Our latest round up of new products features ‘Chip Shop Scraps & Fries’ from premium bar snack brand Made For Drink, which are designed to be enjoyed with a glass of champagne. Elsewhere, a UK start-up is launching what it claims is the ‘world’s first’ cacao-free chocolate, which it says is more sustainable than the conventional product.
Our latest round up of new products features ‘Chip Shop Scraps & Fries’ from premium bar snack brand Made For Drink, which are designed to be enjoyed with a glass of champagne. Elsewhere, a UK start-up is launching what it claims is the ‘world’s first’ cacao-free chocolate, which it says is more sustainable than the conventional product.
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Challenger baby food brand Piccolo, which offers a range of intolerance-friendly products, has introduced a gluten free pasta product.
The rice-based gluten free pasta is designed to melt once cooked. Suitable for ages 6 months and over, Piccolo said the pasta is a great choice for parents exploring new textures in the early stages of their babies’ weaning journeys.
Infant nutritionist and Piccolo co-founder, Alice Fotheringham, said: “With the rise in awareness surrounding food intolerances, it’s important that Piccolo offers parents an inclusive range of products. Mealtimes aren’t always smooth sailing, so having a balance of accessible and intolerance-friendly products gives parents everything they need to cook easy meals from scratch with confidence.”
Cat Gazzoli, Piccolo founder, added: “As a mum of two, I know how difficult it can be to spot signs of intolerances early on! I’m also aware of the wide range of diets different parents choose for their families. That’s why I wanted to add a gluten free pasta option to our existing cooking range, so parents can have suitable options for their baby’s feeding journey.”
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Recipe box Gousto has launched a Southern Smokehouse BBQ range to bring the flavours of Texas, North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas City to UK homes, all paired with beers from independent London brewery, Gipsy Hill. The trend for cooking over fire and creating complex, layered smoky flavours is booming, the company claimed. Kathryn Huxtable, VP of Food Proposition at Gousto said: “The Southern Smokehouse range is designed to take our adventurous home cooks on a journey full of flavour and discovery. Innovative partnerships such as with Gipsy Hill and Fable mushrooms allow us to experiment even more - adding beer pairings to dishes takes the dinner time experience that step further for our customers at home.”
“We’re particularly excited for people to get their teeth stuck into the vegan recipes on offer. Our expert chefs have created some incredible tasting alternatives that will go down a treat with veggies and meat eaters alike.”
Sam McMeekinm Co-Founder & MD at Gipsy Hill said: “Gousto's Southern Smokehouse range was the ideal opportunity to offer a perfectly paired selection of Gipsy Hill beers to home cooks. We’ve loved collaboratively designing and brewing a limited edition BBQ inspired wheat ale and are looking forward to introducing more customers to independently brewed beer that's generous with flavour."
The full range includes:
- Carolina-Style-Pulled Pork & Spicy Mac 'N' Cheese With Gold Sauce
- Carolina-Style-Pulled Fable Meaty Mushrooms & Mac ‘N’ Cheez With Gold Sauce
- Kansas-Style Ribs With Spicy BBQ Beans & Wedges
- Kansas-Style Aubergine Ribs With Spicy BBQ Beans & Wedges
- Texas-Style Chicken With Slaw, Pickled Cucumber & BBQ Sauce
- Texas-Style Tofu With Slaw, Pickled Cucumber & BBQ Sauce
- Memphis-Style Ribs With Potato Salad & Smokey Cobettes
- Memphis-Style Plant-Based Ribs With Potato Salad & Smokey Cobettes
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The ‘world’s first’ tequila in a cardboard container shaped as a bottle made from 94% recycled material, will be launched in Europe in July 2022, starting in the Swedish market. Tequila Buen Vato said it is on a mission to shake-up the drinks industry by investing in sustainable manufacturing, transportation processes and CSR initiatives.
The company claimed the bottle is lighter to transport and offers major CO2 reduction in comparison to traditional industry methods.
“The drinks industry needs a shake-up, and sustainability needs to be placed at the heart of this transformation. That’s why we’ve launched Buen Vato,” said Claes Puebla Smith, AliasSmith CEO. “The cardboard bottle is just the start, Buen Vato will constantly redesign the production, packaging and business model in order to reach perfect sustainability.”
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Premium snacks brand Made For Drink has teamed up with Laurent-Perrier to bring out ‘Chip Shop Scraps & Fries’, designed to be enjoyed with a glass of champagne.
According to Made for Drink founder, Dan Featherstone: “We’ve long wanted to showcase the timeless ‘whispered truth’ that a bag of fish & chips and a glass of champagne remains
Juliet Elliot, Marketing Controller at Laurent-Perrier, added: “Made for Drink are the perfect partner because they share are values of genuine quality, family & sustainability.”
This collaboration between Made for Drink & Laurent Perrier will launch as a limited edition in 425 Sainsbury’s stores as a Grocery exclusive from 8th June, select on-trade and independents & via the company’s online store. RRP £1.75 a 40g bag.
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UK food tech start-up WNWN Food Labs has developed what it claims is the world’s first cacao-free chocolate, designed to address ‘critical’ problems in traditional chocolate supply chains. By eliminating cacao, the company says the product is child/slave labour-free, deforestation-free, palm oil-free, and releases 80% fewer CO2 emissions than chocolate.
“The flavor profile of chocolate can include hundreds of different compounds that come from fermenting and roasting cacao beans, and we can achieve this using other ingredients that are sustainable and ethical,” said WNWN CTO Dr. Johnny Drain. “We’re not anti-chocolate, we’re anti-Big Choc, because the industry must be challenged to do better for the planet and the people whose labor it profits from.”
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European breakfast start-up Crispy Fantasy has officially launched on Amazon with a line of cereal products that it claims offer a ‘clean ingredients profile that helps everyday consumers power through the day’.
The brand aims to fill the market gap between healthy oats and sugary cereals, said co-founders Andrea Rodrik and Raphaël Nahoum.
Containing 8g of plant-based protein and high fibre per serving, the product delivers crunchy cereal texture and classic indulgent flavour profile that appeal to the mass market, the company claimed.
Crispy Fantasy is backed by a group of entrepreneurs in the food and beverage sector, including Halo Top Co-Founder and CEO, Doug Bouton; Peter Rahal, who previously built and sold RXBar to Kellogg’s; and investment fund Pareto Holdings.
"Crispy Fantasy already has accomplished the hardest thing: creating a mind-blowingly great product. I've tasted the other 'healthy' cereals and Crispy Fantasy's product blows all of them away; it's truly the 'Halo Top' of cereal," said Doug Bouton. "Halo Top is sold in more than 30 countries, and I'm incredibly excited to partner with Crispy Fantasy as an investor and advisor to help them build a global brand anchored by mind-blowingly great products."
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Sorted Food - the social media movement dedicated to cooking, have partnered with Yorkshire-based Sloemotion Distillery to launch its first drink - ‘Strawberry Gin Liqueur with Vanilla & Black Pepper’.
The drink is made using last years’ surplus strawberry crop along with Sloemotion Distillery botanicals foraged from the hedgerows,
The YouTube foodies said the creation is ‘big on sustainability, supports the rewilding of our precious countryside, cuts food waste and is packed full of flavour’.
“At Sorted Food we’ve spent many years shining a light on how food and drink is produced, as well as helping our community to reduce their food waste,” said Ben Ebbrell, Sorted Food co-founder. “Discovering the Sloemotion Distillery was a revelation, and after many attempts at my own home-made gin, I am thrilled to be joining forces to create the first drink that our community will be able to enjoy too. Not only has it helped save much of last year’s strawberry crop from going to waste, but it’s the perfect drink to enjoy during an awesome summer of celebrations for the UK.”
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Restaurant brand Zizzi has added three new vegan products to its recently launched exclusive Tesco range, based on its popular restaurant dishes.
The dishes: Vegan Jackfruit Pepperoni Pizza, Vegan Rainbow Lasagne and Vegan Praline Brownie complete the range of 13 Zizzi retail dishes, 10 of which launched in Tesco earlier this year.
Rachel Hendry, Marketing Director at Zizzi, said: “We are delighted to be expanding our Tesco range with our three vegan dishes. In March this year we launched a core range of products into Tesco which has already proved very popular with customers.
We’re really proud of our plant-based and flexitarian offering, the three vegan dishes we’ve developed suit all taste buds and we can’t wait for our loyal fanbase as well as new customers to taste and enjoy.”
The range will be rolled out in 539 Tesco and Tesco Express stores from 16 May, and will be supported in store and with social, e-mail and influencer marketing channels.
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