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New ideas in snack food and drinks from Northern Ireland will be on show at this year's Caffe Culture for the first time on May 20 & 21 at Olympia, London.

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has praised Fermanagh-based luxury ice cream maker tickety-moo Ltd's innovative approach to business, which has led to major export growth.

Northern Ireland based ready meals specialist, Tasty Foods (Cuisine), has created a range of homemade pies for leading retailers and foodservice organisations. Among launch customers for the quality pies produced by the Belfast-based company are Dunne's, Asda and Musgraves.

Co Couture, the Northern Ireland based gourmet chocolatier, has struck gold??¦and bronze??¦ at the fourth annual Academy of Chocolate Awards. It's the first time a company from Ireland has been successful at the prestigious awards.

Handmade Easter Eggs from Baxter Murray Creative Chocolate in Belfast are proving to be a tasty gift to staff and clients from some of the UK's biggest companies. The Belfast gourmet chocolatier, an Invest Northern Ireland client company, is enjoying a 300 per cent growth this year in sales of its custom-made eggs to businesses in Great Britain.

What's the beef? Leslie Morrison, Invest NI Chief Executive, helps sell local beef and lamb to Carrefour buyer Gwennaille Gaudet, from Paris.

Glenarm Organic Salmon, the preferred choice of top chefs like Richard Corrigan, will be back on the market again soon??¦and demand for the premium seafood is already strong from top restaurants in Europe and the US.

Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster, praised the quality and innovation of Northern Ireland food companies at the recent International Food Exhibition (IFE) in London. The Minister led an Invest Northern Ireland business delegation of representatives from over 20 local companies to the event, which is one of the largest food and drink industry exhibitions in the world.

Seafood processors in Ardglass, Glenarm, Kilkeel and Portavogie are being helped by Invest Northern Ireland to explore business opportunities in the vast US marketplace.

Comber-based Sparky Pac is investing £3.7 million to grow sales of its fresh, pre-packed vegetables. The investment is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland and will provide 15 new jobs ??“ five of which are already in place - over the next three years.