Unicorn Ingredients: new seed supplier targets bakers

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Bakers can access a new supply source for their seeds needs as UK ingredients firm Unicorn Ingredients hits the market.
Claiming to take 'much of the risk out of buying exotic products', the new company established in May this year will target bakers with a range of seeds in its portfolio that stretch from poppy to pumpkin.

Buying at source with no intermediary, the firm's co-founders aim to maximise on their collective 40 year industry experience to lock in contracts and help reduce risk to the supply chain.

"As a result of our considerable experience in the industry we have noted and identified strong, trustworthy suppliers; remarking quality and consistency from specific sources," Frank Horan, co-founder of Unicorn Ingredients explains to FoodNavigator.com's sister site BakeryandSnacks.com.

Food industry players are constantly exposed to the risk of unreliable supply sources, a risk compounded by today's climate that sees food businesses battling to rein in costs linked to soaring ingredient prices.

And while much media coverage devotes column inches to the steep climb in price for staples like wheat and corn, the price hikes have spread much further into the food industry, permeating a large swathe of niche ingredients.