A mushroom expert who is set to appear on ‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’ has praised the support he received from The Food Technology Centre in helping grow his business. Gareth Griffith-Swain, from Waunfawr, will appear on the Channel 4 show next Tuesday (May 7, 8pm), in the ‘Healthy and Wholesome’ episode. Entrepreneur Gareth is the founder of…
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How Aldi’s Next Big Thing winner used Food Technology Centre to fill supermarket order
Gareth Griffith-Swain praised Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Food Technology Centre after winning Aldi’s Next Big Thing. The founder of Fungi Foods won a contract to supply more than 1,000 Aldi stores across the UK through the Channel 4 show. He used the Food Technology Centre (FTC) in Llangefni to mass-produce his dried Lion’s Mane mushroom, which…
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Welsh food and drink companies benefit from funded waste reduction support
Welsh food and drink companies are being encouraged to take up support from a Welsh Government backed project which aims to reduce waste in the food and drink supply chain. The call to action coincides with Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week 2024 (18th – 24th March), an annual campaign which brings businesses,…
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Students learn how to maximise their produce at the Food Technology Centre
Coleg Glynllifon students learned how to maximise the value of meat and dairy produce at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Food Technology Centre. Level 3 Agriculture learners attended workshops with food technologists Julia Skinner and Karl Jones at the centre in Llangefni. Julia showed students how to earn more from dairy farming by making products such as cheese,…
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How Food Innovation Wales is helping the food and drink sector grow
Professor David Lloyd and Martin Jardine from Food Innovation Wales were both recently interviewed by Food Manufacture. They discussed how Food Innovation Wales is helping the food and drink sector to grow.
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Project HELIX delivers over £355 million impact to Welsh food and drink industry
A project which provides technical and commercial support to the Welsh food and drink industry has reported that it has delivered over £355 million impact to the sector since it launched in 2016. As a result of its success, the Welsh Government have announced Project HELIX will continue to assist the sector until March 2025….
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