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Fresh flavours and original ideas from successful food and drink companies will be showcased on the Northern Ireland Naturally stand (M230) in Hall 6 at the International Food and Drink Expo 2014, NEC Birmingham, 24th -26th March.

Morelli’s in Northern Ireland makes the best vanilla ice cream in the UK…and that’s official! The company’s double cream vanilla ice cream has been voted the UK’s best for taste and quality in influential Ice Cream Championships, an annual competition run by the Ice Cream Alliance, the trade body for the UK's ?1 billion ice cream industry. It makes ice cream, at Coleraine in county Londonderry.

Abernethy Butter, the Northern Irish processor of hand churned butter, has been short listed for the final stages of the prestigious BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Ewing’s Seafoods in Northern Ireland, an awarding supplier of smoked salmon, cod loins and other fresh seafood to top retailers such as Selfridges in London, has achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) Grade A certification.

Ewing’s Seafoods in Northern Ireland, an awarding supplier of smoked salmon, cod loins and other fresh seafood to top retailers such as Selfridges in London, has achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) Grade A certification.

The outstanding quality of Glenarm Shorthorn beef from county Antrim aged in the unique Himalayan salt chambers at Hannan Meats in Moira was showcased by London celebrity chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix at a special event in Northern Ireland.

Northern Irish meat processor Linden Foods has won the prestigious title of Processing Business of the Year at the recent Meat and Poultry Processing Awards.

Based in Dungannon in county Armagh, Linden took the title, beating off strong competition from fellow finalists Moy Park of Craigavon, Armagh, Northern Ireland’s biggest poultry business, and England’s Underwood Meat Company.

Dunbia, the Northern Ireland headquartered meat processor, has strengthened its Scottish operations with the acquisition of Lynch Quality Meats in Ayr. This latest purchase now positions the company as one of the strongest players in the industry with 13 sites strategically located in every region in the UK and Ireland employing over 4000 people.

Squeeze Juice Caf?, the Northern Irish producer of fresh wheatgrass juice, experienced a 170 per cent growth in sales last year to markets ranging from Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland to Switzerland and Israel. Distributors have recently been appointed in the Republic.

Local food companies are being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to pitch for export business at Alimentaria 2014 in Barcelona, one of the industry’s world’s leading trade shows.