Crazy Jack's Latest News

08/12/2011
Veggie Awards 2012 results

Crazy Jack’s Soft Apricots were shortlisted for Cook Vegetarian magazine’s ‘Veggie Awards 2012’, securing a Highly Commended award in the ‘Best Veggie Snack’ category. More than 350 products in total were entered for the awards, which saw almost 1700 Cook Veg readers vote for their favourite foods.

Products short listed for ‘Best Veggie Snack’ are judged on how much they filled a hole, their ‘moreishness’ and above all, their taste. A popular category, ‘Best Veggie Snack’ encompasses every kind of snacking variety and opportunity from crisps
and nuts to meal replacement and mid-morning/afternoon fillers.

Here’s the review: “This bag of organic dried apricots won you over for their indulgent rather than worthy taste. Quality control is clearly high on this company’s agenda and we’re always surprised that every morsel is perfect, down to the last bite.”

Crazy Jack’s organic ready to eat Soft Apricots are free from sulphur, normally used as a preservative, so are naturally dark and delicious.

27/09/2011
NEW: Fruits from Crazy Jack!

This September Crazy Jack has launched 3 exciting new products, which compliment the existing range.

The Mixed Fruits variety is a delicious blend of raisins, sultanas, currants, apricots and mixed peel – perfect for snacking and baking.

Our popular Traditional Dried Apricots and Dates have been revamped for your convenience and now come ready chopped to mix straight into your cooking and baking. No more fiddling around, just open the bag and pour in! Choose from Chopped Apricots or Chopped Dates.

These great new products are now available in Tesco stores nationwide and independent health food stores.

15/09/2011
Discover Organic with Crazy Jack…

Organic September, the annual celebration of all things organic is back and better than ever! Supported by the Soil Association, the Discover Organic campaign has been all over the news with organic companies up and down the country taking part.

We’ve got a hamper of Crazy Jack organic goodies to give away to one lucky Facebook fan!

To enter the competition, just ‘Like’ us on Facebook, read our question and post your answer on our wall – it’s as easy as that.

You've only got until Monday 19th September though, so be quick!

11/08/2011
Organic Food Festival 2011, 3-4 September 2011, Bristol Harbourside

Europe’s largest festival celebrating all things organic!

Over 20,000 people visited the Soil Association’s festival last year and this year is sure to be even better! There will be over 150 organic food and drink producers, celebrity chef demos, live bands, livestock, a kids taste experience, organic gardening plus health, beauty, fashion and textiles.

We’ll be exhibiting this year with our ever popular ready to eat organic dried fruits range. Our Soft Apricots were recently Highly Commended in the Organic Food Awards 2011,
so if you haven’t tried them yet, bring your goody bag booklet along for your free sample.

For more information and tickets, go to: http://www.organicfoodfestival.co.uk/home

We’ll be on stand 94B - see you there!

28/07/2011
Highly Commended in the Soil Association Organic Food Awards 2011

Crazy Jack is delighted to say that our favourite Soft Apricots were ‘highly commended’ in the well respected Soil Association’s Organic Food Awards 2011!

The expert panel of 35 judges, comprising of chefs, restaurateurs, food specialists and celeb foodies were extremely impressed with the quality of our naturally dark Soft Apricots.

We’re glad the panel enjoyed our sweet, sulphur-free ready to eat Soft Apricots as much as we do. Our Apricots make a delicious snack, add flavour to your cooking and are a great source of fibre. The perfect store cupboard staple!

15/07/2011
Your chance to be the face of Why I Love Organic's press campaign!

Why I Love Organic is offering one lucky consumer the chance to star in a nationwide press advertising campaign. Simply visit the Facebook page and upload a picture and share your reason for loving organic and your face could feature on a series of press adverts across major glossy women’s magazines.

Organic can be for everyone and Why I Love Organic want to remind people of all the fantastic reasons to add it to their basket. For more reasons to love organic, visit www.whyiloveorganic.co.uk

01/07/2011
Crazy Jack comes to Jubilee Square, Brighton, 2nd July 2011

From 12-5pm we'll be selling our delicious wares from a traditional market stall in Jubilee Square, Brighton.

Infinity Foods, based in Brighton, are celebrating their 40th birthday with an ethical street market of 30 stalls, free food tastings & demos, a bar selling local organic ales and heaps more!

From 2.30pm there's live music & entertainment plus Brighton Natural Health Centre are running free 15 minute taster classes between 12 and 2pm in Hula Hooping, Yoga and Qi Gong.

So come down and see us, stock up on organic goodies and enjoy the sunshine. You might even tempt us into a spot of Hula Hooping!

23/05/2011
New organic food study claims organic helps you lose weight & live longer

We've always believed organic is better for you, for so many reasons - being healthy is just one of them.

Researchers from the University of Newcastle's highly respected School of Agriculture found that "fruit and vegetables grown [organically] are richer in most of the beneficial substances called secondary metabolites and vitamin C."

Read the full story on the Daily Mail website here.

05/04/2011
Walnuts are the healthiest nut

Walnuts contain the highest level of antioxidants compared to other nuts, "a handful contained twice as many antioxidants as a handful of any other commonly eaten nut," reported American scientists. Read about the full benefits here.

These versatile nuts are delicious in sweet and savoury dishes, how about using them in brownies, with chicken, in stuffing, salads and stir-fries?

21/03/2011

As the Organic Trade Board's 'Why I Love Organic' campaign gathers momentum, Sara Cox has shown her support and speaks to journalist Gabrielle Fagan from The Press and Journal about her new found lifestyle.

For more news from the Organic Trade Board, click here

12/01/2011

The Organic Trade Board with financial aid from the European Union have launched the UK's first ever generic organic consumer campaign.

www.whyiloveorganic.co.uk is packed full of news, recipes and reasons why consumers love organic and it will be a real resource for the campaign.

Keep an eye out for press adverts, like the two featured on the right. In a recent interview with Natural Products Magazine Sophie Daranyi, CEO of Haygarth, the campaigns design agency says the ads selected for the first phase of the campaign were "those that resonated most strongly with our target audience." To read the article in full visit the Natural Products Website

Visit www.whyiloveorganic.co.uk for full details about the campaign.

There are lots of reasons to love organic, discover yours.

06/01/2011
Cook Vegetarian Veggie Awards Finalist

Cook Vegetarian Magazine have searched the length and breadth of the UK to find the very best Raw food product.

Focusing on how useful each product would be to a follower of the raw food diet as well as taste, quality of ingredients and nutritional benefits, our favourite Crazy Jack apricots came in as highly commended!

Here's the glowing review...

"Juicy and chewy, these Traditional Dried Apricots feel like more of an indulgent snack than a healthy food. They're organically grown and you can tell that only the best apricots have been used in this bag. Quality control was excellent, with every bag we opened being perfect to the last bite."

Find out more about Crazy Jack Tradional Apricots on our products pages For hundreds of fantastic vegetarian recipe ideas visit www.cookveg.co.uk