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La Pizza goes to work on ’healthier’ bases
La Pizza, a privately owned manufacturer of dough balls, tear-and-share garlic bread and Mediterranean speciality breads, supplying into the foodservice industry, has developed a range of healthier frozen part-baked pizza bases. All products contain less than 1% salt and are made using natural ingredients, containing no preservatives or GM products.La ...
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Buyer sought for Beanscene cafés
Administrators for Scottish coffee chain Beanscene have received more than 50 expressions of interest for the business.KPMG, which took control of the 14-café chain on 24 July, hopes to sell it as a going concern. The firm, which has around 140 staff, has continued trading.Despite a £4 million turnover, ...
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Best of the launches
== Pudding Lane: ==Australian company, Pudding Lane, will be promoting its new Chocolate & Orange Log and Chocolate Rum & Raisin Pudding Log at the event. It hopes to attract people looking for indulgence.Handmade in New South Wales, the range is distributed in the UK by Porter Foods. The puddings ...
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Northern Foods to close one of two biscuit plants
Union officials are meeting representatives of Northern Foods this week, after the company announced plans to shut one of its biscuit factories.Ian Wood, organising district secretary of the Bakers’ Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) in Yorkshire, told British Baker that the existing Batley plant is set to close, under ...
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Culture corner: Book review
== Cupcake Magic ==By Kate Shirazi, published by PavilionKate Shirazi apparently moved to Devon in 2006 "looking for a slower pace of life", so the obvious choice was to become a baker(!).Clearly not wasting any time, having quickly established her online business Cakeadoodledo, she’s already come ...
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A pint and a bun
At Panary I am commited to teaching the "ferment" as the best way to make enriched doughs. The "one pint ferment" is a marvellous old-fashioned British craft standard. It enables the yeast to get a flying start before it gets bogged down in that heavy and rich group of ingredients ...
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The Bun Pun Police
Keeping an eye out for bakery coverage in the national press involves a depressing wade through half-baked (sorry!) bakery puns. We sometimes fail to resist the temptation to rise to the occasion ourselves (sorry again!). So the time has come to regularly monitor, name and shame the worst offenders here ...
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In my world: cake maker
== Mich Turner, founder of Little Venice Cake Company, Marylebone, London ==is author and celebration cake maker to the stars. Turner employs a team of patissiers, chocolatiers and sugar-crafters, making bespoke cakes and her own branded line of productsAs a Supreme Judge in this year’s Great Taste Awards I ...
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Cake market on the up, but trends are changing
The market for cakes and cake bars has increased by 7% in value last year to reach £1.52bn. But while nearly two-thirds of consumers eat them, penetration levels and frequency of use are declining, according to research from Mintel.It said that the market is expected to grow by 26% between ...
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Call for inquiry, as MP queries Lyndale downfall
A Labour MP has accused former Lyndale Group chief executive Michael Quinlan and chairman Sandy Birnie of plotting the reorganisation in the Group’s affairs that led to Lyndale Foods Ltd going into administration.In a House of Commons debate, MP for Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell said leaked minutes from ...
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Carrefour has eyes for Lewis Pies
Welsh baker Lewis Pies, based in Swansea, has struck a deal with supermarket chain Carrefour, one of Europe’s leading supermarket chains.Nine products from Lewis Pies’ bake-off range have been ordered by Carrefour, including Cornish pasties, sausage rolls and lamb oggies - a lamb and vegetable pasty."We are thrilled to be ...
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Espresso model joins CMC line-up
The Coffee Machine Company has added a new espresso machine to its range. The company is the sole importer of Rancilio espresso machines and has now launched the Classe 6 Compact Tall model. The new machine is fully automatic with full 2-group functionality, and has been designed with coffee shops ...
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Companies oppose PGI protection for pasties
Greggs and Kerry Foods are to oppose plans to give Cornish pasties Protected Geographic Indication (PGI), preventing producers outside Cornwall from using the label.Frank Hayes, head of corporate affairs at Kerry Foods, told British Baker that the move would "limit consumer choice" and said it would be "making our views ...
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Cream puff specialist eyes up UK expansion
Japanese-specialist bakery franchise Beard Papa is planning to link up with major developers to unveil 20 more stores in shopping centres in England by 2010, following success in Asia and the US.The cream puff pastry specialist already has a store in Oxford Street, London, and plans to open a ...
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Rowe’s expand sponsorship deals
Cornish baker Rowe’s is to sponsor another two local sports clubs - Redruth Rugby Club and Penryn RFC. Rowes’s already sponsors local clubs, Cornish Pirates and Penryn Athletic and the two new acquisitions have seen its sponsorship deals double.
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Seasoned debate
Brits are eating less salt. Average daily consumption has fallen by 0.9g to 8.6g since 2000, reports the Food Standards Agency (FSA).The government is happy with this - it’s fed up with shelling out on NHS treatment for people with high blood pressure. But it wants consumption to drop ...
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Gloria Jean’s to develop franchise in UK market
Coffee shop chain Gloria Jean’s plans to expand the current nine-shop franchise to 150.Paul Clegg, one of the company directors who own the England, Scotland and Wales franchise for Gloria Jean’s, told British Baker: "We have further openings planned for this year in key locations such as Liverpool One and ...
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KPS disinfects to protect
Ultraviolet (UV) treatment equipment manufacturer Kaiku Process Solutions (KPS) has launched its new Bioguard system to help combat the dangers of cross-contamination.The new product is targeted particularly at the sandwich market, where many different ingredients may be in close proximity to each other during the production process. Bioguard utilises UV ...
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Divide and rule
It’s a fairly tricky ask, reinventing the wheel - possibly as challenging as reinventing that bakery stalwart, the divider moulder. "There’s a lot of old equipment out there that’s just brought back with a facelift," is the assessment from Interbake’s David Dunne, which would be a somewhat downbeat way to ...
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Give the facts, not the fat
Bread has been with us since ancient times, but never before has the whole industry been under such scrutiny from consumers concerned with their weight and health. Ancient Britons would probably have given Sid the Slug short shrift, but nowadays, the baking industry cannot afford to turn its back on ...