Cooked ingredient company TMI Foods has completed a £1m investment programme which has doubled production capacity at its Coventry factory.
The Northampton-based company, a leading UK supplier of cooked bacon products to the major multiples and foodservice industry, has undertaken the investment over the last two years.
The programme has involved installing the latest in smoke ovens enabling TMI Foods to use natural smoking techniques with beech, apple or oak wood and cure to a variety of flavours including traditional dry cure, sweet, maple, and malt.
Managing Director David Abbott said: "The investment has significantly broadened our curing capacity and as well as enabling us to introduce a wider range of special cures, it has enhanced our production controls and traceability.
"It has also improved our ability to fine tune cures and smoke flavours, as well as deliver bespoke products in economic quantities and precisely to customers' requirements."
The UK market for cooked bacon is currently worth £70m and growing as demand for sandwiches, ready meals and snack foods increases.
Mr. Abbott added: "Bacon as an ingredient is becoming increasingly popular and we are working side by side with our customers to help them create points of difference. Our new curing facility goes a long way to helping us achieve that."
