Chinese New Year brought a ginger boom.

One of the country's leading suppliers of fresh exotic ingredients to the UK food manufacturing industry produced 33% more ginger puree than last year in the run up to the Chinese New Year celebrations on January 29. January is traditionally a very busy month for Beacon Foods, which supplies ginger, garlic and chili in a variety of forms for recipes linked to the major celebration in the Chinese calendar.

Pureed ginger and garlic were the first products produced by the company when Rae Jones and her son Edward Gough launched the successful business with just ten product lines and four workers thirteen years ago. Today, they remain just as important to the innovative company, which now has a workforce of 110 and produces more than 500 varieties of freshly processed and cooked vegetables, pulses, herbs and fruit, including an organic range. All products are GM free. The company has become a key supplier of ginger flavourings to many of the ethnic food manufacturers servicing the fast-growing sectors of Chinese, Indian and Thai dishes. The ingredients are also used in a range of other food products, including desserts, soups and sauces.

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