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Pack it up!
Health and indulgence are two buzzwords that have peppered many a bakery marketing director’s PowerPoint presentation over the past year. But while the indulgent cakes sector continues to show great gains, healthy cake sales are somewhat stagnant.Despite this slowdown, Anthony Alan Foods has chalked up over half of all low-fat ...
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Flour prices seem set to rise - again! A formal announcement is due in the next few weeks but British Baker has gained advance knowledge that another price increase is imminent (pg 4).Before you feel like shouting "unjustified", most bakers I have spoken to say the corresponding bread price rises ...
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Craft Baker Position
Cinnamon Square is a unique patisserie, bakery and coffee shop based in Rickmansworth, Herts. We have built a reputation for producing breads to the highest of standards by using a blend of traditional and modern methods. We are looking for an experienced baker who can hand-mould breads and has ...
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Two positions for Delice de France
Delice de France As part of the I.A.W.S. group of companies we are the leading supplier of quality authentic European frozen bakery products to the U.K Food industry. As well as having major Manufacturing capabilities around the world, we source products for our customers from a number of major ...
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RHM’s £2m hit on wheat prices
RHM said its bread division had seen good growth as a result of price increases and customer wins, in a trading update for the last six months issued this week.But a delay in recovering higher wheat price rises cost around £2m in the first half of the year.RHM’s cakes division’s ...
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International activity
The Irish Bread Bakers Association (IBBA) warned that poor harvests in various parts of the world had dramatically increased the cost of wheat.World wheat stockpiles are at their lowest level in 25 years. Prices have surged to 10-year highs after a drought in Australia threatened to cut its harvest in ...
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Anthony Alan Foods
Weight Watchers has extended its popular reduced-fat cakes range with the launch of Almond Cake Slices, made from a combination of almond sponge, pastry, jam and almonds.Now, under licence from Weight Watchers, Anthony Alan Foods (Barnsley, Yorkshire) has taken the conventional recipe and re-invented the Almond Cake Slice as a ...
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Kluman & Balter
Ingredients company Kluman & Balter (Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) offers a range of grease-and-release agents specifically formulated for the baking industry.The company’s most popular line is its E40 spray release for bread and fermented products. Made in Holland, E40 comes in 20-litre containers. Kluman & Balter says it offers a range ...
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Ingham Paper & Packaging
Ingham paper & Packaging (Ottery St Mary, Devon) supplies paper packaging to bakers. Its siliconised greaseproof paper can be both recycled and composted.Envirocoat non-slip paper pallet liners are used to prevent baked produce slipping in transit. The water-based acrylic coating gives excellent non-slip properties, says the firm, and is grease ...
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European sugar arm to be sold
Tate & Lyle plans to sell off its Food & Industrial Ingredients, Europe, division following changes in the European sugar regime.The sugar company said ownership of the business was no longer an essential part of its strategy to focus on value-added ingredients.Tate & Lyle said it will continue to develop ...
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Reporting in Rebecca Geraghty, assistant director of market development, HGCA
When it comes to healthy eating most of us know we should be eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting down on fat, salt and sugar. What seems less well known is that we should also be including at least three servings of wholegrain foods every day.Evidence suggests that eating ...
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Caffè Nero unveils autumn menu
Caffè Nero, which has 292 cafés, has launched its latest seasonal menu, including focaccia with salami and two cheese, butternut squash and Brie panini.The autumn range also includes a ham, leek and cheese wrap, ham and Brie panini, soups including butternut squash and garlic, and an apple and rhubarb brunch-pot, ...
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Bakels
Bakels’ (Bicester, Oxfordshire) latest addition to its range of release agents is Spink - a general purpose lubricant that comes in a 500ml aerosol can.The company says that Spink offers the same features as its Tinwax release agent, which is used for high sugar confectionery products such as sponges and ...
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Scottish bakers get behind World Scotch Pie Week
Scottish shops are signing up to help make the first World Scotch Pie Week a highlight in Scotland’s bakery calendar.Twenty-five companies have already pledged to raise money for the Scottish Society for Autism by either selling branded wristbands or donating a percentage of their Scotch pie sales during the week, ...
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Fruisana sugar can spice up bakers’ celebration cakes
Forum Products (Redhill, Surrey) suggests using its Fruisana fruit sugar to make celebration cakes to cash in on the low-Glycaemic Index trend.Fruisana (made from fructose) is low-GI and is found naturally in most fruits and honey and is as stable as ordinary sugar. It is sweeter than normal cane sugar ...
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International bakery show
The Europain 2008 exhibition is set to bring together more than 600 exhibitors including suppliers of products, equipment and services for industrial and craft bakery, patisserie, ice-cream and takeaway catering.The Intersuc show will run alongside it and will showcase international equipment and products aimed at the confectionery, chocolate and biscuit ...
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Booming Bakkavor
Icelandic firm Bakkavor claimed to be the UK market leader in speciality bread, wraps and pizza as it released results for the first nine months of 2006 last week.The company said it was now market leader in nine of the 17 categories it operates in, and 82% of its business ...
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Bako targets premium sales with launch of Finest range
Wholesaler Bako is cashing in on increased consumer demand for premium products with the launch of a Bako Finest range of foods and ingredients.The company said it was targeting the indulgent, health-aware and quality-conscious market with the range. Individual ingredients can be used to enhance a baker’s own recipes, while ...
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Meet the UK’s best sandwich
This is the sixth year French bakery manufacturer Déli- france, which has over 600 retail outlets worldwide, has thrown down the gauntlet in search of the best buttie.As part of the International Sandwich Challenge, six UK finalists went head to head at Fawsley Hall, Northamptonshire, last week to create ...