Mandy Collins, The Food Resource Company 44 (0) 7715 104936 :

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Mandy Collins, The Food Resource Company 44 (0)
7715 104936 mandy_at_ the food resource.com
www.thefoodresource.com
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The Food Resource........specialists in
sourcingthe finest food products

• We are a small, dedicated family team
  specialising in sourcing products from Europe
  with the right specification, provenance and
  price. We are a third generation of family
  butchers and specialise in importing
• Spanish and Italian meats
• Full range of antipasti products
• Organic meat and ambient ranges
• Snack foods
• We have 7 years experience of supplying the
  food service and retail industry.
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Recent study in America shows that 10 foods
account for 44 of sodium we eat.

• Bread and rolls 7.4
• Cold cuts/cured meats 5.1
• Pizza 4.9
• Fresh and processed poultry 4.5
• Soups 4.3
• Fast food- cheese burgers 4
• Cheese 3.8
• Pasta dishes like spaghetti with meat sauce 3.3
• Meat dishes like meatloaf with tomato sauce 3.2
• Snacks including chips, pretzels, popcorn and
  puffs 3.1

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Healthy Mediterranean Meats

• Spanish Meats
• Chorizo and Fuet
• Italian Meats
• Prosciutto
• Mortadella
• Salami
• Beef Salami

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Spanish Healthy Cured Sausage

• With the increasing popularity of healthy
  products and the need for us to look after our
  bodies, Caula have introduced a new range of
  cured sausage to appeal to the health conscious
  market.
• These sausages are made in the traditional
  way, but are lighter in fat with less calories.
• New product to the UK market

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Innovation

• To produce a lower fat, healthier chorizo and fuet

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Result
Lower fat, less calories pork chorizo Lower fat
and cholesterol, rich in proteins turkey
chorizo Chorizo made with olive oil, no
preservatives, no colorants, gluten and allergens
free
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Reduced Sodium Prosciutto

• Innovation to produce a prosciutto with a
  sodium content of 1.55gr per 100gr of product and
  1 gr of potassium

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Reduced Sodium prosciutto

• Raw materials Italian meat only
• Ingredients Pork meat, mixture of
  sodium/potassium
• Production Made with strict production controls
• Result A sweet tasting prosciutto with less
  salt content
• Availability Italian supermarkets

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Mortadella

• Innovation to produce a mortadella which has
  50 less fat content
• Tasting does it work?

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Lower fat Mortadella

• Result A mortadella which has 50 less fat
  compared to Mortadella Bologna (by INRAN
  National Institute of Research for Food and
  Nutrition

• Energy Values for 100gr of product
• Proteins 15.5gr
• Fat (g) 12.7 gr
• Carbohydrate (g) 0g
• Energy (kcal) 176
• Energy (kj) 733

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Lower fat content salami
Pork and Beef Innovation to produce a salami
with less fat and less calories! Needed to taste
good too... Lets try some!
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Lower fat salami

• Result In 100g it has lower cholesterol content
  and lower saturated fats than traditional salami
  (50 less fat that average nutritional values of
  Salami Milano, INRAN)

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Lower fat pork salami
Energy values for 100gr of pork salami Proteins
22.6 gr Fat (g) 13.3g Carbohydrate (g) 0gr Energy
(kcal) 210 Energy (kj) 876
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Lower fat content salami

• Made with Italian pork, using shoulder and pork
  legs
• A reduced fat content max 12 on the finished
  product more than 55 less fats than a
  traditional salami.
• The most sold Salami on deli counters in Italy

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Beef Salami

• A delicate tasting salami with less fat content
  than traditional bresaola

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• To summarise
• Mediterranean meats just got healthier...
• Lower salt, lower fat and just as tasty!!

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Mandy Collins, The Food Resource Company 44
(0) 7715 104936 e mandy_at_thefoodresource.com
w www.thefoodresource.com