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Denise Crane, technical director, BCCCA
In May, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) board voted unanimously that the mandatory fortification of baked goods with folic acid should be recommended to UK health ministers, to help prevent birth defects. The options were either to add folic acid to flour or bread. The BCCCA proposes that it should ...
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More suppliers sign up for BIE
Firms are flocking to join the Baking Industry Exhibition (BIE), organised by William Reed Events.The latest firms to come on board are Autobake, Martins Conveyor Belts, Mono Equipment, Tromp Bakeries, Par Pak and Ziegra Ice Machines and Ennis Engineering.They join companies including Orbital Food Machinery, Abacus Aquameter, Pillopak and Oliver ...
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Zimbabwe runs out of bread as wheat supplies falter
Zimbabwe’s Grain Marketing Board ran out of wheat last week, with the impact likely to be felt by bakers this week.Reports from Zimbabwe suggest the Board had not supplied millers with wheat for the whole of last week, the result of which was that millers could not supply bakers with ...
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Clean-label breads launched by Tesco
Tesco has launched its first range of breads made using no artificial additives. The range of eight products goes on sale across Britain this month.The breads are made by two key Tesco suppliers from single sites, said Tesco’s technical manager James Markie. They have removed emulsifiers, flavouring and preservatives.Three ...
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Commodities tracker
With such a big crop (estimated to be at least 603,000 tonnes), almonds are attractively priced compared to other tree nuts, said RM Curtis’ trading director Mark Setterfield in the firm’s new report, Edible Nuts & Dried Fruit, June-July 2007."With this in mind, we would expect demand to increase, so ...
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Curriculum vitae
1948 Joined the baking industry at just 15 years of age1963 Along with a lawyer partner, opened Dainty Cakes in Kirkintilloch1965 Parted company with original partner and baked for himself and for another baker, who lent him the use of a van1966 Set up his own shop in Glasgow1972 to ...
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EC’s foot-and-mouth rules hinder exports
Bakery ingredients suppliers are being hit by export restrictions designed to counter the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.On 6 August, the European Commission imposed a restriction on exports of animals susceptible to foot and mouth, as well as derived meat products, milk and by-products, to EU member states and third countries.Association ...
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Face to face...
Q How did you come to be involved in the baking industry? A I joined the baking industry in 1948, when I was 15 years old. I left school on a Friday afternoon and started work on the Friday evening! I come from a long line of bakers. My ...
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Supplier survey rates supermarkets on fairness
A new report sets out to highlight what it calls "bully-boy tactics" used by some of the supermarkets when dealing with suppliers.Published last week, the research carried out by Grant Thornton, financial and business advisers, claims that eight out of 10 UK food suppliers, including bakery suppliers, expect to see ...
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Too hot to handle
In today’s competitive baking environment, the pressure for higher throughput and maximum yield is unrelenting. Handling and transfer of the product during production is especially critical, and with target yields in the upper-90s percentage-wise, there is minimal room for error.Batch baking processes, which rely on manual handling, involve numerous steps ...
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Industry needs a single voice
I am writing to support John Gillespie’s idea, outlined in a recent issue of British Baker, for an industry that speaks with one voice.The National Association of Master Bakers, which is the association for craft bakers in England and Wales, would be delighted to give its backing.There are currently various ...
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Legislation watch
New rules come into force on 30 October that will require bakeries to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill.A business can comply with the Landfill Directive by either reducing the amount of waste it produces or by increasing its recycling rates. All non-hazardous waste liquids will ...
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Let’s take training to task
Several readers have commented that they have little or no faith in NVQs. Others say they wouldn’t ask if a candidate for a job had one. In fact, I have not yet found anyone to sing their praises.Colleges, as well as industry, have had the joy of trying to make ...
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O’Briens’ overhaul
W e were very much trying to target the young female professional," says O’Briens’ retail and operations director Andrew Moyes, recalling the sandwich and coffee chain’s old look. Then, with exquisite timing, he gives a cheeky nod in the direction of the walking embodiment of the Irish franchise firm’s broadening ...