product update
sauces & dressings
Dash, drizzle and dollop Chilli sauces continue to be a hot trend but flavours from all over the globe are entering the category. LYNDA SEARBY checks out the latest condiments.
l South Devon Chilli Farm’s habanero chilli sauce is now available in a larger 250ml bottle.
Sri Lankan food producer Asiri Foods has launched a trio of dressings-cum-marinades that encapsulate the flavours of summer. Beetroot & orange with coriander, mango coconut with a hint of chilli and pineapple molasses with a hint of chilli have an RRP of £2.99-3.25 for 250g. Trade price is £1.75-2.25 and they come in cases of six.
Summer is the season for Mediterranean cuisine and Vallebona recommends its Sardinian lemon oil for bringing intense flavour and fruitiness to cooked vegetables, salads or grilled fish dishes. Trade price is £5.25 for a 100ml bottle, and retailers can up-sell by partnering it with Vallebona’s white truffle oil from the Marche for gifting (trade price £6.20 for 100ml).
www.asirifoods.co.uk
www.vallebona.co.uk
www. southdevonchillifarm. co.uk
l Olives Et Al has started sourcing grape molasses, a thick sweet syrup made from densely concentrated grape juice, from a women’s cooperative in the West Bank. www.olivesetal.co.uk
Chilli Boy, a brand of piri piri products originating from Mozambique, has landed on UK shores after securing its first retail listing at Notting Hill’s The Grocer on Elgin. The range, which has been brought to the UK by Portuguese food importer Sol e Campo, includes a piri piri hot sauce and a hot cooking paste. Red chillies are sun-dried then dried in a special oven for a rich smoky flavour, before being infused with herbs, spices and olive oil, to make a sauce that “perks up cold meats, salads and pasta dishes”. The hot cooking paste, meanwhile is a “powerful marinade”. Both products are packed in boxes of 12 and priced to the trade at £3.95 per bottle/jar. www.solecampo.com
The Coconut Kitchen has improved the recipe of its sweet chilli & garlic sauce based on feedback from the Great Taste awards judging panel last year. The texture is thicker, which makes for a better dipping sauce that sticks to food more readily. The Coconut Kitchen’s Thai sauces, which are a spin-off from Preechaya Phetprasert’s thriving Abersoch restaurant, are included in a new recipe booklet that is available free-of-charge to retailers. All sauces have an RRP of £3.99 and a trade price of £2.85 for 270g. www.thecoconutkitchen.co.uk
l The Preservation Society has branched out beyond chutneys, pickles and preserves with blackcurrant, raspberry and blackberry sirops made from Welsh seasonal produce. www.the-preservation-society.co.uk
l Clearspring Step aside Worcestershire: Dorsetshire sauce is From Dorset With Love’s latest introduction. Described as a “tangy, spicy piquant sauce that is versatile enough to liven up a Bloody Mary or simply use as a dressing or marinade”, the sauce is available to the trade in cases of 6x250ml bottles for £21. RRP is £5 per bottle. www.fromdorsetwithlove.co.uk
has launched a Japanese organic noodle broth that doubles up as a rich dipping sauce. This concentrated stock or ‘tsuyu’ is an umami rich combination of shiitake mushroom extract, soya sauce and mirin. www.clearspring.co.uk
Few products can match the story behind The Colonel’s poppy seed dressing, Scarlett & Mustard’s big project for 2014. Shortly after meeting, Scarlett & Mustard co-founders Sandy and Julian discovered that Sandy’s grandfather and Julian’s great uncle both fought in the same Leicestershire regiment in the First World War. They also discovered that they were not only in the same regiment, but the same battalion and were wounded within weeks of each other during the same campaign. For every bottle of Colonel’s poppy seed dressing sold, Scarlett & Mustard is donating £1 to the Royal British Legion. The Suffolk family business is also launching Mutti’s mint & redcurrant dressing and Hail! Caesar Imperial, a take on the classic caesar salad dressing, at the end of April. All dressings have an RRP of £3.994.99. www.scarlettandmustard.co.uk
l Among the six-strong range launched last year by Yau’s is Zingy Zum. This Vietnamese dipping sauce and dressing is made with fish sauce and has an RRP of £2.49 for a 280g bottle. www.bonnieyau. co.uk
l Following on from the success of PEPS The Hot One, The Pickled Village has launched a hot and sweet chilli jam made with scotch bonnet chillies. www.thepickledvillage. co.uk
Vol.15 Issue 3 · April 2014
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