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Cake squares
Premium cake brand Kate’s Cakes has launched its new Cake Squares product range in the UK. The homemade-style cakes, which are available in three flavours, are individually wrapped and sold in packs of five. The three flavours are Chocolate Fudge Cake, a rich chocolate cake topped with buttercream and decorated with double chocolate curls; Classic […]
Time for tea
Keith Spicer has unveiled eight fruit and herbal flavours for its Dorset Tea brand. The new look range taps into the growing trend for fruit, herbal and green teas. Alistair Lee, sales and marketing director for Dorset Tea, says, “We know that consumers want a variety of tea flavours that suit their different moods and […]
Pressé drinks
Radnor Hills has launched its premium Heartsease Farm pressé range. The pressé drinks are made with natural ingredients blended with spring water to create six flavours: Fiery Ginger Beer, Elderflower Pressé, Raspberry Lemonade, British Blackcurrant Crush, St Clements’ Pressé and Traditional Lemonade. Heartsease Farm is available in a single serve 330ml glass bottle as well […]
Alcoholic ice tea
Harry Brompton has announced the second flavour to be added to the world’s only premium alcoholic ice tea range – Berries & Cucumber Alcoholic Ice Tea. Lightly sparkling at 4% ABV and with a clear, deep amber appearance, it has a zesty aroma of ripe raspberry notes and undertones of green herbaceous cucumber. The sweet […]
Low-salt snacks
A range of sodium-reduced savoury snacks has been launched by newcomer Hoopo Healthy Snacks, produced using low sodium sea salt SoLo. The range, which contains up to ten times’ less salt than rival brands, comprises four varieties of 40g or 50g consumer packs – Satay Peanuts, Spicy Mediterranean Peanuts, Jalfrezi Cashews and Shanghai 5 Spice […]
New flavour
As part of its recent re-launch, kids’ cereal bar brand Harvest Cheweee has launched its first new flavour in three years – Strawberry Crush. The new flavour was launched after consumer research revealed 58 per cent of cereal bar shoppers said that new flavours would be the biggest incentive to purchase Harvest Cheweee bars more […]
Fishy business
Microwaveable snacking brand Taste Inc is extending its range of on-the-go snacks with the launch of the Fish Fillet Burger, a fish fillet coated in breadcrumbs, topped off with cheese and tartare sauce. Chris Wenham, head of brands, says, “This is a very exciting launch for us, not only as this is an extension to […]
Mid-lifers’ chocolate habits
According to Canadean, chocolate is becoming increasingly popular among 35-44 year old UK consumers, however, research shows that these consumers pay little attention to its product formulation. Canadean’s survey finds that 46% of consumers aged 35-44 claim that ‘natural products’ are neither important nor unimportant when they look for chocolate. Moreover, 66% have never put […]
Bid to boost business for manufacturers
Launched for food and drink manufacturers, the Greater Manchester Skills Gateway hopes to boost the economy and improve companies’ use of training to achieve growth, raise productivity and improve staff retention. Greater Manchester, UK, is the first region to use European funding (through the European Social Funding Skills Support for the Workforce programme) to develop a […]
70% of chickens contaminated
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the cumulative results from the first two quarters of its one-year survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens bought in the UK. Individual results by major retailer have also been published. The results to date show: 18% of chickens tested positive for campylobacter above the highest level of contamination […]
United Biscuits and Cargill unite
United Biscuits (UB) has announced a three-year partnership with Cargill, which will see Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business supply all of UB’s derived cocoa and chocolate products, as well as support UB with delivery to its seven UK manufacturing facilities and four facilities in northern Europe. The partnership will also see the companies work together […]
Olive oil preferred choice for 55+
The market for olive oil is the fastest growing in the oil and fats market in the UK, and has the potential to appeal to those aged 55 and over due to its age-aligned benefits, Canadean reports. The UK’s oil and fats market is valued at £420 million and is forecasted to grow further. Older […]
New research improves oven efficiency
Campden BRI research into the flow of air in bakery ovens has helped in the development of a new oven system which is around 5% more efficient than a conventional setup oven. The efficiency savings are achieved by balancing the way gases move into and out of ovens. By calculating the quantity of gas released […]
Campylobacter exploits chicken ‘juice’
A study from the Institute of Food Research has shown that campylobacter’s persistence in food processing sites and the kitchen is boosted by chicken ‘juice’. Organic matter exuding from chicken carcasses (chicken juice) provides these bacteria with the perfect environment to persist in the food chain. This emphasises the importance of cleaning surfaces in food […]