Businessman launches new diet plan

British businessman Paul Homewood has launched what he describes as "a revolutionary new way to lose weight, live better and stay healthy, a diet taking just 15 minutes a day."

The 15 Minute Diet is a subscription-based health regime aimed at helping its users who have previously struggled to shed the pounds or had difficulties finding the time to live better.

Scientific studies have shown even moderate exercise or short bursts of activity can be beneficial to general health and wellbeing.

Paul believes that he has harnessed a lifestyle product that will take just a quarter of an hour every day.

Paul went on to says: "The secret to the success of the 15 Minute Diet is our formula which creates enjoyable and beneficial weight loss and positive mindset habits for success in the long-term."

How does it work? The 15 Minute Diet works by providing an on-demand "Fitness" programme, an online "Diet Academy", “15 Minute Recipes” and endless motivation.

It will provide subscribers with support, tips and recipes and an opportunity to 'supercharge' success.

Paul added: " Dieting just became achievable with our new habit forming diet plan. We have capitalised on science to create a ground breaking product that combines the proven actions to lose weight into a daily routine that takes just 15 minutes a day to get results."

The 15 Minute Diet is a habit forming diet plan that takes just 15 minutes a day to achieve results.

To learn more please visit https://www.15minuteidet.com.

Blanco Niño Lead the Way With Recyclable Tortilla Chip Packaging

If you are like my wife and I, you will feel guilty that whilst you enjoy eating tasty snacks that the packets say "not currently recyclable."

But those wonderful folk at Blanco Niño, the premium corn tortilla and tortilla chip producer, will take that guilty feeling away from all of us as they have switched to fully recyclable packaging for its award-winning range of corn tortilla chips. 

And Blanco Niño is the first premium corn tortilla chip brand in the UK and Ireland to move to fully recyclable packaging.

A typical plastic crisp packet worryingly takes several hundreds of years to decompose. In the UK alone, six billion packets are consumed every year and only a fraction of these are capable of being recycled at present.

Blanco Niño's new packaging is made from a specially developed plastic resin called polypropylene 5 which is widely recycled. The innovative new design will keep the product fresher for longer, too. 

Blanco Niño Founder and CEO Philip Martin says: “I'm looking forward to unveiling our new recyclable packaging to our customers. It's a momentous step for Blanco Niño in reducing our impact on the environment. We saw an opportunity to develop fully recyclable packaging and I'm very proud to say that we're one of the first to do so.”

The packaging is a special bespoke design with a window, featuring eye-catching stylised landscapes representing key ingredients of each flavour. The product range itself remains unchanged and retains the premium quality the brand has become justifiably famed for. The range includes Lightly Salted, Blue Corn (formerly called Ancient Grain) and Chilli & Lime. 

Blanco Niño's Director of Community, Ruth Jenkins added: “We've been humbled by the great response to the bag design and I feel it stands out on the shelves. For Blanco Niño as a brand, sustainability and doing the right thing has always been a priority from the beginning.”

“Consumers are rightly demanding more sustainable products and we as a team are delighted to rise to this challenge. It was definitely not easy or particularly straightforward but our R&D staff and processes made it possible for us. I hope we can lead the way and that others will follow our lead.”

Blanco Niño Tortilla Chips earned five stars at the Great Taste Awards 2022. Double stars for their Lightly Salted and Blue Corn flavours and a star for Chilli & Lime. Judges noted “A superb texture and mouthfeel, truly wonderful. Perfectly salted and a joy to eat, and we feel that this is a great example of a traditional tortilla chip. They are light, delicate and so very well produced, and we applaud your process and creation here.”

The tortilla chips are naturally gluten-free, vegan friendly, kosher certified and are made using the finest ingredients, some of which are sourced from heritage farmers in Mexico itself. 

Blanco Niño Tortilla Chips retail at £3.50 RRP and can be found at Ocado, Daylesford, Booths, Eat 17 and numerous independent food stores.

To learn more visit https://www.blanco-nino.com. 

Affineur of the Year Competition Returns for 2023

The Academy of Cheese and Devon-based cheesemaker, Quicke's, are thrilled to be taking “Affineur of the Year” into its second year after its successful launch last year. 

The first ever Affineur of the Year competition was initially set up to help recognise and celebrate the age-old art of maturing cheese, or “affinage”.   

In March 2021, eight truckles of Quicke's cheddar were sent to the maturing rooms of cheesemongers and cheesemakers across the UK, where they remained under the watchful care of each competitor for the duration of the competition. 

Following 11 months of turning, tweaking and grading, the truckles were judged by a panel of industry experts at the final event, held in London on 27 April 2022, where the overall winner, Rennet & Rind, received the coveted award of Affineur of the Year 2022.

Building upon the success of this first year, and to widespread industry approval, the Academy of Cheese and Quicke's are delighted to be extending the competition to include four different cheeses, to encompass a larger spectrum of affinage techniques.  The cheeses have been selected, based on the Academy's Make / Post-Make model, and include:

Quicke's Cheddar – Hard

White Lake Solstice – Soft/Washed Rind

Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton – Crumbly/Internal Mould-Ripened

Fen Farm Dairy Baron Bigod – Soft/External Mould-Ripened

The organisers are obviously pleased that many of last year's competitors will be taking part once again, as well as welcoming new competitors from all across the UK, including Northern Ireland.

They are all ready to take on the challenge. This highly respected line-up of cheesemongers and cheesemakers will bring their wealth of knowledge and experience to the fore, letting them to experiment and demonstrate a full range of affinage techniques that are specific to those cheese categories, including temperature and humidity levels and exposure to unique microflora. 

It's their opportunity to showcase the skill and artistry that is involved in guiding a cheese to its fullest potential.

Competitors will be called upon to record their techniques and progress throughout the process and will ultimately be judged on a variety of aspects including flavour, aroma, texture, appearance and innovation.

All of the cheeses will be presented and judged by a specially chosen committee of cheese industry experts at the live finals event which will take place in London, where a winner will be selected for each category and an overall winner will be crowned “Affineur of the Year 2023”.  

This event, which is open to both the trade and public, will be held at The China Exchange in London, on 14th June 2023.

What was originally acknowledged as an experiment seems set to become a regular fixture on the cheese industry's calendar of events.

To learn more please visit academyofcheese.org

The Best Devon Drinks to Try This Summer from Drinks and Cocktails to the Ultimate Drink Experiences

This summer you can indulge yourself, family members and friends in some genuinely top tipples that are hand-crafted in Devonshire's orchards, distilleries, breweries and vineyards, including refreshing bubbly drinks, rich ciders, local wines, delicious coffees and sophisticated spirits.

Luscombe Strawberry Bubbly Blended in Buckfastleigh using Dartmoor spring water

One for popping into a picnic hamper or packing as a seaside refresher, this new bubbly from Luscombe brims with a blend of the finest organic strawberries, organic Sicilian lemons, Madagascan vanilla and soft Dartmoor spring water. 

Free from additives and nasties, Luscombe was recently awarded a well-deserved Royal Warrant, a sure sign of Devon quality.  Keep a bottle on ice to enjoy in the Devon sunshine.

Buy now - £21.30 - luscombe.co.uk/products/strawberry-bubbly

Sandridge Barton - Sharpham 'Summer Sparkling' 2020

Grapes grown and crushed on the edge of the River Dart

Looking to add some Devonian sparkle to an al fresco lunch with friends? This delicious sparkling rosé, packed with delicate red berry, crunchy red apple and pink grapefruit characters, will do nicely, thank you! 

Or, should you be visiting Devon, go one better and swing by the award-winning winery's new location at Sandridge Barton on the edge of the River Dart in the stunning South Hams. Here you can enjoy a tour of the vineyard, new state-of-the-art winery and visitor centre, followed by a slap-up, locally-sourced lunch at Circa, their new sustainable eatery.

Buy now - £22.00 - sandridgebarton.com

Salcombe Gin 'Start Point'

Distilled in Salcombe, in 'Provident', Salcombe Distilling Co.'s 450 litre copper pot still

Since its launch in 2016, Salcombe Gin's 'Start Point' has become one of the most internationally recognised gins. It's distilled in Salcombe Distilling Co.'s waterfront distillery on Island Street, Salcombe; one of the world's only distilleries directly accessible by boat. The signature flavour is inspired by the voyages of the Salcombe Fruit Schooners, which carried exotic goods, fruits and spices.

In the first year of sales, 'Start Point' won all the most prestigious prizes in the international world of spirits, including 'Gold' at the World Gin Awards and 'Double Gold' at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, known as the Oscars in the spirits world.

Buy now - £40.00*, 70cl - salcombegin.com 

*Every UK 70cl bottle purchased helps protect and regenerate 2m² of seagrass by donating 40p to the Marine Conservation Society.

New London Light 'Midnight Sun'

Crafted and distilled in Salcombe

Whilst we make the most of the long summer days, why not cool down with a non-alcoholic tipple inspired by the wild Nordic regions where daylight ventures through the night. 'Midnight Sun' combines hand-picked seaberries and elderberries with the creative use of kelp and pine to give a new perspective on complex flavour combinations.  

Buying a bottle of New London Light's three non-alcoholic spirits and aperitifs helps to protect and regenerate 1m² of seagrass with *27p from every bottle sale being donated to the Marine Conservation Society. Did you know? This underwater plant can store up to 10 times more carbon than tropical rainforests. 

Buy now - £27.50*, 70cl - newlondonlight.com 

Hattiers 'Egremont' Premium Reserve Rum

Distilled in Mothecombe, South Hams

Devon daiquiri, madam? Give your cocktail a Caribbean spin with Hattiers Rum's Premium Reserve Rum, 'Egremont'.  Sourced from the world's finest distillers and blended with pure soft water, fresh from the hills of Dartmoor. We love the stylish stripy packaging, and should you wish to enjoy your quaff where it's crafted, book in for a tour with founder Philip Everett-Lyons on the scenic Flete Estate at Mothecombe. He's sure to treat your tastebuds to a rum-bunctious tickling!

Buy now - £42.00, 70cl - hattiers.com

Devon Cove Vodka

Potatoes grown and harvested on a family farm in Hope Cove

Pop a bottle of Cove Vodka in your basket this summer; it's made from King Edward potatoes grown, harvested and fermented in fields overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the family farm at Hope Cove. We're talking lime and cream on the nose and sweet apple finish. It's also as low-calorie as alcohol can be, as the carbs in the potatoes don't translate, and, unlike much vodka on the market, it's grain-free so gluten-free, to boot.

Buy now - £39.50, 70cl - devoncove.co.uk

Sandford Orchards - 'Devon Red' Cider

Apples grown and pressed in the heart of Devon

Named for the colour of the county's distinctive red soils, and crafted with cider apples from local orchards, you can't get more Devon than this medium cider from Sandford. No surprise it's their number one best-seller, thanks to its light, pure taste, which hits the sweet spot of creamy, ripe apples with just a hint of refreshing sparkle. No artificial flavours are used in its making, just the best natural ingredients: pressed, fermented and aged slowly in the UK's oldest working cider mill.

Buy now - Case of 12 bottles, £27.50 / Case of 24 330ml cans, £35.00 - sandfordorchards.co.uk

Salcombe Brewery Co. 'Shingle Bay'

Brewed just outside of Salcombe

When Salcombe Brewery was bought in 2016 by current owners John and Gerry Tiner, it was John's favourite Devon drink, 'Shingle Bay', a fruity golden ale, that clinched the deal. One of five in their core range of tasty heritage beers, Shingle Bay has since been joined by their Discovery range of lager, pale ale, porter, cider and Salcombe Pilsner which has just snaffled a Gold in the Taste of the West Awards 2022. Locals love it, and so will you.

Buy now - Pack of 12, £24.00 - salcombebrewery.com 

Boo Chi Kombucha 'Fresh Mint to Revive'

Brewed in the heart of the Devon countryside

Boo Chi Kombucha is brewed in small batches creating a truly authentic kombucha meaning it's packed full of acetic acids, organic acids, enzymes, vitamins b6, b12 and c. Using only the freshest organic and locally sourced ingredients to flavour their original kombucha. 

Boo Chi Kombucha range offers six Kombuchas including 'Fresh Mint to Revive'. Boo Chi's mint flavoured kombucha is infused with the calming and soothing super herb fresh mint. It cuts through the acidity of the kombucha to give it a slightly sweet, bright, extremely refreshing taste leaving you wanting more. This incredible leaf is high in antioxidants and great for the tummy.

Buy now - £38.00, pack of 12, 250ml bottles - boochi.co.uk 

Wickhams - Huxbear Classic Sparkling 2018

Grapes grown and crushed in the Teign Valley

If it's grapes grown on the south-facing slopes of sunny Devon you're after, let Dan Farrell-Wright of online wine merchant, Wickhams, be your sommelier. More than 25% of the wines he curates are English, including many from Devon and the south west. Recently named Specialist Merchant of the Year England 2022 at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) Merchant Awards. According to Dan, this Classic Sparkling 2018 from Huxbear Vineyard in the leafy Teign Valley is “as good as anything you'll get from the Champagne region - and at a great price.” It's also something of a Devonshire secret, so get in fast before everyone else discovers it!

Buy now - £25.54 for one bottle or £22.99 for any mix of six bottles - Wickhamwine.co.uk

Owens Coffee 'Bantham'

Organic and Fairtrade coffee, sustainably sourced and roasted in South Devon

Dreaming of the coast? Now you can bring the Devon seaside to your morning routine. Owens' award-winning 'Bantham' is one of their delicious five house blends and is named after Bantham beach, renowned as one of the best surfing beaches in the region. This smooth and chocolatey blend is a medium roasted blend of Arabica coffee beans from South America and Indonesia. It's ideal for espresso and filter as whole beans, perfect for cafetière and filter as medium ground and it's also available as fine ground for espresso. Owens Coffee will deliver its pouches of organic and Fairtrade coffee, anywhere in the UK. 

Top tip - if you're brewing Owens Coffee in a cafetiére, add 15g medium ground coffee per 250ml cup of boiled water and leave it to brew for 4 minutes. 

Buy now - £6.50 for 200g / £23.00 for 1kg (or subscribe & save 10%) - owenscoffee.com 

Devonia Spring Water

Bottled at source from an ancient spring near Beesands in the South Hams

Devonia supplies delicious still and sparkling natural Devon spring water to hotels, cafes, restaurants, weddings and private events across the region.  What makes Devonia unique is that they reuse their glass bottles time and time again, collecting the bottles from their environmentally-conscious customers at the same time as delivering newly filled ones.  They then carefully wash and reuse them to ensure their impact on the environment is as low as possible.

Visiting Devon? Here's a few of the places to enjoy Devonia: Burgh Island Hotel (Bigbury), Hotel Endsleigh (Tavistock), Salcombe Harbour Hotel, South Sands Hotel & Restaurant (Salcombe), The Three Crowns Hotel (Chagford), The Bedford Hotel (Tavistock) and The Angel (Dartmouth). In addition, Devonia supplies a handful of spirit producers with its soft natural spring water including Hattiers Rum and Devon Cove.  devoniawater.co.uk

 

Mandira's Kitchen Has Christmas 2022 Covered for Gifts and Celebrations

Mandira's Kitchen has Christmas 2022 nicely covered for gifts and celebrations.

Mandira's Kitchen have put together their best dishes to ensure that your Christmas party celebrations fuss free and a range of gifts to delight family and friends.

Party food that doesn't involve the hostess spending hours in the kitchen is all important.  To spice up your party, there are Party Platters available for delivery or collection that include crispy samosas and Indian canape delights - perfect for passing round or a buffet table.

You can also order catering size packs of all your favourite dishes with meat, vegetarian or vegan options.  This makes light work of catering for larger gatherings. You can order the food in advance and keep in the freezer until required, just heat it in the microwave for four minutes and spend more of your valuable time with family and friends.

You can also order specially curated Indian Banquets with three courses for a Family Feast and even Dine in for Two boxes for a romantic dinner for two.

Now is also the time when everyone starts to think about Christmas gifts for loved ones.  A Mandira's Kitchen voucher can get more than just food, they are also available for Cookery Lessons and Spice Tours for the gourmet in your life.  New this year is also a range of Indian inspired giftware, to ensure your banquet has that special authentic feel.  The range includes insulated dishes, spice tins and candle holders at various price points that make the perfect gift.

If you are intending to have a traditional turkey dinner on Christmas Day – the Leftover Christmas Feast Spice Kit provides all you need to create a  special three course Indian meal using your Christmas leftover – it also includes two chutneys and ghee with a recipe booklet, cook-along videos are also available to watch on the MK You Tube channel. The kit makes the perfect gift or get one for yourself to make sure no food goes to waste.

The MK Team is looking forward to Christmas 2022 and firmly believe spending time with loved ones is more important than spending time in the kitchen.  Mandira says “Here at Mandira's Kitchen, the run up to Christmas is very busy and so we usually shut shop on Christmas Eve and open only in the New Year. These few days allow us to spend time with our loved ones and guess what, we too become customers of Mandira's kitchen ensuring our freezers are stocked full of deliciousness!”

You can visit the Mandira's Kitchen website for the full Christmas range link needs to go here when up on website

The food and gifts can be delivered anywhere in the UK from Scotland to Cornwall and everywhere in between.  All items can be ordered online from www.mandiraskitchen.com  and delivered to any UK Mainland address.

 

How did you celebrate International Beer Day, yesterday?

How did you celebrate International Beer Day, yesterday?

My wife and I went for our usual long walk that we take every day and we visited a Co-Op store and bought some cans of Goose Island IPA which we took home with us.

This beer is now brewed in Europe on behalf of Goose Island, whereas previously it was brewed in the USA and exported to Britain.

After taking a couple of sips of her can my wife said: "This is sweeter than I remember it. It doesn't taste quite so hoppy. Why is that, do you think?"

After ruminating on the matter over a couple of cans each we concluded that if a beer is made in a different location the water used during the brewing process would, obviously, be different, plus there would be other environmental factors to take into consideration.

Please don't get me wrong! My wife and I still love Goose Island IPA, but my wife says she prefers what she perceives as the slightly sweeter taste.

As an aside Co-Op stores in the UK often have a good selection of real ales, craft ales and international beer styles so are worth visiting to check out what your local Co-Op has on the shelves or in the chiller cabinet. 

The 2022 Great Taste Results Are Out!

This week, over 2,300 artisan producers from all over the UK and from across the globe have received their eagerly awaited results, and all-important judges' feedback, from Great Taste.

After being blind-taste tested by a team of over 500 judges, each producer has received invaluable feedback on their entries and found out if any of their products have scooped a prestigious 1, 2-, or 3star award in Great Taste; the highest global accolade based entirely on taste.

A truly international competition, Great Taste has a rigorous judging process, with comprehensive blind taste-testing of food and drink products from a staggering 110 different countries across the world, taking place over 90 days in both the Dorset and London judging venues, by a rotating panel of industry experts.

Great Taste's prestigious judging panel is made up of over 500 food & drink professionals, including critics, chefs, recipe creators, buyers, retailers, journalists, broadcasters, and experts in the field. 2022's judging line-up included head buyers from Selfridges, Whole Foods, Fortnum & Mason and Waitrose, BBC Good Food editor Keith Kendrick, delicious. editor Karen Barnes, Bake Off contestant and author Chetna Makan, MasterChef Professionals finalist Santosh Shah, food and drink consultant Mallika Basu, BBC's Nigel Barden, national television presenters Lotte Duncan and Juliet Sear, restaurateurs Kavi Thakrar (Dishoom) and Amy Poon (Poon's), journalists including Felicity Cloake (The Guardian), Xanthe Clay (Telegraph) and Joanna Blythman (multiple national titles), as well food writers Gill Meller, Melissa Thompson, and Georgina Hayden among many others. This experienced panel, each with trusted palates, have together tasted and re-judged the 3-star winning products to crown the Golden Fork trophy winners as well as the Great Taste 2022 Supreme Champion.

Only 5,556 products – that's 39.1% of the total products entered this year – received either a Great Taste 1, 2 or 3 star award, and of the 2,344 winning companies, 27% are based outside of the UK.

Who got the Great Taste 3-stars?

The highest rating is a Great Taste 3-star, which will have been sanctioned by over 20 expert palates, and this year just 241 products have been awarded this top accreditation. Of the 3-star winners, 138 are UK based and 103 from international producers, including chocolate from Australia, Sweden and USA, beer from Germany, Lebanese tahini, Cambodian pepper and cheeses from Croatia, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain, among many other interesting and innovative products.

Great Taste 3-star winners from the UK include:

Hadley's Blackberry Ice Cream, a small-batch ice cream made with local blackberries which have been slowly cooked before being added to a custard base by Hadley's Dairy;

Sea Salt with Saffron from the Pembrokeshire Sea Salt Co., which marries crumbly flakes of clean, pure, hand harvested sea salt with the vibrant colour, smoky aroma and floral flavours of saffron;

Glasgow-based B Corp brewery, Brewgooder, for their “excellent and accomplished” Brewgooder session IPA, that maintains body and flavour whilst keeping to a low, highly accessible ABV;

Wild Highland Venison Salami with Juniper, Smoked with Peat from Highland Charcuterie and Smoke House, made using local, foraged and wild ingredients in order to give a strong local identity to their charcuterie;

The “broad and intriguing with marked herbal notes balanced by pepper flavour” Ivaar The Boneless gin by Exeter Gin Ltd.

Great Taste 3-star winners from across the world feature:

A raw, unprocessed and unheated honey from the mountainous oak tree forests of Thessaly, said to have “a delicious evolution of flavour from rich to light” by Aphrodite in Greece;

A natural smoked cured beef ham which is the first Cecina certified as "organic" on the market, Cecina de Le󮠂io Entrepe񡳬 by Entrepe񡳠s.l. in Spain;

Lu Shan Yun Wu Green Tea, a “deeply pleasing tea” made of tender tea buds and leaves by TeaVivre Tea Company in China;

A 73% double origin dark chocolate with Guatemalan fleur de sel flakes which “melts slowly to a smooth, velvety tang with a gentle acidity”, the Fleur de Sel, from Dick Taylor Craft Chocolate, USA.

Great Taste award-winners can now proudly display the iconic black and gold Great Taste logo on their award-winning products. The logo states the year and whether the product was awarded 1, 2 or 3 stars.

Past winners have revealed displaying a Great Taste sticker increased sales by up to 50%, as consumers from around the globe seek out the best food and drink products each year.

Golden Fork ceremony

The fun doesn't stop here, for the award-winners it's only just the beginning as the highest scoring producers go through to the regional finals. The Golden Fork Awards celebrate the best from each region (the North East, South West, Scotland, Wales etc), with the winner of each region awarded a Golden Fork trophy – there are ten regional awards up for grabs. A further six Golden Fork trophies are given, including one for Best International Food and Drink and the Small Artisan Producer of the Year. Plus, there is an ultimate winner, an award for the best overall product in Great Taste 2022, aptly crowned The Supreme Champion.

All will be announced at the Great Taste Golden Fork Ceremony on Monday 5 September 2022, held at Southwark Cathedral, which sits on the south bank of the River Thames, next to Borough Market.

The full list of this year's winners and where to buy them can be found at www.greattasteawards.co.uk and a wide range of the award-winning products are available to buy in delis, farm shops and independent retail outlets across the country.

Horlicks Launch Fortified Shake Range

Iconic British favourite brand Horlicks is pleased to unveil their latest range, Horlicks Healthy: a range of four specially-formulated wellness boosting shakes.

Created with a blend of carefully chosen vitamins, minerals and functional ingredients, besides 15-20g protein per serving, Horlicks Healthy is ideal for a wide range of venues from coffee shops and universities, through to gyms and hotel bedrooms.

Horlicks Healthy Body helps customers feel stronger with more vitality, with a blend of Vitamins D, Calcium and Zinc contributing to bone function for healthier, stronger bones. Vitamin D also contributes to normal muscle function. Vitamins B12, B6 and C contribute to energy-yielding metabolism help customers stay active and feel energetic making it ideal for sports and leisure venues.

Horlicks Healthy Gut is specially designed with Vitamins B12, B6, C and D to contribute to the normal function of the immune system. With added Prebiotics and Glutamine helping customers to get the most from their diet and support digestion, this blend is suited to healthcare settings, or for after meals.

Horlicks Healthy Mind, helps customers think and feel at their best. Horlicks Healthy has Vitamins B12, B6 and C contributing to normal psychological function, and Zinc for normal cognitive function. With Matcha Green Tea and Bacopa Monneri (Medicinal Herbs) supporting your focus and memory, Healthy Mind will appeal to university students in particular.

Horlicks Healthy Sleep is specially formulated to contain Vitamins B12, B6 and C known to reduce tiredness and fatigue. With Chamomile and Valerian supporting a calmer more, relaxing sleep, this blend is an ideal fit for spas, hotels, care homes and hospitals.

Michelle Younger, Head of Marketing at Aimia Foods feels the new range will allow a wide range of foodservice operators to add a new dimension to their existing offering:

“An increasing number of consumers now pay close attention to the nutritional value and wellness credentials of products they eat and drink out of home, hence why our brand-new Horlicks Healthy blends are ideal for offering within a foodservice environment.

Also incredibly delicious, Horlicks Healthy offers the same signature creamy, malty and delicious flavour that has been a firm family favourite for many years, yet in a refreshing, cold shake format.”

To create one serving of Horlicks Healthy, simply add two heaped scoop to 300ml semi skimmed milk, shake or blend and serve.

Each blend within the Horlicks Healthy range is available to foodservice operators in 400g pouches. For more information on Horlicks, visit https://www.horlicks.co.uk/

To find your nearest stockist of Horlicks, please contact Aimia Foods on 01942 4086000 or visit www.aimiafoods.com

 

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Win Two Great Taste Awards

Fourth-generation Lancashire family cheesemakers, Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, have received two well-deserved Great Taste Awards, adding to a growing award-haul in its 90th anniversary year.

Sunday Best, Butlers' 18-month matured farmhouse Lancashire cheese, was described by judges as “so good we had to go back for more” and Beacon Blue, a sweet, smooth blue goat's cheese was described as “majestic”. Both cheeses received two-star Great Taste recognitions and join Butlers' flagship Blacksticks Blue cheese, a one-star Great Taste winner in 2021.

It's the latest in a series of awards for the family of cheesemakers. Last month, Butlers took home 19 medals across cheesemaking, product and packaging categories at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards - a record awards haul for Butlers at the ICDA. Butlers also won two Virtual Cheese Awards in May.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses was founded in 1932 when Richard and Annie Butler made just a handful of Lancashire cheeses in the family's kitchen. In 2022, its 90th anniversary year, Butlers produce over more 1,000 tonnes of farmhouse cheese annually, employ 100 people, supply all major retailers and have an online cheese store delivering nationwide, all direct from its Lancashire dairy.

Many of Butlers' cheese recipes have been passed down through four generations, and all cheeses are still made, matured and graded by hand today. 

Matthew Hall, fourth-generation owner at Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses says, “We're so pleased to display the iconic black and gold Great Taste logo on two more of our award-winning cheeses. The Great Taste Awards logo is a powerful on-pack prompt for consumers who want to try the very best in food and drink and we hope that it helps even more people find and explore British farmhouse cheese, made in Lancashire.

“All of our awards are much-deserved recognition for every member of our amazing team who put their hearts into making, packing and selling our cheese every single day. We work collectively as an extended family, the same way we have for 90 years - its why being part of a family business like ours is so special.”

The Great Taste Awards is recognised as a stamp of excellence and actively sought out by food lovers and retailers.

Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, all products are blind tasted with every product removed from its packaging. This year, products from 110 countries around the world were submitted before a robust, layered judging process that took place over 90 days across two locations (Dorset and London) with a panel of over 500 judges.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses supply independent retailers, delis and all major supermarkets across the UK. 

It's online cheese store https://butlerscheeses.co.uk is a one-stop shop for all cheese eating and gifting needs.

TiNDLE increases product range

Today, TiNDLE has announced the expansion of the availability of its plant-based chicken in restaurants across the UK, thus increasing chef and operator access to its flagship product with its brand-new, pre-breaded TiNDLE nuggets and patties. 

This includes prominent eateries and chains which are committed to offering a wider range of plant-based and sustainable menu items, like Clean Kitchen, The Queen Inn,  BIRD Fried Chicken & Waffles, Sides by The Sidemen, Hub Box, Miss Millie's, BBar London and several of D&D London group's popular establishments as well as some of Hilton Hotels' most iconic sites.

TiNDLE is the first chicken product made from plants specially created with chefs in mind and by chefs. It's a versatile, easy-to-work-with product delivering the unmistakable taste and aroma of chicken. 

It's ideal for cooking across a wide range of global cuisines, TiNDLE comes in a raw form that can be easily moulded and designed to fit in any menu. 

From this August, chefs and operators can order TiNDLE as pre-formed breaded nuggets and patties, boasting the same flavour and experience as before, while being designed for maximum convenience. 

Using feedback from hundreds of chefs and consumers from around the globe on what was their favourite TiNDLE attribute, the nuggets and patties were developed through an open innovation process to ensure the best version was produced. 

In order to create the unique chicken surface appearance loved by consumers, the company's world-class R&D team leveraged 3D scanning and printing technology to design the patty shape.

In the spring, TiNDLE successfully launched into a handful of London's top eateries and restaurant groups, such as BrewDog, Paternoster Chophouse, City Spice, sketch London, Let's Do Maki and more. 

TiNDLE has continued to impress restaurant goers with its taste and versatility and, in under four months, it's tripled its restaurant count due to the recent commitment of new partners in the food and hospitality industry who are turning to plant-based offerings as a core part of their menus and long-term F&B programmes that emphasise sustainability.

Plant-based pioneers Mikey Pearce and Verity Bowditch founded Clean Kitchen with the mission to make plant-based food widely available and accessible to the masses. 

Known for their 100% plant-based take on traditional comfort foods, Clean Kitchen offers convenient, fast and healthy grab-and-go items at their highly-frequented locations throughout central London. Clean Kitchen now offers TiNDLE in two of their signature burgers, including the Truffle Mayo, a TiNDLE patty served with truffle mayo inside a brioche burger bun and Chick'n Mayo, a TiNDLE fillet served inside a brioche burger bun, as well as TiNDLE nuggets.

In Wales, The Queen Inn, a family-owned pub, and sought-after destination for traditional pub dishes that diners know and love, but now produced entirely from plant-based ingredients. TiNDLE is featured on The Queen Inn's menu, which is committed to offering sustainable options, as three brand-new dishes: Hunter's Ch*cken, an entree of TiNDLE wrapped in plant-based bacon and smothered with BBQ sauce and plant-based cheese, served with chips and salad; Frickin' Ch*cken Burger, an original creation of a TiNDLE patty topped with jalapenos, garlic mayo and cheese, alongside chips and coleslaw; and The Ultimate Burger, a double-hitter combination of both a TiNDLE patty and plant-based beef burger patty, alongside plant-based bacon and cheese.

Two iconic fried chicken spots, BIRD Fried Chicken & Waffles and Sides, a food brand from YouTube collective The Sidemen, recently brought on TiNDLE as their featured plant-based chicken. At BIRD, the chicken and waffle experts serve the TiNDLE Burger in a vegan potato bun packed with cauliflower bites, lettuce, vegan mayo and barbecue sauce, topped off with a stack of BIRD coated onion rings. 

BIRD is also serving TiNDLE nuggets as part of its kids menu. Sides will be offering The Vegan Chikn Burger and Vegan Naked Chikn Tenders at its Reef vegan kitchens, available on Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat from its sites in Boxpark Wembley, Twickenham, Canary Wharf, Kentish Town and Crouch End.

Following the success of TiNDLE's launch at D&D London group's Paternoster Chophouse, the group now features TiNDLE on the menu at some of its most well-patronised establishments, including New Street Grill, Fish Market and Old Bengal Bar, TiNDLE will be offered as two featured sandwiches, including a plant-based “fish” burger, made with tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato and, of course, a side of thick chips and the crispy TiNDLE chicken burger, served with a house relish and triple-cooked chips.

 BBar London's TiNDLE Chicken Bao Buns with Sriracha Mayonnaise have been a hit with customers who can now order the mouthwatering Bao Buns as their staple bar snack.

Additional new partners adding TiNDLE to their menus this summer include UK chains, like popular waterside bar and restaurant group Hub Box that will offer TiNDLE as the featured plant-based chicken option at their 11 locations in the West Country and established Miss Millie's awesome chicken  in September with 11 locations in London and the South – where TiNDLE will be served across their menu of signature burgers and nuggets and as TiNDLE nuggets on the Kids Menu.

“We've seen incredible enthusiasm for TiNDLE from UK consumers over the last four months and are thrilled to be able to offer a wider variety of new TiNDLE offerings,” says Andre Menezes, CEO and Co-Founder of Next Gen Foods, the company behind TiNDLE. “It's an honour to be able to work closely with not only some of the nation's great culinary minds, but also partners who equally share our passion in making plant-based chicken and other sustainable foods more widely available, and drive impactful change to help fix our broken food system and reduce our reliance on animal-based products.”

TiNDLE is the first product by Next Gen Foods, a Singapore-based food tech company that is developing and commercialising innovative and sustainable foods. Next Gen Foods was founded in 2020 by Brazilian-born poultry exporter and food industry veteran Andre Menezes, and German native Timo Recker, whose family business made schnitzel and other meat products for three generations. After initially meeting, they decided to work on products that reduce humanity's reliance on animal agriculture.

On average, chicken made from plants requires less land, less water, and produces less CO₂ than chicken from birds. Based on a 2020 Blue Horizon report, choosing plant-based chicken over avian meat uses 82% less water, 74% less land and 88% less greenhouse gas emissions.

In a little more than a year since its launch, TiNDLE has grown from being served in a handful of Singapore-based locations to being offered in close to 1,000 restaurants across the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, as well as the United States, Asia and Middle East.

The company plans to continue its expansion throughout the UK, including entering into retail early next year. To find the closest restaurant serving TiNDLE, visit https://tindle.com/find/.

To learn more about using TiNDLE in your eatery, please visit https://tindle.com.