product update
pickles & chutneys
Citrus-based and inspired by Italian mostardo, Love Jam’s new London condiment for cheese and ham is a vinegar-free zone. It is pitched as a modern confit for hard and soft cheeses and is available in two jar sizes: 125g (trade £2.30, RRP £3.45) and 227g (trade £3.40, RRP £4.95). www.lovejamkitchen.com
Erin Grove Preserves has been selected as the supplier of preserves and chutneys for Sawers Delicatessen’s new artisan range. Sweet chilli jam, mango, chilli & lime chutney, smoky apricot chutney and Indian spiced pineapple chutney are the four chutney lines the County Fermanagh producer is making for Belfast’s oldest deli. www.eringrove.com
Cartwright & Butler, supplier to the likes of Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Liberty’s, has stepped up its focus on gifting, with gift sets for cheese and chutney lovers. Retail prices start from £21. www.cartwrightandbutler.co.uk
The Truckle Cheese Company has put its own twist on the classic piccalilli, creating a sweet and sour pickle of cauliflower, courgettes and silverskin onions with the background heat of red chilli. RRP is £3.95 for 290g and trade price is £14.10 per case of 6. www.trucklecheese.co.uk
There aren’t many gaps in the chutneys market but Ancient Recipes believes it has found one for a cucumber & spring onion relish. “The product has been developed to bring something fresh to the range and the sector as a whole. The flavour profile is similar to that of a piccalillitype product but with a fresher finish,” says the firm’s Katy Hamblin. RRP is £3.60 for 270g. www. lovejamkitchen. com
The latest creations to come out of chef Cyrus Todiwala’s London kitchen are minted mango & ginger relish (RRP £4) and British turkey pickle (RRP £5.50), developed to encourage people to buy turkey year-round. www.mrtodiwalaskitchen.com
Since May 2013, former Harrods and Selfridges food and product manager Andre Dang has been marketing an assortment of pickles and chutneys “that blokes can grab out of the cupboard and enjoy with cheeses, cold cuts, pies or meat”. The Manfood range is stocked by Fortnum & Mason and a number of London delis, and includes achar pickles, bread & butter pickles, ale chutney and smoked tomato sauce, all with an RRP of £3.95.
The Victorian Kitchen is going after the gifting market with the introduction of kilner style jars for three of its chutneys. Mr Pickwick’s piccalilli, The Abbot’s apple & cider chutney and Clara’s caramelised onion marmalade are now available in two sizes: 275g (RRP £5.25, trade price £21.60 for a case of six), and 460g (RRP £7.75, £32.10 for a case of 6). The Devon producer also offers a gift box containing all three varieties (RRP £11.25, trade price £23.25 for a three-pack). www.thevictoriankitchen.com
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Chutneys fall off the wagon Chutneys developed in collaboration with local craft breweries offer provenance and tap into the real ale resurgence, so we can expect to see more beery chutneys appearing in coming months. Here are some of the latest introductions. Cheshire producer Galore has teamed up with Bollington Brewery to create an everyday chutney with root vegetables, dates and Oat Mill stout. Wholesale price is £1.95 and RRP is £2.95 for a 190g jar. New from cheese specialist Paxton & Whitfield is an ale chutney packed with Bramley apples, plums and Paxton’s very own No. 93 light ale. Trade price is £3.35 and RRP is £4.75 for 198g.
In January, The Bath Food Company launched a new fruit and apple chutney with London Pride ale, in conjunction with Fuller’s Brewery. RRP is £3.99 for 290g and the chutney is available to the trade via Diverse Fine Food. A collaboration with The Great Western Brewery Co has also yielded a fruit-based ale chutney with Edwin’s Ruby Porter, a strong ale with added port. The chutney, which has an RRP of £3.99 for a 285g jar, has a ‘rich dark consistency’ and ‘chocolate, liquorice tones’, says the producer. As we went to press, Norfolkbased Candi’s Chutney was about to launch a ‘full bodied’ Bramley apple & Norfolk ale chutney, using ale from local micro brewery Panther Brewery. RRP is
£3.75. Another producer doing a roaring trade in ale chutneys is Patchwork Paté. Its latest additions are tomato & roasted red pepper chutney with Unicorn ale & a sprinkle of cumin, and apricot & orange chutney with Wychcraft ale and a few little coriander seeds. Both retail for £2.70 for a 110g jar, with a trade price of £1.75. www.thebathfoodcompany.com www.candischutney.vpweb.co.uk www.galorefoods.co.uk www.patchwork-pate.co.uk www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk
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