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NEWS | Industry Updates Boka Food secures first NHS order


East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first NHS facility to order Boka Food’s all green traffic light cereal bars. The Boka bars have gone on sale in staff and visitor restaurants and in vending machines across all five Trust hospitals. In particular they are sited at checkouts as a healthy choice impulse purchase. The move is part of the Trust’s commitment to the recently launched


NHS staff health and well-being CQUIN (Commissioning for Quality and Innovation), which is intended to improve health of NHS staff, visitors and patients. Among the specific requirements of the CQUIN is the banning of high fat, sugar and salt content foods from checkouts and a commitment to ensuring healthy options are available at any point including for those staff working night shifts. Tim Radcliff, catering manager for the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, commented: “Our vision is for


the Trust to become a truly health-promoting setting through food and drink. We aim to meet nutrition needs for patients and have healthier eating in general for the whole hospital community. One of our strategy principles is to provide high quality, healthy and safe food for patients, visitors and staff throughout all food outlets and services including vending and snacking.”


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Global juice drink consumption to rise by 5% a year


Global fruit juice and drink consumption exceeded 80 billion litres in 2015, representing 10% of overall soft drink volume, according to a new report from specialist food and drink consultancy Zenith International. Sales were up 4% during the year, with growth in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America offsetting declines in the mature markets of North America and West Europe. The market is forecast to rise by an annual 5% over the next 5 years to 105 billion litres in 2020. "The juice drink market is becoming increasingly diverse, with future advances, particularly in North


America and West Europe, dependent on innovative and original products," commented Zenith market intelligence director Esther Renfrew. "Manufacturers now recognise innovation is imperative in order to gain or maintain success." The 2016 Zenith Report on Juice Innovation identifies 8 key areas of product development initiatives


since 2014 - original flavours/ingredients, new textures, vegetable juices, cold-pressed juices, reduced/low/no sugar, functional offerings, premium positioning and child-oriented. "In recent years, the main new product development trends have involved new processing methods,


refined product positioning and ingredient emphasis on both flavour and function. Our 2016 Juice Innovation report serves as an ideal reference for any company seeking to create or expand a presence in the market," Esther Renfrew concluded.


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Great chat about healthy new ways to think about vending machines with @Abercrombyvend


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Barry Callebaut Academy opens


doors to UK beverage customers Barry Callebaut Beverages hosted the first Van Houten Beverage Academy in Sweden last month. This new centre of expertise endorses and supports its pledge to collaborate with its customers, allowing them to play a key


role in the development process of their new beverages. Customers have the opportunity to create their own signature drinks under the tutelage of the Academy’s team of experts. Using the institute’s cutting- edge analysis software, customers will be educated, guided and supported as they create their own individual, stand alone beverages. Customers from the UK, who travelled to Kågeröd to attend the opening ceremony, were able to sample


some of the gourmet beverages that the experts in the Academy are able to create and to enjoy a full tour of the new centre and its facilities. Andy Chilvers, operations manager for Connect Vending, travelled to Sweden to attend the launch. He


said: “It’s very rare for suppliers to go to the lengths that Barry Callebaut does to keep its customers happy and to deliver the ultimate in customer satisfaction. We now have the opportunity to play a part in the manufacture of the products that we are selling which gives us complete autonomy when it comes to the sales process. The Academy is a bold, forward-thinking initiative which I imagine will be well-received across all sectors.”


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