15 May 2012 --- The Federation of Bakers has a new member, Kerry Ingredients and Flavours, extending the number of full members to 9 in total which includes Allied Bakeries, Delifrance, Hovis (Premier Foods), Fine Lady Bakeries, Irwins Bakery, Jacksons Bakery, Roberts Bakery and Warburtons.

Kerry Ingredients and Flavours, part of the Kerry Group, is a global leader in the manufacturing and innovation of application specific food ingredients and flavours and is the preferred ingredients and flavour supplier of some of the world’s major food corporations and food manufacturers. The company’s unique expertise help provide application specific solutions across all bakery categories including: bread, cakes, pastries and biscuits. The company are also bakers in their own right manufacturing bread which is shredded and dried to make breadcrumbs and cereal fillers for the convenience foods industry.

Gordon Polson, Director of the Federation of Bakers, says: “We welcome Kerry Ingredients and Flavours to the Federation of Bakers. We are delighted that membership numbers continue to build and we become a bigger collective who can speak for a large proportion of the plant bakery industry and make sure that their voice is heard.”

Dan Parkinson, Process Development Manager, Kerry Group, comments: “We are proud to be joining such a well respected organisation. Kerry’s bakery team is committed to delivering value-added ingredient systems and innovative business solutions. Our bakery ingredients are manufactured, blended and distributed in over 20 locations across the EMEA region and are delighted to become members.”

The Federation of Bakers supplies over 80% of the nation’s bread with 9 member companies running 47 bakeries in the United Kingdom. It also counts among its members current associates AB Mauri, ADM Milling, Baker Perkins, British Bakels, CCFRA, Cereform, Edme, Fuerst Day Lawson, GB Ingredients, Lesaffre Group, Puratos and Zeelandia.