She said that as a meat substitute it had no rivals pointing out that the

She said that as a meat substitute it had no rivals, pointing out that the Linda McCartney range had soya as its base, not fungus.”It has been particularly popular among vegetarians when they first choose to give up meat because of its convenience. One in five households now regularly buys Quorn.The Quorn range, which was launched with a humble vegetable pie, has since been extended, and Premier, which bought the brand for £172m last year, has added products such as fajita strips and satay sticks, and invested heavily in marketing.However, the surge in Quorn’s popularity appears to have less to do with its reliable vegetarian customer base, and more to do with its low-fat properties. On top of an estimated three million vegetarians, Quorn has a growing number of calorie-counting devotees. Premier said the proportion of households regularly buying Quorn had risen to 19.3 per cent from 17.7 per cent a year ago.”One of its biggest attractions, especially among female customers, is that it is low in fat,” said Collette Walsh of the Vegetarian Society, which endorses Quorn. After a worldwide search for a food staple to feed the baby boomer generation, scientists struck gold in a field in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The tiny organism they found was used to produce a fungus, and two decades and a few refinements later the first batches of Quorn emerged from the production line.
Yesterday the appeal of the protein-rich meat replacement was underlined when Premier Foods attributed a doubling of its profits to its rising popularity.Profits at Premier, the owner of Angel Delight and Branston Pickles, rose in the past six months to £27.9m – a year-on-year rise of 123 per cent – thanks largely to the vegetarian line.

I had to play my best tennis and the first set was a very high standard.”Gilbert refused to read too much into the defeat, saying: “Clement raised his game and Andy was a little bothered by the blisters I’m pleased overall but a little disappointed. Hopefully, it won’t linger.”Now Murray will set his sights on the Rogers Cup in Toronto this week, when he will face the 12th seed David Ferrer, of Spain, in his first match.. Had I held I could have been a double break up.”He raised his game once he got back into the match My level dropped a bit and I served badly in the tie-break I had my chances and should have won the first set. I obviously didn’t start the second set too well and went 4-0 down. He deserved to win.”After claiming the fourth title of his career with a steady if unspectacular display, Clement admitted he took advantage of Murray’s mistakes, finishing with 31 unforced errors to the Frenchman’s 20, although the Briton developed blisters on his right hand which required treatment.”He made a lot of mistakes at the beginning of the second set,” Clement said “I tried to get a break early And I did And then I got another one After that I was OK. I was 3-2 up with a break and 40-15 on my serve, then got broken, and I broke in the next game.

However, Murray refused to dwell on the defeat and instead accentuated the positives after his first tournament under Gilbert which has seen him rise to 31 in the rankings.
“I just made a few mistakes that I’ll definitely learn from,” Murray said “But it was a good week Getting to an ATP final at my age is good in anyone’s book I had my chances in the first set. The 19-year-old failed to claim his second ATP tour title following a below-par performance as he went down 7-6, 6-2 to the 2001 Australian Open runner-up. Neither Andy Murray nor his coach Brad Gilbert were too downcast following the British No 1’s defeat by Arnaud Clement in the final of the Legg Mason Classic in Washington on Sunday night. Reports suggest that it will reveal a widespread discontent among the Premiership players, most of whom believe that the domestic season is too long and poorly structured.
Their concerns will not have been eased this coming season by the Rugby Football Union organising an additional, money-spinning, fourth England international against New Zealand on 5 November.Also, the tour to South Africa next summer has been brought forward to accommodate plans for the 2007 World Cup, and that means the Premiership season has had to be squeezed, necessitating four games in 16 days over Christmas and the new year.The survey, which will strengthen the PRPA’s call for inclusion on the boards of all the decision-making bodies in the English game, also reveals that the players feel that injuries are more severe now due to the modern game’s intensity..

The League has declared a trading profit of over £500,000 for last year.. It has taken them 11 years but at last it looks as if England’s professional rugby players, all 545 of them, are finally ready to demand a say in their well-being and destiny. Today, the Professional Rugby Players’ Association is to make public a survey conducted between January and March this year, well before the fixture schedule for the 2006-07 season had been finalised. Canberra have announced the signing of Salford’s Andrew Dunemann and Wigan’s Scott Logan for next season.