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Tesco Ireland products pick up 25 Blas na hÉireann Awards

Linda Stewart — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:35:52 +0000

Tesco Ireland is celebrating after receiving 25 rewards at this year’s Blas na hÉireann awards.

This prestigious competition sees the best tasting Irish food and drink rewarded for its outstanding taste and quality, along with recognising the passionate and dedicated producers who make them.

Tesco products received awards across several medal classes, including beef, lamb and bacon, cured meats, ready meals, prepared foods, soups, ice cream, dairy, cheese, breakfast cereal and preserves categories.

Tesco was awarded 11 gold medals including the newly launched Tesco Finest blackcurrant conserve, produced by Folláin in Cork.

Joe Manning, Commercial Director, Tesco Ireland, said: “It’s great to be back at the Blas na hÉireann awards in person this year, and we’re proud to have come home with 25 awards for Tesco own label and Finest products.

“We are delighted to have the quality of our Irish produced products recognised at such a prestigious event, and to have received 11 gold medals, as well as 9 silver and 5 bronze is an achievement that we are all extremely proud of.

“This is all made possible thanks to the relationships we have with our dedicated suppliers, some of which we’ve worked with for 25 years now, who provide the best quality products for our customers. Congratulations to all involved.”

Tesco Ireland also received four awards at this years World Steak Challenge that took place on Wednesday, 28^th September. The third year of the competition saw Tesco Finest Certified Irish Angus Ribeye, Tesco Irish Ribeye steak and Tesco Irish Striploin steak all receive silver medals, while the Tesco Finest Certified Irish Angus Striploin received a bronze medal.

Gold Winners:

Tesco Finest honey and mustard ham
Tesco Finest Certified Irish Angus Beef Short Ribs with Honey, Soya and Sesame Sauce
Tesco Raspberry Yogurt 150g
Tesco Moroccan inspired salad
Tesco Finest Tomato with Mascarpone & Fresh Basil Soup 400g
Tesco Finest Red Cabbage with Port & Cranberries 400g
Tesco Finest Mashed Potato 400g (Bronze 2021)
Tesco Finest Italian Meats Pizza
Tesco Finest Buffalo Mozzarella & Semi Dried Tomatoes Wood Fired pizza
Tesco Finest Cranberry, Apricot & Clementine stuffing
Tesco Finest blackcurrant conserve

Silver Winners:

Tesco Lamb Leg Steaks
Tesco Finest 6 Canadian Maple Smoked Dry Cured Irish Rashers
Tesco Finest Honeyed Irish Ham
Tesco Finest Dulce de Leche ice cream
Tesco Sicilian Lemon Yogurt 150g
Tesco 50% Less Fat Creme Fraiche 300g
Tesco Finest Vintage White Cheddar Cheese
Tesco Garlic & Herb Stuffing 250g
Tesco Irish Oats 1Kg

Bronze Winners:

Tesco Fire Pit grill steaks with mixed peppercorn crust
Tesco Finest Certified Irish Angus Ranch Steaks with Smoky Garlic and Onion Butter
Tesco Irish lamb Rack
Tesco Finest Melting Middle cod and parsley fishcakes
Tesco Finest Rhubarb and Madagascan Vanilla conserve

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Kepak and Musgrave team up to supply new Angus beef range

Linda Stewart — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:52:10 +0000

Beef processor Kepak and wholesaler Musgrave MarketPlace have teamed up to launch the Butcher Prime Certified Irish Angus Beef Range.

As part of the partnership, the new range will be supplied to some of the best known restaurants in Ireland.

The Butcher Prime Certified Irish Angus Beef Range is noted for higher levels of marbling, which delivers a better taste and flavour.

The beef in the range is hand selected, hip hung and matured for 21 days, which also adds to the quality, Kepak said.

The range is accredited by the Certified Irish Angus Producer Group, which “ensures that quality and consistency of the beef”, and is guaranteed 100% Irish Angus beef through DNA traceability.

The range is also Bord Bia quality assured (QA) and sourced from Kepak suppliers around the country. The processor says these suppliers are “committed to the highest animal welfare standards and sustainable farming practices”.

The new offering marks almost 20 years of Kepak supplying beef products to Musgrave MarketPlace. Other brands and ranges supplied in that time include Butcher Select Brand, Butchers’ Prime Brand and Simply Meat Brand.

Commenting on the new range, Mel Bohan, Kepak commercial manager, said: “The Butcher Prime Certified Irish Angus Beef Range reflects the quality produce of our farmers.

“The new offering also reflects the success of an almost 20-year partnership between Kepak and Musgrave which we endeavour to build into the future.”

James Canavan, trading manager for Musgrave MarketPlace, said: “We are committed to ensuring the meat we deliver to our customers is 100% Irish and of the highest quality, with a strong focus on excellence from farm to fork.

“We look forward to continuing this partnership with Kepak in delivering world class meet to the tables of Irish restaurants,” Canavan added.

Caption: Chris Watson, Kepak; Christy Broe, meat specialist, Musgrave; Clement Pavie, chef, Musgrave; Robert Murphy, meat specialist, Musgrave; Jmes Canavan, trading manager, Musgrave; Mel Bohan, Kepak

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US firm to build biggest ever vats for ‘no cruelty’ meat

Linda Stewart — Mon, 30 May 2022 09:50:39 +0000

An American company plans to build the world’s largest bioreactors to create artificially grown meat that doesn’t require the killing of animals.

Good Meat, the cultivated meat division of Eat Just, has commissioned the largest known bioreactors for chicken and beef cultivated meat.

Cultivated meat, also sometimes referred to as cell-based meat, clean meat, cultured meat and in-vitro meat, is artificially-grown genuine meat that is produced by cultivating animal cells directly.

After cells are taken from a healthy animal – which isn’t killed in the process – they are placed in a large tank where they are fed nutrients until they divide and grow.

Ten 250,000-litre bioreactors will be built in the US and form the foundation for Good Meat’s large-scale cultivated meat facility. Good meat claims the complex will have the capacity to produce up to 30 million pounds of meat without the need to slaughter a single animal.

The facility will initially produce chicken and beef and the company plans to distribute products to millions of customers across the United States. Good Meat is planning to finalise site selection in the next three months and is continuing to engage with the Food and Drug Administration and US Department of Agriculture on a regulatory pathway to market.

Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, said Good Meat is the only cultivated meat manufacturer in the world to secure regulatory approval.

“Our first step was receiving regulatory approval and launching in Singapore,” he said.

“Our second step has been selling to customers through restaurants, street vendors and delivery platforms. We’ve learned that consumers want this, and we’re ready to take the next step to make this happen at a commercial scale.”

Meanwhile, food-tech fund Synthesis Capital raised a record $300 million to invest in companies that make alternative proteins, from cow-free ice cream to 3D-printed plant-based steaks.

Synthesis closed the biggest ever food-tech-focused fund just as higher interest rates and soaring food costs dim the funding environment. The fund is focusing on companies that help startups scale-up manufacturing, said co-founder Rosie Wardle, adding that the latest market shifts mean it will take a more conservative approach in allocating capital over the next few months.

“We’re very much technology and innovation-focused,” she said in an interview. “There’s a lots of capital flowing to brands at the consumer facing end, and we’re not doing that.”

The plant-based market could grow fivefold to $166 billion over the next decade, according to Bloomberg Intelligence, as consumers pay more attention to health, and environmental concerns over mass-scale animal rearing.

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