Speciality Food Magazine JulyAugust 2024

12 PRODUCT NEWS Take stock with our new food and drink round-up @specialityfood Mr Filbert’s creates Iberico Pork Crackling Snacking experts Mr Filbert’s have released a brand new pork crackling snack into the specialitymarket. Iberico Pork Crackling is a traditional Spanish cortezas made using prime cut pork loin rind from responsibly-sourced Iberian-bred pork, which has been air dried and triple slow cooked for a flavour-packed snack. The new snack is soya, dairy and gluten-free, plus low in carbohydrate and high in protein, containing 33g of natural protein per 100g. Available in 150g pouches, this new launch is delicious enjoyed with a glass of red wine or craft beer. Mark Taylor, managing director, said, “This Pork Crackling is as good as a chef cooking it themselves in the kitchen, if not better!” mrfilberts.com New Ice Kitchen pastes make scratch cooking easy Having proved that fresh frozen flavours are a timesaving hit with their customers, Ice Kitchen is launching five exciting new cooking pastes this month . Building on the enormously popular Thai Red, Green andMassaman curries, the brand is expanding its range into Mexican, Indian, and Caribbean cuisine. Founder Cesar Roden is the grandson of renowned food writer Claudia Roden and thus has great food in his DNA. Cesar says, “Our pastes offer the perfect fusion of authentic global flavours and cooking convenience”. The new Thai Panang, Indian Jalfrezi, Mexican Fajita, Mexican Smoky BBQ Fajita and Jamaican Jerk pastes come in handy, fully recyclable pots to be cooked directly from frozen, ensuring reliable, effortless meals every time. Each paste is vegan, gluten-free, preservative-free, and hugely versatile, appealing to customers who crave mealtime adventure but lack the time to prepare restaurant qualitymeals from scratch. Ice Kitchen has an established loyal customer base and glowing endorsements from their fans, including Nigella Lawson who calls the Thai Red curry paste “a brilliant innovation” and says that “If you’re not pounding a paste together yourself, this is the very next best thing. Maybe even better!” icekitchen.com School Yard Kitchen releases pretzels with purpose Scottish producer School Yard Kitchen has added to its range of mission-driven products with Dark Chocolate Chilli Pretzels. The new release combines crunchy sourdough pretzel, 54.5% dark chocolate and sun-dried Ghanaian chilli peppers for a delicious combination of sweet, salty, crunchy and spicy. The pretzels are available in 30g and 130g packs. School Yard Kitchen is sustainably-minded and is committed to using socially responsible practices. Every purchase of a School Yard Kitchen product contributes to two causes: keeping children in Ghana in school and out of extreme child labour, and promoting social inclusion in Scottish communities. Sarah Christie, founder of School Yard Kitchen, said “We’re passionate about creating snacks that are delicious, fun and ethically sourced. Our newDark Chocolate Chilli Pretzels are the perfect example. They offer a unique flavour profile that will tantalize taste buds and leave you wantingmore.” schoolyardkitchen.com Artisan food manufacturers Cottage Delight have released details for their festive range for this year – the earliest the business has launched a Christmas range. The collection brings together an exciting range of gifting and seasonal options, offering wide variety in terms of price and flavour profiles. New launches include a limited edition Christmas Pudding Flavoured Curd, comedy beers, warming ciders and ready-to-gift packs of traditional ales under their Bottle Shop brand. Three new luxury gift bags have also been released. Cottage Delight has also launched Fosters Christmas Brochure – offering a selection of premium brands, festive staples and confectionery – following its purchase of the business in February. In addition to the Cottage Delight Christmas, the brand has also launched Fosters Christmas Brochure earlier this year. The range includes a plethora of premium brands which give Cottage Delight consumers a wider variety of Christmas confectionary and staples. SarahWilliams, marketing director at Cottage Delight, said, “We’ve recognised that trade customers are planning their Christmas ranges earlier each year. With this in mind we took the decision to launch Cottage Delight Christmas a month earlier to give our customers more time to make their Christmas selections. We’re already seeing huge benefits of this and had great feedback when the range has been presented. This year we’ve given our well-loved Christmas gift packs a whole new look so they are more appealing to the consumer when on shelf and fit within our five commercial gifting stories even better. Anticipating the consumer will continue to be savvy with their Christmas shopping in 2024, we’ve also retained a range of fantastic promotions giving everyone a little saving this year.” cottagedelight.co.uk Cottage Delight launches Christmas 2024 range