New meals are rolled out as Brakes doubles its healthy offerings range
07-Feb-2005
Brakes has unveiled a huge expansion to its Healthier Choices range of products, with new launches in salads, sandwich fillings, ready meals and...
Cadbury's future is orange
07-Feb-2005
Chocolate giant Cadbury Trebor Bassett is continuing to breathe new life into the chocolate category with the introduction of two new products to its...
Tilda adds pizazz to its Rizazz rices with five new flavours
07-Feb-2005
Tilda has made a major overhaul of its £9m microwaveable rice brand Rizazz, introducing five new flavours and new packaging.The rice company is...
07-Feb-2005
The company has launched 15 new products and smartened its packaging to create a more modern feel to its flagship brand. A further £5m has been...
It's the season to be sensible
07-Jan-2005 By Claire Allen
With every type of fruit and vegetable on our shelves all year round, it's hard to know what's in season when. But until 30 years ago, you could no...
Strathmore gives salt the heave-ho
07-Jan-2005
Salt reduction in manufactured products continues apace with frozen and chilled food company Strathmore Foods the latest company to reformulate its...
Westler launches big daddy cans of fruit and vegetables
07-Jan-2005
Westler Foods is increasing its prominence in the foodservice sector with the addition of new canned ready meals and the launch of canned fruit and...
Sharwood's looks to Asia for new frozen foods
07-Jan-2005
RHM Frozen Foods has looked towards Asia for inspiration for a new range of frozen foods under its popular ethnic brand Sharwood's.The company is...
07-Jan-2005
Unilever has finally decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, with a range of low-carb as well as low-calorie foods under its Slim-Fast slimming...
New sausage has beans, so watch out you sausage has-beens
07-Jan-2005
For years sausages and baked beans have partnered each other on millions of dinner plates around the UK, but until now the combination has meant...
Parmesan roulade with blue cheese and sunblush toms
14-Dec-2004
Simon Rimmer describes one of his favourite vegetarian recipes, involving the finest ingredients and minimal cooking
The Aztecs knew a thing or two about chillies
14-Dec-2004
The ancient Aztecs invented the concept of chipotle when they discovered that the fleshy jalapeno chillies, treated with smoke had a longer...
Help for developers that want to know the true measure of garlic
14-Dec-2004
In recent years Chinese garlic has dominated the garlic market, being cheaper and milder than Spanish garlic. However, this influx has now been...
Plain crazy
14-Dec-2004
Boring old 'ready salted' still dominates savoury snack sales, but spicy flavours are starting to heat up, as Mick Whitworth reports
What women want
14-Dec-2004
Health conscious women are driving a newly-established market for low-fat and low-sugar yet indulgent premium ice creams. Stefan Chomka looks at how companies are getting in on the act
Top shellers
14-Dec-2004 By Lynda Searby
Shellfish have historically been regarded as mysterious creatures, to be eaten with caution. But, as Lynda Searby finds out, ready-to-eat products are convincing consumers that shellfish is convenient, safe and in vogue.
Unilever boxes clever
14-Dec-2004
Unilever in the Netherlands has launched a range of five fresh Eastern ready meal kits under its Conimex brand.Wokmenu is the first product from...
Industry feels the pinch
14-Dec-2004 By Susan Birks
As European governments pressure industry into action over obesity, Susan Birks reviews the latest industry initiatives regarding health
Islamic foods make their mark
14-Dec-2004 By Susan Birks
The growing UK Muslim population offers an untapped market for food manufacturers. Susan Birks reports on halal developments
14-Dec-2004
Thornton Mustard has worked on over 2,000 products, many of them global brands. He told Stefan Chomka some of the secrets behind successful launches ... and how to avoid failure
Time to pack in needless waste
13-Dec-2004
Open any child's lunchbox and what do you see? A sandwich double-wrapped in plastic and cardboard; a carton of juice with a sealed straw, from a...
Confectionery companies unveil new Easter launches
13-Dec-2004
Chocolate companies Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Lindt and Kinnerton have announced their new launches for the lucrative Easter period.According to...
Quaker attempts to boost healthy snacks sector with well-timed launch
13-Dec-2004
Cereal and snacks company Quaker has announced its biggest ever launch -- a new mini crispbread snack which it will target at the healthy eating...
Own-label manufacturers told to act to reduce new product failures
13-Dec-2004
Manufacturers of own-label products need to work more closely with the retailers to reduce the number of new product launches each year and address...
Education or exploitation?
17-Nov-2004
Trans fats are the latest food story to hit the headlines. Cereal bars and biscuits are in the spotlight as consumers learn of the dangers associated...
PJ's future is blackcurrant
17-Nov-2004
Pete and Johnny (PJ), the self-claimed founder of the UK smoothie market back in the early 90s, says it is re-energising the sector to appeal to a...
17-Nov-2004
Consumers will by now probably be familiar with the concept of low-carb pasta, but Italian pasta manufacturer Pasta Lensi has gone one stage further...
Salt problem grinds on
06-Oct-2004
Some ready meals on the supermarket shelves contain as much as 80% of the daily recommended salt intake of 6g. A quarter of canned soups, often...
Amanda takes on Sara
06-Oct-2004
Schwan's has entered into competition with desserts label Sara Lee with the launch of its own frozen desserts brand in the UK, also with a woman's...
Colman's continues to aisle jump with new crisps
06-Oct-2004
The Colman's mustard brand continues its encroachment into other sectors with the launch of a crisp flavoured with the company's famous yellow...
06-Oct-2004
A new cola drink that will to go head to head with heavyweights Coca-Cola and Pepsi, especially in bars and clubs, is being test marketed after...
Olympic athletes get glutamine boost
10-Sep-2004
If the Romanian team performs well in the Olympics, it could be down to a new ingredient in their food and drink.The team has exclusive use of a high...
Les Boules de Picolat -- Catalonian meatballs
10-Sep-2004
Celia Wright cooks up a meat feast using one of her favourite recipes from the Mediterranean region known as French Catalonia
Credible prebiotics
10-Sep-2004
Sensus, which produces and markets dietary fibre ingredient inulin, says it has scientifically proved that as little as 5g a day is enough to...
Good carb, bad carb
10-Sep-2004 By Susan Birks
Carbohydrates have come under fire in recent times for their unhealthy image. Susan Birks reports on the switch by manufacturers to new high-fibre, low-glycaemic and prebiotic alternatives
Goodbye yellow brick road
10-Sep-2004 By John Dunn
John Dunn reviews the burgeoning cheese market in which companies are tempting consumers to swap block cheddar for products that offer convenience, healthy attributes, and regional variety
A wake-up call to health concerns
10-Sep-2004
It's the most important meal of the day, but is it the healthiest? Mick Whitworth finds cereal makers are under pressure to put nutrition first
Zen and the art of sleeping
10-Sep-2004
French giant Danone has launched a new drink on to the Belgian market designed to be taken in addition to its probiotic daily dose drink...
Sunshine on the lips
10-Sep-2004
French drinks company MicroFluid Biotechnology has harnessed the power of sunshine in a bottle with the launch of a drink that it claims enhances sun...
The latest crush
10-Sep-2004
Over the past five years sales of smoothies and juice drinks have soared. But how can drinks companies sustain this growth for another five? Stefan Chomka reports
10-Sep-2004
With childhood obesity rising, school meals have come under the spotlight. Kathy Watson talked to the industry about the issues
Bigger isn't always better
09-Sep-2004
From his small production unit on an industrial estate near Dartford you wouldn't think chocolatier Gerard Coleman would give the Godivas of this...
Cadbury milks KitKat's fall
09-Sep-2004
Cadbury is to go head-to-head with Nestlé Rowntree's KitKat this month with the launch of a chocolate wafer bar under its Dairy Milk brand.The...
09-Sep-2004 By Susan Birks
Heinz has launched a new offensive in the ambient soups market with a £10m recipe revamp of its classic soups range and a new line of contemporary...
Christmas comes early
30-Jul-2004
Picture the scene -- it's the hottest day of the year and you're trying to photograph a bowl of brandy butter before it melts. Sounds ridiculous?...
The menu is set for some mind-bending foods
29-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
Susan Birks reports on the potential for new food products that can relax, stimulate or boost consumers' mental and physical powers
A spirited move for ice cream
29-Jul-2004
Langage Farm has teamed up with Thomas Lowndes, which supplies Allied Domecq's portfolio of alcohol drinks to manufacturers, to bring a new range of...
Gü teaches a lesson in tortes
29-Jul-2004
Premium desserts manufacturer Gü has added two more puddings to its portfolio to further extend the eating occasions for its products.New to its...
From soups to sandwiches, Patak's begins offensive on out-of-home eating
29-Jul-2004
Indian food manufacturer Patak's is busy developing a whole host of new products for food manufacturers and caterers to bring Indian flavours to a...
Special K lines expand
15-Jul-2004
Kellogg has launched a new wave of products as part of its seemingly relentless new product development drive.After its recent launch of Special K...