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FSA helps out on gluten-free
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a fact sheet to help caterers understand when they can label food ’gluten- free’ in advance of the change to labelling rules next January.New EU regulations coming into force from 1 January 2012, on foodstuffs specifically produced for people intolerant to gluten, will ...
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Functional skills
Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI), established in 2002, is part of the Limagrain Group, an international farmer-owned co-operative based in France’s Auvergne region. It provides functional solutions around 100 different products for five different markets: bakery, snacks, convenience foods, breakfast cereals and bioplastics. For bakery, it produces functional flours, ...
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Herza opts for micro-chocs
German chocolate producer Herza Schokolade has introduced micro-size chocolate pieces to its product portfolio.The firm said that, in Germany and across Europe, the per capita consumption of chocolate is 8-9kg a year. The firm is now offering its specialities in micro-sizes, which sales director Carsten Braumann said can help keep ...
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Mouthing off
"We weren’t using our food display cabinets so I tried putting one or two cakes in there and when I saw the response I thought, ’There’s a market here’. All the cakes are made here. It’s got so popular now that people come in just for the cakes and don’t ...
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Pastry power
Ginsters’ recent TV advertising campaign for its savouries featured the ’Man Plea’ a man clutching a Ginsters’ pasty and begging his "sweetheart" to serve it for dinner. His argument was that the product is made with prime ingredients, including "vegetables", and that he should no longer have to keep ...
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Reporting in
Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees RepresentativeAs I write this article, final preparations for the annual conference of the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees (ABST) are being made. The conference is being held at Alton Towers from the 10-12 June and to date 300 delegates will be attending the ...
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Allied in careers driveAllied Bakeries is holding a recruitment roadshow to find new manufacturing staff for its Newcastle-under-Lyme site. Applicants for the event on 8 June at the Borough Arms Hotel must register in advance at careersatallied.co.uk.Mince pies take prizeVery Lovely Mulled Wine Mince Pies from Taste of the Moorlands ...
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Rise for Krispy KremeKrispy Kreme UK has achieved a 12.6% rise in revenue over the 12 months to 31 January 2011, hitting the £33.4m sales mark. The firm said the growing demand supported its expansion plans to double its presence in the UK over a five-year period. Like-for-like sales increased ...
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Irish delegates to attend ABST eventThirty delegates from the Republic of Ireland are to attend the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees conference, next week. There will be 15 trainees attending from the Limerick Youth Service a community-based initiative that offers youngsters the opportunity to learn baking skills ...
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Cherry prices riseThe wholesale price of cherries in the UK has risen 6% year-on-year, but is 44% higher than its five-year seasonal average, according to commodity intelligence firm Mintec. Prices in May were around £7,000/mt, whereas the seasonal average is around £5,000/mt. Mintec said unusually wet weather has slowed normal ...
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Trade snapshot
"If you take away one idea from a demo, it pays for the trip," patissier John Slattery told delegates at the NAMB conference last weekend. The stand-out gold nugget was if not the incredible margins that can be made from making confectionery versions of fast foods how to ...
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In my world
Umer Ashraf is a young entrepreneur who owns the Glasgow-based iCafé chain of shops, as well as smoothie and juice bar Paradise Bay in Oban, ScotlandAs I sat in the sunshine enjoying a double macchiato outside one of the iCafé stores, a thought came into my mind. I would have ...
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BBC2 searches for family bakery
The BBC is searching for a bakery to take part in a new TV programme about family businesses.
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Price of bread set to rise this autumn
The price of a loaf of bread looks set to go up by at least 10p this autumn, according to Anthony Kindred, director, National Association of Master Bakers.
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Potential job losses at Roberts Bakery
Up to 49 jobs could be lost at Roberts Bakery in Northwich, after Frank Roberts and Sons announced it was entering into a period of consultation with staff.
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Interest in bakery propels Renshaw to new heights
The UK’s leading supplier of sugarpaste, Renshaw, has recorded record sales for the year on the back of the continued boom in home baking.
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GreenPalm continues to promote its certificates
Sustainability in the palm oil industry is largely being driven by GreenPalm certificates – instead of physical sustainable palm oil, according to new figures from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
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Fletchers plans contingent on Sainsbury’s
Plans to modernise Fletchers’ Claywheels Lane bakery have been approved by Sheffield City Council.
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Anchor Butter celebrates its 125th
Anchor Butter, from Arla Foods, is celebrating its 125th birthday with a massive £4m spend, starting with a TV campaign that is on air for four weeks from the end of May through to June.
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Scottish firms honoured at national food awards
Borders Biscuits and Macphie of Glenbervie were both honoured in the 2011 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards, hosted last night.