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CATEGORY FOCUS: SEAFOOD & FISH, DELI ESSENTIALS
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This month’s round-up of new products should help those looking to boost the o ering from their chillers and counters. We begin with seafood, followed by deli essentials, including cheese and charcuterie (turn to page 24).
Compiled by Lynda Searby
Sardines: the forgotten superfood
Fish4Ever has switched its Whole Sardines and Filleted Sardines in Organic Sunflower Oil to a new fairly traded project that it has established in Morocco. They are caught and packed locally, and the project gives back to the local community. As with all Fish4Ever products, the can carries a code that gives consumers full traceability. The supplier describes sardines as a “forgotten superfood; high in omega 3, vitamin B12, selenium and vitamin D”. RRP £2.15 per can; trade price £16.13 for a case of 10.
fish4ever.co.uk
Ventresca Tuna with Piquillo Peppers and cooking chorizos from Leon are two of Delicioso’s latest Spanish deli counter finds. Conservas de Cambados has canned yellowfin tuna belly from Galicia with sweet red piquillo peppers in extra virgin olive oil (RRP £7.50-£9.50 for 11g), while Palcarsa’s chorizo is available in sweet and spicy versions in various formats, including cocktail chorizos (RRP £2-3.50 for 115g).
delicioso.co.uk
“The saltiness of maple back bacon with the chew of candied salmon” is how H Forman & Son pitches its new Sticky Maple & Sesame Hot Smoked Salmon. The London smokehouse has coated its classic London Cure Smoked Salmon in a maple, chilli and sesame seed glaze, for a slightly spicy flavour with a hint of sweetness. RRP £5.95 for 200g; trade price £4.14.
formans.co.uk
A zingy and peppery crowd pleaser
Pale ale and smoked salmon are not often found together but that hasn’t stopped the Pished Fish from combining the two in its latest creation. Pale But Interesting is made by lightly smoking sushigrade Scottish salmon over beech and apple wood, and marinading it in pale ale, black pepper and lemon zest. RRP £7.99/100g.
thepishedfish.com
Fish & King Prawn Curry is the latest addition to Chapman’s Seafoods’ ready meal lineup. The Thai style curry serves two and oven cooks from frozen in 40 minutes. RRP £5.45 for 400g; trade price £3.80.
chapmans-seafoods.co.uk
While Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified anchovies can be found on supermarket shelves in ambient jars, Meridian claims to be the first to offer them in a chilled format. Its 150g trays of hand filleted, marinated anchovies are the larger Cantabrian variety, sourced from the Bay of Biscay.
meridian-sea.com
Angel Refrigeration’s multideck chillers offer a solution to retailers with a limited footprint. The refrigeration specialist offers multi-decks in various sizes and colours, with glass doors for energy efficiency, adjustable height LED shelves and remote or in-built condensers.
angelrefrigeration.co.uk
High Weald Dairy’s Sussex Velvet is a semisoft continental style cheese made by hand with pasteurised organic cow’s milk from local herds. Matured for 12-14 weeks, Sussex Velvet gradually develops its natural, mottled grey-brown rind, dense but smooth texture and herbaceous flavour. The cheese is available as whole wheels of around 3.6kg, as well as half and quarter wheels, all suitable for the cutting counter and with a minimum unopened shelf life of four weeks. Trade price price £16/kg. The dairy also supplies prepacked 150g wedges, with a minimum best before date of eight weeks. Trade price £22.80 for a case of 8x150g; RRP £4.50/wedge.
highwealddairy.co.uk
Spotting a gap in the market for dim sum that are “freshly made…in exciting flavours with great ingredients”, ‘mumpreneurs’ Julie Lynch and Jenny Howson have launched Bun-dles. Described as “a celebration of east meets west”, the label’s inaugural products are bao buns in sweet and savoury flavours such as Char Siu Chicken, Beef Rendang and Salted Custard Lava. The bao are handmade in Bun-dles’ London kitchen using recipes developed by professional dum sum chefs. They are free from preservatives and artificial colours and the brand has committed to using only local grass-fed and free-range meat, sustainably farmed seafood and locally grown produce where possible.
bun-dles.com
Italian bakery Farina London has created a portion sized version of its traditional focaccia. The new Focaccine are made according to the same Puglian recipe, using a sourdough starter, semolina flour from Altamura and potato flakes for a softer texture. The 120g Focaccine are supplied frozen in three flavours: Plain, Cherry Tomato and Onion. RRP £3-3.50; wholesale price £1.10.
farinalondon.com
Elite Imports is bringing a new feta-style grilling cheese from Bavarian cheese producer Kaserei Champignon to the UK trade. Rougette Marinated Grilling Cheeses are semisoft cheeses that have been pre-marinated in a choice of two flavours; Herb Marinade and Bell Pepper Marinade. Elite has secured distribution partnerships with dairy wholesalers Carron Lodge, Rowcliffe and Hawkridge.
elite-imports-limited. co.uk
Retailers looking to offer platters should check out
Somerset Charcuterie’s
foodservice range. The producer’s salami, chorizo, air dried lonza, lomo, coppa, pancetta, guanciale and Black Down Ham are all available whole, as well as sliced in 500g catering tubs.
somersetcharcuterie.com
A year on from the launch of its Buffalo Mozzarella, The Buffalo Farm is introducing a ciligene version. Smaller than bocconcini, the cherry-sized balls of fresh Mozzarella are said to be perfect for pizza, pasta, salads and antipasti. They will be available nationally in 2kg food service tubs and 150g retail tubs from this month. Made on the farm in Fife using milk from its own herd of water buffalo, The Buffalo Farm’s Mozzarella is slightly firmer in texture than its Italian counterpart as the buffalo enjoy a free-range life with a diet rich in lush green grass.
thebuffalofarm.co.uk
West Dorset charcuterie producer Capreolus Fine Foods has added four new salamis to its line-up, including a spreadable pâté-like salami called Rampisham Velvet. Wild Venison Chorizo; Venison, Pork & Green Peppercorn Salami; Truffled Salami and Rampisham Velvet Salami are all produced “slowly” from free-range pork and wild venison, and have RRPs of £5 upwards for an 80g pack.
