Archive of all category reports – Page 76
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Quantock Scrumpy Gold
“This year, we decided to blend our Cheddar with diced dried apples soaked in Burrow Hill medium dry Somerset Cider.”
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Quickes Ewe’s Milk Cheddar
We fell head over heels for this nutty, moist Cheddar, which we think has real potential to change people’s perceptions of sheep’s milk cheese and take it to a wider audience.
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Wild Garlic Yarg
“Originally, Yarg was wrapped in nettles. The enzymes in them help the cheese mature. We thought using wild garlic leaf was a natural extension.”
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Forest Blue
A really unusual blue, which prompted comparisons with Dolcelatte when samples arrived. Rich, creamy and very indulgent.
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Blagdon Blue
Developing new cheeses is a passion of mine, and my range of 16 varieties shows it,” says Northumberland Cheese Co’s Mark Atkinson
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Superior Yorkshire Goat Gouda
“There are two cheesemakers in Hawes - there’s the Wallace and Grommit people, and then there is us,” says cheesemaker Iona Hill.
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Cromal
“Our Cromal is a typical Scottish farmhouse cheese just like grannie used to make and mature in the loft,” says Connage partner Jill Clark.
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Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire Cheese
“It’s different to most other cheeses in that it is made over at least two days before being matured for up to six months.”
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Chester Rose
“Chester Rose is made to a traditional Red Leicester recipe, cloth-bound and matured for at least six months.”
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Little Hereford
“We use unpasteurised cows milk, mill the curds by hand and use traditional presses,” says Mark Hindle.
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Organic Smoked Ashdown Forester’s
“Our cheese is an unpressed cheese, which is matured for eight weeks before being lightly smoked over oak shavings for 24 hours,” says Chris Heyes.
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Admiral Collingwood
“I love all wash rind cheese, particularly Barry Graham’s Criffel, and wanted to create my very own,” says Maggie Maxwell.
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Wrekin White
“I had no idea how cheese was made until I had a go making it on the kitchen stove using my grandmother’s jam kettle,” says maker Martin Moyden.
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Speciality and Fine Food Fair: where and when
The Speciality & Fine Food Fair will open its doors on 2 September for a 13th year, with more than 600 local…
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Download the full results of our food hygiene survey
The Grocer analysed thousands of hygiene ratings by local authority food safety officers. You can download the full results here.
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Noodles innovations: lady noodles and nests
Premier Foods makes no bones of the fact that its six-strong range of noodles and pasta meals is targeting women…
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Rice & noodles: Kantar Worldpanel data
All rice & noodles sub-categories, with the exception of plain noodles, grew value sales…
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Rice & Noodles: SymphonyIRI data
Uncle Ben’s remains the largest rice brand, although its sales have plateaued…
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Rice innovations: 'hidden healthiness' and children-friendly products
Bread manufacturers have been at it for a while, and now rice brands, too, are tapping into ‘hidden healthiness’…
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Tilda doubles deals to bump Uncle Ben's down to second spot
Across the big five, the number of featured space promotions in the rice and noodles category has not significantly…