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MAKE YOUR OWN SAUSAGES :
DESIGNASAUSAGE KITS MAKE CHILDS PLAY OF SAUSAGE MAKING
by Hub-UK

. . . ever thought of making your own sausages?

Worried that your kids are eating too much fat? Alarmed at the quality of some processed meat products? Then making sausages at home might just be the thing for you.

Concerns about the nutritional content of children's diets was the motivation behind the launch of Designasausage, a company that produces healthy-eating, home sausage making kits, set up by mother and daughter team, Janet Schuster and Gaynor Preece in 2003.

Gaynor's two young children were the inspiration behind this enterprise. Clem, aged 4, is an asthma sufferer and Gareth, aged 7, is prone to persistent eczema. Gaynor, at her wits end with the usual prescribed remedies, decided to see if a change of diet might help.

"Both of the kids loved sausages, but when I tried to find preservative and additive free sausages it was much more difficult than I had imagined - so we started making our own. Sausages are easy and fun to produce at home once you have the equipment, and the end results were so delicious that we decided to develop the idea into a business venture! The kids had a great time helping out, and we organised tastings with their friends, who gave the thumbs up to all of the recipes that we now offer our customers."

Janet and Gaynor have over 20 years experience in the food industry, and their primary business, Spicetech UK Ltd, is one of the UK's top suppliers of quality dried herbs and spices to the wholesale trade. 'Designasausage' was a natural progression for the duo, and the kits contain everything for the home cook including a cast iron mincer, filler attachments, a user friendly recipe booklet, edible natural casings as well as a range of specially graded, artificial colourant and MSG free blends and spices, all guaranteed to turn out a truly superior sausage.

Both Gaynor and Janet are passionate about encouraging children and adults to eat healthier food. "Over 5 million Britons eat sausages every day" says Gaynor "so they really offer a great opportunity to provide a healthy, nutritious option, especially for kids. Making sausages at home allows you to control the ingredients and by buying local meat and introducing vegetables into recipes, parents can know exactly what their children are eating. It is also great for people with food allergies and for vegetarians."

The company is currently working with food technology departments in schools, colleges and cookery schools to encourage students to make sausages as part of their course work as well as incorporating the making of healthy sausages within the school catering.

"A couple of generations ago it was commonplace for families to make their own.

We just want people to have a go and see how easy and inexpensive it is to make wonderful nutritious sausages made by your own fair hands. "It makes a wonderful family weekend activity!"

To visit the Designasausage web site <click here>

Designasausage spices are produced from the highest quality ingredients, manufactured to ISO9001 standards and are packaged in special Alufoil bags to ensure the flavour and colour are kept at their best.

The sausage casings are wrapped in food grade plastic and have a shelf life of up to 2 years. No soaking, cleaning or salting is required with these sausage casings which make them user friendly for home sausage making.

Designasausage sausage making machines are affordable and all come with a minimum of 12 months guarantee (2 years on the Electric Sausage Maker).

To visit the Designasausage web site <click here>