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Fivemiletown Creamery, Northern Ireland’s leading producer of speciality cheese, is launching its new range of innovative Boil?e cheese pearls in Britain at the Speciality and Fine Food Fair in London on 2 September.

Two innovative products from Mash Direct, the Northern Irish producer of quick serve potato and vegetable meals, have been shortlisted in a major UK competition.

Mash Direct’s Dauphinoise Potato and Mashed Potato with Maris Piper Potatoes have been shortlisted among five products in the Ready Meals Category of the Grocer Awards.

All Yours, the rice snack developed by Northern Ireland’s Mackle Snack Foods, has gained a significant foothold in the British marketplace.

The company, a longstanding manufacturer of snacks, which launched All Yours, a range of premium bite-sized, crispy rice clusters for healthier snacking, has signed a deal with Premier Partners, based near Oxford, to distribute the new snacks throughout Britain.

A natural way to enhance the flavour of steak has been developed by Kettyle Irish Foods, an award-winning specialist in dry-aged meats.
The company, based at Lisnaskea in rural county Fermanagh, has created a unique dry-aged bone marrow butter which recently won a listing by the UK Guild of Fine Food as one of Britain’s Top 50 Foods.

Italian style Guanciale has been developed by a specialist meat business in Northern Ireland. Developed by Hannan Meats, Moyallon Guanciale is already attracting the interest of top Italian restaurateurs and chefs in London and other UK centres following its recent listing as one of the Top 50 British Foods by the influential Guild of Fine Foods.

Kettyle Irish Foods, the Northern Irish producer of dry-aged beef and other meats, is supplying products to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.

The company, based at Lisnaskea in County Fermanagh, is supplying a range of products to Sodexo, caterers at the Olympic Village and across the main venues in London.

Three Northern Ireland companies have recently been recognized for quality products at major international dairy industry awards in Great Britain. The companies were successful at the International Cheese Awards in Nantwich (24-25 July) and the Great Yorkshire Show in Leeds (16-17 July).

Fivemiletown Creamery has secured a series of major awards for its speciality cheese and recently launched ice cream at international shows in England.
The creamery, Northern Ireland’s leading speciality cheese processor, gained the awards at this week’s prestigious International Cheese Show at Nantwich and the Great Yorkshire Show in Leeds.

Henning Brothers, the leading Northern Irish seafood processor, has invested ?170,000 in innovative equipment and marketing activities to accelerate the growth in its export sales.
The family-owned and managed company, which is based at Kilkeel harbour, Northern Ireland’s biggest fishing port, in County Down, has installed state-of-the-art equipment, the first of its type in Ireland, which is enabling it to increase production of white and brown crab meat to meet the growing demand from high-end restaurants in Europe.

Portaferry-based Crawford’s Food has won its first business In Hong Kong for its Just Live a Little branded granolas with assistance from Invest Northern Ireland. The family-run company has secured a contract that will see its breakfast granolas on the shelves of ParknShop supermarkets, Hong Kong’s biggest grocery business and leading online retailer.