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Show me the honey

Show me the honey

Honey Monster Foods, a subsidiary of Big Bear, plans to revive the hot cereals category with the launch of Honey Meltz - a new porridge with tasty...

The chefs of tomorrow

The chefs of tomorrow

As I got my fix of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares one evening last month, I found myself scribbling down some notes as I planned a menu for a young...

Thoughts on slow food

Thoughts on slow food

I have just joined Slow Food Dorset but work for Oscar Mayer, a leading producer manufacturing supermarket ready meals - am I a hypocrite?Slow Food...

A flooded marketplace

A flooded marketplace

Unless afforded the luxury of basking in the southern European heat wave for the last three months, you cannot escape the fact that the good old...

Large scale learnings

Large scale learnings

By Sarah Britton

Greencore development manager Andy Bacon sees kitchen creations through the manufacturing process. Sarah Britton talks NPD with him

Stealing beauty

Stealing beauty

By Sarah Britton

Beauty food manufacturers face an uphill struggle to prise market share away from external application products, says Sarah Britton

Curb your cravings

Curb your cravings

By John Dunn

Diets are yesterday's news as consumers demand food that fills them up for longer. John Dunn explores the potential for products that provide satiety without bloating

The super bowl

The super bowl

By Rod Addy

Weight management and heart health are making oats, multigrains and natural ingredients more popular in the cereals category, says Rod Addy

Not just for Christmas

Not just for Christmas

By Sarah Britton

While consumers are happy to buy foods containing alcohol over the festive period, they are less willing to do so at other times of the year. But some manufacturers are trying to change this, as Sarah Britton reports

Beauty cream

Beauty cream

By Lynda Searby

It may be a few thousand years since Cleopatra bathed in ass's milk, but the dairy industry is still leading the way when it comes to new product development in beauty foods. Lynda Searby reports

Film studies

Film studies

Research into edible films, coatings and marinades promises to revolutionise shelf-life issues. Catherine Quinn asks what's in the pipeline?

Plan ahead or yule be sorry

Plan ahead or yule be sorry

It seems Christmas comes earlier every year. Advertisements go up in the summer and as soon as the dark nights start drawing in, the puddings and...

Thoughts on the last supper

Thoughts on the last supper

At a recent gathering of food professionals attending an awards ceremony at The Savoy Hotel, discussion around the lunch table turned to what we...

Products with pedigree

Products with pedigree

While out food shopping last Christmas, I had to do a double take. Browsing the seasonal party snacks section my eyes fell upon a turkey &...

Retail relations

Retail relations

Asda chef Neil Nugent gives Sarah Britton his views on NPD as Food Manufacture delves inside the mind of one of UK retail's top creatives

Vitamin vitality

Vitamin vitality

Naturally occurring in citrus fruits and other fruits and vegetables, vitamin C has now been launched by DSM Nutritional Products as a high-quality...

Weaned to be green

Weaned to be green

By Rick Pendrous

The government may be keen to go green, but it will take more than an eco-label to change shoppers' buying habits, says Rick Pendrous

Handy and healthy

Handy and healthy

By Nicola Cottam

Manufacturers are battling to get the message across to consumers that ready meals can actually be healthy. Nicola Cottam investigates

A test of taste

A test of taste

By Lynda Searby

Free-from foods are finally breaking into supermarkets, but matching the quality of standard products is proving a challenge, reports Lynda Searby

All grown up

All grown up

Soft drinks may be a mature market, but there is still plenty of room for expansion as developers combine health and sophistication to appeal to adults, reports Catherine Quinn

The stomach for growth

The stomach for growth

By Rod Addy

The potential for products promoting healthy digestion is increasing as research hots up. Rod Addy examines the frenzy of activity in the area

Cater for a wider audience

Cater for a wider audience

By Sarah Britton

NPD chefs tell Sarah Britton why a culinary background is essential to food manufacture and how restaurants continue to influence their work

Paying the price of eating out

Paying the price of eating out

Since 2004 there has been a drive across the industry to target the foodservice sector, because reports at the time forecast substantial growth in...

Interims mean business

Interims mean business

People become interim managers for a variety of reasons.Some fall into it through job loss and others, like me, make a positive career decision.To be...

Store cupboard spring clean

Store cupboard spring clean

We’ve all spotted them lurking in a darkened, cobwebbed larder at home or on the top shelf in the development stores, wrapped in nondescript...

Raisin innovation

Raisin innovation

California Raisins is welcoming applications for its innovation award. Last year, the firm received entries ranging from honey products, to sauces...

Brit cereals go Statesside

Brit cereals go Statesside

By Sarah Britton

Dorset Cereals' fresh approach to breakfast foods has caught the attention of the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA). The group awarded the firm an...

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