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  • Fortnum and Mason lists Northern Irish wild venison

    Tuesday 25th August 2015
    Baronscourt Estate in Northern Ireland is to supply Fortnum and Mason with its award winning wild venison. The company, based near Omagh in county Tyrone, won the business following its recent success in the Great Taste Awards 2015 in which it won three-stars for wild Sika French rack of venison and one-star each for venison loin and venison sausages.
  • First ale washed cheese from Northern Irish artisan producer

    Tuesday 25th August 2015
    Northern Irish artisan producer Dart Mountain Cheese has teamed up with a local craft brewery, Northbound, to produce Ireland's first ale washed cheese.
  • First Time Great Taste winner seeks sales in Britain

    Monday 24th August 2015
    Northern Ireland’s Sloan’s Bacon, a first time winner in the recent UK Great Taste Awards, is seeking to build contacts in Britain and the Republic of Ireland to boost sales.

    The artisan company, based at Kilrea in county Derry, gained a total of three-stars for its bacon from locally sourced pigs in the awards. It was awarded two-stars for its smoked and dry-cured rindless bacon and one star for dry-cured back bacon.
  • Food processing poised for continuing growth

    Monday 24th August 2015
    Moy Park, Northern Ireland’s biggest company, is included in a major UK survey that projects a 3-4 per cent growth in food and drink manufacturing and processing by 2018-19.
  • Northern Irish coconut oil producer hoping for healthy sales

    Monday 24th August 2015
    CocoMojo, the Northern Irish lifestyle drink producer, has launched a new coconut oil product. The company’s CocoOil is organic, cold pressed, virgin coconut oil.
  • Award winning tastes from Northern Ireland at Food and Hospitality Ireland

    Friday 21st August 2015
    Winning tastes from enterprising and innovative companies will be showcased on the Northern Ireland Naturally presentation (Stand D15) at the The Speciality & Fine Food Fair which launches this year at the Food & Hospitality Ireland show, Sept 16-17, in Dublin’s RDS.
  • New Northern Irish craft brewer launches in Republic of Ireland

    Thursday 20th August 2015
    Northbound Brewery, among the most recent craft breweries to emerge in Northern Ireland, will be launching its products at the Irish Craft Beer Festival in Dublin from 27-29th August.
  • Food companies dominate Northern Ireland's Top 100

    Wednesday 19th August 2015
    Moy Park, one of the world’s biggest poultry processors, is Northern Ireland’s biggest company….for the fourth year in succession. The processor, now part of JBS of Brazil, is the region’s only ?1 billion private company.
  • RubyBlue features in new gift box liqueur minis

    Tuesday 18th August 2015
    RubyBlue premium Irish fruit berry liqueurs from Hughes Craft Distillery are now available in mini gift box format. The company, which is based at Lisburn in county Antrim, has just launched its range of four liqueurs in 50ml bottles in an attractive gift box that’s targeted in particular at the travel market.
  • Lakeland Dairies praises high quality of Northern Ireland milk

    Monday 17th August 2015
    Lakeland Dairies, one of Ireland’s leading dairy businesses, has praised the ‘exceptionally high quality” of milk from Northern Ireland farms.