what's new Indian Salsa
ANILA’S AUTHENTIC SAUCES www.anilassauces.com
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Premium curry sauce producer Anila’s is launching a new spicy Indian salsa to celebrate 20 years in the business. The salsa, which is gluten-free, dairy-free and contains no onions or garlic, features a blend of tomatoes, red peppers, green chillies and spices. It comes in 200g jars (RRP £3.30). EDITE CR
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HOLDSWORTH CHOCOLATES www.holdsworthchocolates.co.uk
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Handmade chocolate firm Holdsworth has created a Union Jack chocolate box (trade price £7.50, RRP £14.95) to mark this summer’s celebrations. Each 240g box contains Britishthemed chocolates, such as clotted cream truffle, praline cup, and apple & geranium cream. The packaging can be re-used as a gift box. EDITE CR
WHOLE CREATIONS
www.wholecreations.co.uk
This new start-up, founded by Kate Keane, produces pizzas with crispy wholemeal bases. Four varieties – spinach, ricotta & tomato; mixed pepper & goats’ cheese; roasted vegetable; and cherry tomato & mozzarella – are available chilled or frozen. The firm says its “restaurant quality” pizzas deliver two or three of the recommended five-a-day and provide a healthy alternative to other pizzas, given the 100% wholegrain bases. varieties of pouches (170 x 110mm) each containing four top grade flowering blooms, including Flying Snow, Jasmine Arch, Jasmine Fairy, Red Aramanth, Sweet Osmanthus and Dragon’s Eye. A mixed selection pouch is also available.
Steak & ale pie
Freezer boxes
www.clarkesqueniborough.co.uk
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The frozen ready-meal specialist’s latest pie is made with Tiger Bitter (the official beer of the Leicester Tigers rugby squad) from Everards Brewery and beef from former Tigers and England prop Julian White’s herd of South Devon cows. The 325g pie (trade price £2.76, available in cases of 55 units, supplied frozen) was created to mark the business’s 30th year in Queniborough.
The Kent-based frozen produce and ready-meal supplier has redesigned its cabinets. Large freezers now have eight slots, which can also be subdivided into halves or thirds to display additional lines. The new units are available free of charge for the first order, and where possible Field Fare will provide help with installation.
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Irish artisan roastery Pónaire has launched a jute bag gift pack with three 150g tins of its Great Taste Award EDITE CR
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Online speciality tea business The Tea Experience has launched a range of flowering tea blooms in pouches aimed at independent stores. The Doncaster firm offers seven EDITE CR
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From July, importer and distributor Bespoke will be carrying Ndali organic vanilla powder, produced in Western Uganda. Each 13g pot of this potent Fairtrade product is made with six vanilla pods. Trade cases of 12 units cost £42.84. EDITE CR
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Lower alcohol wine
THE LYME BAY WINERY www.lymebaywinery.co.uk
The winemaker has launched a range of light fruit wines, which contain half the alcohol of its other varieties. The Lymelight range features blackberry, cherry, elderberry, ginger & nettle, gooseberry and strawberry (75cl bottles, trade £3.64, RRP £5.99). EDITE CR
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250ml clear plastic bottles (RRP £1.95, £10.20 for trade case of 12) with an ambient shelf life of six months.
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The Gloucestershire ice cream producer has added a strawberry variety to its clotted cream range. The glutenfree product is made with the firm’s clotted cream ice cream and real strawberries from the Vale of Evesham. A 1 litre tub costs £3.50 (RRP £4.99). EDITE CR
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This new range of 100% natural smoothies features six flavours: mango, passion fruit, pumpkin & carrot; pomegranate, acai & blackcurrant; and mandarin, guava, & grapefruit. Made with pure fruit juice (not from concentrate) and purée, the smoothies come in EDITE CR
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www.love-mojo.com
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Condiment specialist Le Mesurier (which should be pronounced ‘measurer’) is adding four new lines this month, taking its total product range to 19. Founder and chef Patrick Le Mesurier describes his new BBQ mustard (175g, trade £1.90) as “slightly sweet from honey with a kick”, while he says his hot horseradish sauce (175g, trade £2.20) will go “up your nose and down again”. He has also come up with a wholegrain English mustard (175g, trade £1.90) and a chilli jam relish (240g, £1.90). These latest creations come hot on the heels of the Surrey firm’s versions of salad cream and hollandaise sauce, launched earlier this year. But Le Mesurier told FFD he is unlikely to launch any more lines in 2012. “We’ve expanded the range to 19 products, which is a lot to do,” he said. “This year we’ve taken it as far as we want, but we’re still looking at some seasonal specials, like a Christmas chutney.” In a crowded marketplace, Le Mesurier said his focus remains on providing “chef quality at affordable prices”. His products offer retailers a 30-40% margin. Independents are his core clientele and he is currently running a five-for-four offer through Cotswold Fayre, as well as providing tasting boxes and point-of-sale recipe cards. Since he began working with the Reading-based wholesaler Le Mesurier said he has gained 90 stockists and is on course to meet the target of 150 within a year. Patrick Le Mesurier told FFD that his hard-to-pronounce name has played a part in growing the brand. “I don’t mind how people say it,” he said. “It’s quite a talking point and people also think of Dad’s Army, but it’s very distinctive.” www.lemesuriers.com
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winning coffees – the Costa Rican Morning Blend, Espresso Blend and the three-star Indian Blend – all of which are handroasted in small batches. Trade price is £16.40 per gift pack (minimum order 8 per case), with an RRP of £25.
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