All British Baker articles in July 2007 – Page 2
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Ingredients watch
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has decided not to class goji berries as a novel food, which means food manufacturers can continue to use them in products.The berries, which are used in bakery products from companies such as The Village Bakery in Melmerby and Daylesford Organic in Gloucestershire, were investigated ...
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Oakdale hits rocks for second time
Oakdale Bakeries, renamed Bakesense Bakeries, has called in administrators for the second time this year.With sites in Doncaster and Wigan, over 200 jobs remain uncertain. The company makes mince pies, tarts and fruit pies.Glenn Bancroft, co-owner, acquired Oakdale Bakeries from administrators in March. Last week, he told British Baker ...
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Turning on the heat
Family-owned miller Bowmans was established one year after the end of the Crimean War, the denouement of which saw a rush of grain returning on to world markets; the outcome was a dramatic fall in grain prices that sent the US into a three-year depression. Compare that to today’s dwindling ...
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Flour prices soar higher
The price of flour is to rise substantially. Miller Rank Hovis announced on Tuesday of this week that it would be increasing the price of its bread-making flours by £68.75 per tonne (£1.10 per 16kg) and the price of its soft flours for making cakes and biscuits by £53.13 ...
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Face to face...
Q What is Délifrance? A It is the bakery arm of parent company Nutrixo which also owns Grands Moulins de Paris, the French miller. We are 50% owned by French farming co-operatives and 50% by employees. Délifrance manufactures its own goods, using its own flours and specifications. The ...
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Efficiency... or lack thereof
Recently I read in my daily newspaper that the government considers that mini-brothels would be a good thing. That is just typical of politicians and civil servants - they know nothing about the economies of scale, yet they dare lecture us on efficiency.The civil service and local government are ...
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Real Good MD steps down
The Real Good Food Company said it is "confident current market expectations will be met", as MD John Gibson stepped down.Stephen Heslop, MD of its bakery and baking ingredients divisions, assumed executive responsibilities for the group upon Gibson’s departure on 11 July.A pre-close statement said that sales in the bakery ...
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’Fat tax’ idea dismissed by health and industry experts
Research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health last week suggested that 3,200 lives per year could be saved if the government imposed a ’fat tax’.It called for VAT at 17.5% to be levied on certain foods. The report, backed up by research at Oxford and Nottingham Universities, ...
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FSA: ’diet not linked to income’
Eating healthily is not linked to a high level of income, according to a report released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).The Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, published on July 15, found no significant link between income and dietary patterns. Diet-related problems were consistent across the population, regardless of ...
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Deadline looms in Inter Link talks with McCambridge
Talks aimed at securing the future of cake company Inter Link are expected to reach a conclusion next week.By next Monday, 23 July, it is understood that Irish firm McCambridge will announce whether or not it will buy the troubled business, which has nine UK bakeries and one in ...
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Commodities tracker
The start of the new almond season harvest is two months away and the news continues to support earlier forecasts that the Californian harvest is looking good. The forecast at the end of June was 603,000 tonnes.Current almond crop availability appears to match the steady demand and prospects of such ...
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Briefs
=n Brace’s Bakery is marking its 105th birthday this year by donating a selection of new books to Bearnes Primary School, Newton Abbot. The company’s head of communications Michelle Hughes said it believed books were key to a child’s development but too many children from low-income families could not afford ...
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UK bread price in ranking rise
The UK may still be one of the cheapest countries in the world for bread. But the average price of a loaf in Britain isn’t quite the bargain it was six months earlier, according to the latest figures from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) supplied exclusively to British Baker.Prices in ...
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Respect heritage of brands, says report
Companies should be wary of alienating loyal customers by tampering with tried-and-trusted brands, says a report from market research company Datamonitor.The report warns manufacturers of long-established products that ’brand loyalty’ may be more important than attracting new consumers."It costs nine times more to attract a new consumer than retain an ...
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Other supermarkets trial Tesco’s Omega baskets
Morrisons and Sainsbury’s have both started small-scale trials of Omega bread baskets, as the Tesco scheme gathers momentum.Morrisons is trialling the baskets at one store and Sainsbury’s at a couple of outlets, working with a number of bakery suppliers.A total of some 1.4 million one-size-fits-all Omega 10-loaf bread baskets are ...
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Richemont Club joins Bakers’ Fair
Bakers’ Fair North West will be held in association with the Richemont Club on 14 October. The exhibition’s fourth annual competition will also be judged live at the show.Richemont Club members, which include top craft bakers and confectioners from all over the UK, will run a live demonstration during ...
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Gordon Polson, director, Federation of Bakers
The price of bread is a topic that’s been hitting the news headlines for some time now and it’s a subject that is likely to continue to gain column inches.Wheat is the main issue, with low stocks and weather problems leading to rising prices which are impacting bakers. Rising energy ...
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Stay one step ahead in NPD
More than any other cate-gory within food manufacturing markets, bakery has experienced a high level of new product development (NPD) over the past two years. This has largely been influenced by the healthy eating agenda, which has driven the demand for a range of low-fat, gluten-free or low-carb options.However, the ...
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1908 Superior Fruit Loaf
This excellent recipe comes from The Modern Baker, Confectioner and Caterer, edited by John Kirkland and printed in 1908.The book was aimed at the baking trade and gave the following advice: "It is often useful to make a speciality of a fruit loaf and this should be done by ...
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Vogel’s in vogue
A s doctors promoting healthy eating plans go, you’d have to say that the Swiss-born Dr Vogel’s plan is faring better in the longevity stakes than his counterpart - or nemesis - Dr Atkins. While the former had wholegrain seeded bread as an integral part of his diet, the other ...