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Baileys, the Irish cream liqueur, has been named the UK’s favourite drink to have at Christmas, in a poll of spirit drinkers conducted by insight tools provider Instantly. Seventy per cent of the global production of the liqueur is made in Northern Ireland from cream supplied by local dairy farms.

Quirky artisan chocolatier Neary Nogs is investing to meet the growing demand for its extensive range of handmade products.

Just Live a Little, the Northern Irish artisan producer of a range of breakfast cereals, has won its first business in Taiwan for its handcrafted granolas.

The winning entry in an all-Ireland competition for new black pudding-based products is to go into production at Northern Ireland’s award winning O’Doherty’s Fine Meats.

Dale Farm, Northern Ireland’s biggest cheese producer, struck gold for its Quark at the recent World Cheese Awards in the NEC, Birmingham as part of the BBC Good Food Show.

Around Noon, the Northern Ireland specialist in innovative ‘grab and go’ quality convenience foods, achieved a 40 per cent growth in sales during 2015 driven by a sharp increase in business in the Republic of Ireland.

The prestigious Holborn Dining Room in London, part of the international Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, is now using handmade butter from Northern Ireland’s Abernethy Butter.

Pure Roast Coffee, the award winning coffee producer, has completed a &pound350,000 investment which triples the company’s output of coffee for products such as single serve pods, whole beans and ground coffee.

Leading Northern Irish red meat processor Linden Foods has been named ‘Green Company of the Year’.

The company, based at Dungannon in county Tyrone, won the award for its commitment and the environment and sustainability in Northern Ireland’s top business awards – the annual Ulster Television Business Eye Awards.

Handmade fudge maker Blackthorn Foods in Northern Ireland has launched a new range of artisan products which are non-dairy and free from gluten and soya.