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Spencer Matthews backs red meat in mid-week meal campaign
Businessman, TV star and 2018 Celebrity Masterchef runner up Spencer Matthews is fronting a new campaign aimed at highlighting the importance of lean red meat in a healthy, balanced diet. The campaign is launching across England, Wales and Scotland as part of an...
Rapeseed oil refinery awarded top grade from BRCGS
Yelo Enterprises has been awarded the highest grade of 'AA' by food safety standards body BRCGS. The company uses mechanical presses to extract oil from its rapeseed claiming it produces the only sustainable and solvent-free alternative to the more common chemically...
Nitrogen freeze drying for bacteria allows process testing before investing
GEA has launched its new nitrogen freezing pilot plant for bacteria, giving food and dairy processors the opportunity to trial this new technology in their own plants before investing in production-scale equipment. Dairy, food and probiotic product processors use live...
Food waste successfully incorporated into tortillas to increase fibre
As part of its research into calorie reduction and fibre enhancement, Campden BRI has successfully used food waste to double the fibre content of a tortilla, helping it achieve a 'high fibre' claim. Project leader and bakery scientist Lucas Westphal, said: “We chose...
Tate & Lyle plc half year results show profits of £90million
Half year results from Tate & Lyle plc for the six months to 30th September 2019 revealed an 11% increase in its Food & Beverage Solutions profit to £90million. Nick Hampton, the company’s chief executive, said: “We made encouraging progress in the first half....
Ornua opens new €30 million pizza cheese facility
Irish dairy company, Ornua, officially opened its new €30 million pizza cheese facility in Ávila, Spain. According to Ornua, the new 35,000-tonne mozzarella and pizza cheese facility has the potential to double in size to enhance the company's capacity and capability...
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Industry responds to government tariff review
The recent government tariff review has met with a negative response from many parts of the food and farming sectors. NFU President Minette Batters said the government has severely undermined the British farming industry by confirming it will remove the tariff...
“We’ll do all we can to keep export markets open” says HCC chairman
The chairman of Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), Kevin Roberts, has used an address to the world’s largest food tradeshow to emphasise the Welsh red meat industry’s determination to continue exporting to the European market, whatever the outcome of Brexit...
UK’s biggest 150 food producers suffer falling profits
An increasingly uncertain economic landscape and the looming threat of Brexit is continuing to take its toll on the food and drink industry. The UK’s biggest 150 food and drink supplier profit margins fell for a second consecutive year to 5.8% in 2018 from 6.2% in...
UK may face ‘watered-down’ food regulations after Brexit warns UK Trade Policy Observatory
The UK Trade Policy Observatory (UK TPO) is warning that the UK public may face the prospect of watered-down food regulations after Brexit with Parliament having little say . New analysis by legal experts at the University of Sussex-based UK TPO warns that stringent...
Retail industry rejects Government’s claim of “no shortages of fresh food” under no deal scenario
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has responded strongly to Michael Gove’s claims on The Andrew Marr Show* that a no deal Brexit would not result in any food shortages. A spokesman for BRC said: “It is categorically untrue that the supply of fresh food will be...
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