FCBA AGM

FCBA AGM

FCBA AGM

 

 

Wednesday 25th September

 

This year the FCBA Annual General Meeting will take place on 25 September 2019 in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, The De Velara Suite.

Registration is at 1.30pm.

We would strongly encourage you to attend on the day to support the FCBA, our voice for the industry.

We look forward to meeting you there.

HALLOWEEN IS COMING! BARM BRACK SEASON STARTS …….

HALLOWEEN IS COMING! BARM BRACK SEASON STARTS …….

HALLOWEEN IS COMING! BARM BRACK SEASON STARTS …….

 

As we approach Halloween, Barm Brack, a traditional Irish fruited yeasted bread, will once again be in high demand. 

 

Many bakers in Ireland (and even beyond) will have their own tried and tested recipes, which are often passed from generation to generation. At Kells, we have found that our 3901 Kells Bap Mix is the perfect base for a quality Barm Brack recipe. If you already make yeasted breads, using our recipe and blend can make the process easier.

Just add some shortening and gluten (available from Kells) as well as spice, fruit, yeast and water to produce a tasty Barm Brack… you might even want to add some of the traditional ‘surprises’ like the ring or coin, but we’ll leave that down to you!

Our mix provides bakers with a convenient and reliable way of making this seasonal treat quickly without having to buy in seasonal ingredients.

3901 Kells Bap Mix

For more details on these products, contact Kells or visit our website. You can also follow us on LinkedIn.

 

STAFFING AMONG TOP CONCERN FOR FOOD BUSINESSES IN IRELAND

STAFFING AMONG TOP CONCERN FOR FOOD BUSINESSES IN IRELAND

STAFFING AMONG TOP CONCERN FOR FOOD BUSINESSES IN IRELAND

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) recently revealed national attitudinal research that shows that 7 out of 10 Irish food businesses view the availability of skilled workers as a serious concern. This reflects a large decrease in unemployment and, more importantly, fewer skilled workers in recent years.

One way business customers who are short of skilled employees can increase productivity, is to look at moving to blends or concentrates, thereby freeing up staff from carrying out low skilled but critical tasks like weighing up ingredients for complicated recipes.

Using either pre-existing blends from Kells or, (subject to volume), talking to Kells about blending a recipe to your own design with total confidence and security, means you can free up your skilled staff for more valuable and rewarding tasks.

At Kells, we have an excellent track record for blending, both our own Kells brand and to individual customer requirements for full blends, concentrates, or key ingredients such as special seed blends. The blend doesn’t have to be complete but might include a concentrate of key ingredients for your existing scratch recipe.

At Kells, we can offer:

  • Total confidentiality and high-quality standards from an established supplier you know and trust
  • Surprisingly small minimum order quantities for a bespoke or ‘personalised’ recipe
  • Greater consistency in weighed recipes
  • Each batch blended individually, and test baked prior to dispatch
  • Flexibility on bag weight to suit your process
  • Full third-party accreditation and traceability to BRC ‘AA’ standard
  • Blend production managed with the latest SAP control system
  • Fantastic end results!

Kells also has access to a range of ingredient technologies, and the potential for reducing the large number of separate ingredients that a total scratch recipe can demand. Therefore, moving to a concentrated or blend solution can offer huge benefits to maximise your business. 

For more details on these products, contact Kells or visit our website. You can also follow us on LinkedIn.

VERSITILITY, GETTING MORE FROM YOUR CRÈME CAKE BLENDS FROM KELLS

VERSITILITY, GETTING MORE FROM YOUR CRÈME CAKE BLENDS FROM KELLS

VERSITILITY, GETTING MORE FROM YOUR CRÈME CAKE BLENDS FROM KELLS

The Kells Crème Cake base blends are available in a wide variety of flavours including plain, lemon, elderflower, coffee and raspberry & cream, with most of the range complying with Public Health England’s 2020 sugar targets for cakes.

 

Available to all bakers, these blends offer incredible versatility, as not only can they be used to create delicious cakes, but they can also be used to make fresh cookies and the Chocolate Crème Cake mix makes brilliant brownies too!

 

         

 

This versatility means that bakeries can create a broader range of fresh bakery products, simply by adding their existing ingredients to the Kells Crème Cake Mix.

 

The full Crème Cake range includes:

  • 3211 Kells Crème Cake Blend
  • 3210 Kells Chocolate Cake Blend
  • 3215 Kells Lemon flavour Crème Cake Blend
  • 3222 Kells Toffee flavour Crème Cake Blend
  • 3252 Kells Coffee Crème Cake Blend
  • 3364 Kells Raspberry & Cream flavour Crème Cake Blend
  • 3365 Kells Elderflower flavour Crème Cake Blend

 

For more details on these products, contact Kells or visit our website. You can also follow us on LinkedIn.