Find out the latest product launches in the world of food, drink and hospitality kit for June 2023
Find out the latest product launches for July 2023 below.
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New food products for July 2023
Cakes from Panesco
Panesco has added two cakes to its product line: an iced carrot cake with walnuts and a strawberry red velvet cake. Both are pre-portioned for convenience and ideal for selling alongside tea and coffee.
Price: Red velvet cake, £26.48; iced carrot cake, £45.56
Website: www.panesco.com
Tartlets from La Lorraine
La Lorraine Bakery Group has launched a range of tartlets in frangipane, raspberry crumble and rhubarb lemon varieties, as well as a lemon poppy seed cake (available pre-sliced).
Price: Case of 28 tartlets, £28.40; case of three lemon poppy seed cakes, £43
Website: www.llbg.com
The Ginger Bakers traybake gift boxes
The Ginger Bakers team have developed a range of gifting sleeves for vegan, free-from and standard traybake gift boxes. Options include a mixed traybake with apricot, pistachio and lemon thyme crumble cake; carrot and ginger cake; and a gluten-free berry and beetrot brownie traybake. There is also a vegan tray-bake option too.
Price: From £12 per tray bake
Website: www.gingerbakers.co.uk
Rollagranola Nootropics range
Granola company Rollagranola has launched its Nootropics range. The cashew, mango and chocolate version is part of the Calm range, while cappuccino and white chocolate is part of the Energize range. There is also a vegan granola containing oats, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds and cranberry.
Price: 350g pack, £4; single-serve 40g pack, £1.20
Website: www.rollagranola.com
New drinks for June 2023
Light English Spritz from Pinkster
Pinkster has launched Light English Spritz (4% ABV), a sparkling spritz handcrafted in Cambridgeshire using gin-soaked raspberries that are left over from producing gin. A 125ml serve is 50 calories.
Price: 75cl bottle, £7.25
Website: www.pinkstergin.com
Pomello aperitif
This summer sees the launch of Pomello, an aperitif (18% ABV) blending pomello and elderflower, a first for the UK market. Designed to be served as a spritz, it can be mixed with sparkling wine over ice, garnished with a wedge of grapefruit.
Price: £22
Website: www.pomello.world
Yiayia Mediterranean-inspired gin
Irini Tzortzoglou, the Greek chef and 2019 MasterChef winner, has launched a Mediterranean-inspired gin with the Shed One micro agin distillery in Ulverston in the Lake District. Yiayia, which translates as ‘grandmother', evokes the flavours and aromas of Tzortzoglou's homeland of Crete and features vine, fig, olive and lemon leaves.
Price: From £25
Website: www.shed1distillery.com
New equipment for June 2023
SySoft Luxury Bamboo Toilet Tissue
Cleaning, hygiene, and catering products supplier Sybron has launched SySoft Luxury Bamboo Toilet Tissue. The three-ply rolls are made from 100% bamboo and have plastic-free packaging.
Price: Case of 48 200-sheet rolls, £31.97
Website: www.sybron.co.uk
Optimum washing from Wexiödisk
Wexiödisk has launched the new WD-66CTS, aimed at high-volume catering environments that need to wash trays and cutlery together. The WD-66CTS is designed to deliver optimum washing and drying results with low energy consumption and can wash up to 1,500 trays (up to a size of 530mmx530mm) and 4,500 items of cutlery per hour, with two drying zones.
Price: £103,370
Website: www.wexiodisk.com
Vollrath conveyor toaster
Vollrath's new four-slice energy-saving conveyor toaster is available through FEM. Capable of producing 1,100 slices per hour, the toaster uses energy-efficient, fast-reacting, quartz heaters and forced convection methods to produce uniform results while minimising energy use.
Price: £3,720
Website: www.fem.co.uk
Sous-vide and pasteurisation kit
The recently launched sous-vide and pasteurisation kit for Rational iCombi Pro combi-steamer can increase the shelf life and safety of food, offering up options in food preservation.
Price: £608
Drinkmate OmniFizz
Although some carbonators only allow you to fizz water, Drinkmate OmniFizz is for those who want to go beyond that, with the ability to carbonate any beverage. We tried out iced tea and red wine in the Omnifizz, both producing pleasingly fizzy results. This device can help you to be even more creative with your drinks selection and doesn't require electricity to operate.
Price: £109.99 with one 60L CO2 Cylinder
Website: drinkmate.uk
Summit Edge blender
The Summit Edge (HBH855-UK) blender from Hamilton Beach Commercial is more powerful, quieter and performs better and faster than its predecessor. It has a 3.5HP motor with PowerBlend and advanced QuietBlend technology, meaning it can handle full-size ice cubes. The blades are covered by a lifetime warranty.
Price: £2,190
Website: www.fem.co.uk
Cole & Mason salt & pepper mills
Cole & Mason's 605 (144mm) and 675 (118mm) mills are an update on the 505 and 575 models. The new versions have a contemporary feel with squared-off edges and are available to pre-order. The mills have a low profile to ensure an uninterrupted view across the table.
Price: From £6.25
Website: www.coleandmason.com
Utopia Raffles Honeycomb cocktail glasses
Utopia has launched the latest collection of Raffles Honeycomb cocktail glasses, with a honeycomb motif for a touch of ornate glamour. The range is available in martini (19cl), coupe (16cl), tumbler (36cl) and Nick and Nora (17cl) glasses.
Price: From £8.80
Website: www.utopia-tableware.com
