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Cornish firm plays it cool
Independent English firm Daymer Bay has launched a new range of iced teas, available in peach, lemon and mango flavours. The company, which takes its name from a stretch of sandy beach in North Cornwall, focuses solely on producing iced teas. The tea is sourced from Sri Lanka, where a ...
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Lallemand pioneers new yeast with Vitamin D
Yeast-maker GB Ingredients’ owner Lallemand has pioneered a new yeast, which it says should help bread compete against breakfast cereals.The new yeast, available from January, is a natural source of Vitamin D. This vitamin has recently been hitting the media headlines, with health experts saying that many Britons do not ...
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FDF firms ’on track’ with emissions
UK food and drink manufactu-rers have reduced their carbon emissions by 19% equivalent to one million tonnes since 1990, announced the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).As it launched its progress report for the second year of its Five-Fold Environmental Ambition, the FDF said its members are "well on ...
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Enzyme targets quality
Novozymes has launched a new fresh-keeping enzyme that aims to improve bread quality and extend shelf-life. Novamyl Pro, which follows on from Novozymes’ existing product Novamyl, is a new maltogenic amylase preparation, which claims to offer improved crumb softness, elasticity and moistness."What is great about Novamyl Pro is that it ...
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Memory Lane tightens production as sales fall
By Sylvia Macdonald and Georgi GytonProduction is to be cut at Finsbury Food Group’s premium cake business Memory Lane Cakes, as sales continue to fall in the recession.The bread, cake and morning goods manufacturer said production at the Cardiff business is likely to be cut from seven to five ...
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Food in the News
According to The Telegraph, a survey commissioned by pudding maker Matthew Walker has found that only 41% of those asked will be having roast turkey for their Christmas dinner, with beef, lamb, chicken, goose and duck all increasingly featuring on the festive menu.The London 2012 Organising Committee has pledged to ...
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Reporting in Ingredients need to pay their way
Paul Catterall, Training and bakery manager, Campden BRI’Twas the night before Christmas... Is it really next week? It sneaks up on us all every year. We seem to have plenty of time in November and then, before you know it, it’s staring us straight in the face.Of course, we in ...
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New Year’s resolutions... or revolutions
By Max Jenvey of Oxxygen Marketing Partnership, a strategic management agency that focuses on business and brand development within the bakery, foodservice and convenience sectors.Following the festive parties, drinking, late nights and early mornings at this time of year, there is one New Year’s resolution that almost everyone wants to ...
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Peter’s premier slice sales rocket
Peter’s has seen its overall slice sales rise by 60%, following the launch of its Premier Slice Range in November. The firm said the range has "smashed sales targets" and has increased the sales of its slices in Tesco stores across Wales by 108%. "This is the most successful product ...
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Waitrose’s frozen lineWaitrose will launch a range of frozen bakery products, including par-baked croissants, pains au chocolat and rustic baguettes, as part of a major overhaul of its freezer aisle at the end of January. Other new frozen products will include pies, cakes, biscuits and desserts. In other news, Waitrose ...
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Honeyrose accredited with BRC Grade AOrganic bakery Honeyrose has gained BRC Grade A accreditation and has seen record growth in the last quarter of 2009. Marketing director Adrian Apodaca said it was the first time the firm had presented itself for BRC accreditation, which has been part of the strategic ...
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Lees dilemma settledLees Foods has reached a settlement with the former directors and shareholders of Patisserie UK, which will see it receive approximately £225,000. In June this year Lees announced it would be taking legal action against the people from whom it bought Patisserie UK a specialist bakery business ...
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Genius developmentWest Lothian-based United Central Bakeries plans to roll out 18 new products under its gluten-free fresh bread brand, Genius, next year. Listings have already been agreed with supermarkets for launches at the end of January. Genius recently won a Gold Q award at the Quality Food Awards. Costa’s green ...
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Festive season prompts bakery donations
A raft of baked goods are to be donated to charities for the homeless, as the festive season puts people in a giving mood. Craft bakery Hobbs House has teamed up with FareShare, a national charity based in Bristol, which tackles the issues of food and waste poverty, so that its unsold loaves go towards the cause.
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CASH criticises retailers on high festive salt levels
Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has slammed supermarkets, coffee shops and sandwich chains for selling Christmas bakery products that contain high levels of salt.
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Finsbury to cut production at Memory Lane
Production is to be cut at Finsbury Food Group’s premium cake business Memory Lane Cakes, as sales continue to fall in the recession. The bread, cake and morning goods manufacturer said production at the Cardiff business is likely to be cut from seven to five days a week.
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Rowe’s set to grow Asda concessions
Cornish craft bakery chain Rowe’s has announced it is set to open a further two concessions in Asda stores in the south west. “On the back of the success of our Rowe’s branded concession within Asda, St Austell, we are set to open two new concessions at the Asda stores in Plymouth and Falmouth,” confirmed Paul Pearce, director of marketing.
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Bakery firms help FDF reach carbon reduction targets
UK food and drink manufacturers have reduced their carbon emissions by 19% – the equivalent of one million tonnes – since 1990, announced the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). As it launched its progress report for the second year of its Five-Fold Environmental Ambition, the FDF said that its members are “well on track” to achieving their goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 20% by 2010.
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Konditor & Cook opens new Southbank outlet
Upmarket cake shop and café chain Konditor & Cook has opened its sixth outlet near London’s Southbank. Located on Stamford Street, the shop’s layout is inspired by “a new take on the domestic kitchen”, which has been designed to showcase its best-known cakes and savouries.
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Lees and Patisserie UK resolve dispute
Lees Foods has reached a settlement with the former directors and shareholders of Patisserie UK, which will see the Coatbridge-based firm receive approximately £225,000. In June this year Lees announced it would be taking legal action against the people from whom it bought Patisserie UK – a specialist bakery business that went into administration in March 2009 under Lees’ ownership.