Ice cream
Gourmet ice lolly brand secures investment
UK artisan ice lolly brand Ice Kitchen is expanding its retail strategy after receiving a six-figure investment from Dutch food entrepreneurs.
Cucumber named flavour of the year
Firmenich has announced cucumber as its 2017 ‘Flavour of the Year’ based on the growing appeal of the refreshing flavour.
Seeing red
The latest addition to the Gerkens cocoa powder range from Cargill is an intense dark red cocoa powder.
Cargill report highlights key trends in cocoa and chocolate
Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business has released its latest report highlighting the key sector trends to help manufacturers develop their next innovations, including four themes: indulgent, premium, healthy and sustainable and clean.
Neutral dessert ‘base’ mix
Ornua Ingredients has launched a ready to use neutral ‘base’ Dessert Mix, developed to carry a range of flavours and inclusions, enabling the user to develop many different recipes from one product.
Effluent treatment system
R&R Ice Cream has completed a four year, £25 million investment programme at its Leeming Bar factory in North Yorkshire, UK, which includes an on site effluent treatment system, designed, built and commissioned by filtration specialist Axium Process.
Round-Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Bronze for UK student team at European innovation competition
A team from Nottingham Trent University, UK, has been awarded the bronze prize at the European final of Ecotrophelia for their sustainable non dairy alternative to traditional ice cream.
Popcorn inclusions
Kibbled toffee coated popcorn inclusions have been developed by Pecan Deluxe Candy (Europe) to bring a tasty twist to bakery products, a counterpoint to smooth ice cream and a crunch to beverages.
Brexit strikes
Panic struck in the UK last week as a price row resulted in dozens of Unilever brands being pulled from Tesco’s online shop, including British favourite Marmite.
Oatvita is already available in the market
Oatvita is already commercialised in Portugal and Spain.
Oatvita is already available in the market
Oatvita is already commercialised in Portugal and Spain. This innovative food ingredient, developed as a fermented oat base to the food and beverage industry, is already commercialised through an oat drink at Carrefour Spain and Continente Portugal and also in a limited edition/production in a fruit & oat smoothie in the Portuguese market. Oatvita […]
What’s your flavour?
UK consumers are predicted to purchase 337 million litres of ice cream from retail channels this year and if you’re a chocolate lover, then you’re in luck – for the first time in eight years, there have been more new ice cream products launched with a chocolate flavour than any other.
AD plant turns ice cream into power
A project involving ice cream manufacturer R&R Ice Cream, Iona Capital and resource management company Veolia, is turning ice cream by-product into biogas for the National Grid.