Anchor Fast Start - the only liquid breakfast made with real milk
Date: 2 Oct 2012Introducing Anchor Fast Start - a new liquid breakfast that has the nutrition of a bowl of oats and milk for breakfast, only quicker! Hitting the shelves this week, Anchor Fast Start is a great way to enjoy breakfast when on the run. Made with all the goodness of Anchor milk, Anchor Fast Start tastes great and is perfect for a snack after Saturday sports, or before an early morning gym session. Anchor Fast Start is proudly made in New Zealand ... more
Give your bikini body a big juicy kiss - thanks to Just Juice with 50 percent Less Sugar!
Date: 2 Oct 2012Are those little winter indulgences creating a lot of strife in your plans to look super-svelte this summer? Give your bikini body a big juicy kiss and have more of what you love, thanks to Just Juice with 50% less sugar! New Just Juice with 50% less sugar in Cheeky Apple flavour gives you all the flavour - and none of the consequences! With 50 per cent less fruit sugar than regular Just Juice and just the right amount of sweet, cheeky apples to give you the full taste experience, it's ... more
Farewell to the flying cork
Date: 28 Sep 2012Screw caps come to sparkling wine Flat, lifeless bubbles can take the fun out of any festive occasion. But now there’s a safer and faster way to open your sparkling wine - and ensure the bubbles last longer. Kim Crawford wines is launching a new screw-cap lid on its First Pick Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc from 1 October 2012 - same wine, just more convenient and longer lasting. “Consumers love it - this has been the case in Australia - because now they don't ... more
Sally Williams soft nougat - a sweet start to the festive season
Date: 26 Sep 2012Christmas always arrives early at Nosh stores and the arrival of the renowned Sally Williams range of soft nougats heralds a sweet start to the season. Nougat is traditionally – well in Europe anyway – associated with the festive season but at Nosh we say any time of the year is a good time to enjoy the soft, sweet taste of hand-made nougat. Winner of 3 Gold Stars at the 2011 UK Great Taste Awards, with only 114 out of 7482 products receiving this highly prestigious ... more
Grab a handful on National Nut Day!
Date: 25 Sep 2012Event: National Nut Day 2012 Date: Tuesday, 23 October Where: Across New Zealand Tuesday 23 October is National Nut Day – a day to take our hats off to the wonderful nut. The people behind Alison’s Pantry and Mother Earth will be out to make sure Kiwis go nuts to celebrate the inaugural New Zealand National Nut Day. National Nut Day will encourage Kiwis to grab a handful of nutritious and delicious nuts as a snack. Nuts are a natural powerhouse ... more
Indigenous NZ cuisine cluster to host Hong Kong VIPs
Date: 22 Sep 201222 of New Zealand's finest Maori owned food and beverage producers have joined together to collectively market and sell their products in NZ and off-shore under the Indigenous NZ banner. The cluster was officially launched on the 30th July 2012 in Auckland by The Minister of Maori affairs, Hon Dr Pita R Sharples CBE. Since the clusters formation, it has gained considerable exposure and interest by media and buyers in Asia and NZ. Next week, on the 24th September the cuisine cluster ... more
Ingham Butterfly Chicken gets top marks for food safety
Date: 20 Sep 2012Following a successful Butterfly Bay summer promotion with Bernice Mene, Ingham New Zealand is proud to announce that its new products, Butterfly Chicken Lime & Chilli and Herb & Garlic, have been named a finalist in the 2012 NZ Food Awards in the AsureQuality Food Safety category. The Butterfly Chicken products are the only meat products to be named a finalist in the category, and Ingham National Sales Manager Jonathan Gray says they were designed with the consumer’s food ... more
Busy lifestyles keep Kiwis from breakfast
Date: 18 Sep 2012In a typical week almost half the nation skips breakfast - even though 42% of Kiwis say they know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, according to results from the belVita Breakfast Survey released by Kraft Foods. The survey, which researched the breakfast-eating habits of almost 1,000 New Zealanders, reveals that 46% skip breakfast at least once a week and almost a third of breakfast skippers, skip up to three times per week - due in large part to hectic lifestyles and ... more
Tip Top Bakery named as one of New Zealand’s most trusted brands
Date: 17 Sep 2012Tip Top Bakery has emerged as one of New Zealand’s most trusted brands in the annual Reader’s Digest survey of Trusted Brands. The Tip Top Bakery brand achieved the highest recognition score for dry goods (averaging 4.5 out of a possible 5) and the second highest score on trust (averaging 8.22 out of a possible 10). That makes it a power brand, says Readers Digest, one that combines high levels of trust with widespread recognition. The Reader’s Digest Trusted ... more
Another secret ingredient from Hawke's Bay: Verjuice
Date: 12 Sep 2012By MARGARET BROOKER Verjuice isn't the sort of thing you swig back after a long day in the sun. Here's how to use it. WHAT IS VERJUICE? Verjuice is the sour acidic juice of unripe fruit. Named from the French vert (green) and jus (juice), verjuice, verjus, or vertjus, as it is also called, is literally 'green juice'. Its history stretches back to medieval, and perhaps even Roman, times when it was made with whatever fruit grew locally - crabapples, apples, gooseberries and plums. ... more
