is ...
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Baking behind bars
Baking pink birthday cakes modelled on My Little Pony is not what usually springs to mind when thinking of pastimes of adult, male prisoners. Yet this does not seem to faze prisoners at Lindholme’s category C, medium security prison, which also holds prisoners serving life sentences.Nearly three years ago, the ...
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Gordon Polson, director, Federation of Bakers
The move in Brussels to abolish national legislation on prescribed quantities for pre-packed products, such as bread, was a hot topic for bakers in 2006, and will continue to be so this year.Prescribed quantities for bread have a long history in the UK, stretching back well beyond current legislation. ...
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Bakehouse launches handy three-in-one breakfast box
The new Breakfast Selection from Bakehouse, supplier of breads and pastries for bake-off, is offering three continental favourites in one case - 16 All-butter Croissants, 10 Pain Chocolat and 10 Pain Raisin.All have been declared by Raymond Blanc as: "the best I have tasted outside my own kitchens", according ...
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Post bag
I am writing to thank Mark and Sally Biggs from Biggs Bakery in Littlehampton for their kind generosity and for making it a very special Christmas for William and his seven friends in Hawthorn house at The Children’s Trust, a national charity providing care, education and therapy for children with ...
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MPs back bill for local communities
A Sustainable Communities Bill, which sets out to protect high street retailers, was backed by 175 votes to 17 at its second reading at the House of Commons last week.The Bill, sponsored by Conservative MP Nick Hurd, aims to give local communities powers to tackle social, economic and environmental ...
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Interest hovers around Ferrari’s
Administrators say "a number of serious, interested parties" have come forward as potential buyers of Welsh bakery chain Ferrari’s, which called in administrators on 18 December.Cleary Foods, Ferrari’s parent company, blamed "lower sales and higher costs" as it put the 60-shop chain and its Swansea-based wholesale sister business, Celtic Savouries, ...
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Kluman & Balter
January is the time of year when most consumers are looking towards healthy products to kick-start their New Year. Bread is a low-fat food, packed with vitamins and minerals, including calcium, iron, folic acid and B vitamins, says Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Herts).The company says that a ...
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Snacks add bite to the market
A new snacks brand - The Funky Snack Company - is being launched by Chaucer Foods (Hull). The brand’s first products include a range of bite-sized toasties, which are shaped like mini toast and are available in both sweet and savoury flavours, including strawberry jam, cinnamon & raisin, marmalade, Worcestershire ...
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International activity
Organisers of Interbake China 2007 - one of Asia’s largest international bakery exhibitions - say that Western expertise is very much in demand in the country, whether for machines, production, product design or packaging.With a population of 1.3 billion people and annual economic growth of 10% over the past nine ...
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Zeelandia
Specialist ingredients manufacturer Zeelandia (Billericay, Essex) offers a range of custards, including Roma Cold Classic, to create trifles and Easter gateaux.Roma Cold Classic is free from hydrogenated fats and has a creamy taste and texture, says the company. "We are making great strides to ensure the removal of HVOs from ...
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SIAB ready For Verona
This year SIAB, the Italian bakery exhibition, comes around again, following the three-year agreed rotation with Europain France and IBA Germany.SIAB has shown continuous growth and the eighth SIAB is back with a brand new format. Innovations in bread and confectionery will be seen alongside traditional favourites, but even pizza ...
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The origami of sugar
I have been in England for about a year now and, in September, I started studying at Brooklands College in Weybridge, Surrey. I’m doing a cake decorating course at the college, where I learn sugarcraft and how to make wired sugar flowers. I have four three-hour ...
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Macphie
Macphie of Glenbervie’s (Stonehaven, Kincardineshire) market research shows that, consumers are keen to try new flavours in hot cross buns, with apple and cinnamon, lemon and raisin and chocolate versions all making an appearance in the market last year, as well as mini versions for children, and hot cross bun ...