All Fresh produce articles – Page 171
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Gomez adds tomato brand
Supplier Gomez has added fresh produce from Jersey to its Gomez Reserv portfolio.La Chasse Nurseries, the first UK supplier to the Gomez Reserv range, is initially providing tomato on the vine, but is set to develop other products for the...
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Coca-Cola adds to fanta Z range
Coca-Cola Enterprises has added a new variant - Fanta Z Summer Fruits - to its Z (zero added sugar) range.CCE has rebranded all light variants of its carbonates (apart from Coke and Diet Coke), so that the range now comprises Fanta Z Orange,...
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Vittel wades into ‘pure’ waters
Vittel has waded into the flavoured water market with two variants that will compete directly with Volvic’s Touch of Fruit range.A raspberry and a lemon flavour have been created, which Vittel predicts will add £10m to the flavoured water...
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Fanta Z mixes up new juice flavour
Fanta Z Summer Fruits is the latest addition to Coca-Cola Enterprises’ new Z (zero added sugar) range. CCE has rebranded all light variants of its carbonates (apart from Coke and Diet Coke), so that the range now comprises Fanta Z Orange, Fanta...
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Tesco takes on Dragon
Tesco is trialling a little-known variety of citrus fruit, named by the multiple as Dragon Citrus.The variety is a natural orange/grapefruit cross known by the Chinese as Huyou. It is sourced from the south eastern province of Zhejian.The...
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Co-op woos discerning with tighter tomato specs
The Co-operative Group said it plans to offer fewer tomato varieties and tighten the specifications given to suppliers. “Customers are becoming more and more discerning,” said salad buyer Carla Fletcher. “Benchmarking tomatoes from all...
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Lyle’s and Soreen link for breakfast
Lyle’s Golden Syrup and Soreen malt loaf have joined forces to create an innovative product for the breakfast table.Lyle’s Golden Syrup Fruit Loaf combines 14% golden syrup with Soreen’s fruit malt loaf and is designed to tap into the breakfast...
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Jersey spuds star in Jamie Oliver ad
Jersey Royal new potatoes will feature in Sainsbury’s next Jamie Oliver-themed television adverts.Oliver spent three days in Jersey last week filming the two commercials, one of which is understood to show the TV chef in a potato field, while...
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Acting on impulse
Consumers browse fruit and veg the longest, reports Rachel BarnesThe fruit and vegetable aisle may not strike you as the most exciting or ideal place to build sales through impulse shopping, but this is exactly where customers are...
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Talking Point
Martin Dunnett, trading director of Capespan, on how the problem of grape perishability is being tackled by clever packagingCapespan is the major supplier of grapes to the UK at the time when sales are at their highest – during January and February....
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Research Notes
>>Healthy growth in juice marketThe juice market has increased in value by 4.6% in the past year, slightly above the growth of packaged groceries.More than 90% of the population have purchased fruit juices over the past 52...
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Squeezing more into the market
Orange juice, the mainstay of the British breakfast, is being joined by exotic fruit and vegetable flavours as new combinations and twists on traditional offerings give consumers more choiceAlthough we still love our good old juice...
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Salad’s great unwashed
Making a convenience product less convenient might seem a strange thing to do, but that is what Tesco has done with the introduction of fresh, unwashed bagged salad. In the range are rocket and lambs’ lettuce varieties (rsp: 59p) and two...
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Smooch-ing good for you
Onken, the chilled dessert brand, is entering the single-serve yoghurt sector with the launch of Smooch.Smooch is made from a layer of fresh fruit topped with Onken yoghurt and will be available in three flavours – raspberry, cherry and...
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English crop squeezes out New Zealand onions
Imports of New Zealand onions to the UK are plunging, said Bob Smith, director of importer the Holus Bureau.NZ onions traditionally fill the summer gap between the end of the English season and the start of new autumn crop, but growers here are...
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Consumer Feedback
>>recently launched drinks put to the testThe fruit juice and smoothie market has a lot going for it. Facing a barrage of advice to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, many consumers see smoothies as an easy way to...
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Commodities update: fruit, salmon, sardines, dried fruit
Any discussion about canned fruit invariably involves the threat of Chinese low-cost production, as evidenced during the mandarin orange season when Spanish canners put pressure on Brussels to safeguard their industry, claiming Chinese production ...
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Undressed Kettle Chips
Kettle Chips is doing its bit to help consumers reduce their salt intake by baring all.Its new Kettle Chips Undressed are natural, unsalted crisps made from sliced potato fried in sunflower oil (rsp: £1.45 for a 150g bag).MD Jeremy Bradley...
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Snacks from food waste
Surplus food and by-products usually binned by processors are being used to make fruit and veg snacks that could be on shelves by August.The extruded snacks are being developed to encourage people to eat more fruit and vegetables, to introduce...
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Late Jersey potato crop
Weather conditions in Jersey have improved markedly, but the island’s potato harvest will still begin later than usual.Agriculture officials said temperatures last weekend reached 20C, with a small amount of rainfall, which was proving...