More than 70 judges undertook the task to find the Supreme Champion at this year’s Global Cheese Awards, with the winner emerging as Long Clawson Dairy who won with their Stilton. Long Clawson Blue Stilton is made in the heart of the Vale of Belvoir by Master cheese makers, and began crafting cheese over 100 years ago. Each Stilton is individually graded and hand-selected by … [Read more...]
Organic market strengthens as confidence grows
The Soil Association is announcing new figures showing acceleration in the growth of the UK’s organic grocery market, as well as wider availability in the foodservice industry. The figures from Nielsen, as presented by Mike Watkins at the Soil Association annual market briefing, show growth in the organic grocery market of +3.2% for the 4 weeks to 16 August 2014 compared … [Read more...]
Winners of Vegan Food Awards show growing demand
The demand for vegan fare in the UK has skyrocketed in recent years: the non-dairy milk market grew by 155 per cent in just two years, the market for meat-free products shot up 21 per cent in five years, and government surveys reveal the lowest rates of meat and fish consumption in at least a decade. Which is why PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours … [Read more...]
Sunday roast: still the nation’s favourite
The Sunday roast is still the number one meal for people dining out in pubs, according to research commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions. Of 1,000 consumers surveyed by OnePoll, just over a quarter (27%) said they choose it above any other dish, and almost half (4 out of 10) said they’d like to see it on the menu every day of the week. Favourite pub food When asked … [Read more...]
Saving salt with Sodexo
Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, is one of 30 UK companies to have signed up to the Responsibility Deal Food Network’s latest salt reduction pledges. The targets – F9 Salt Reduction and F10 Out of Home Salt Reduction – were launched in March. The first (F9) challenges the industry to further reduce the amount of salt in 76 categories of food by 2017, replacing … [Read more...]