The latest new product developments in Europe cover Kettle Chips' fruit and vegetable-based crisps with gourmet seasoning, tea-inspired chocolate bars, organic Laughing Cow Cheese, and a new Fanta flavour in France that was chosen by teenagers for teenagers. Scroll through the gallery to see what is hitting supermarket shelves this month.
The latest new product developments in Europe cover Kettle Chips' fruit and vegetable-based crisps with gourmet seasoning, tea-inspired chocolate bars, organic Laughing Cow Cheese, and a new Fanta flavour in France that was chosen by teenagers for teenagers. Scroll through the gallery to see what is hitting supermarket shelves this month.
Kettle Chips has launched a new range of crisps in the UK, harnessing flavours from fruit and vegetables alongside gourmet seasonings.
Each 100 g packet is comprised of Kettle’s classic potato crisps mixed in with a vegetable or fruit-based crisp and paired seasoning.
The Kettle & More range includes Apple Slices with Norfolk Pork Sausage seasoning; Sweet Potato Slices with Smoked Chipotle & Crème Fraiche seasoning; and Beetroot Slices with Goats’ Cheese & Caramelised Onion seasoning.
“I have chosen fruit and veg which perfectly complement the taste and texture of the seasonings and chips. If it didn’t add to the experience, it didn’t make it into the packet,” said Kettle Chips’ innovation chief, Phil Hovey.
Senior brand manager Kizzy Beckett reiterated the company is “incredibly proud” of this latest extension to the Kettle Chips brand. “The new Kettle & More range shows Kettle at its most playful and innovative, whilst staying true to its core principals – we’re committed to using 100% real food ingredients and ensuring our customers receive a product that is crunchy, tasty and satisfying.”
The crisps are available at an RRP of £2.25 (€2.60) in Sainsbury’s and Tesco supermarkets, and are listed by distributors D&D, Suma, and Hyder.
UK tea brand Teapigs has collaborated with Creighton’s Chocolates to launch three new tea-inspired chocolates.
The range is available in Peppermint, containing dark chocolate with peppermint and cocoa nibs; Superfruit, containing white chocolate and mixed berries, hibiscus and biscuit pieces; and Chai, with milk chocolate and chai spices with a caramel crunch.
The chocolate is handmade in the UK from all natural ingredients, comes in plastic-free packaging, and the peppermint dark chocolate offering caters to vegan consumers.
A 100 g bar of chocolate has an RRP of £4.50 (€5.22).
The almost 100-year-old brand, Laughing Cow Cheese – or ‘La Vache qui rit’ in French – is now offering an organic version of the well-known cheese product.
From April 2019, the organic offering, which is made of just four ingredients, will include 100% organic milk from dairy partner Biolait.
According to the Bel Group, which has manufactured the cheese since 1921, the organic version is designed to meet the needs of its consumers.
The product is free from preservatives and artificial flavours.
UK-based Fatherson Bakery has launched a range of gluten-free snack bars for the British market.
The 2Go gluten-free line includes four varieties designed to impart the ‘taste of homemade’: Salted Caramel Sensation; Chocolate Honeycomb Tiffin; Fruity Granola; and Chocolate Rocky Road.
The range is baked in Britain and includes fresh ingredients to “replicate the same much-loved baking practices used in the home kitchen”. All bars are suitable for vegetarians, and the rocky road offering is suitable for vegans.
The snack bars will be sold by Co-Op, Nisa, Londis, Warners retail, and wholesale via Blakesmore. Selected forecourts, independent grocery retailers, farm stores and garden centres will also stock Fatherson Bakery’s line.
Coca-Cola France has added a new flavour to its Fanta range: Mango and dragon fruit.
The development is the result of the firm’s Fantaxyou initiative, which in 2018 challenged young creators to choose a new flavour for market.
According to Fanta, the initiative ‘gives power to millennials’. Selected participants published their Fantaxyou projects on social media, recording 66,000 interactions from youths.
The mango and dragon fruit flavour was “chosen by teenagers, for teenagers,” said the firm in a statement.
The offering is available in 330 ml can, as well as a PET 500 ml and 1.5 L bottle. A 1.5 L bottle has an RRP of €1.69.
British brand The Pished Fish has launched a honey and bourbon blend ‘hot smoked’ salmon.
The flavour was inspired by the company founders’ honeymoon to the US, “where their euphoric taste buds were constantly exposed to all manner of majestic BBQ delights”.
According to the firm, which is best known for its dry-cured salmon range, the offering pairs well with pasta salads, dips, crostinis, bagels, scrambled eggs and quiches.
“With world cuisine increasingly finding its voice in the UK, we felt the time was ripe to celebrate the special relationship that exists between our two nations by simply showcasing bourbon’s hunger to mix with more than coke and ice,” said co-founder James Eagle.
