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Chocolate production hazards – HACCP Easter everyone!

Did you know that Cadbury’s make between 40 and 50 million Easter Eggs each year? That a whole lot of eggs! As with every other large scale food manufacturing operation, chocolate producers need to have a HACCP plan in place. But first, let’s look at the various stages in producing chocolate. How chocolate is made […]

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Thermal Process Flavours – what are they? #savouryflavours

What is a Thermal Process Flavour? A thermal process flavour is produced by heating together two or more flavour precursors under carefully controlled conditions. It is sometimes called a ‘reaction’ flavour. Thermal process flavours are created through the Maillard reaction. This is a reaction between a nitrogen containing compound and a reducing sugar. The Maillard

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Verner Wheelock achieves ISO 9001 accreditation

Verner Wheelock, one of the UK’s foremost food industry training companies, has achieved ISO 9001:2015 accreditation. The company, which was founded in 1990, trains hundreds of delegates every year in HACCP, Food Safety, Auditing and specialist courses such as Root Cause Analysis, as well as performing SMETA ethical audits. ISO 9001 logical next step The

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Have you considered in-house food industry training?

So, you’ve been on Google, found the training course your staff need, but there’s a problem. You’re based in the South East and the training provider is up in North Yorkshire. It’s a two-day course, so the expense of travel and accommodation is fairly prohibitive for the 7 staff you want to train. That’s on

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Ethical Audits – What are they and why you need one

As a produce grower or food processor, the chances are that your company will have undergone several third-party audits, often by BRC auditors or by the major retailers that you supply.  An audit is an inspection or examination of a process or system to ensure compliance with requirements.  It can apply to a specific process

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