Find out the latest product launches in the world of food, drink and hospitality kit for March2024
Looking to mix up your menu? Want to expand your equipment? You've come to the right place – we've rounded up the newest and best products for you to be able to switch things up this spring.
Find out the latest product launches for March 2024 below.
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New food products for March 2024
Buffalo mozzarella
La Lorraine Bakery Group has launched a range of sweet baked goods under its frozen bakery brand Panesco. Its artisan swirls are handmade from a brioche-like dough with a filling in five flavours: custard walnut, cinnamon, apple cinnamon, custard forest fruit and coconut cocoa. It also has ready-to-bake pretzel butter croissants and a mini deluxe viennoiserie mix, comprising custard rolls, raspberry jam rolls with a pink sugar topping and hazelnut almond praline fingers.
Price: Box of 30 coconut and cocoa artisan swirls, from £27.45
Website: www.panesco.com
Food colourings and glitters
Ingredients supplier Henley Bridge has expanded its range of food colourings and glitters with the Rainbow Dust brand, which includes gel colourings in 20 colours, edible lustre dust in metallic, pearl and starlight finishes, powder colourings and sparkle sprays.
Price: Rainbow dust powder (2g), from £2.54
Website: www.hbingredients.co.uk
Santa Maria salsas
Santa Maria has launched a trio of salsas that are all vegan, gluten- and lactose-free and with no preservatives. Mexican Salsa Roja is made from chunks of red pepper, tomato and onion; Salsa Rio Grande is a deep red salsa with garlic and coriander; and Mexican Salsa Verde is made from tomatillo, green jalapeño and lime.
Price: Case of three 2.25kg Mexican Salsa Rojo, from £19.67
Website: pauligpro.com
Tropical mango blast ice-cream
New Forest Ice Cream has launched a tropical mango blast ice-cream, combining mango ripple and white chocolate shavings with passion fruit. The ice-cream is nut-free, as are all New Forest flavours, and available in 4.75 litre tubs.
Price: 4.75 litre tub, £21.50
Website: www.newforesticecream.com
New drinks for March 2024
Niche Cocktails
Niche Cocktails has added strawberry daiquiri (250ml, 8% abv) and negroni (150ml, 14% abv) flavours to its canned ready-to-drink cocktail range. The strawberry daiquiri is a blend of rum by the English Distillery with lime, syrup and strawberries, and the negroni is made from sweet vermouth, Campari and Adnams' Copper House gin – Niche Cocktails' exclusive gin partner.
Price: From £3.99
Website: www.nichecocktails.co.uk
Jack Ratt Lugger Rum
Lyme Bay Winery is launching its Jack Ratt Lugger Rum portfolio in a 35cl bottle in response to customer feedback and the growing trend towards smaller spirit formats at a lower price. Both the Jack Ratt Lugger Golden Rum and the Jack Ratt Lugger Spiced Rum will be available in the 35cl size.
Price: £12.20
Website: www.lymebaywinery.co.uk
Nespresso Professional Brazil Organic capsules
Nespresso Professional has launched the Brazil Organic capsule, a new Arabica blend developed to complement its existing Origins Organic range. Brazil Organic is a smooth and mild coffee flavour with sweet notes.
Price: 50 capsules, £21.50
Website: www.nespresso.com
Madame F vegan wines
Madame F, a range of vegan wines created in collaboration with LGBTQ+ charity Queer Britain, is launching in the on trade with Frizzante on Tap. Madame F sources its Frizzante (Glera, Trebbiano NV, 11% abv) from a boutique vineyard in northern Italy. The dry, straw yellow wine has fine and persistent perlage, an intense, floral and fruity aroma and an apple aftertaste.
Price: 20 litre keg, £222.60
Website: www.madamef.com
Tango Mango
Britvic has released its latest Tango edition, Tango Mango. The sugar-free drink is available until February 2025 in a variety of formats: 330ml cans, 500ml bottles, 2 litre bottles, eight-can multipacks and 24-can multipacks.
Price: Case of 12 x 500ml bottles, from £7.59
Website: www.britvic.com
Hartridges sparkling drinks
Hartridges is adding two new sparkling drinks to its rebranded range: elderflower pressé and traditional lemonade. The 14-strong range is made up of eight sparkling drinks and six fruit juices, all created with natural ingredients, with no artificial colours or preservatives.
Price: 330ml bottle, £1
Website: www.hartridges.co.uk
New catering equipment for March 2024
Tamper-evident food packaging
Celebration Packaging has introduced a range of tamper-evident food packaging made from a minimum of 30% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). The range, part of Celebration Packaging's SolutionWare brand, includes salad containers with hinged lids and deli containers with separate lids, as well as a triangular sandwich pack.
Price: Case of 400 square lids, from £24.37
Website: celebration.co.uk
Multifunctional blast chiller range
Welbilt brand Delfield is bringing its C Pro multifunctional blast chiller range to the UK. The units work as a standard blast chiller/freezer and can also slow cook and hot hold food. The Pro range can slow cook at scheduled times such as overnight, chill to 30°C and freeze to -180°C. It is available with five, 10 or 16 shelves, 10 basic job functions, 190 preloaded recipes and 20 pre-loaded combined cycles.
Price: From £9,000
Website: www.welbilt.uk
