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New varieties of strawberries, custom-designed for manufacturing processes and the UK climate, could boost the tiny proportion of home-grown berries used by manufacturers, according to specialist plant breeder, East Malling Research Centre.
Black raspberry sales are set to soar, according to Tesco, which launched the latest so-called ‘superfruit’ exclusively within its UK stores yesterday.
Former Tesco director of produce Peter Durose has challenged fresh produce suppliers to build successful brands to achieve better prices and achieve production benefits of scale.
Norbert Dentressangle (ND) aims to develop vegetable processing services at its Lowestoft freezing plant, building on a contract it announced in October last year to handle frozen peas there for Ardo.
The founder of a successful UK cherry juice firm is exploring possible product launches on a functional foods platform, FoodManufacture.co.uk can reveal.
Frutarom is planning to build on its Citrus Competence package of flavours for beverage processors and tap into South American flavour trends in the next few years.
“Extreme” cost increases have hit demand for nuts and seeds, but strong growth in chocolate, dried fruit and snacks has helped Zetar notch up double-digit rises in sales and profits this year.
Dried fruit, nuts and seeds firm Whitworths has pumped £1m into specialist heat treatment kit for killing pathogens believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.
Product developers at a “very large confectionery company”, a smoothie maker, a babyfood manufacturer and several cereal bar makers are conducting trials of products containing powder from the pulp of the African baobab fruit.
An intense natural sweetener derived from monk fruit (luo han guo) is starting to attract more interest from EU manufacturers after gaining regulatory approval in the US.
Prepared fresh fruit and vegetables supplier Crewmint has invested in end-of-line metal detection equipment from S+S Inspection.It is being used for...
Smoothies, cereal bars, biscuits and other products containing pulp from the exotic baobab tree could soon find their way onto UK supermarket shelves...
High Court confusion about the definition of confectionery for VAT purposes is giving manufacturers a headache, says Ian Hyde, tax partner at Pinsent...
Machines are out and the human touch is in at Daniels Chilled Foods in Leeds, but between learning Russian and tending orchids, Alex Faulkner finds time to keep the hands-on, high-speed operation running smoothly
Blackcurrants head the first superfruit league based on scientific evidence, including their impact on major diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular...
A special 14-head version of Ishida's latest R Series multi-head weigher has helped increase production and save on labour costs at a leading Spanish...
Dorset Cereals' fresh approach to breakfast foods has caught the attention of the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA). The group awarded the firm an...
A new fruit beer, named Roisin (pronounced Rosheen), has been developed by Williams Bros Brewing Company in Alloa using the tayberry, which is native...
