Steenbergs Organic (Ripon, North Yorkshire) has launched a range of heat-treated organic herbs and spices, including poppy seeds, black pepper, chilli, coriander seeds, cumin, ginger, paprika, rosemary, thyme, turmeric and white pepper. Products are sourced from suppliers in the Mediterranean, India, Africa and Sri Lanka.

Steenbergs Organic has also launched a range of organic Fairtrade vanilla products, including the bean, extract, spray-dried extract and seed. Steenbergs Organic is working with two main sources for its vanilla - in India and Uganda - where it has spent 18 months sourcing the right growers.