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Fruity marshmallows
12 June – Tangerine Confectionery launches fruity Marshmallow Smoothies under its leading Princess brand. The new 150g bags of Princess Marshmallow Smoothies include the leading smoothie flavour combination Strawberry and Banana as well as Strawberry and Mango. As with the traditional pink and white Princess Marshmallows, the new pink and yellow Marshmallow Smoothies are fat free […]
Tangerine Confectionery recalls Butterkist popcorn
UK confectionery manufacturer Tangerine Confectionery has recalled four batches of its Butterkist Sweet Microwave Popcorn due to the contamination of rice weevil. Three multipacks batches and one single pack batch has been withdrawn and shops that stock the affected product have been issued with a point-of-sale notice explaining to consumers why the popcorn has been […]
New look for Tangerine’s Lion gum
Lion, the original hard eating gum brand from Tangerine Confectionery, is re-launching with a new design and natural colours and flavours. The range, which includes Sports Mixture, Midget Gems, Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Salad, features the signature lion’s head more prominently, alongside the ‘Made with all natural colours and flavours’ mark. Sarah Brown, Lion brand […]
UK popcorn brand in new ad campaign
The UK popcorn brand Butterkist has returned to tv screens after ten years with a new national advertising campaign. The advert, which is based around the strapline I can’t resist Butterkist’, currently runs across major national channels. Maria Townsend, Butterkist senior brand manager at Tangerine Confectionery, says, “On the back of 27% growth last year, […]
Tangerine goes down under
The UK’s Tangerine Confectionery has secured a distribution deal with Australian Bulk Foods to supply Barratt Sherbet Fountains and 70,000 cases of Taveners Proper Sweets to Australian retailers. Geoff Sharp of Australian Bulk Foods notes, “Like the UK, we are seeing a revival of iconic English confectionery in Australia. Many British expats are helping drive […]
Bite British goes red
Tangerine Confectionery, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery, is giving the grocery sector more reasons to Bite British’ as it launches a new, red variety of Henry Goode’s Soft Eating Liquorice. Following the earlier launch of its black soft-eating liquorice, Henry Goode’s Soft Eating Liquorice will be available in a raspberry flavoured red […]
New developments at Tangerine
Tangerine Confectionery is launching a new range of truffles by Danish chocolatier Anthon Berg. The Dark Velvet range includes Remy Martin Cognac truffle is a rich nut truffle with classic Remy Cognac, combined with a drop of plum juice, and coated in dark chocolat. The Piper-Heidsieck variety has a white chocolate filling, with Piper-Heidsieck, a […]
Tangerine launches soft eating liquorice
Tangerine Confectionery, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery, has launched a new brand of soft eating liquorice. Henry Goode’s Soft Eating Liquorice is the only British variety of soft eating liquorice, a variety of the black confectionery that differs from traditional liquorice due to its soft bite and milder taste and texture. Made […]
New online store for Thorntons
UK chocolate retailer Thorntons has launched its new online sweet store. The company will become the first major online supplier of Tangerine Confectionery products and over 50 favourite sweets will be exclusively available at www.thorntons.co.uk/sweetshop. Hannah Legg, head of Thorntons Direct comments, “These are a collection of the nation’s favourite sweets that will not […]
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Dick Brittle joins Tangerine
Tangerine Confectionery, the UK’s largest independent confectionery company, has appointed industry veteran Dick Brittle as a non-executive director. Brittle, 59, joins after retiring as a director of Hancock’s the UK’s largest confectionery only cash & carry. He has over 40 years’ knowledge of the UK and European trade and consumer confectionery market. Commenting on his […]
Tangerine expands Taveners sweets
UK confectionery company Tangerine has completed a major expansion of its traditional sweet shop confectionery brand Taveners Proper Sweets. As part of the range expansion the company has rebranded its Pascall and Sharps pre-packs, jars and weighout boxes as Taveners. The range now includes confectionery classics Rhubarb and Custard, Assorted Toffees and Strawberry Bon Bons […]