All Fresh produce articles – Page 115

  • News

    Focus On Soup: Four to watch

    2010-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Provender has added three new flavours - savoy cabbage with puy lentils & ham, butternut squash with ginger & orange and mushroom with juniper & tarragon - to its winter range, boosting the line-up to eight variants.

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    Start-up offers fruit and veg snacks for toddlers

    2010-10-23T00:00:00Z

    A new children's food company is aiming to fight "early onset junk food eating" with a range of 'spill-proof' fruit, veg and grain-based snacks for toddlers. Benjoy products include crunchy strawberry slices, crunchy grape slices, and...

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    Lower-yielding tomatoes have higher C02 output

    2010-10-16T00:00:00Z

    The carbon footprint of lower-yielding tomato varieties is typically twice that of higher-yielding varieties such as classic loose tomatoes, new research has shown.A project commissioned by the Horticultural Development Council (HDC) and...

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    Forget stickers: here comes tattooed fruit

    2010-10-16T00:00:00Z

    In a threat to the sticky label, hi-tech lasers could soon be 'tattooing' prices, logos and sell-by dates on to fruit and veg skins, The Grocer can reveal. A Spanish technology company, which already lasers logos on to melons for French...

  • News

    FSA criticised for its fruit glaze response

    2010-10-16T00:00:00Z

    The FSA has been criticised by fruit producers for its 'disproportionate' ­response to finding an unauthorised glaze on imported apples.The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), which represents the interests of fruit and vegetable producers,...

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    Potato Day kicks off hunt for master spud

    2010-10-16T00:00:00Z

    A new generic marketing campaign for fresh potatoes kicked off this week with the launch of the first-ever Potato Day.Potato producers in the UK, France and Belgium are running the 4.75m Many Faces of Potatoes campaign to encourage more...

  • WALKERS
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    Walkers plots packets made from potato peelings

    2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

    PepsiCo is looking at making Walkers crisp packets from potato skins, the company's UK boss has revealed.

  • News

    Hallowe’en home baking for Dr Oetker

    2010-10-09T00:00:00Z

    Dr Oetker is responding to the growing home-baking trend with Hallowe'en-themed treat-making kits. The new range, available now, comprises a Bat Cookie Mix, a Cupcake Mix and an Apple Decorating kit, all of which contain the key...

  • TOMATOES
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    Foreign competition set to increase for UK tomato growers

    2010-10-09T00:00:00Z

    British tomatoes will face more competition from abroad over the next five years as new market entrants ramp up exports into the UK. The UK is primarily an import market for tomatoes already, with most of the fruit sold here coming from...

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    Clippy's Apples pumps up the jam

    2010-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Week-long celebrations of jam, jam buttie battles and imaginative ingredients – one small producer is looking to change perceptions of our preserves. Sue Scott reports

  • News

    Lower citrus crops won’t hit supply, say importers

    2010-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Importers have dismissed fears that projected lower citrus production volumes in the Mediterranean could result in shortages on UK supermarket shelves this autumn and lead to higher on-shelf prices. Orange and grapefruit crops are...

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    Multipacks of veg crisps by Glennans

    2010-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Glennans has launched what it claims is the first vegetable crisp multipack at Waitrose. They contain three packets of mixed vegetable crisps, two packets of parsnip crisps seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper, and a packet of...

  • POMEGRANATE
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    Prepared preferred for pomegranates

    2010-10-02T00:00:00Z

    British shoppers are increasingly opting to buy pomegranate in pre-prepared formats rather than as a whole fruit, with 2.5 arils pomegranate seeds with surrounding tissue now being sold for each wholehead fruit. The trend for...

  • News

    Winter range by Yorkshire Provender

    2010-10-02T00:00:00Z

    Yorkshire Provender claims its new winter soups range is its biggest seasonal line-up yet. The eight-strong winter soup range replaces the summer line-up this week, although the pea & spinach variant will remain. The winter menu...

  • News

    Del Monte and Budgens pair up for handheld Naked Fruit

    2010-09-27T11:44:10.887Z

    Del Monte has extended its Naked Fruit range of snacks with the launch of handheld pots.

  • News

    Bananas again take brunt of price war as Asda cuts to 55p/kg

    2010-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Asda has upped the stakes in the banana price war by slashing prices by 18% to 55p/kg the lowest since last November.

  • News

    Cox’s reign as Britain’s favourite under threat

    2010-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Cox’s century-long reign as Britain’s favourite home-grown apple looks doomed, according to English Apples & Pears, as poor crop forecasts and changing consumer tastes boost demand for other ­varieties.

    This season could be the last…

  • News

    Focus On Canned Goods: Four to watch

    2010-09-25T00:00:00Z

    All About Food is extending its Pizza Express range with a passata (rsp: £1.09). The tomato paste is the same as that used to make the pizzas in the restaurant chain.

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    Southern Comfort’s update reaches cans

    2010-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Southern Comfort is revamping its lemonade & lime premix cans to align the tipple with the recently overhauled core brand.The new look, which is being rolled out next month, emphasises Southern Comfort's New Orleans heritage and...

  • News

    Modern look for Westons’ Vintage cider

    2010-09-25T00:00:00Z

    Westons Cider is relaunching its Henry Westons Vintage Cider and has created a new Henry Westons website to celebrate the Herefordshire-based company's 130th anniversary.Apple illustrations have been added to the Vintage label and it has...