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Radnor Hills adds fizz to fruit drinks
Radnor Hills has added a carbonated range to its GI Fruits soft drinks brand to appeal to consumers who like a bit of fizz.GI Fruitades will be available in the same flavours as the still GI Fruits range, in blueberry, orange, apple and lemon...
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Tropicana offers OJ with Benecol
PepsiCo has achieved a first in the UK soft drinks market with the launch of orange juice containing cholesterol-lowering Benecol under its market-leading brand Tropicana.Tropicana Essentials with Benecol is the first fruit juice product...
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Mentos set to shake it all up
Mentos, the world’s number two sweets brand, is hitting the UK this month with the aim of shaking up the stagnating sugar confectionery market.If successful, the chewy mint and fruit-flavoured sweets will become the first new name to enter the...
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‘A victory for the little guys’
A planning decision forcing a soft fruit producer to remove polytunnels will stop large “bully boy” growers riding roughshod over rural communities, according to celebrity gardener Monty Don.An appeal by the Hall Hunter Partnership against an...
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Glisten acquires Lyme Regis Fine Foods
Confectionery and snack foods group Glisten has acquired Lyme Regis Fine Foods for an undisclosed sum.Lyme Regis Fine Foods is a manufacturer and supplier of organic cereal and fruit bars and organic fruited snacks to Sainsbury, Tesco,...
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Red hot prospects for Chilean wines
Chile boasts the perfect climate in which to grow ‘happy’ grapes, making it a paradise for the country’s winemakersChile is often described as a winemaker’s paradise and it’s not difficult to see why. Protected by the borders of the...
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Producers trying to keep it fresh
The United States and Canada has traditionally been Chile’s biggest export market for fruit and vegetables, but its producers are doing everything they can to develop markets such as the UKChile exports two thirds of its fruit and...
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Canary tomatoes hit by storm
While there are no official estimates of the damage to salad and fruit crops grown on the Canary Islands, a picture is beginning to emerge from trade sources of the severe impact caused by the freak tropical storm Delta.La Palma, which is...
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Irish onions hit a Crest
Country Crest, the leading potato prepacking business in Ireland, has made a major investment to increase its clout in onions. The move will grow the supply base from 300 to 3,000 tonnes and is backed by a €2m spend on new facilities to supply...
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Salad days are during Christmas
Bagged salad is keeping up the pace as a Christmas food hit, with claims that demand has overtaken peak summer figures.According to branded salad company Florette, it is now selling more salads at Christmas than over the August Bank Holiday,...
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Swedish flavour for cider market
UK cider producers claim the UK launch of a Swedish product could threaten the premium image that has triggered a revival for cider this year.Kopparbergs – which is branding itself as cider and comes in mixed fruit, pear and apple flavours – is...
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Doing the Christmas can-can
Canned fruit is a popular destination for more mature shoppers who buy regularly and are looking for value for money. There are a relatively high number of elderly male shoppers among this group.The category also benefits specifically at this...
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Push to reverse carrot decline
Moves to increase carrot consumption over the next two years may get a boost from the Horticultural Development Council if a request for an extra £60,000 funding by the British Carrot Growers’ Association is approved.The association, which...
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Doing the Christmas can-can
Canned fruit is a popular destination for more mature shoppers who buy regularly and are looking for value for money. There are a relatively high number of elderly male shoppers among this group.The category also benefits specifically at this...
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Push to reverse carrot decline
Moves to increase carrot consumption over the next two years may get a boost from the Horticultural Development Council if a request for an extra £60,000 funding by the British Carrot Growers’ Association is approved.The association, which...
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JS reviews organic potato specs
Sainsbury has agreed to revisit its specifications for organic potatoes after a research project found that 30% of the potatoes harvested for its supply contract failed to make it into stores.Grower MB Organics, packer Greenvale AP and...
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Exquisite spuds Smile on Tesco
The first potatoes to be sold under Tesco’s premium Finest sub-brand went into stores this week. The two varieties – Exquisa and Smile – are both new to the UK and the latter is exclusive to Tesco.Both are being supplied by the supermarket’s...
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Consumer Insight
When bananas are eatennLast year, bananas were eaten in the home on 2.5 billion occasions, up 2% on the previous yearnA third of bananas are eaten at breakfast, up from a...
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A quest for purity in the lunchbox
Purity Soft Drinks aims to join the fight to improve children’s diets with the launch of three juice drinks for lunchboxes.The drinks, in apple, berry and orange, will hit wholesalers and independents in 250ml bottles under the name Thirst...
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Commodities Update: tomatoes, tuna, ham
Tomatoes in demandItalian export figures show UK volume imports of canned tomatoes grew by a third over the first six months of the year.Promotional activity on four-packs of canned tomatoes seems to have accounted for a large part of the...