Coconut is the latest " super food",with everyone from Madonna to Erin O'Connor and Miranda Kerr reaping the benefits, and now a unique new product, COYO coconut milk yoghurt, is being created for the first time in the UK.
COYO is made from coconut milk and is free from any added sugar, lactose, dairy, gluten, soya and additives.
Unlike soya, which some people find hard to digest and can be an acquired taste, COYO is "simply delicious" says nutritionist Bethany Eaton, who is dairy intolerant herself, and came across the product in Australia whilst trying to source alternatives to yoghurt for her clients.
She liked it so much she immediately started talking to creators Henry and Sandra Gosling about bringing COYO to the UK and she is now producing it under licence at a small family run factory in Hastings, East Sussex.
"When I first tried the yoghurt I was blown away by how good it tasted and it is wonderful to now be able to share it with people here", says Bethany who has run a busy nutrition practice at the Hale Clinic in Central London since 2004.
"Coconut is an amazing food with a multitude of health benefits", she adds.
"Some people used to avoid it at all costs because of its high fat content but increasingly research is showing just how good it can be for you in so many ways.
Coconut is very nutritious, satisfies hunger really well and also increases the metabolism."
COYO is the perfect dairy alternative for both adults and children and has been entered for the Free From Food Awards 2012.
COYO can be used in exactly the same way as normal yoghurt. You can have it in a bowl with honey, add it to your breakfast muesli or fruit salad , dollop it into a soup or have it alongside chilli con carne.
COYO comes in 400g and 250g sizes in two delicious flavours; natural and mixed berry, with more flavours to be released early 2012. The average calorie count per 100g serving is 150 calories.
COYO can be found in Planet Organic and other health food stores this month and launches in John Lewis food halls February. COYO retails at £5.49 for 250g, £6.99 for 400g and £3.49 for single serving pots
For more information email info@coyo.co.uk also see website www.coyo.co.uk
The Freeform Food Awards take place in April 2012.
FACTFILE:
Bethany Eaton 33, lives in Chislehurst in Kent with her husband Paul and two children, Megan 5 & James, 7 months. Bethany retrained as a nutritionist after serving as a police office in Hackney.
Bethany has a Bachelor of Science degree in nutritional medicine.
Henry and Sandra Gosling started COYO Australia in 2009; they now ship throughout Australia.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Loseley Valentine Cupcakes
Give this Valentine’s Day a twist of sheer loveliness in the form of Valentine Cupcakes with Loseley Summer Meadow Butter.
These little delights will bring an element of light, fluffy love and happiness to the table on the key date of the year to unlock all hearts. (Makes 10 small cupcakes)
Ingredients:
For the Cakes:
Egg (free range please) 1
plain flour (or use self raising and omit the baking powder) 75G
Sugar 50g
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter 62g
Baking powder 1/2 tsp
Pixley Berries blackcurrant cordial 3 tsp
Pink food colouring (optional) few drops
For the Frosting:
If you will be spreading rather than piping your frosting you will need rather less.
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter 75g
Icing sugar 250g
Pixley Berries blackcurrant cordial 1 – 2 tbs
Method:
Add the eggs, butter, flour, sugar, baking powder & salt to a bowl and beat with a hand whisk until blended. Add the cordial and briefly mix again. The batter should be loose enough to dollop off a spoon.
Line a bun tin with fairy cake cases. Fill each case 2/3 with batter and bake at 190C / GM 5 for about 12 minutes.
Chef’s Tip:
The secret to fluffy buttercream is to beat the butter really well before you add any sugar. The trick is to make the butter cream in the food processor to prevent the kitchen being covered in clouds of icing sugar. If you make it with a hand mixer you will need to add the icing sugar slowly to the butter.
Put the butter in the food processor bowl and process for a minute or so, until soft and fluffy. Pour in the icing sugar and cordial, put the lid back on and cover with a damp tea towel, and process again. Scrape the sides down adding more cordial or icing sugar if needed and process again.
Decorate your cakes, using sprinkles and love hearts.
Both raw cake batter and the frosting freeze well.
Loseley Summer Meadow Butter is packed in a 250g tub and costs £1.39p.
Loseley Chilled Foods are available from the chilled cabinet of local independent grocers, Waitrose and Ocado. Visit www.loseley.com for more information.
Molinari Sambuca launches new contemporary website designed by Appnova to capture the glamour of the cocktail era with a virtual bar experience
Fresh design approach reflects vintage appeal of iconic Molinari Sambuca drinks brand and aims for a more youthful audience through digital games and social media
Molinari, the Italian family-owned drinks business, has just launched its new website to coincide with a refresh of the brand in order to attract a new, younger audience. The website - www.molinari.it – went live towards the end of 2011 in Italian and was followed shortly after in English, German and Spanish. It has been designed and developed by London web agency Appnova in partnership with Armando Testa.
Appnova set out to design a website that was contemporary, fresh and young whilst building on the company’s heritage as one of Italy’s most respected and long-standing family businesses. The website has also been optimized for use with mobiles and to support mobile apps.
Molinari is one of the most high-profile brands in Italy and is probably best known throughout the world for Sambuca, a smooth, rich, full-bodied liqueur that was created in 1945 by Angelo Molinari. Molinari Sambuca is the only brand permitted by Italian law to use the term ‘Extra’ because of its extra quality, in terms of taste and the drink’s reputation for igniting better than other competitor brands when flamed in the traditional manner.
Anna Ballirano, Marketing Manager at Molinari commented, “Molinari Sambuca is now one of Italy’s most celebrated masterpieces, the best-selling drink in the country, and the most cherished Sambuca in the world. {{We wanted our new website to reflect our heritage in a modern, edgy way. We are delighted with the results}} of Appnova’s highly creative approach and are confident it will attract a younger clientele as well as appealing to our traditional, loyal customer base.”
The sleek imagery of the new website is minimalist and modern with the use of flash giving it excitement and youthful movement. At the same time, the modern contemporary cocktail bar also incorporates vintage elements, to suggest a more glamorous, bygone age.
When visitors first enter Molinari’s new website, they are invited to enter a cocktail lounge. By taking part in a host of short, interactive games, visitors earn three passes that enable them to gain full access to the terrace, a VIP area of the bar where special guests enjoy a show and are offered a virtual glass of Extra Molinari.
Once they have picked up their cocktail, explored the company’s history, its iconic products and downloaded the latest recipes, visitors have the opportunity to share their thoughts, favourite cocktails or game results – in fact, their total Molinari experience - with other customers through a variety of social media including Facebook and Twitter.
Jamie Ettedgui, Managing Director of Appnova, concluded; “Our interactive approach, which makes the most of today’s digital technology and social media networking channels, is designed to maximise customer interaction and fully immerse them in the Molinari experience. We have both the technical and design expertise to deliver what we know works – to provide both an engaging and enjoyable experience for the customer that results in the sales for the brand.”
Molinari now has a highly creative, multi-language website that provides the ideal platform for launching other marketing initiatives in the future.
In addition to designing the website, Appnova is supporting Molinari with the company’s ongoing social media strategy.
FACTFILE:
Molinari is an Italian-owned family drinks business, probably best known throughout the world for Sambuca, a smooth, rich, full-bodied liqueur that was created in 1945 by Angelo Molinari. Molinari Sambuca is the best selling liqueur in Italy. It is the only brand permitted by Italian law to use the term ‘Extra’ because of its extra quality, in terms of taste and the drink’s reputation for igniting better than other competitor brands when flamed in the traditional manner.
For more information, please visit www.molinari.it
Molinari, the Italian family-owned drinks business, has just launched its new website to coincide with a refresh of the brand in order to attract a new, younger audience. The website - www.molinari.it – went live towards the end of 2011 in Italian and was followed shortly after in English, German and Spanish. It has been designed and developed by London web agency Appnova in partnership with Armando Testa.
Appnova set out to design a website that was contemporary, fresh and young whilst building on the company’s heritage as one of Italy’s most respected and long-standing family businesses. The website has also been optimized for use with mobiles and to support mobile apps.
Molinari is one of the most high-profile brands in Italy and is probably best known throughout the world for Sambuca, a smooth, rich, full-bodied liqueur that was created in 1945 by Angelo Molinari. Molinari Sambuca is the only brand permitted by Italian law to use the term ‘Extra’ because of its extra quality, in terms of taste and the drink’s reputation for igniting better than other competitor brands when flamed in the traditional manner.
Anna Ballirano, Marketing Manager at Molinari commented, “Molinari Sambuca is now one of Italy’s most celebrated masterpieces, the best-selling drink in the country, and the most cherished Sambuca in the world. {{We wanted our new website to reflect our heritage in a modern, edgy way. We are delighted with the results}} of Appnova’s highly creative approach and are confident it will attract a younger clientele as well as appealing to our traditional, loyal customer base.”
The sleek imagery of the new website is minimalist and modern with the use of flash giving it excitement and youthful movement. At the same time, the modern contemporary cocktail bar also incorporates vintage elements, to suggest a more glamorous, bygone age.
When visitors first enter Molinari’s new website, they are invited to enter a cocktail lounge. By taking part in a host of short, interactive games, visitors earn three passes that enable them to gain full access to the terrace, a VIP area of the bar where special guests enjoy a show and are offered a virtual glass of Extra Molinari.
Once they have picked up their cocktail, explored the company’s history, its iconic products and downloaded the latest recipes, visitors have the opportunity to share their thoughts, favourite cocktails or game results – in fact, their total Molinari experience - with other customers through a variety of social media including Facebook and Twitter.
Jamie Ettedgui, Managing Director of Appnova, concluded; “Our interactive approach, which makes the most of today’s digital technology and social media networking channels, is designed to maximise customer interaction and fully immerse them in the Molinari experience. We have both the technical and design expertise to deliver what we know works – to provide both an engaging and enjoyable experience for the customer that results in the sales for the brand.”
Molinari now has a highly creative, multi-language website that provides the ideal platform for launching other marketing initiatives in the future.
In addition to designing the website, Appnova is supporting Molinari with the company’s ongoing social media strategy.
FACTFILE:
Molinari is an Italian-owned family drinks business, probably best known throughout the world for Sambuca, a smooth, rich, full-bodied liqueur that was created in 1945 by Angelo Molinari. Molinari Sambuca is the best selling liqueur in Italy. It is the only brand permitted by Italian law to use the term ‘Extra’ because of its extra quality, in terms of taste and the drink’s reputation for igniting better than other competitor brands when flamed in the traditional manner.
For more information, please visit www.molinari.it
Statistics Show Scots Are A Nation Of Domino’s Pizza Lovers – Average Of One Domino’s Pizza Per Head Of Population Sold in 2010
With 47 stores across the country and over 1,100 staff, Domino’s Pizza has made great strides in Scotland as the population has munched its way through new pizzas such as the Domino’s Gourmet range and recently introduced Stuffed Crust, limited edition favourites including the Reggae Reggae made with Levi Roots’ famous sauce and the Haggis pizza (specially introduced for Burns Night), as well as firm favourites including Pepperoni Passion and Texas BBQ.
Pizzas from Domino’s stores across the country have been delivered to golf courses, gyms, patients in hospitals and paramedics and firefighters…even on stage to Strictly Come Dancing winner Harry Judd and fellow bandmates during a McFly concert in Edinburgh.
Chris Forrester, Domino’s franchisee who opened the first store in Great Western Road in December 1996, explains the success of the UK’s number one pizza delivery service in Scotland: “Since we launched to our customers in the West End of Glasgow late December 1996, Domino’s Pizza has become a firm favourite for students, couples, groups of friends and families. We’ve seen a massive increase in the home delivery market in 15 years, and as customers become more discerning, they’ve increasingly come to Domino’s Pizza to deliver a piping hot, freshly made treat.”
Join a nation of pizza lovers by ordering online at www.dominos.co.uk or using Domino’s iPad, iPhone and Android ordering apps.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Honeybuns Brownies in a vintage cup for tea, when you eat this think of love from me.
There are few foods that evoke the sort of response that chocolate does. Honeybuns Milk Chocolate Brownie Vintage Teacup is the perfect way to enrapture and beguile your Valentine.
Available through the Honeybuns online shop www.honeybuns.co.uk/shop for only £9.95, this charming vintage china teacup and saucer is filled with two of Honeybuns gluten free Milk Chocolate Brownie mini’s handmade in their artisan bakery, an intense chocolate experience with a dash of coffee to intensify the chocolateyness.
With a beautiful Valentine gift wrapping service available including a free tube of Loveheart sweets, this Valentine gift will enamour any sweetheart.
Easy to order at the Honeybuns online shop, www.honeybuns.co.uk/shop, they also have an array of other delicious gluten free cakes, cookies and brownies to choose from, either individually or in specially selected Gift Tin collections.
· Free mini tube of Loveheart sweets (xxg) only available for Valentine Gift Set giftwrapping, while stocks last. · The two Milk Chocolate Brownie mini’s are individually wrapped.
· Due to the vintage quality of the cup and saucers, they may not be in perfect condition
· All Honeybuns products are gluten free (the only exception being the flapjacks).
· All Valentine’s Gifts ordered online are subject to the specific postage and packing instructions as stipulated on the website.
· For a Gift Wrapping Service, please refer to the website.
· Honeybuns holds an astonishing track record of National Great Taste Awards with the Guild of Fine Food. This thoughtful artisan bakery has won Supreme Champion, Best of British, Best Speciality from the South West and this year, three Great Taste Double Star Gold Awards.
Available through the Honeybuns online shop www.honeybuns.co.uk/shop for only £9.95, this charming vintage china teacup and saucer is filled with two of Honeybuns gluten free Milk Chocolate Brownie mini’s handmade in their artisan bakery, an intense chocolate experience with a dash of coffee to intensify the chocolateyness.
With a beautiful Valentine gift wrapping service available including a free tube of Loveheart sweets, this Valentine gift will enamour any sweetheart.
Easy to order at the Honeybuns online shop, www.honeybuns.co.uk/shop, they also have an array of other delicious gluten free cakes, cookies and brownies to choose from, either individually or in specially selected Gift Tin collections.
· Free mini tube of Loveheart sweets (xxg) only available for Valentine Gift Set giftwrapping, while stocks last. · The two Milk Chocolate Brownie mini’s are individually wrapped.
· Due to the vintage quality of the cup and saucers, they may not be in perfect condition
· All Honeybuns products are gluten free (the only exception being the flapjacks).
· All Valentine’s Gifts ordered online are subject to the specific postage and packing instructions as stipulated on the website.
· For a Gift Wrapping Service, please refer to the website.
· Honeybuns holds an astonishing track record of National Great Taste Awards with the Guild of Fine Food. This thoughtful artisan bakery has won Supreme Champion, Best of British, Best Speciality from the South West and this year, three Great Taste Double Star Gold Awards.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Gourmet Raw Launches New Raw Crisps
British-based raw food specialist Gourmet Raw will be launching a new addition to their range in mid January 2012.
Their new raw crisps are the perfect snack, with nothing to feel guilty about: made from sprouted buckwheat, which is full of protein and fibre, Gourmet Raw then add locally grown vegetables, herbs and seeds that are crammed full of vitamins and minerals. Each variant is slowly dried in order to retain all the naturally occurring enzymes and nutrients present in the carefully selected ingredients.
Every packet contains no preservatives, binders or chemicals...just 100% natural ingredients packed with goodness.
Available as Red pepper, Beetroot or Spicy Thai, each packet will retail for £1.99 and is:
✓ 100% natural ✓ organic ✓ dairy free ✓ wheat free
raw & living ✓ gluten free ✓ vegan ✓ non GM ✓ prepared under 40.5 ̊C
www.gourmetraw.com and select independents.
FACTFILE:
Gourmet Raw believes in making healthy tasty food that’s actually good for you.
They don’t cook their ingredients: they keep them raw so they retain all the enzymes and nutrients that occur naturally. With all the enzymes and nutrients alive and well, Gourmet Raw foods will boost your system, aid digestion and help you take on more energy.
Principles of Raw Food
A raw food diet is based on the belief that the most healthy food for the body is uncooked. Although most food is eaten raw, heating food is acceptable as long as the temperature stays below 40.5°C.
Proponents of the raw diet believe that enzymes are the life force of a food and that every food contains its own perfect mix. These enzymes help us digest foods completely, without relying on our body to produce its own cocktail of digestive enzymes.
It is also thought that the cooking process can destroy vitamins and minerals and that cooked foods not only take longer to digest, but they also allow partially digested fats, proteins and carbohydrates to clog up our gut and arteries.
Their new raw crisps are the perfect snack, with nothing to feel guilty about: made from sprouted buckwheat, which is full of protein and fibre, Gourmet Raw then add locally grown vegetables, herbs and seeds that are crammed full of vitamins and minerals. Each variant is slowly dried in order to retain all the naturally occurring enzymes and nutrients present in the carefully selected ingredients.
Every packet contains no preservatives, binders or chemicals...just 100% natural ingredients packed with goodness.
Available as Red pepper, Beetroot or Spicy Thai, each packet will retail for £1.99 and is:
✓ 100% natural ✓ organic ✓ dairy free ✓ wheat free
raw & living ✓ gluten free ✓ vegan ✓ non GM ✓ prepared under 40.5 ̊C
www.gourmetraw.com and select independents.
FACTFILE:
Gourmet Raw believes in making healthy tasty food that’s actually good for you.
They don’t cook their ingredients: they keep them raw so they retain all the enzymes and nutrients that occur naturally. With all the enzymes and nutrients alive and well, Gourmet Raw foods will boost your system, aid digestion and help you take on more energy.
Principles of Raw Food
A raw food diet is based on the belief that the most healthy food for the body is uncooked. Although most food is eaten raw, heating food is acceptable as long as the temperature stays below 40.5°C.
Proponents of the raw diet believe that enzymes are the life force of a food and that every food contains its own perfect mix. These enzymes help us digest foods completely, without relying on our body to produce its own cocktail of digestive enzymes.
It is also thought that the cooking process can destroy vitamins and minerals and that cooked foods not only take longer to digest, but they also allow partially digested fats, proteins and carbohydrates to clog up our gut and arteries.
Blipp it for a Domino offer!
Over 6,000 sites across the country now sport Domino’s poster, which uses the Blippar app to create an augmented reality experience. Users can download deals for their nearest Domino’s store, get the Domino’s mobile ordering app, become a Facebook fan and view their local menu, all by looking at Domino’s poster through a smartphone.
The different features of the six sheets ‘jump’ off the page when viewed through the Blippar app.
To non-Blippar users, the poster simply shows Domino’s current 555 deal, which offers any three (or more) 9½” pizzas for just £5.55 each.
Nick Dutch, multimedia manager at Domino’s, said: “We’re always looking for innovative new ways to engage with our customers using the latest technology. This exciting new campaign with Blippar provides us with a great opportunity not only to communicate a good pizza deal, but also to engage with users by offering them information specific to their local store and other features just for mobile users. With sites up and down the country, we’re looking forward to pizza lovers blipping it where they live to get more from our posters.”
Download the Blippar app free at www.blippar.com. For further details on Domino’s, visit www.dominos.co.uk.
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Monday, 2 January 2012
Top ten food predictions for 2012, from the experts at My Secret Kitchen!
As we predicted last year, money will be a key factor in the food trends for 2012:-
1 Price Increases on food – At the back end of last year the manufacturers supplying the retailers realised that they needed to force the raw material increases through the chain if they were going to survive and understandably so. Anything grown in the ground has increased, especially the basics so expect people to think even more carefully about what they put in their shopping basket.
2 Granny’s cooking – Retro was big in 2011 and the desire for security and safety in an uncertain environment will steer cooking towards old family recipes. People still have egos and pride and what better way to show off than by resurrecting that old recipe that was handed down through the generations? – Could there be a rise in dumplings, suet puddings and the like?
3 More of the Grain – Home baking and cooking is a hot trend and people want to know more about what they are eating but without spending a huge amount. Whole grains are great value for money and the likes of Quinoa, oats and cornmeal could see a surge in 2012.
4 Forage, forage, forage – we predicted hedgerow flavours for 2011 and this will continue but expand into the general wild. Expect to see a rise in types of mushrooms, herbs and berries in people’s diets. Wild garlic anyone?
5 Whatever Twitter says – As social networking becomes viral, people want to share the good and bad things in food. In the past it was all about what Delia said, going forward it will be a lot more about that latest blog report, that Twitter comments and that facebook photo. And we can’t predict what ‘that’ will be.
6 The rise of the minor celebrity chef – following on from the previous comments, there will be a big rise in passionate cooks moving into doing video blogs on recipes, and these will become so much more accessible through the social media movement. So it won’t be Delia’s goose fat as the big thing next year, it will be a Youtube special chef. My Secret Kitchen will be jumping on this trend with a new video blog starting soon.
7 Moroccan – Full of Spices and flavours, a healthy diet with grain and greens and a little different with not too many expensive ingredients, Moroccan has been hovering around for a while. Expect 2012 to see a full blown launch of all things North African.
8 South American – We were wrong last year. We stuck our neck out with predictions that this continent would be big in 2011. It grew but not how we thought. Peru is widely predicted to be the big flavour country in the ‘States for 2012 so we expect this to jump over to the UK along with Brazil for 2012. And if the food goes superbly with Caipirinhas we won’t be complaining.
9 French Macaroons – 2011 was the year of the Whoopie Pie, an attractive and fun filled cake. One of the key reasons for it’s popularity was it looked cute. We think French macaroons will be big for 2012 for a similar reason, so expect to see gaudy shop windows full of ‘em. Whoopie pies will also get a makeover and remain popular but with alternative flavours and styles becoming big.
10 Back to the Dinner Table – As family values become ever more important, there will be a push to get more social interaction into the family dinner table which has declined over recent years. More family get togethers and more group meals will mean recipes involving more members of the family. What better way of bring a family closer together than cooking.. unless it goes pear shaped…
My Secret Kitchen is the UK’s first food and drink tasting company. The team has spent many years travelling the world and presenting food trends to major food manufactures. They now spend their time launching unusual and trend setting foods through home tasting events throughout the UK. Think the Tupperware party concept… but with food.
That's Food and Drink would like to thank Phil Moran for this feature.
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