Product News

Thirst for Life, the importer of the Belvoir range of organic drinks and cordials is launching a number of new flavours with a stunning new bottle design just in time for summer.

The new cordial flavours include Organic Blueberry, Pomegranate & Raspberry, Lime & Lemongrass. The Blueberry and Pomegranate & Raspberry Cordials both won Gold Awards at this year's "Great Taste Awards" in Britain.

Belvoir cordials are highly concentrated and can make up to four litres of drink. Ideal missed with still or sparkling water, some like the Organic Blueberry can also be used as a base for fruit salads and summer puddings or with gin or vodka as a cool cocktail.

Recent scientific students have indicated that pomegranate may play some role in inhibiting the return of prostate cancer after surgery or radiation therapy for the disease.

Thirst for Life will also be releasing a new Presse flavour, Cranberry. Belvoir Presses are soft drinks flavoured from natural fruits and are free from artificial flavours or additives.

www.thirstforlife.com.au

In an Australian first, this spring marked the commercial releases of two biodynamic organic traditionally crushed and flavoured Extra Virgin Olive Oils (EVOO).

The Lakelands Olives Basil Crush and Lakelands Olives Mandarin Crush EVOO oils have been crafted using the Italian "Agrumato" method where handpicked olives are crushed together with individual fruits or herbs.

Whole, certified organic Imperial mandarins and biodynamic estate grown basil leaves have been added to the two new Lakelands varieties, which are prefect for salads seafood and poultry.

"On drizzle of either of these oils will transport you immediately to the sun-drenched Mediterranean" said Lakelands olive proprietor, Knut Kammann who established the olive grove bear Mudgee, NSW in 1996.

"We use the best possible sustainable horticultural methods and strictly controlled biodynamic and organic principles, which combined with the high altitude and pristine environment creates naturally balanced aromatic olive oils" he said.

Visit www.lakelands-olives.com.au for stockists.

Catering for special dietary requirements can be both time consuming and difficult for busy chefs. Halal food, with its special certification and ingredient requirements, is especially difficult for kitchens not specifically set up to cater for this cuisine.

Now foodservice specialists Pure Source have taken the guess work and frustration out of Halal food by offering an extensive range of portion controlled, pre cooked Halal certified restaurant quality meals. There's an extensive choice of delicious main meals options to choose from – including Hickory BBQ Beef, Chicken Chasseur, Vegetable Lasagne and beef Diane.

All meals are produced to an average weight of 360g and are fully cooked at Gourmet Chef Foods under license to Pure Source. The portion control ensures now wastage, easy catering and budgeting and far less time spent in the kitchen.

Pure Source also offers meals for other specialist dietary requirements including diabetics, vegetarians and those with a gluten intolerance.

To see the full range of main meal and dessert options, www.pure-source.com.au

Catering for people with special dietary needs can be a nightmare, but Sweet William Dairy Free Chocolate has made it easier by covering so many dietary needs with one product.

Sweet William Dairy chocolate is not only free from gluten, lactose and peanuts but is also vegan, Kosher and Halal. There is even a version with no added sugar suitable for diabetics.

Best of all, the taste of the all natural ingredients is exceptional and your regular chocolate consumers won't notice the difference. Sweet William provides small 10g bars for use with coffee or bulk chocolate for your baking needs.

Ph 1300 656 223 for a sample or visit www.sweetwilliam.com.au

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First Ray have just launched Australia's  very first range of  sustainably fished tinned tuna, sardines, mackeral and anchovies.

The Fish 4 Ever range uses explicit suastainbility criteria for it sproducts – something that is more important than ever with fish stocks world wide being severaly depleted and biodiversity under threat.  In fact, the Worldwatch Insitute  estimates the around two thirds of the warth's fish populations are now fished at or beyong their capacity.

"The Fish 4 Ever range goes much further than dolphin0friednly tuna and addresses a far wider range of issues," said Sandy Abram from First Ray. "No dragnets are used. These can be up to 100km long and will kill dolphins, whales, sharks, turles and seabifs. There is no bye catach and most of the fish are caught using small community boatsf. No fishing occurs in the breeding season and there is no fishing of endangered species or under-sized fish".

Available in cold pressed organis oils and berine, Fish 4 Ever is packed fresh, straight from the catach, filletd by hand, tinned and then cooked in the time for preservation. This also seals in the all flavours, as wellas the Omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals.

Contact Sandy Abram at sandy@firstray.com.au

The demand for organic coffee is on the rise, with consumers opting for healthy alternatives wherever possible. The Orgnic Coffee Co offers a premium quality coffee that is 100 per cent certified organically grown , contributes towards a sustainable environment and also tastes terrific.

"Our beans are grown and cultivated without the use of synthetic pesticides, erhbicides or harmful chemical fertilisers. Such a process helps eliminate allergies and reactions" said company spokesman Callum Nicholls.

The Organic Coffee Co also offers a great range of organic teas and organic flavoured syrups. For a free sample or more information, call  toll free 1-800-263333.