Food Safety & Hygiene News

Well it’s 17th March, which can only mean one thing – it’s St Patrick’s Day. Did you know that our founder and chairman, Verner, is Irish? He grew up in County Wexford before coming to university in the UK. Even though he’s lived in Yorkshire for a very long time, you can still detect his […]

What is Kokumi? Could it be some kind of Japanese tea; an electronic pet that you need to try to keep alive; or some elaborate type of paper-folding? The answer is ‘none of the above’.  Kokumi is, in fact, a  potential flavour enhancer. Many of you will already be of the different types of taste:

Since it includes several practical exercises, our annual ‘Creating Thermal Process Flavours’ course takes place in the Food Technology room at Ermysted’s Grammar School in Skipton, rather than at our premises on the Broughton Hall estate. It’s an ideal facility. As well as being close to our offices, it’s also not too far from The

Am I the only person who only ever thinks of making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? I’ve no idea why this is the case because every pancake day I remember how much I like them – especially with plenty of lemon juice and sugar. What does ‘shrove’ mean? Have you ever wondered what ‘shrove’ means? I’ve Googled

These who owns which name battles are, quite frankly, getting rather ridiculous. I mean, who in their right mind is going to confuse Iceland the country with Iceland the frozen food chain? Here’s a prime example: if I leave the house with just my purse and a couple of empty carrier bags and shout “I’m