Top UK new product award for Linden in Northern Ireland

Linden Foods in Northern Ireland picked up 'Best New Product Development Award' at the recent 2017 Food Management Today (FMT) Industry Awards for its hand-wrapped Pork Saltimbocca produced for Marks and Spencer.

Linden Foods is based at Dungannon in county Tyrone and has won a series of major awards for its portfolio of beef, lamb, pork and chicken products.

In the company of renowned chef and TV broadcaster John Torode, the 2017 FMT Industry Awards brought the top names of the UK food industry together to reward the best products, as voted for by readers of the magazine and judged by industry experts.

Around 300 guests attended the presentation of awards Luncheon at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington.

Pauline Gordon, marketing executive at Linden Foods, says; "The FMT awards are a celebration of creativity, innovation and excellence within the British food industry and we are delighted to be able to pick up this Best New Product Development award. We thoroughly believe the M&S Pork Saltimbocca to be truly a special product that boasts innovation, attention to detail, married with succulent tastes and flavours.

"Linden works very hard to create exciting new products for our customers. We have a very experienced and forward-thinking NPD team and most importantly we believe in a collaborating relationship with our partners, helping us to deliver the best products," she adds.

Linden Foods is one of the UK's leading food processors. The company is part of Fane Valley Co-Operative, Northern Ireland's biggest farmers' co-operative. Linden employs around 800 people at Dungannon and sources premium quality meat from its own long established network of farms in Northern Ireland.

Pictured L-R: Category partner Tom Worth of Teknomek, award winner Pauline Gordon of Linden Foods and chef John Torode.