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It may be small, and it has been around for the last 400-500 years,
but the mighty blackcurrant is still bursting with more health
promoting antioxidants than most other fruit and vegetables,
including blueberries and is still the original 'superfruit'!
It's the special antioxidants called anthocyanins, that give blackcurrants their
distinctive dark colour and British blackcurrants are grown and bred especially
for their deep colour, which makes them extra good for you.
Treelinks, in conjunction with AJ & CI Snell, will be marketing FROZEN
BRITISH BLACKCURRANTS from the 2009 season which will be available
in September. The fruits are grown, managed, harvested, frozen and processed
by Anthony Snell in Herefordshire and will be sold and distributed by Treelinks
(Ingredients) Ltd through their UK distribution system. The product will be IQF
(individually quick frozen) and can be ordered in any quantities from one box
(12kgs) upwards.
It has become a passion of both companies to resurrect commercially available
British fruits for use in the food manufacturing sector and Blackcurrants is an
ideal fruit to start this process. With the move to the more lucrative fresh market
in the UK the commercial frozen fruit infrastructure has disappeared and with
this the market turned to supplies from Eastern Europe as they were the cheap
alternative.
Today, with the volatile exchange rates, economic downturn, food scares
and global warming, locally grown English fruits can now offer a cost effective alternative.
The benefits are:
- Cost effective production
- Significantly reduced food miles
- Product provenance (Field to Fork)
- Variety specific: Ben Hope, Ben Gairn , Ben Tirren , Baldwin
- Supports local agriculture
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joe Gittins Jones: joe@treelinks.net
Jenny Creed: jen@treelinks.net
Or give us a call on: 01989730255
Treelinks (Ingredients) Ltd
Windmill Hill . Harewood End . Hereford . HR2 8JS
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