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Dalziel Ingredients’ reveals its festive food forecast

dalzielBlends, cures and functional ingredients specialist Dalziel Ingredients is set to launch its annual festive food report of what’s big this Christmas, available early January.

Dalziel Ingredients’ report, which can be specially tailored for customers, looks at this year’s eating habits and trends, and it reveals its Christmas 2018 predictions of what’s coming next.

The company’s product development team compared the finest festive fare in retail and food service, chilled and frozen meat, fish, sauces, snacks, ready to eat and vegetarian.

It is one of a regular series of foody market reports published by Dalziel Ingredients, which also includes an annual sausage report and BBQ review.

Dalziel’s review shows alcohol infused food is big this Christmas.

It’s no surprise that the nation’s trendiest tipple features highly on this year’s festive menus with gin flavoured sausages, sloe gin mince pies, even crisps and gin-cured salmon.

Dalziel Ingredients’ product development team advises food manufacturers on new flavour concepts and trends, market analysis, factory processes, recipe formulations and product quality enhancements.

Denise McGrahan, Marketing Coordinator at Dalziel Ingredients, explained how the company’s Christmas report can be tailored to customers.

“We help clients look for interesting ways to add a new twist to their Christmas products. At our state-of-the-art development centre, we focus on taking ideas and delivering appealing, commercially viable end-products.

“We evaluate current and past trends to helps clients keep ahead on developing concepts and flavours. Importantly, we are able to customise presentations to suit the customer’s needs.”

Dalziel Ingredients focuses on current health trends, including salt and sugar reduction and replacers. And the team is developing new product ideas in increased protein and fat reduction.

All Dalziel Ingredients’ products – seasonings, complete mixes, rubs, glazes, functional blends, batters, crumbs, snack seasonings, cures and brines – can be developed as gluten free, and existing products can re reformulated to be gluten free.

Functionality, appearance and flavour are all important trademarks of the Dalziel Group, which has a heritage as a market leading, family owned food service specialist going back nearly 90 years.

Visit www.dalzielingredients.co.uk or tel: 0191 469 3078 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a customised presentation.