Italian Prosciutto with reduced sodium

Posted on Aug 23, 2011

New to the UK Market

Specialising in top quality Prosciutto, this Italian family business are pleased to announce their healthy prosciutto with reduced sodium (EU patented). Recently launched across Italy as a favoured healthier prosciutto by a large supermarket chain and many other smaller retail outlets, some with private label, this prosciutto is proving popular and tasty.

Their latest innovation is a prosciutto with a reduced quantity of sodium enriched with Potassium. Using the same high quality raw material as their Prosciutto range, they are now producing a prosciutto with around 30% less sodium than the average Italian Ham.

It is known that a low sodium diet is necessary to prevent cardiovascular diseases, protect health, control blood pressure and protect the kidneys. Whilst potassium is considered necessary to support muscle growth, it activates enzymes to produce energy our body needs to correctly utilise proteins. The taste is mild and delicate.

As prosciutto specialists, selecting the raw material with care, they use a restricted number of farms where they control genetic and food. Animal welfare is of utmost importance. Their prosciutto is considered to be the sweetest and most fragrant in the entire prosciutto production (Consortium’s data).

They are the biggest exporters of Parma prosciutto in the US and Japan and are now looking to export to the UK market. ISO, BRC and IFS certifications.

Fresh Chilled Grated Horseradish

Posted on Aug 23, 2011

New to the UK – Chilled, grated horseradish

Grown in the green heart of Austria, with each root having been unearthed and replanted several times by hand, to free the main root of unnecessary secondary sprouts giving this horseradish its unique freshness and quality.

After a laborious cleaning process the sticks are grated using an innovative procedure and packed ready to make the journey to the shop and countless kitchens and restaurants.

Its unique spicy flavour is best enjoyed when freshly grated. Can be used to add flavour to meats, fish, vegetables, casseroles, soups and salads – adding an extra spice to your meal. Since the Middle Ages, horseradish was considered as a “healing miracle cure” – credited with strengthening the body’s defences.

The healing ingredients of horseradish:

Vitamins C, B1, B2, B6

Minerals:  calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and iron

Antibiotic substances: allicin and sinigrin

Essential oils

Horseradish offers excellent Vitamin C benefits and offers protection against colds, mixed with honey relieves sore throats and aids metabolism and digestion. It also contains phyto-nutrients which gives it the spicy taste and offers cancer fighting benefits. Horseradish can be used as a poultice to aid minor muscle aches, rheumatism, gout, insect bites, sciatica and other neuralgia.

The “healthy spice”

Shelf life:  6 months

Once opened keeps for 3- weeks in fridge

Black Italian Truffle Powder

Posted on Aug 23, 2011

Luxury in a Recession,

Millionaire’s Mushrooms at an affordable price

‘The New Gastronomic Product of the Year’,
with the unique authentic taste of Italian Black Truffles

Please ring or email for trade enquiries

Luxury in a recession. Black truffle powder in an easy to dispense pack. A modern and practical way to flavour your food. Sprinkle and mix the truffle powder on hot food, eggs, pasta, rice, potatoes meat or toasted bread. One puff is enough! Italian Black Truffle Powder is freeze-dried, ground ‘Tuber Aestivum’ Black Truffles.

A truffle is the fruiting body of an underground mushroom; spore dispersal is accomplished through fungivores animals that eat fungi. Almost all truffles are ectomycorrhizal and are therefore usually found in close association with trees.

There are hundreds of species of truffles that are big, but the fruiting body of some (mostly in the genus ‘Tuber’) are highly prized as a food. The 18th-century French gastronome Brillat-Savarin called these truffles “the diamond of the kitchen”. Edible truffles are held in high esteem in French, Spanish, northern Italian and Greek cooking, as well as in international Cuisine.

Etymology

The origin of the word truffle appears to be the Latin term tuber, meaning “swelling” or “lump”, which became tufer- and gave rise to the various European terms: French truffe, Spanish trufa, German Trüffel, Dutch truffel and Croatian tartuf. In Portugese, the words trufa and túbera are synonyms, the latter closer to the Latin term. The German word Kartoffel(“potato”) is derived from the Italian tartufo (truffle) because of superficial similarities.

Biology

The mycelia of truffles form symbiotic relationships with the roots of several tree species including beech, poplar, oak, birch, hornbeam, hazel, and pine. They prefer argillaceous or calcareous soils which are well drained and neutral or alkaline. Truffles fruit throughout the year, depending on the species and can be found buried between the leaf litter and the soil.

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Mozzarisella 100% Vegetarian/Organic

Posted on Aug 23, 2011

Mozzarisella a New 100% vegetarian/organic product.

Not a cheese and free from animal fats

MozzaRisella – A New Sprouted rice-based speciality Product
MozzaRisella is a delicious mix based on sprouted brown rice, 100% vegetable. It is a new organic, vegan product made without lactose, cholesterol, animal fats, gluten, preservatives, food colouring, soya and carrageenan. Like a cheese but not a cheese, great on pizzas and in salads. Sprouted brown rice contains many nutrients and fibre, which can play a key role in keeping you healthy. An ideal food as part of a healthy diet. An adaptable product with so many uses in food recipes. Milk and lactose free, without GMOs.

Try Mozzarisella with any kind of food, by substituting normal cheese or mozzarella, or simply adding to them. Use MozzaRisella for creaming first courses. Taste it in salads, or give an original taste to your pizza or sushis.

MozzaRisella is a healthy and digestible alternative, widely recommended to lactose and gluten sensitive people.

• 0% Lactose
• 0% Cholesterol
• 0% Animal Fats
• 0% Gluten
• 0% Preservatives
• 0% Food Colourings
• 0% Soya
• 0% Carageenan
• 100% Vegetable
• 100% Biological Food
• 100% Vegan
• 100% Brown Rice sprouted in Italy
• 100% Taste
• 100% Creativity

Rice is the most used cereal in the world. In recent years much attention has been given to brown rice’s benefits to health, since it is a useful source of nutrients and bioactive compounds. Sprouted brown rice contains plenty of important nutrients, which play a key role in keeping you healthy. By adding sprouted rice to your diet, you help your body keep healthy, taking nutrients in natural doses in a well balanced way. MozzaRisella brown rice sprouts with the spring water flowing out from the heart of Lessinia Park at 600m.(Piccole Dolomiti).

Read more about the product on the MozzaRisella website or contact us for more information

Italian Organic Antipasti Products

Posted on Aug 23, 2011