06-Jul-2011 - Can you make it taste better?" is a question I've been asked time and time again, usually by people who don't actually know what they want and who don't understand the word 'taste' at all – let alone the journey you need to take to make your food taste great!
01-Jul-2011 - European processors can access greener hardstocks, requiring far less heat and generating far less waste water, thanks to developments by Sime Darby Unimills.
01-Jul-2011 - Soft drinks manufacturer Iconiq Drinks has unveiled its latest product launch: Icoco – a healthy, natural, coconut water combined with fruit juices.
01-Jul-2011 - If corks continue to bob out of the wine aisle in the face of fierce competition from screwtop bottle closures, it is at least, in part, because of recent innovation and differentiation in metal closure technology – from smoother finishes to tamper evidence.
01-Jul-2011 - Researchers have created a stable pomegranate-seed-oil-in-water emulsion using gum Arabic, for functional beverage applications.
01-Jul-2011 - The market potential of a gorse flower ice cream flavour is being evaluated by Northern Ireland's Glastry Farm Ice Cream.
01-Jul-2011 - A new brand of tea aimed at the younger drinker has arrived on supermarket shelves.
01-Jul-2011 - An Italian salami manufacturer is aiming to break into the UK and Irish markets for healthier food products with a new brand of leaner salami.
01-Jul-2011 - Can maker Rexam has teamed up with beauty drink producer Sunlover to bring their skin- and tan-enhancing beauty drink to market.
01-Jul-2011 - Goodwood Home Farm has launched its first cheese product: the organic Charlton. The cheese is made with Goodwood milk from a sixteenth century breed at the local Dairy Shorthorn.
29-Jun-2011 - Black raspberry sales are set to soar, according to Tesco, which launched the latest so-called ‘superfruit’ exclusively within its UK stores yesterday.
01-Jun-2011 - Yogurt drinks hold significant potential, with Asia-Pacific and South America the regions promising some of the strongest growth, according to Sonia Huppert, global business director for Danisco’s Yo-Mix yogurt ingredient brand.
01-Jun-2011 - As I was preparing concepts for a retail presentation in a kitchen last week I became aware that I was the only female in the room. And I was surrounded by chefs. The British food retailers’ expectation for culinary skill within development has escalated recently. Chefs were primarily used for the ready meal arena but, today, most categories utilise their talent.
01-Jun-2011 - A Sussex butcher is on a mission to get his “revolutionary” new microwavable Welsh Rarebit stocked on supermarket shelves.
01-Jun-2011 - DS-gluten free has launched three new frozen ready meals: Cannelloni, Tortellini and Lasagna.
01-Jun-2011 - In the latest Food and Drink Federation business confidence survey, the number of respondents who increased their investment spend in Q1 of 2011 rose substantially compared with Q4 of 2010, with over 40% of companies launching new products.
01-Jun-2011 - Following a deal between frozen food distributor Belfield and Northern Irish manufacturer Mullins, Bally Bleat goat’s milk ice cream will now be distributed to British retailers.
16-May-2011 - Bakery and bakery product supplier Allied Bakeries is investing £200,000 in its healthy bread brand Burgen, following recent category sales growth.
01-May-2011 - Following the successful launch of Aero Caramel in January, the firm has now launched the Aero biscuit. At only 99 calories a unit, the new product targets the more health-conscious shopper.
01-May-2011 - Belgian pastry specialist Pidy is widening its portfolio to include more non-pastry-based lines and plans to have launched more than 100 new products by the end of this year.
01-May-2011 - Northern Irish firm O’Doherty’s Fine Meats has launched a premium corned beef product based on a 600-year-old recipe.
01-May-2011 - Innovation in cakes, biscuits and confectionery is under threat from the rise of retailer own-label products in the midst of the recession, according to David Jago, Mintel innovation and insight director.
01-May-2011 - Sugar reduction is just the start. Confectionery can now claim to deliver benefits ranging from gut health to a good night’s sleep.
01-May-2011 - Arla’s new yogurt targets teenagers’ “desire for convenient snack products”.
01-May-2011 - Star of Channel 4’s Cook Yourself Thin, Harry Eastwood, has teamed up with the American entrepreneur Ashley Maddox to launch Petit Pois: a range of cakes that have been baked using vegetables to replace the butter and some of the sugar.