All British Baker articles in October 2010 – Page 5
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Under pressure
Faced with widespread discounting, bread bakers in Ireland are just about holding their own, according to Bord Bía, the Dublin-based state agency that promotes Irish-produced food. "Wrapped breads have shown some decline in both value and volume in the Irish Republic, but overall the category continues to be resilient in ...
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Pop-ups pop in
British bakers are popping up in the most unexpected places: fashion stores, a hardware shop basement and even a Japanese department store. But their appearance can be fleeting part of the ’pop-up’ phenomenon that helps a host store attract more customers by creating a buzz for a few days ...
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Panini power
Lantmännen Unibake has launched a grill-marked large panini, which will feature alongside the other products in its Panefresco range.With the bar marks already applied at the bakery, the new panini gives that just-grilled look however it’s prepared, whether by oven or contact grill. It comes pre-sliced with a hinge-cut, ready ...
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Mouthing off
"If I want a piece of cake I’m going to eat a f***ing piece of cake. You just have to learn your boundaries"uncompromising cakehead Kelly Osbourne on how she slimmed down from a UK size 18 to a near-anorexic size 6-8, thus proving that you can have your f***ing cake ...
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Greggs looks to open up the south west
Greggs has submitted a planning application to Wiltshire Council for a new bakery at Solstice Park, Amesbury, as it continues with its expansion plans in the south.A spokesperson for Greggs said the firm had found it difficult to open shops in the south west, due to distribution issues, and explained ...
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Going with the grain
On a recent family trip to Milan, I was presented with a freshly baked Pastiera Napoletana from my wife’s cousin. Wow! I couldn’t wait to get back to Cinnamon Square and try making this one. So I nipped to the local Ipercoop supermarket and purchased some grano cotto (cooked wheat) ...
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Undead gingerbread
We’ve already seen a martial arts gingerbread game Ninjabread Man. Now, in keeping with the morbid bakery theme that has been running through Stop the Week of late, we bring you Texting of the Bread a game in which you’re pitted against an army of gingerbread zombies via ...
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Free-from mix
Macphie has launched a gluten-free cake and muffin mix in response to rising consumer demand for free-from products. As well as gluten, the mix is also free from artificial colours, preser-vatives and flavours, and contains no hydrogenated fat. It can be used to make cakes, muffins, cupcakes and whoopie pies ...
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Fair’s fair weather
Bakers’ Fair saw a healthy visitor turnout brave the rain to make the trip to Bolton Arena last weekend. Exhibitors included suppliers of machinery, ingredients, finished goods and packaging, and the Fair also played host to the seventh annual Richemont Club competition, with the Live Cake Decoration Challenge drawing a ...
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Irish firm extends its Softee touch
Northern Irish bakery Irwin’s has made a number of additions to its Softee bread range: Finger Rolls, White Rolls and Wholemeal Rolls. The new rolls are designed to be ideal for picnics, barbecues or lunchboxes, and are slightly smaller than the average roll, said the firm. The lines were rolled ...
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Easy vanilla
Porter Foods is now offering vanilla bean paste in squeezy bottles, with larger sizes for foodservice available on request.They have been designed to make life easier, by taking away the struggle with fiddly vanilla pods. The paste contains real Madagascan vanilla seeds, and can be used in place of vanilla ...
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Firm develops salt sense
Givaudan has developed a sensory ’language’, which enables a more accurate description of the complex taste effects of salt in foods.The flavour company hopes Sense It Salt will help it create flavours that restore the taste aspects of salt and guide product development for customers wanting to reduce sodium in ...
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Detox treats
January is traditionally the time when the word diet is bandied around with all good intentions. As well as cutting back on indulgent treats, it’s also a time when many people attempt to detox for example cutting out wheat from their diets.So targeting consumers with gluten-free or wheat-free baked ...
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Phantom detection
Bakery name: The Just Love Food Company, a recently-established nut-free celebration cake bakery in Blackwood, Gwent.Machinery installed: Phantom In-foil metal detection systems.Why has it been installed?: The system has the capability of detecting metal contaminants on a production line geared up to initially supply 200 Sainsbury’s stores nationwide.Technical specifications: The ...
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Dawn grows fudge icing selection
Dawn Foods has extended its range of toppings. Orange, lemon, strawberry and coffee fudge icings join Dawn’s existing portfolio of icings and frostings. The new fudge icings contain no artificial flavours or colours and are available in 7kg pails.Marketing manager, Jacqui Passmore commented: "As we continue to add to our ...
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Meal-deal data
Bakery name: Firkins Bakery, a West Midlands bakery chain with 38 shops.Machinery: new touchscreen Q650 EPOS till systems with Quantum 1.1 for bakeries along with CyBake Touch shop ordering software, across its entire estate.Why has it been installed?: Firkins was looking for a computerised till system that could handle promotions, ...
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Fox’s makes crisp move on Rocky
Fox’s Biscuits has added a new biscuit bar to its Rocky range. The new Rocky Crispy Crunch has been described by the firm as a "rugged and textured biscuit bar", which is covered in milk chocolate and contains wafer and biscuits bits.It joins Rocky Chocolate and Rocky Caramel in a ...
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Clean and clear
Risk assessments are required under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and, recently, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been promoting a simple approach to the process to ensure that risk assessments are better understood by employees. This is supposed to result in the health ...
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Unifine looks to Christmas
Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients has added new products to its porfolio for Christmas. New circular chocolate plaques, with either Santa, Christmas tree or gift box designs feature on the chocolate button-shaped plaques. The plaques are made from Belgian milk chocolate and come in boxes of approximately 462 pieces.Silver and ...
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Caught in the Web
The first-ever board game-themed coffee shop opens in Toronto with 1,500 games to choose from, called Snakes & Lattes... www.snakesandlattes.comGoogle Mobile’s bizarre video campaign to explain how your phone can direct you to any type of food you’re after, anywhere in the world... bit.ly/anWnv6If that whets your appetite for pizza, ...