Humane caviar, retro Jazzie lollies and grab-and-go pies: the best new food products on the market

Our latest food launch roundup showcases new grab-and-go food products to inspire lunch menus – from healthy ready meals to tasty pies, as well as indulgent sweet treat offerings, plus for full-service restaurants looking to underline their sustainability credentials, don’t miss the introductions of longer shelf-life pea shoots and humanely-harvested caviar.

Ready for summer with retro ice lollies

New Forest Ice Cream has introduced the Jazzie ice lolly, featuring creamy vanilla-flavoured ice-cream dipped in white chocolate and covered with rainbow-coloured sprinkles. The ice-cream version of the retro Jazzles sweets is individually wrapped and comes in packs of 25 lollies. The Jazzie is part of the New Forest Ice Cream Impulse range, which includes Supreme, Supreme Cone, Squeeze Up and Twisted Trio.

Price £1 per lolly

Deep-filled pies to grab and go

Pie brand Pieminister has created Handy Pies, a grabbable range of deep-filled pies, suitable for takeaway. The pies come in a vegetarian cheese and onion flavour, with strong vintage Cheddar, potatoes, chives and English mustard; chicken tikka, made with free-range British chicken marinated in tikka spices in a creamy sauce; steak and peppercorn, made with British steak, brandy and rainbow peppercorns; and vegan banger and bean, made with This Isn’t Pork sausages with haricot and cannellini beans in a smoky tomato sauce. The 170g pies are easily heated in an oven, accelerated cooker or air fryer. 

Price From £2.19

Nutritious ready meals to satisfy takeaway cravings

Gold Standard Nutrition has added a sweet and sour option to its Pots of Gold range of healthy ready meals for foodservice. The sweet and sour pot has the tangy twang of the takeaway classic but with four times less sugar, half the salt and a fraction of the calories. The latest flavour joins salt and pepper chicken, chicken curry, katsu curry, pasta bolognese and chicken and chorizo paella in the Pots of Gold line-up.

Price £3.99