Welsh food and drink companies are hoping for further success when they attend the Speciality and Fine Food Fair, the UK’s leading showcase event of fine food and drink in London from the 4 to 6 September 2016.
The shortlist of Great Taste 2016 winners has just been announced and several of the Welsh winners will be exhibiting at the fair, all looking to build relationships and boost their opportunities of securing new sales.
This year a number of exhibitors will be launching a range of new products, including Radnor Hills new fruit juice range, a Furious Tomarind sauce and Halen Môn latest offering ‘Magic Dust’.
Visit stand numbers 1440 / 1430 / 1540 / 1530 in the National Ground for further details or contact us at delyth@fbagroup.co.uk / 01970 636404
New product launched: Fruella (new fruit juice range)
Company name: Radnor Hills, Knighton, Powys
Short description of company/product: Radnor Hills is a family run soft drinks company based in Knighton. Fruella is their new fruit juice range! The drinks range is gloriously colourful and reflects so well the Radnor Hill’s ‘We Love Great Flavours’ ethos! The 100% Apple and 100% Orange pure juice variants boast no preservatives, no additives, no added sugar, no colourings - just pure juice and one of your recommended 5 a day portions. Also in the range are some inspired thirst quenching dual flavour blends including Cranberry and Raspberry, Orange and Carrot, Apple and Blueberry and Tropical which contain a blended mixture of the finest pineapple, passion fruit, mango fruit and banana!
New product launched: New brand ‘Mags & Jenny’ launch new range of smooth pâtés to celebrate 35th anniversary as the UK’s original artisan Pâté pioneers.
The 3 smooth pâtés come in 3 flavours: Original - A dairy free smooth pâté with brandy; Smokey - A dairy free smooth pâté with smoked water; Chilli - a dairy free smooth pâté with a chilli kick
Company name: Patchwork Pâté, Ruthin
Short description of company/product: Patchwork was established in 1982 by Margaret Carter, a talented, although untrained, home cook, who found herself divorced with three children to look after. With a start-up cost of just £9.00, saved from the housekeeping, she began selling her home made pâtés to pubs in nearby Llangollen. As Margaret attracted more and more customers and the business successfully started to expand, she moved the business from her house in 1987 to a well equipped factory in the heart of Ruthin. Despite Patchwork’s commercial scale today, everything is still hand-made in small batches - without artificial colouring, additives or preservatives - to Margaret’s original recipes.
New product launched: Furious Tomarind – a bold and tangy of tomato and tamarind with fiery heat and exploding flavour.
Company name: Sorai, Abergavenny
Short description of company/product: Sorai is an ethical family business that produces premium spicy products inspired by the many flavours of Borneo that could enhance your cooking and dining experience. The sauces can be used as a dip, dressing, marinade and for cooking and currently comes in spice heat level of simply mild to crying hot.
New product launched: Taste testing a new concept - Snowdonia Shiitake infused Blodyn Aur Rapeseed Oil. A unique dipping oil bringing together the earthy, smokey Shiitake and woody rapeseed oil
Company name: The Mushroom Garden, Nantmor, Snowdonia
Short description of company/product: A family run business that specialises in growing mushrooms and producing some exciting and initiative mushroom products.
Ten years ago, Cynan Jones decided to investigate further into a world that had always interested him – the fungi kingdom, starting with the wild mushrooms of Snowdonia and soon turned his attention into cultivating exotic mushrooms in Wales. Cynan has become one of Wales’ leading fungi experts and regularly holds courses on fungi as well as wild mushroom foraging trails in Snowdonia.
New product launched: Magic Dust – its low in sodium and high in essential B vitamins. It’s called Magic Dust because it enhances practically any food you sprinkle it on, but especially suited to popcorn, chicken, pork and potatoes (crisps, chips and roasties)
Company name: Halen Môn (The Anglesey Sea Salt Company)
Short description of company/product: Halen Môn / Anglesey Sea Salt is the name given to salt flakes harvested from the Menai Strait in Anglesey, North Wales. They are crystalline white, flat, soft flakes which contain over 30 trace elements and are additive free. Also available with organic spices.
New product launched: Hot Samurai Sauce with a chilli twist – a versatile Japanese inspired “everyday” quality condiment
Company name: Authentic Japanese Foods, Neath
Short description on company/product: The company which is based in Neath provides fresh and healthy Japanese food using quality ingredients. Their Samurai Sauce & Hot Samurai Sauce are extremely versatile. We recommend using with salmon, chicken, noodles, pasta, rice and salads. Cook it! Marinate it! Dip it! BBQ it! Pour it! Love it!
New product launched: Apple and Cinnamon Curd; Red Pepper and Chilli Jelly; Gunpowder Mustard Flour Drum; Hot Red Thai Chutney; Drayman's Chutney; Sun Dried Tomato & Garlic Chutney; Spicy Caribbean Chutney; Farmer Jones' Relish; Mini Lemon Curd; Mini Orange Marmalade; Mini Strawberry; Mini Raspberry; 3 Kg Catering Pails: Beetroot Chutney; Spicy Tomato Chutney; Chilli Jam Pail.
Company name: Welsh Lady Preserves, Pwllheli
Short description on company/product: Family run, multi-award winning manufacturer of premium quality fruit preserves, mustards, chutneys and sauces, all handmade since 1966. Twice Supreme Champion at the Great Taste Awards. Family developed and bespoke recipes available.
New product launched: Blueberry and Gin bar – one of their seasonal flavours made with Manorbier’s famous blueberries and Penderyn’s Brecon Special Reserve Gin
Company name: NomNom, Llanboidy
Short description on company/product: A young team of rascals based in an old Cowshed in west Wales that make chocolate of the season. Liam Burgess, the enviously young and rather lovely creator of NomNom Chocolate has brought his own brand of creativity and passion to his range of chocolate bars. An ever-changing and expanding selection of wonderful flavours using the finest of ingredients.
New products launched: Yarlington Mill Medium Sweet Cider and NEW Fruity Summer Ciders (Raspberry, Rhubarb and Chuckleberry)
Company name: Apple County Cider Co
Short description on company/product: Apple County Cider make award-winning cider from their orchards on lush, rolling Monmouthshire hills. Explore their range of ciders, all made using 100% freshly pressed juice – naturally transformed with the addition of winemakers yeast patience and time. Golden Fork (Great Taste) from Wales winner 2015 for their Vilberie Medium Dry Cider.
Visit stand numbers 1440 / 1430 / 1540 / 1530 in the National Ground Hall for further details or contact us at delyth@fbagroup.co.uk / 01970 636404