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Echlinville Distillery's decision to offer enthusiasts and collectors an opportunity to purchase casks from the first distillation of the first new Irish whiskey in over 125 years is proving an outstanding success.

Visitors to the Northern Ireland Naturally showcase at Gulfood will see and be able to sample innovative food and drink products which have won many of the most important awards for outstanding taste and quality. The Northern Ireland products are part of the UK Pavilion in the Sheikh Saeed Hall 3 (A34-38 and B33-47).

Craft brewer Hillstown Farm, based in Northern Ireland, has launched four new beers to join its existing Wayne’s Wheat Beer that it introduced last year. The new products were developed by the brewery located on a family farm near Ballymena in county Antrim as part of a diversification project.

Artisan producer Dart Mountain Cheese has recently produced Northern Ireland's first Alpine-style hand crafted speciality cheese.

Dunbia, the leading Northern Ireland headquartered meat processor, has its sights firmly set on winning business in China.

Our Daily Bread, the Belfast-based artisan baker of traditional Northern Irish breads, has signed a breakthrough deal with Simply Wild, one of Ireland's leading food distributors.

Artisan granola producer Tamnagh Foods in Northern Ireland has won its first business in Britain. Based near Dungiven in rural county Londonderry, Tamnagh has begun supplying Harrods, the Knightsbridge store’s iconic food hall with its handcrafted Maple Nut and Fruit and Honey Nut and Seeds granolas.

White’s Oats has made significant investment in the repositioning and packaging
re-design of its range of porridge oats and oat based cereals, which will see the brand develop further business in its core markets of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland.

Kestrel Foods, the successful UK dried fruit and nut business, has announced it will invest over &pound750,000 into new processing and packaging technology in 2015 to drive export sales.

Northern Ireland’s Strathroy Dairy aims to expand business particularly in the Republic of Ireland on the back of an increase in turnover to more than &pound50 million last year.