Thursday, October 1, 2009

Berry Up! the Drink Mixer


Mix Real Fruit and Fresh Flavor Into Your Favorite Drink Recipe!
Try Berry Up! on your drink menu, in your coffee shop or bar. Your customers will notice the difference in the taste. And you’ll notice the repeat sales!

Berry Up!® adds pieces of real fruit and a fresher taste to smoothies, lemonades, summer cocktails and more.

Get creative! Now you can add real fruit and a rich fruit taste to all of your favorite drink recipes. Unlike a syrup, Berry Up! from Oregon Fruit Products Co. contains pieces of real fruit. And because it’s frozen, the real fruit taste stays fresher than aseptically-packed purees. This fruit base enhances any drink, shake or topping you can create. Offer something yummier than the other guys … and your customers will love it!

Oregon Fruit Products Co. has been committed to the best fruit products since 1935. We’re known for our expertise with Oregon’s luscious berries. We’ve brought all of that knowledge and all of the incredible, rich berry taste into every Berry Up! variety. (And yes, we know mango isn’t a berry … but we just had to have it!)


Choose from six fresh fruit varieties

  • Cherry
  • Marion Blackberry
  • Blueberry
  • Strawberry
  • Raspberry
  • Mango Passion Fruit


Try it in your favorite recipe! Great ideas for starters: See how versatile Berry up! can be:
  • Smoothies with or without a blender
  • Fruit lemonades
  • Fruit ices and crushes
  • Soft serve shakes
  • Lowfat yogurt drinks
  • Cocktails and mocktails
  • Soy milk blends
  • Italian sodas
  • Fruit infused sauces
  • Ice cream toppings


Berry Up! is more than 50% real fruit!

You’ll feel good about using the Berry Up! premium fruit base in your drink recipes. Why? Rich fruit taste and fresh flavor are just the start…

  • Packed with real fruit and great taste
  • Only 60 to 70 calories per 2-ounce serving
  • All natural product and ingredients
  • Kosher and zero fat
  • Easy to store, easy to handle and easy to pour

Berry Up!…

  • Not a puree
  • Not a concentrate
  • No high fructose corn syrup
  • No preservatives
  • No GMO
  • No artificial colors
  • No artificial ingredients

Berry Up! is bottled in 32 oz. containers, and packed in 12-pack cases. It ships frozen and lasts for 10 days in your refrigerator after it’s thawed. Try Berry Up! today — and taste the difference that Real Northwest fruit makes.


Monday, August 31, 2009

Dolce cheese products

Dolce Food services presents our range of cheese for you!

Dolce Mozzarella cheese - imported from New Zealand*


NZMP Mozzarella is a low-moisture, low-salt pasta fillata (a fresh) cheese with a mild, buttery flavour and a smooth, almost plastic body.

It is produced from pasteurised part-skimmed cow's milk with starter cultures, enzymes and salt.

Our Mozzarella has been developed especially for use in the pizza restaurant trade, because it produces long stretchy filaments upon cooking.

Optimum functional and melt characteristics are controlled by exactly the right amount of ageing.

Characteristics of Mozzarella

  • Uniform, pale, creamy colour
  • Lower salt content
  • Optimum melting characteristics
  • Excellent stretch and minimal oil-off (oil separation) when baking
  • Optimum visual appearance on baking with respect to blister size and colour
  • Ideal for shredding

Available in shredded form in a 1kg bag.


Dolce Cheddar cheese - imported from New Zealand*


Our NZMP Cheddar is a semi-hard, rindless cheese, with a firm and smooth body.

The flavour varies depending on the age of the cheese, from mild and bland in young cheeses to stronger and sharper in the mature product.

NZMP Cheddar contains no artificial substances or additives, either in the cheese or on its surface. All ingredients are completely natural.

Characteristics of cheddar

  • Uniform, creamy colour
  • Firm, smooth body
  • Low moisture and high total solidsLow anaerobic spore-forming counts

Available in shredded in 1 kg bag


Dolce Parmesan cheese - imported from New Zealand*



NZMP Parmesan is a hard, brine-salted cheese with a distinctive, piquant flavour.

It contains no artificial substances or additives, either in the cheese or on its surface.

All ingredients used to make our Parmesan are 100 per cent natural. The cheese is renowned for its uniformity, consistency, and stability.

Characteristics of Parmesan

  • Hard rind cheese
  • Sharp, piquant flavour
  • Granular texture
  • Ability to be finely grated

Available in shredded, 1 kg bag.


* origin country of product maybe different, subject to availability, but quality is always guaranteed.





Product Highlights: Cream of Creams


Cream of Creams is the leading manufacturer of dairy products from Malaysia. We're proud to be the appointed distributor for Cream of Creams and we have a range of dynamic and innovative cream, cheese and butter products to offer to the HORECA industry here locally. Cream of Creams has been in the market for 7 years and is one of many products highly sought by F&B industry in this country.

Product range from Cream of Creams (COC)

Golden Cream - Fresh dairy whipping cream. With 36% fat, it is easy to use! Does not split in high temperature and is versatile - can be used in pastry and hot food products. Golden Cream comes in 1 Ltr bottle

Cooking Cream - The Ultimate cooking cream. 26% fat. Stable under high temperature, does not split and makes your sauces and soups thicker, creamier and delicious. Cooking cream comes in a 1 ltr bottle.

Mascarpone Cheese, originally from the Lombardy region. A thick ivory or milky white colored cream that is easily spread. Used widely in making Tiramisu. In Italy, it is used in place of butter to thicken and enrich Risotti. Our mascarpone cheese is 20% lower in fat than all other brands and is produced in small batches in original and traditional way. Packing comes in a 500g tub and 1kg tub.










Product Highlight: Oceanspray's Cranberries & Berry fusion




Ocean Spray’s heritage is rooted in the proud agricultural tradition of the men and women who founded the grower-owned cooperative in 1930. What began as a tiny collective of cranberry growers seeking a dependable home for their fruit was transformed, through generations of their hard work, into an American icon, the number-one brand of canned and bottled juice drinks in the United States.



Today, the Ocean Spray cooperative is owned by more than 800 cranberry and grapefruit-growing families in the United States and Canada who share an unwavering commitment to producing the highest quality fruits. That commitment to quality, taste and refreshment is reflected in our products and has been our legacy for over 75 years.

Cranberries are one of the most versatile fruit ingredients, and Ocean Spray ITG products make it even easier for you to add the distinctive taste of cranberry to almost any recipe application. For example, Ocean Spray® Sweetened Dried Cranberries and BerryFusions® Fruits add a flavor kick to baked goods, snacks, and dried fruit and nut mixes, while frozen cranberries work especially well in baked goods like muffins, pies, scones and breads.


NEW FROM OCEAN SPRAY, The award-winning BerryFusions® Fruits are a breakthrough in dried fruit. They combine the natural color, appearance and taste of real fruit pieces with a stability and durability that real fruit pieces usually lack.Using a patented process, we combine a cranberry base with natural fruit flavors, juices, natural colors and sweeteners.



The result is a soft, plump fruit piece that maintains its structure, even in bagel dough. Whole or sliced, BerryFusions® Fruits add excellent color, flavor and texture to a variety of finished products.Ocean Spray® BerryFusions® Fruits have a 24-month shelf life, which make them ideal for breakfast cereal or granola mix. And this longevity comes without using artificial flavors, artificial colors or preservatives.



Friday, August 28, 2009

Product highlight: Infraready





Dolce Food Services is proud to bring you another wonderful product from the US of A, Infraready's specialty grain, grain and blend.



Infraready's specialty grains are:
  • Custom processing and blending available.
  • Certified Kosher, Organic and AIB


SPELT

  • available in Precooked, Torrified, Flaked, Meal and Flour form.
  • has a light tan color kernel derived from the wheat family. Spelt is a natural grain that has not been biologically altered.
  • used as a bread/roll base or topping mix, crackers/biscuits, hot breakfast cereals, muffins and can be used as a substitute for flour.
  • should not be used for gluten or wheat intolerant people. Although lower in gluten than most wheat, it will still contain a smaller percentage of gluten.


KAMUT

  • available in Precooked, Torrified, Flaked, Meal and Flour form.
  • is a light tan color with a long kernel.
  • derived from a durum wheat with a pleasant nutty and slightly sweet flavour.
  • used as bread/roll base or topping mix, crackers, biscuits, hot breakfast cereals, muffins and granola.
  • should not be used for gluten or wheat intolerant people.

QUINOA

  • only available in Whole Kernel form.
  • high in protein with a good source of balanced amino acids.
  • used in crackers, breads, roll base and topping mixes
  • excellent in breakfast cereals
  • great in casseroles, baked stuffed vegetables or substitute for rice in a pilaf.

Infraready's Grains product line are:

  • Custom processing and blending available.
  • Certified Kosher, Organic and AIB.

BARLEY

  • available Precooked, Torrified, Pearled, Hulless Waxy, Organic, Flaked, Meal and Flour form.
  • contains non-gluten protein, so it does not contribute to dough strength, however these
  • products are quite useful in cookies, crackers and multi-grain breads.
  • fine and coarse meal forms can also act as fat replacers by absorbing water or fat and binding it
  • within its structure. This works well in muffins, brownies and prevents the drying of soft
  • tortilla shells, meat burgers and loaves.

MILLET

  • available Whole Kernel, Organic and Flour form.
  • provides an additional item for multi-grain breads, cereal bars and cookies by contributing a nutty flavour.

OATS

  • available Precooked, Organic, Flaked and Toasted Groats.
  • contain a non-gluten protein, so it does not contribute to dough strength, however these
  • products are quite useful in cookies, crackers, breakfast cereals, multi-grain and pumpernickel breads.

RYE

  • available Precooked, Torrified, Organic, Flaked, Coarse Rye Meal and Flour form.
  • rye bread usually contains 30% rye and 70% strong wheat flour to produce a soft, open grain
  • which appeals to consumers.

TRITICALE

  • available Precooked, Torrified, Organic, Flaked and Cracked form.
  • is a result of a wheat rye cross that produces a protein-rich grain.
  • it has a similar amino acid balance as wheat but is richer in lysine.
  • used in crackers and biscuits, breakfast cereals, breads and muffins.
  • often used as a cost effective substitute for oats.

WHEAT

  • available Precooked, Torrified, Organic,
Flaked, Cracked and Flour form.
  • contains all the vitamins, minerals and fiber found in the bran and germ.

PURPLE WHEAT

  • this unique variety of wheat, with an anthocyanin pigmentation, offers a vivid and rich color
  • which adds variety to multi-grain mixtures.
  • while professionals in the nutraceutical field are proponents of blueberries for their
  • anthocyanin content and effect on eyesight, Purple Wheat may offer the similar benefits in a
  • differentiated product.


EINKORN

InfraReady has introduced a new ancient grain into its product line. Einkorn originates as one of the ancient varieties of cereal grains. The grain is similar in appearance (colour and shape) to modern wheat however it is much smaller in size. InfraReady provides Einkorn in several forms including: whole grain flakes, meal, and flour.

This grain is one of the first cereal grains cultivated for food by man. Historical references to Einkorn suggest that early varieties of this grain were harvested as early as 9,000 BC. Archeologist finds have confirmed remains of this grain, in the digestive tracts of the Iceman (discovered in 1991). Further examination allowed scientists to determine the last meal of the Iceman consisted of unleavened bread made of einkorn wheat. Einkorn has re-emerged in domestic agriculture and is currently being grown in Canada.


Infraready's Blended Product lines:

InfraReady Products utilizes infra-red cooking technology to make our blends 'ready' for the baking industry.

  • No presoaking required.
  • No additives or preservatives are used.
  • Increased water absorption and greater water retention.
  • Reduced microbial and enzymatic activity.
  • Improved texture and enhanced flavour.
  • Minimum orders of 800 kg or 1750 pounds per blend.
  • Custom processing and blending available
  • Certified Kosher, Organic and AIB.
View our table of blended products in excel spreadsheet format here.

Lavand: Pure Indulgence

At Dolce, we believe that food brings happiness, family and great memories. In line with this principal, we aim at providing great quality food products to our clients and they in-turn, will create many great moments for your and your family wherever you dine.

Here's a wonderful article about our sister company, Lavand.

Purveyors of fine Baklava

If you pass quickly by Lavand, an elegant little corner shop on the ground floor of Bangsar Village, Kuala Lumpur, you might mistake it for the storefront of a chocolatier. But if you stop and look, you will discover within its sparkling glass cases tray upon tray of the delectable Mediterranean dessert known as baklava.

Lavand is the purveyor of fine baklava, as far removed from the soggy, cloying dumplings that are sometimes sold as baklava as a Rolls Royce is from a – well, I will stop there, lest I offend some car maker or owner, but you get the idea. 

As the first baklava shop in Malaysia, Lavand is not only breaking new ground, but also setting a standard that can best be described as golden – like the honey that sweetens this Arabian Nights fantasy of a pastry. 

The shop imports premium baklava from Lebanon. Now, Lavand make their own and Lavand’s baklava is remarkably fresh and long lasting. The filo crusts are crispy and delicate, the nutty fillings are aromatic with spices and rose water.


Sheerin Zalani, the owner of Lavand. 
The woman behind the shop, Sheerin Zalani, is determined to match the quality of the product with the highest level of customer service. 

“I worked very hard to train the staff myself,” she says. “I wanted them to be knowledgeable about the product. And we absolutely guarantee our baklava. If you keep it for three months or whatever, and it loses its flavour, I’ll take it back.” 



According to Sheerin, good baklava can be kept for six to eight months in the refrigerator without losing its taste. 

The second partner in the trio that established Lavand is Sheerin’s husband, Fazel, whom she credits with the original idea for the shop. 

He often went to Lebanon, where he has family, and brought back baklava for the people in his office. They loved it so much that he eventually asked Sheerin: “Why don’t you open a baklava shop?” 



Baklava changed their lives in another way, as well. Back when Fazel was courting Sheerin, he didn’t feel that his prospective father-in-law was exactly warming to him. 

At Fazel’s urging, Sheerin tells the story: “One day, he showed up with a gift of baklava for my father, and that did it! He was always welcome at our house after that.” 



Baklava is not merely a delicious, father-in-law-melting confection, but also an intensely romantic one, with an ancient history and a reputation for inspiring – um, warm feelings, shall we say? It was first recorded some 2,700 years ago in Assyria, where the basic pastry-with-walnuts-and-honey (both of the latter are reputed to be aphrodisiacs) was born.

It comes to KL by way of Greece, where it acquired its leaf-thin filo pastry; Armenia, which added cinnamon (said to stimulate female desire) and cloves (ditto for both genders) to the mix; and Arabia, where it was blessed with rose water and cardamom (said to arouse male passion).

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