We are often asked why most commercial fruit juice companies choose to usefruit concentrates instead of fresh, natural fruit juices to make their drink ranges. The answer to this question is two-fold.
Firstly, concentrated fruit juice is easier and cheaper to transport than fresh fruit juice. Secondly, at the end of the day, concentrated fruit juices are still natural juices, they are just available in a more concentrated form with a lot of the water weight removed.
When you think about your business overheads, reducing the water content of your fruit juice will mean you can transport almost five times more juice for the same price as the same weight of fresh juice.
If you are shipping your juice ingredients to your processing and bottling facilities, then you don't want to add to your transportation costs any more than necessary. You can keep your business overheads down by buying fruit concentrates and then simply add fresh water back to it if you want to use your juice in an un-concentrated form.

How fruit juice concentrates are made
Fresh fruit ingredients grown for juicing is first washed and peeled (if necessary). The fruit is then carefully pressed or crushed to remove the juice. Depending on the type of fruit, it may then be filtered to remove unwanted seeds and pulp.
Once the fruit is juiced it is then pasteurized and put through a heat and vacuum system that effectively removes most of the water, usually somewhere between 80-90% of the water is removed. The resulting juice is then cooled and hermetically packaged.

NFC fruit juices
JC Dudley supply a wide range of 'not from concentrate'(NFC) fruit juices. These are minimally processed fruit juices that are particularly high in consumer demand at the moment for people actively looking to improve their health by eating and drinking more healthily.
NFC juices offer a fresh flavour with clearly recognisable fruits that people want to see on their ingredient labels. The difference between NFC juice and 'from concentrate' (FC) juice is that FC juice is heat-treated to reduce the water content, whereas NFC juice uses a technology that produces fresh fruit juice under low-temperature conditions, following pasteurisation.
The main difference is in the shelf-life with NFC juice being less than 45 days. Demand for NFC juices has significantly risen, especially in Europe, as part of the trend for healthier and more natural products.
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Fresh fruit ingredients
Working in close relationship with our international food-chain partners, JC Dudley has direct access to sustainable, responsibly grow, raw fruit crops where they are grown, as well as a well established world-wide procurement system.
This means we have year-round ready access to fresh fruit ingredients that your business needs to manufacture your food or drink products. We can supply you with a regular, stable range of single-fruit or multi-blend fruit-based products to help maintain your production lines and help you with your new product innovations and research and development.
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So no matter whether you are looking for a fruit concentrate supplier to help you create or adapt your product ingredients into a healthy alternative by removing refined white sugar in your baking recipes, or you want to introduce more healthy fruit-based ingredients into your yoghurt or ice cream lines, or if you want a reliable supply of NFC juices, thenget in touch with our friendly team! We are here to help.

​From America to the UK , Millennials appear to be on a growing health kick. It’s more than just appearance, ‘being health conscious also enhances mental and emotional health’.
 
We now have immediate access to so much information about our bodies, with activity trackers such as Fitbit, Apple watch, Misfit, Xiaomi and Moov Now, Millennials are actively adopting new ways to stay fit, focused and adjusted to a truly active lifestyle.
 
However, living a fast paced lifestyle can sometimes result in a life of fast food. This mobile generation of kids on-the-go, need a fast solution to refuel.
 
JC Dudley are presenting you with the perfect opportunity for a new business start-up and to be ready with a readily available healthy solution to this refuelling need.
 

Our fruit purees are 100% natural and are processed to maintain as much as possible of the health benefits found in the original fruits namely:

• The fibre content
• The nutrients and vitamin profile to include elements like potassium, folate and Vitamin C as well as the naturally occurring sugars

 
Indeed as juice bar franchises are a growing industry, along with the popularity of brands such as Innocent Smoothies, it seems the fruit and fruit puree will be a good base for your startup. However, to standout in the crowd, you will need to differentiate yourself in the market.
 
This is where JC Dudley will allow you to focus on your business idea and will steer you with our expertise.
 
This is the service available to you:

• You will use a selection of accredited suppliers
• You will be offered a ‘just in time level of service’ from anywhere in the world so you can plan growth in your business
• You will be given technical support, logistical support throughout your journey with us
• You will receive reliable, competitive, innovative and strategic options from more than one origin.
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And as your business grows and changes with the tastes and trends, at JC Dudley, our team is here to help you create bespoke products using a wide range of fruit purees from around the world.

Are you looking for a food ingredients company that provide you with the ingredients you need for your products?

Do you want to use ingredients that are sustainable, don’t have a devastating impact on the environment and whose growth and harvest can be sustained for the long term?

JC Dudley are a sustainable food procurement company that can help provide you with the sustainable ingredients you need.

We are collectively looking at ways to change our food and drink industry to one that is more substantial and sustainable and JC Dudley are looking to play a part in it. The change in climate, the market and spiralling costs have meant that suppliers, like us have started to work even closer with partners at each stage of the supply chain, to ensure that everything is being done to decrease any negative environmental impacts that processes within the industry may have.
 
JC Dudley provides companies with fruit concentrates, fruit purees and powders so that you can develop your products to sell throughout your industry.
We also provide a number of services to businesses once you start selling your products:

• The team at JC Dudley can help you get your products into the industry marketplace in a considered and cost effective manner. We also provide practical advice about new product development.

 

• As part of our services we provide logistical support to assist you in delivering your products to their desired locations and in doing so, ensure that the process has as little an impact on the environment as possible.

 
JC Dudley are a sustainable food procurement company that help you obtain the sustainable ingredients you need for your products and then help you with the marketing and logistical aspects of selling your product in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.
If you would like more information on how JC Dudley can provide you with the sustainable food ingredients you need, contact us today on: 01494 792 839.

Global weather patterns have affected many fruits and vegetables this year.  We can all remember the newsworthy courgette shortage in Spain due to late snow and frost obliterating the crop and subsequent absence from the supermarkets.  This was only the beginning of difficult growing conditions across Europe, but also in other parts of the world too. 

The worst affected IQF fruits are currently:

• Strawberry
• Redcurrant
• Plum
• Rhubarb
• Sour Cherry
• Sweet Cherry
• Blackberry
• Raspberry
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With the European apple harvest soon underway, most varieties also seem to be affected which will result in a shorter than normal crop. 
The result has obviously seen price rises for raw material, and subsequent cost increases for the IQF, puree and juice markets. 
JC Dudley are well placed with their network of suppliers to try and source customer IQF Fruit and Vegetable requirements. You can visit the website http://www.jcdudley.co.uk/fruit.html
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So you are looking for a fruit juice company, you want to develop a range of fresh fruit juices for your clients and want to find a company that can help you achieve your goals?

JC Dudley are a food ingredients supplier and fruit juice company that can help you do just that.

We work closely with all our clients at every part of the supply chain. This ensures they receive the information they need to effectively market the products they receive from us, whether they are fruit juices, fruit powders or purees.

We work with companies from manufacturing, retail and the food service sectors of the food and drink industry.

What Services Do JC Dudley, Fruit Juice Company Offer Companies?

We provide you with practical advice for marketing to international and national processors and we help by advising partners on how to take new products to the marketplace, assisting them with market development and penetration.

We provide advice for NPD colleagues and provide them with access to representative samples & data sheets, this helps them with quick turnarounds.

We have a team that provide technical support to our business partners, and our team also provide logistical support. This helps our partners optimise the supply chain and also minimise the financial and environmental costs.

We provide our partners with sensible, competitive and strategic options whilst ensuring that the quality is never compromised.

We have people that support your sales and purchasing departments and will dedicate their time to solving problems in practical and efficient ways.

If you would like more information on JC Dudley, or are interested in the services we offer, contact us today. Call JC Dudley on: 01494 792 875 or fill out our contact form.

Are you in the food and drink industry, are you looking for a food sourcing company that can provide you with the food ingredients you need?

JC Dudley can help you obtain the fruit ingredients you are looking for.

As a food sourcing company, we help companies obtain the ingredients they need for their food and drink products. We also help companies market their products and break into different sectors, providing a wide range of support and advice to both you and your customers.

From providing market development support and new product development, technical support and logistical support to giving our clients strategic options and resources and assistance in the sales and purchasing departments of your business, our team are dedicated to supporting your ingredient and food products within the industries you are looking to connect with and help you expand and develop your business.

At JC Dudley, we ensure continuity and the timely supply of food ingredients and services through our constant management and working more closely with our business partners through each level of the supply chain. This helps us to meet and overcome the challenges that invariably appear with a fast developing market, climate change and volatility in costs for all sorts of reasons.

If you would like more information about our food sourcing company and how we could provide you with the food ingredients you need for your products as well as helping you in developing them, contact us today. 

Call 01494 792 839 or email us at: sales@jcdudley.co.uk.

As a well-known fruit puree supplier, it is important to be in a position to offer our clients the very best single strength fruit purees and puree concentrates. We work within the Retail, Foodservice and Manufacturing sectors both here in the UK and Overseas. 

​Our single strength purees are produced from the highest quality raw fruits and are designed to add fresh fruit flavour, aroma, fibre and texture to your finished product. 

We offer 25 puree ingredients such as:

• Acai
• Apple
• Cranberry
• Strawberry

 
Puree concentrates are a great way to enhance natural fruit flavour and to give a competitive edge. We have at least 31 fruits, at the last count, to choose from including:

• Apricot
• Banana
• Dragonfruit
• Guava...

And many more
 
For more information on what fruits and in which format they can be delivered to you, here is a printable PDF with the list. Some of the items in this list are also available in Spray-controlled and/or Organic form. 
 
We are always working hard to develop our supplies.
Our dedicated team are here to help you at every stage so, should you have any enquires, please give us a call on +44 (0) 1494 792 839. To place an order simply email us at sales@jcdudley.co.uk. We look forward to working with you.

As importers, stockists and distributors of Sicilian Lemon Juice in both the not from concentrate (nfc) and juice concentrated formats for many years, JC Dudley & Co Ltd look to supply  manufacturers who use this unique supply base for the food and drinks industry. From Sicilian Lemonade, salad dressing to a natural ph control in food dishes , the products have a wide range of uses. 

Sicilian lemons are grown in the foothills of Mount Etna, the lemon plants find the perfect equilibrium of the natural elements and resources: the richness of the earth, the climate where the sun and the rain are in harmony, and time flows slowly permitting the fruit to ripen in the warmth.
It takes a lot of patience to care for the citrus plants with the first fruit maturing about six years after grafting and the complete maturity reached after 10 years.  The lemon tree will continue to produce fruit for several decades.

Recent studies show that Lemons have a high Vitamin C content, an element that helps in the prevention of heart attack, stomach tumours and to reduce the effects caused by smoking.
Lemons have a wide use in cooking and are well-known for their preserving and anti-oxidising properties.

At the same time the organoleptic and chemical-physical characteristics, thanks to the mild Sicilian climate, are unique. 

Historically, in the past centuries, the region of Sicily was the first to cultivate lemons.  Today, there are many other countries that cultivate lemons, often larger quantities, but Sicilian lemons are deemed to be superior in taste, aroma, colour and in their organoleptic characteristics to other sources. The main crop normally starts in November and ends in April, and this season was late due to the cold blasts that ventured into southern Europe in January. There was snow across Southern Italy and across Sicily which was highly unusual.  The main crop started in earnest towards the end of February, the cold weather having seemingly only delaying the crop, and volume and quality of the fruit should be unaffected. 

JC Dudley can offer a wide range of Sicilian Lemon from audited and approved suppliers who they have dealt with for many years.  If you have any enquiries, please contact sales@jcdudley.co.uk.

JC Dudley is a Fruit Juice Supplier who provide a range of products including fruit concentrates, fruit purees and fruit juices. We also provide services and assistance to other businesses within the fruit processing sector.
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The service we can provide to you will vary depending on your business’ requirements and needs.

• We provide advice to new suppliers on the methods that can be used for marketing to processors internationally and domestically.
• We provide NPD colleagues with practical information and ensure that they have the access they need to samples and datasheets.
• At JC Dudley our team provide technical support and logistical support, this helps to increase the delivery load whilst decreasing the financial cost. It also helps decrease the negative impact on the environment.
• As part of our services to other companies, we also provide assistance to your sales and purchasing departments. Through this service, we are available to solve problems that may crop up in an efficient manner.

If you are interested in the services highlighted here and would like to know how we can help your food and fruit ingredient company, then contact JC Dudley, Fruit juice supplier to find out more. If you are also looking for information on the fruit concentrates, fruit purees and other products we provide, then get in touch with us today on: 01494 792 839.

In today’s world many people are more health conscious than ever and want to know that what they are eating has come from sustainable sources. 

What does the term ‘sustainable’ actually mean when applied to food?
The term ‘sustainable’ within the food industry means that the production of ingredients is facilitated using farming techniques that protect the environment, local communities and also the wildlife. 

Here at JC Dudley we strive to offer you a range of ingredients that have been sustainably sourced.

Member of Sedex
In keeping with our company principles in this regard we have been a member of Sedex for some years now. Sedex is a global not-for-profit membership organisation – the home of the world’s largest collaborative platform for sharing responsible sourcing supply chain data such as health and safety, labour standards, business integrity and also attitude towards the environment

Why choose us for Sustainable Food Ingredient Sourcing?

• We are always on the lookout for new suppliers who share our sustainable objectives so that we are able offer you only the best ingredients. 
• Innovation is something we are always striving to achieve, bringing you new products that you can offer your customers is our passion. 
• We offer a reliable just in time service so you can get the ingredients needed at the right time.
• We offer both technical and logistic support to our customers.
• We not only provide you with the ingredients but can offer you the benefit cumulatively of around 100 years of related experience 

Want to get in touch with us? 
Call us today on 01494 792839 or email us at sales@jcdudley.co.uk.