Fish and chips is one of the world's great fast foods, a classic on par with hamburgers, pizza, falafel sandwiches and tacos. The combination of crisp, golden batter and tender, moisc fish is alluring, and the smell of frying fish can draw aficionados from miles around. Traditionally, beef tallow was the preferred deep-frying fat; it was later replaced by solid shortenings. Nov, to avoid hydrogenated oils and trans fats, restaurants and home cooks have shifted to vegetable oils.
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17.01.2017
New Food Labelling regulations come into force in the UK on December 13th 2016. That is next month!
FlavOil popped over to the swanky FDF headquarters in London to attend a course in food labelling. The course was run by labelling experts SALSA (who probably know a bit too much about labelling) and covered some interesting aspects of labelling.
Interesting fact: Strawberry flavour (has no strawberry in it), Strawberry flavoured (its been flavoured with real strawberries)
The regs are ...
17.01.2017
Our Sunflower farms do not use nicotinoid insecticides and we have long proudly claimed that our Sunflower Oil is 'Bee Friendly' so it is good to see that Greenpeace is also looking at this.
It is a big problem in the UK as we need a healthy bee population for all plants - not just edible oils.
The Greenpeace article is wrong on one thing - you cannot cook with Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil!
https://www.foe.co.uk/news/bee-friendly-shoppers-guide-rapeseed-oil ...
17.01.2017
The indefatigable Robin Tillmanns, FlavOil's popular Sales manager attended a Brexit summit at the British Library in London. The event was organised by the Food and Drink Federation (of which we are members) and was intended to explore the effects of Brexit on companies operating in our sector.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and noted "Remainer", gave a keynote speech on the 'political perspective of Brexit.2-The politics of Brexit-How did we get there and where now for ...
17.01.2017
Many of us are just back from SIAL in Paris. Well there are worse places to go for a trade show I can think of!
Although, despite what my team think, these trips are probably not as exciting as they think, with all the daylight hours being spent inside a metal shed, and any of the Paris tourist sights are glimpsed from the back seat of an Uber in the dark! For those who haven't been to Paris since the terrorist atrocities earlier in the year, you need to know that it is a safe place to go ...
17.01.2017
Phew! We love to attend shows about food and oils and we had to fly over to Paris this week to attend the mighty SIAL which is the World's largest Expo on food and drink with 7000 exhibitors.
There were stalls from 120 countries and it really did inspire us.
To begin it looked like just another show but as you went deeper and deeper you became awed by the sheer scale of endeavour and after several hours you started to get a true sense of the scale of the world and what massive talent there is ...
17.01.2017
A delegation from FlavOil recently attended a meeting of NEODA (National Edible Oil Distributors association) in the picturesque setting of the Beamish Museum near Newcastle.
The meeting commenced with the formal welcome of FlavOil to the association and our delegates responded with good wishes. The meeting was well attended by representatives of all the big edible oil companies in the UK and affiliated industries. How to promote fish
A particular theme was the promotion of fish in ...
17.01.2017
What a couple of days we had a the Takeaway and Streetfood expo at the huge ExCel arena. ExCel is so big it has a train station at each end. We really like going to shows but it is quite an effort and we had a little trouble putting up our stand. We were proud of it in the end though and we think you'll agree that it looked pretty good!
Shows are a great way to meet people in the business and it was surprising to note how many were FlavOil customers! Many people are now interested in oils and ...
17.01.2017
FLAVOIL are delighted to announce the launch of our own HOSO High Oleic Sunflower Oil. This revolutionary brand of Sunflower Oil is probably the perfect oil for all kitchen uses as it has an exemplary nutritional profile combined with a high performance across all cooking tasks.
What is "high oleic" oil?High oleic oil is any oil that is high in monounsaturated fats. Sunflower, Olive and Rapeseed oil are all naturally high in monounsaturated fat, but they are also have polyunsaturated fats ...
17.01.2017
The National Sunflower Association are champions of the great benefits of Sunflower Oils across the pond in North America, and we at Flavoil share these aims and values. High Oleic Sunflower Oil is a great oil for cooking and dipping and we want everyone to know about it.
Flavoil also believe in the goals of scientists and medical professionals in promoting diet and good health and also in trying to explain the sometimes complex chemistry involved in this. Something the National Association is ...
17.01.2017