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Welsh Government are supporting the development of the Dietary Food & Drink Wales Alliance to act as a catalyst for NPD and innovation in dietary food products which may be suitable for consumers with diabetes. Click here for further information.

Welsh Government are supporting the development of the Dietary Food & Drink Wales Alliance to act as a catalyst for NPD and innovation in dietary food products which may be suitable for consumers with diabetes. Click here for further information.

Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans will today attend the Brussels Seafood Global EXPO, the largest seafood trade event in the world. The Deputy Minister will join eight companies from Wales, all flying the flag for Welsh food and drink, and more than 25,800 buyers and suppliers from 150 countries. She said “We know in Wales that the quality of Welsh food and drink is up there with the best in the world...

Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans will today attend the Brussels Seafood Global EXPO, the largest seafood trade event in the world. The Deputy Minister will join eight companies from Wales, all flying the flag for Welsh food and drink, and more than 25,800 buyers and suppliers from 150 countries. She said “We know in Wales that the quality of Welsh food and drink is up there with the best in the world...

Food and drink companies from across Wales will be looking to the important export market of Spain, where they will be given the opportunity to showcase their quality and innovative produce to a host of distributors and retail buyers, and secure new business. The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales is leading the Trade Development Visit to the nation’s lively capital city, Madrid later this month (15-17 November 2016). Fifteen food and drink companies, ranging...

Record number of entries from Wales in this year’s Great Taste awards The prestigious Great Taste Awards judging process will be held in north Wales this year at Llandrillo College, Nr Colwyn Bay from the 24-26 May 2017. A host of chefs, buyers, restaurateurs, journalists and food writers – including the BBC’s Nigel Barden, Channel 4’s Felicity Spector and food critic Charles Campion will be blind tasting the vast array of Welsh products eager to...

The Royal Welsh Show’s food hall and trade lounge was a vibrant hub of food and drink acivity at this year's Royal Welsh Show with producers building on a successful period of growth for the industry. Research shows activity over the last two years in the dedicated trade and business area, which is organised by Food & Drink Wales, has directly resulted in producer sales totalling over £2 million. This year’s event saw 250 companies...

Twenty two Welsh speciality food and drink producers will be exhibiting under the Food and Drink Wales banner at the forthcoming Speciality and Fine Food Fair in London. Held 3-5 September, Food and Drink Wales is coordinating a strong Welsh representation from a wide range of sectors, including confectionery, cheese, vegetarian and vegan snacks through to baking and drinks – with most having recently had success at the Great Taste Awards 2017. Wales has a...

Mid Wales honey producer, Hilltop Honey are ‘buzzing’ after winning a prestigious award in The Great Taste Awards. The Great Taste Awards, referred to as the Oscars of the food world, were held in London last night and Caersws company Hilltop Honey were presented with The Great Taste Nigel Barden Heritage Award, for its Great Taste 3 star award-winning Raw Thyme Honey. The award, presented each year to a producer who uses historic production methods...

This one day workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum which encourages delegates to reflect on their own businesses and consider how they will develop their individual strategic export action plans. Food and Drink Wales Export Club Food and Drink Export Essentials Masterclass