Food & Drink
The Handmade Cake Company Chocolate Orange Marble Cake is made from a blend of chocolate and orange sponge, decorated with a rich chocolate and orange fudge icing. Every cake is made and finished by hand and blast frozen. The judges felt the cake "bucks the trend - most cakes are portion packed but this leaves the operator to slice it up". Unopened, the cake has an eight-month shelflife.
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Two products from the Pritchitt Foods stable were also shortlisted. Twinners (left) is a ready-to-eat single serve compact and portable breakfast cereal containing half-fat Millac Maid milk which has a five-month shelf-life. "The milk tastes good - I would definitely buy it," said one of the judges. "It comes with a great spoon!"
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Pritchitt Foods' Chefs Taste (left) is a liquid stock concentrate which mixes instantly with hot or cold water for a stock base or used concentrated will add flavour to sauces, soups and casseroles. It has a one-year shelf-life unopened or three weeks after opening when refrigerated. "There's a need for a product like this," said the judges. "It claims to have 10 times less salt than competitors which is good."
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Talisho Pharmaceutical (Europe) has developed Lipovitan ACE (left), a natural energy drink with no artificial sweeteners or colours. Lipovitan ACE features vitamins A, C, E and 3B vitamin combination. "Less sugar and calories than other energy drinks is a good thing," the judges remarked.
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Nestlé UK Cold Mix Mashed Potato can be mixed with cold water and is ready to use in three minutes. It is freeze-thaw stable, available in 2 x 4kg packs and each 4kg pack yields 208 x 100g portions of mashed potato. The judges said: "A good colour. It can be mixed with cold water and yet has such a smooth texture. No lumps!"
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The judging panel
The final judging for the New Product Awards will take place on Monday 22 January at the NEC and the awards will be presented at the show.
Members of the following panels will tour the stands to judge the shortlisted products in each category:
FOOD & DRINK
Amanda Afiya, Chef editor, Caterer & Hotelkeeper (chair)
Stefan Breg, food and beverage director, Thistle Hotels
John Campbell, director of food and beverage, Lords of the Manor
Peter Joyner, craft training executive, Sodhexho
Stuart Thom, general manager, Tower Restaurant
Fiona Winter, food concepts manager, Whitbread Hotel Company
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