The Corkers brand of 'very British' crisps are made using the special Naturalo variety of potatoes that are grown on the Corkers' farm and provide a nutty, rich flavour and non-abrasive texture to the crisps. Available in seven different flavours, the crisps are the brain child of farmer and owner Rod Garnham and his friend and fellow Corkers owner Ross Taylor. Not only is the brand expanding globally, it has entered the Guinness World Record book for the largest packet of crisps in the world and a pack of the sea salt flavour variety is the first ever to be sent 100,000 feet in to space! At the Clementine Communications event in London, Claire Rowan, technical editor for FoodBev Media, spoke to Rod Garnham to find out more

Sophia Nadur has worked in the past with Coca-Cola and now, with her partner Hua He, who has a background in Chinese medicine,  and through a JV with Multiple Marketing Ltd, is launching two green tea products.

These comprise a ready to drink tea with ginseng and also the superfruit jujube in 330ml PET with 30 calories per bottle and a range of pyramid tea bags in contemporary black pouches.

The ready to drink teas will be sold via the chiller and in the workplace where consumers are looking for healthier low sugar beverages. FoodBev Managing Editor Claire Phoenix asked Sophia about the potential for green tea today

At the IFE exhibitor open day in London, Bill Bruce talked to Nic Gorini from Jools, about the company’s green tea with fruit juice pearls drinks.

Jools’ innovative packaging with integrated straw allows consumers to drink the refreshing green teas and experience the contrasting fresh fruit juice flavours as the kelp encapsulated ‘pearls’ burst their mouth. The range currently includes three flavours, with more expected in the future. Jools will be exhibiting at IFE in London in March.

At the IFE exhibitor open day in London, Bill Bruce talked to Tom Benn from Pip & Nut, about the company’s nut butter ranges.


Pip & Nut provides a range of nut butter varieties including peanut, almond and almond and coconut, which are healthy and high in protein.

At the IFE exhibitor open day in London, Bill Bruce talked to Daniel Ritsema from Cranes, about the company’s Cranberry alcoholic beverages.

Cranes provides an alcoholic drink made uniquely from fermented cranberries. This innovative product comes in a range of flavours incorporating cranberries, including strawberry and kiwi plus raspberry and pomegranate.

Rape seed oils have been shown to have half the saturated fat of olive oil yet be high in omega 3, 6 and vitamin E, plus have a high burn point of 220°C making them highly versatile. At the Clementine Communications event in London, Claire Rowan, group technical editor FoodBev Media, spoke to Lawrence Frohn, business manager of Hillfarm Oils, the first commercial producer of bottled rape seed oil, which it has been producing on its farm in Suffolk, UK for the past 10 years.

Amitabha Ray, managing director of Schreiber Dynamix Dairies Ltd based in Mumbai, speaks out on the changing demographic in India with consumers having more disposable income, and the types of product innovation meeting the needs of these consumers looking for healthier, innovative and cost effective dairy products.

Supplying the major companies such as Nestlé and Danone Dynamix Dairy Industries Limited DDIL has emerged as one of the most trusted names in milk processing in India. The Dairy produces cheese, butter, ghee, dairy whitener and non dairy creamer, skimmed milk powder, yogurt, lactose, casein and whey protein concentrate. The company also packs UHT flavoured milk and fruit juices, some with pulp, in ambient Tetra Pak in 200ml, 1 litre and more recently 500ml.

At the IFE exhibitor open day in London, Bill Bruce talked to Meriel Kehoe from Claudi & Fin, about the company’s frozen yogurt range.