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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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Food Safety & Hygiene News

13 March 2018

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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Food Safety & Hygiene News

7 March 2018

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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8 February 2018

Excellence Awards winners announced

So, the time has finally come. After much ‘deliberating, cogitating and digesting’ (as Lloyd Grossman used to say on Masterchef), we have pleasure in revealing the winners of the 3rd Verner Wheelock Excellence Awards. They have been chosen from nominations by our course tutors and as ever it has been a very difficult decision to

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Food Safety & Hygiene News Auditing training Food Safety Training HACCP training Past Courses Specialist Courses

5 February 2018

Party food safety at Christmas – what you need to know

It’s Christmas party season! You’re in your finery, you’ve booked the hotel or restaurant and you’re in a festive mood – what could possibly go wrong? Without wanting to be a party pooper, there’s plenty that could be going on behind the scenes, including issues with Christmas party food. Did you check the Food Hygiene

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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training

19 December 2017