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== Malted inclusion ==Muntons Malted Ingredients can now be included on product labels as part of the total whole grain percentage, after The Whole Grain Council in Boston, Massachusetts, determined they can be offered as wholegrain products. The range includes Muntons white malt flours, malted cereal flakes and its range ...
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== Northern highlights ==Northern Foods’ bakery division performance improved in the first half of the year, according to its interim results statement. Revenue increased to £97.6m from £91.4m for the 2007/08 period. Profit from operations also rose to £6.5m compared to £4.4m last year. "Selling prices increased by 4% as ...
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Wallace and Gromit’s bakery adventure
The makers of the latest Wallace and Gromit outing, A Matter of Loaf And Death, have revealed more plot details of the film, which will see the pair running a bakery called Top Bun.
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Wallace & Gromit’s Top Bun adventure
The makers of the latest Wallace & Gromit outing, A Matter of Loaf And Death, have revealed more plot details of the film, which will see the pair running a bakery called Top Bun.
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Hovis’ performance boosts Premier’s sales
Premier Foods’ interim management statement has revealed sales of Hovis are up 11% for the four months to October. According to the company, consumer response to the relaunch of its Hovis brand has been positive, and market share in October has improved, “despite intense promotional activity by some of our competitors”.
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AAK to offer sustainable palm oil
Fats and oils supplier AAK Bakery Services is about to receive its first shipment of sustainably produced crude palm oil at its Hull-based refinery.A founding member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004, the company will be one of the first to receive Europe’s initial shipment. The ...
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ABF demonstrates its ’resilience’ with positive financial performance
Associated British Food’s (ABF) results for the year ended 13 September 2008, have revealed positive revenue growth, despite economic challenges, according to a statement released by the company, with group revenue up 21% to £8.2bn. Operating profit for the food, ingredient and retail group stands at £554m, while adjusted operating ...
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Danone on target to achieve carbon-neutral status for water brands
Danone Waters UK has announced that its Evian and Volvic brands will have carbon-neutral status by 2011, forming part of the company’s long-term sustainability project. Since 2000, it has been the aim of Danone to reduce Evian’s environmental impact by 50%. So far a 20% reduction has been achieved, and ...
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Flour dust safety event announced
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Food and Drink Group, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Federation of Bakers and the National Association of Master Bakers are running an event titled Flour dust - respiratory disease in the food industry, on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 at ...
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Cargill takes stabilised approach to icings
Cargill has introduced two new stabiliser ranges, said to give manufacturers increased flexibility in the production of icings.Satialgine OGI cold soluble alginate has been developed for direct-use icings, made on-site by bakers and deposited immediately on top of baked goods. For delayed-use icings, a new pectin - Unipectine PG 335 ...
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Association encourages franchisees
The Franchisee Association says current economic conditions should not put people off consi-dering taking out a licence.Trevor Hart, who set up the online Franchisee Association in August, told British Baker that now would be a good time for someone who has lost their job to use their redundancy package ...
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Food associations square up to FSA over salt issue
Food safety could be put at risk by squeezing salt reduction targets further, it was revealed, as sandwich makers and bakery manufacturers dug their trenches over "unachievable" proposals to slash salt in food.For the first time, all the lea-ding food associations, including the Food & Drink Federation (FDF), British Sandwich ...
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Improve takes bakery qualifications to task
Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, plans to introduce new bakery qualifications by September 2009. The qualifications will be publicly accredited and will mean that workplace skills will be recognised outside the NVQ structure for the first time in 20 years.Improve said it will embark on a radical ...
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Mono beats out new lines
Mono Equipment has recently added a number of new products to its range.The multi-purpose Promag Starcrem Evolution Machine can be used to produce numerous products such as custard creams to fill pop-overs and cakes, fruit preserves or coloured icing. The OTT Swiss Freezer Masterchef is also available. It features a ...
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Huhtamaki extends range of bio-coated cups
Packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki has added a new size BioWare bio-coated paper cup to its range. A 14oz cup is now available to complement its existing range, which includes 9oz, 12oz and 16oz variants.All cups in the range can be fitted with a lid for drinking on-the-go and are manufactured ...
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PepsiCo drops PJ Smoothies brand
PepsiCo is to discontinue its PJ Smoothies and Tropicana Spirit brands. According to a statement released by the company, the reasons for the move are due to the current economic climate and "unprecedented pressures" being experienced by the firm.A strategic review of its businesses reinforced "the impor- tance of focusing ...
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Canada Bread sales up, but earnings drop
Canada Bread’s third-quarter results reveal increases in its sales of fresh and frozen bread, despite a fall in net earnings of 6.4% compared to the same period last year.The company, which is 89.8% owned by Maple Leaf Foods, has experienced a 19.2% increase in fresh bakery sales to C$290.2m (£157.3m) ...
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Rombouts develops its coffee lines for cafés
Rombouts Coffee’s Pure Origins coffee range is now available for coffee shops and cafés. The range, which was exclusively available to retail consumers through Selfridges stores, is available in two formats - ground coffee in black caddies for cafetières, and coffee pods for the Rombouts’ 1,2,3 Spresso system.Coffee varieties ...
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Higher prices drive Callebaut growth
Barry Callebaut has reported a 5.3% increase in full-year opera-ting profit to 31 August 2008 and said it had continued to see good growth in the first two months of the current fiscal year. Profit rose to SFr341.1m (£184.7m), as sales increased by 17.3% to SFr4.8bn (£2.6bn).According to the company, ...
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Summit: last chance
There are less than two weeks left to register for the Baking Industry Summit 2008, on 27 November, so make sure you reserve your delegate place now. The Summit, which will focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is taking place at One Great George Street, London, and will host a ...