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Twenty three Northern Ireland food companies gained almost 50 awards, including four highly prestigious ???triple golds', in the recent Great Taste Awards 2009, considered the UK ???Oscars' for the food and drink industry.

Northern Ireland based LE Pritchitts is now supplying its range of dairy and non-dairy products including the successful Millac Maid branded creamers to the Indian marketplace.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster met Michael Hall, Managing Director of Kestrel Foods, when she visited the Portadown company to announce their expansion plans.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has praised the success of local food companies for investing in new product development.

The Minister congratulated 23 Northern Ireland food companies that gained almost 50 awards, including four highly prestigious ???triple golds', in the Great Taste Awards 2009. The Great Taste Awards, considered the UK ???Oscars' for the food and drink industry, were awarded earlier this month.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced new contracts worth more than £30million, won by Norbev in Ballymena.

The Minister announced the new business for Norbev, which includes a substantial contract from Aldi, the leading German-owned discount store group, during a visit to the company's plant in Railway Street. Norbev, an Invest Northern Ireland client company, is a specialist in contract bottling for soft drinks and is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its establishment this year.

Coleraine firm Dairy Produce Packers is investing over £400,000 in a staff training and development project, supported by Invest Northern Ireland.
Dairy Produce Packers, part of the Kerry Group, is a market leader in the production and distribution of cheese slices for the retail and foodservice sectors.

Northern Ireland based contract bottler Norbev has won a series of contracts worth around £30 million over the next three years. The company will be bottling a range of juices and soft drinks for industry leaders including German discounter Aldi.

Aberdeen Angus burgers earned Northern Ireland based Freeza Meats a major award recently in the prestigious British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) Annual Awards 2009.

Wafer Ltd, the Northern Ireland based manufacturer of waffle cones, wafers and other ice cream products is aiming for faster growth in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland by investing in innovation with help from Invest Northern Ireland.

Surging sales of its healthy oats breakfast cereals helped Northern Ireland based oat miller, Whites, achieve a 50 per cent growth in turnover last year.