All British Baker articles in June 2007 – Page 3
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Andrew Pollard, chairman, British Society of Baking
Half way though the year and Federation of Bakers production figures show decreases of up to 6% year-on-year. This is despite Allied Bakeries’ major re-launch and TV advertising activity from Warburtons and British Bakeries.Consumers appear to have reduced their purchases of bread at Christmas as normal, but sales have not ...
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Folic Acid: the public view With mandatory folic acid fortification in bread or flour hitting the media headlines, Hayley Brown went out on the street to gauge consumer reaction
Ami PatelI’ve never even heard of folic acid. Therefore, I wouldn’t think twice about taking a supplement and had no idea that there were plans to put it into bread or flour.I knew that calcium is put into bread and that helps people’s health, so maybe adding folic acid ...
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NewsWimborne’s winner
The Artisan Food Centre, based at the Dorset Smokery & Charcuterie, Hurn, Dorset, also the home of craft bakery, Quinney’s, ran a competition to flush out old bread recipes.Supported by Christchurch Food & Wine Festival, Big Barn and Breakfast & Brunch, the competition ran for three months, from 4 February, ...
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Natural Taste
Nightmares with planning permission, finding out the machinery you’ve bought is completely unsuitable for your purpose, delays with getting the packaging and design sorted, a complete lack of government grants available and banks with a stonewall approach to funding new businesses... newly-formed Taste Essential was unfortunate to fall foul of ...
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Your letters
The real weakness in the case of adding folic acid to flour or bread is that it reeks of mass-medication for a problem that may affect a miniscule number of women of childbearing age and their offspring.It has no relevance in medical terms for the male population, children, most young ...
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Italian shows make an impact
SIAB bakery show, which took place recently in Verona, affirmed Italy as one European country where the craft sector, with over 70% of sales, is holding its market share against the supermarkets.Major exhibitors, including Polin, represented in the UK by Brook Food Equipment, took stands, as did Rondo and first-time ...
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iBrand launched
The Cotswold Food Partnership (CFP) has launched a ’concept to shelf’ product development service. iBrand will develop the recipe, source ingredients and manufacturing, develop branding, packaging and marketing, and assist with sales, said the firm.CFP founder Carl Le Neveu said: "We’re here to help companies with limited NPD expertise, ...
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Greencore moves into sushi
Greencore Sandwiches has bought sushi producer Sushi San, based in Crosby, Liverpool. Founded seven years ago, the business produces sushi under both the ’Sushi San’ and customer own-brand labels.The founders of the business will work with Greencore site director for Crosby, Graham Simpson, to ensure a smooth hand-over.Commenting on the ...
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Easy levain
"Bakers need to keep developing new products and pushing innovation, otherwise they are really going to suffer under pressure from supermarkets and their low price points," says Fermex’s technical specialist Sara Autton.UK specialist ingredients distributor Fermex, which supplies Lesaffre products, regularly invites clients to its Baking Center as part ...
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Whole Foods opens doors to London
American giant Whole Foods Market opened its UK flagship superstore on Kensington High Street, London, last week, with bakery a key attraction.A working bakery and bakery display section are the centrepiece in the entrance area of the store, with point of sale boasting that breads are: "made from scratch ...
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Double deal
Ingredients supplier Cereform has launched a new partnership for the Irish market with Unifood, part of the IAWS group. The new arrangement gives Unifood the right to develop sales of the full range of Cereform products throughout the Irish Republic.As a major ingredients supplier to Ireland’s bakery trade, Unifood specialises ...
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Irish craft group introduces range
Artisan bakery group, The Com-pany of Irish Bakers has launched its first range of products, including Irish porter cake and fruit brack.The group includes four artisan bakeries in Northern Ireland and one in Co Donegal in the Republic, with each of the bakeries contributing its own product.Co Donegal-based Gala Bakery ...
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Fortification’s weak case
The ’robust’ case for fortifying bread with folic acid is distinctly dodgy when one examines the details.We are told that mandatory fortification has reduced Neural Tube Defect (NTD) births in the US. Yet I believe the evidence does not indicate this at all. The US Centers for Disease ...
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Buyers tipped for Inter Link
Vision Capital and Premier Foods have been tipped as potential buyers for debt-ridden cake company Inter Link, which this week suspended trading of its shares.Inter Link, which has 12 UK bakeries and one in Poland, has seen a rapid decline over the last year with shares dropping from 770p ...
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Cakes with brakes
Skoda rises to the challenge by creating one very tasty motor, a full-sized replica of its Fabia, made out of cake and confectionery.The New Fabia is ’full of lovely stuff’, according to Skoda and, to illustrate the point, they’ve swapped rivets for raisins, metal for marzipan and spark plugs for ...
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Bells rings change
Family-run business Bells of Lazonby has been presented with a prestigious Know- ledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award, recognising its achieve- ments in category innovation.Founded in 1975, a KTP project is a three-way partnership between: a company, which has a specific and strategic project; a knowledge base - an academic or ...
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M&S tests out new-look bakery
Marks & Spencer is trialling a new bakery format in the shadow of the new Whole Foods Market superstore, in Kensington, London.The new-look ’Bakery & Patisserie’ department is among a number of innovations at its Kensington foodhall. It has a visible bake-off area behind a long chiller cabinet. A range ...
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Panary organises French bakery tour
Bakers can pick up techniques from across the Channel on a week-long French breadmaking tour.Panary is organising the trip, from 1-8 October, offering the chance to observe four different artisan bakers at work in their bakeries, watch their dough handling techniques and their management of sourdoughs, their table skills, and ...