Divine introduces its first 85% dark chocolate bar to its range.
To clash with national Chocolate Week (11th – 17th October), the farmer-owned chocolate company Divine Chocolate has announced a new addition to its 100g bar range.
Divine’s newsest product is a 100g pure chocolate bar made with 85% cocoa solids, using Ghanaian cocoa beans from the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative that co-owns the company.
In autumn 1998, Divine was the first ever Fairtrade chocolate bar launched in the UK that was aimed at the mass market.
The company now sell a range of chocolate bar flavours, coco powder, festive chocolate treats and hampers.
Charlotte Borger from Divine Chocolate says of the launch:
“Divine is delighted to be offering an intense new flavour that plays to the consumer trend towards enjoying darker, purer chocolate products, and also ensures we’re buying more Fairtrade cocoa from the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative.”
The 85% bar delivers an intense taste of pure cocoa due to its high percentage cocoa.
The new bar extends Divine’s dark chocolate product range, which centers around its 70% cocoa bar.
Available exclusively at Tesco stores nationwide – and at Tesco’s online shop – the new bar retails at £1.69.
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LOLA’s Cupcakes have launched a limited edition Strawberry and Cream cupcake to co-incide with Wimbledon.
The LOLA’s Strawberry and Cream cupcake is available at Selfridges Food Hall and Mayfair stores now.
The Wimbledon 2010 tournament has begun this June and LOLA’s has embraced the traditional Strawberries and Cream food eaten at the tennis with their twist on the quintessentially British, strawberries and cream cupcake.
Each month, the LOLA’s cupcake specialists develop a new and exclusive flavour.
The latest Strawberry and Cream flavour has a light, fluffy vanilla pod cupcake sponge infused with juicy strawberries, finished with a rich swirl of creamy strawberry fudge icing, mixed with mascarpone creating a thick fudgy texture and decorated with a fresh whole strawberry.
The new cupcake is being marketed alongside the Wild Strawberry Wedgwood collection.
The traditionally British floral pattern on the bone china aims to create the perfect modern classic tea break to enjoy with friends.
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Food giant General Mills, which is the sixth biggest food manufacturer in the world, has announced it is launching a new cereal.
The manufacturer is bringing out Total Plus Omega-3s Honey Almond Flax cereal, with the aim of helping adults consume enough Omega-3s.
According to the brand, around 50 per cent of adults are looking for ways to boost their intake of the mineral.
General Mills claims the Total Plus cereal contains the daily value of 12 essential minerals and vitamins, as well as 10 per cent of the daily value of Omega-3s in every serving.
“With the new Total Plus Omega-3s cereal, health-conscious Americans who have long trusted Total to deliver superior nutrition can also reap the benefits of Omega-3 ALA from flax,” said Dan Stangler, marketing manager for Total cereal.
Omega-3 fatty acids play a key role in helping maintain a healthy body.
Last week, General Mills was the victim of a hoax press release which claimed Barack Obama had ordered a full investigation into the whole of the General Mills supply chain following product recalls.
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Workers at a UK factory which produces breakfast cereals for Nestle and General Mills have called off their strike action.
The strike at Cereal Partner’s UK factory in Staverton, Wiltshire, was due to start from 5:00BST yesterday (June 24th).
Nestle announced a national pay-freeze earlier this year and the strike was to be the first of three walkouts aimed at showing staff anger over the pay restrictions.
If an agreement has not been reached by July 8th, the next strike will go ahead. The third one is scheduled to take place on August 26th.
“Following the threat of strike action we have managed to secure certain improvements to our members’ terms and conditions.
“Therefore, strike action planned for this week will no longer take place and the new offer will be put forward to the workforce,” said Jim D’Avila, Unite the union’s regional officer.
Unite is the biggest union in the UK. It represents the interests of around two million members in various workforce sectors.
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In the US, nine out of every ten adults consume too much salt, a new report has found.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealed that only 9.6 per cent of adults kept their daily sodium intake below the recommended government guidelines.
They were found to consume too much salt by eating pizza, crisps and other foods with high sodium levels, all of which contribute to a raised heart attack and stroke risk.
If adults were to reduce their salt intake by around half a teaspoon every day, new cases of heart disease could be cut by as many as 120,000 and there could be 66,000 fewer strokes, the report found.
“Sodium has become so pervasive in our food supply that it’s difficult for the vast majority of Americans to stay within recommended limits,” said Janelle Peralez Gunn, leader of the study and a public health analyst with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A UK report from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence released this week claims that up to 40,000 people in the country could be saved each year if food manufacturers reduced the levels of salt and saturated fat in their products.
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