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Griffin Foods at RDS IFEX Exhibition

Griffin Foods Ltd attended the IFEX 19 exhibition, Ireland's 19th international food, drink and hospitality exhibition at the RDS Simminscourt on April 18th-20th.
We were among 200 exhibitors proudly promoting our company and our products.
Here are a small selection of pictures from the show.

John Griffin loses a fiver to Roger Jones of S.Black

Ice-Cream warms up the pleasure centres of the brain, says study (29th April 2005)

A new study carried out by the centre of neuroimaging sciences at the institute of psychiatyr, London, has found out that eating Ice-Cream makes people happy.
The study scanned participants' brains using fMRI to see which brain areas were activated when they ate specific brands of Ice-Cream.
Results showed that areas in the brain related to pleasure were immediately activated when eating Ice-Cream.

Ice-Cream makes you happy.

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L-R: Judith Leech, John Griffin and Roger Jones IFEX exhitition 2005

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ARIBA CHOCOLATE

To complement our range of chocolate coatings, Griffin Foods introduced at the recent IFEX exhibition, Italian couverture chocolate products-both dark (53% cocoa solids) and milk (35.5% cocoa solids) from Unigra s.p.a.

Suitable for handmade chocolate,confectionery and pattiserie

usage ,the products have recieved an enthusiastic response todate

NIMBUS INCLUSIONS

New from one of Europe's leading inclusion producers Nimbus Foods, is an array of inclusion and decorative ingredients designed to add finishing touches to luxury and indulgent products.Malteser ,Smartie, Crunchie type products are available and also fudge,toffee,meringue pieces,vermicelli and sugar strands.

Bespoke or 'off the shelf' items are available to give your products that competitive edge.

RENSHAW SCOTT

New from Renshaw Scott next month is injectable and ready to use caramel -again which was exhibited at IFEX and together with their macaroon paste,toffee and yoghurt coatings,muesli mix and Blendesi marshmallow sparked a great deal of interest for producers of tray bakes.

Recipies are available as is a FREE pedometer with every 2 bags of yoghurt coating purchased-so get running!

RICE CRISPIES

Staying with traybakes-don't forget we are stocking bulk crisped rice packed in 10kg boxes

NUT PRICES

As you are no doubt aware the upward pressure on nut prices is continuing unabated.The severe shortage of

hazelnuts,almonds,walnuts and brazilnuts are causing huge

headaches for producers and traders alike!

The huge demand in the Far East and the U.S.A (Atkins Diet) coupled with poor crops in Turkey and Spain has made it a difficult time for purchasing materials.So far Griffin Foods have been fortunately able to obtain supplies throughout this tricky period -so if you are having difficulties sourcing nuts, let us know and we may be able to help.

Till the next time!

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July / August 2005