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Northern Ireland’s Mackle Snacks has launched All Yours, an exciting range of premium bite-sized, rice crisp clusters for healthier snacking. The new rice crisp clusters, available in 50g pouches and 22g snack packs, include healthy berries such as cranberries and blueberries with oats covered in delicious yoghurt or dark chocolate coating. The innovative range, which features eye catching packaging comes in three luxurious flavours.

Suki Tea, the Northern Ireland gourmet tea company, has been listed by Dobbies for its expanding network of farm food halls in garden centres throughout the United Kingdom.

Ditty’s, the Northern Ireland artisan bakery run by Robert Ditty UK Baker of the Year 2011 in the annual Baking Industry Awards has won its first export deal in the Middle East. The bakery, based in Castledawson, County Derry, is supplying home baked shortbread to a major food distributor in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Morelli’s Ice Cream in Northern Ireland has signed a new distribution deal to expand sales in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland and build on its success in winning a series of Ice Cream Alliance awards.

Tyrone cheesemaker Fivemiletown Creamery was at the centre of the annual Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in London.
The creamery, located in Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone, donated a Ballyoak Irish Soft Smoked Cheese for the Chelsea Pensioners to enjoy this festive season. The special Christmas ceremony dates back to 1692, when cheesemakers first started donating cheese to the hospital.


Photo Caption: Chelsea Pensioners John McNaughton and Wayne Campbell say ‘Cheese!’ with the cheeses donated by Fivemiletown Creamery

Wilson’s Country, Northern Ireland’s leading potato processor, has come up with a unique twist on traditional Irish chips – Causeway Chips – to support food tourism within a major international campaign to attract more visitors from abroad to the region.

Northern Ireland’s Finnebrogue has expanded its venison range for Marks and Spencer to meet the growing demand for the meat. Finnebrogue, based at Downpatrick in County Down, is benefiting from a 78 per cent hike in sales of venison at M&S stores throughout the UK and Ireland.

Three Northern Ireland companies have been successful at the prestigious World Cheese Awards in London. Fivemiletown Creamery headed the list of Northern Ireland successes with a gold for its unique Boilie goats’ cheese pearls.

Bailies Hand Roasted Coffee, Northern Ireland’s award winning gourmet coffee business, is expanding sales in the Republic of Ireland. The company, winner of 12 gold stars in the recent UK Great Taste Awards, has added Dublin Wine Rooms, Royal Irish Yacht Club, also based in Dublin, along with expanding franchises of The Art of Coffee and Coffee Angel to its growing customer portfolio.

Ards Brewing Company, a new Northern Ireland craft brewery, has recently launched its first two products, a Pale Ale and a traditional Irish Stout.

The Pale Ale, named Pig Island Pale, was launched to acclaim at the recent Ulster Ale and Beer Festival 2011. The annual event was organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and attracted over 100 craft ales and stouts from most parts of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.