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Professional elite and high-performing, serious amateur athletes, who previously favored technical sports nutrition products, are increasingly making real food choices - from peanut butter and flapjacks to Nutella and traditional Italian panforte. Positioning real food for sports and fitness is an opportunity that goes beyond the sports nutrition segment, and can provide growth for any brand that has a healthier, convenient profile.

Real Food (2019 Edition): The Strategy That's Transforming Sports Nutrition - Features 10 Case Studies of Products that are Successfully Harnessing the Strategy

Pis for panforte: The Tuscan alternative to panettone, panforte (also known as Siena Cake after the Italian city where it originated in medieval times) is a deliciously chewy Christmas concoction of dried and candied fruits, nuts and spices held together with molten sugar.

Now for the second course... In part two of The Journal's alphabetical countdown of locally made, reared, grown and sold festive foods, JANE HALL goes from being nutty about nuts to getting her zest back for all the things that come into their own at Christmas

The traditional dessert containing fruits and nuts known as Panforte comes from which country?

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Finally, the audience got to vote what we'd be making for dessert, with a choice of indulgent chocolate panforte, tempting watermelon puddings and, of course, traditional cherry tiramisu.

Gino's Italian Escape tour entertains the audience at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House; Gino D'Acampo lets slip his restaurant plans for Newcastle while entertaining with recipes, kisses and risque jokes

Perfect with traditional Christmas pudding or something different like a nutty Italian Panforte.

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Total calories per serving: 438 Carbohydrates: 64 grams Sodium: 15 milligrams Fat: 23 grams Protein: 7 grams Fiber: 6 grams Santa's Favorite Panforte (Serves 20) Panforte is a very traditional, festive Italian Christmas candy.

Tasty holiday eats for the season

I prefer Siena's sexier sweets - ricciarelli (almond cakes), panforte (a sweet filled with Christmas pud spices, nuts and fruit) and cantucci biscotti.

A VINE ROMANCE; The Borgo San Felice, set in olive groves, rolling vineyards and cypress trees, is a stunning village retreat that offers excellent links to Florence, Siena and Pisa

Coco Meli Artisan Bakers Unit 53, Britannia Way, Britannia Enterprise Park, Lichfield, www.cocomelibakery.co.uk Lovingly crafted cakes and sweet treats including a rich panforte (whole nuts, figs and spices in an Italian soft set of honey) and a chocolate, orange and Cointreau cake, both for PS20.

Give your dinner the Xmas factor; Fancy some sensational locally produced seasonal food this Christmas? RICHARD MCCOMB selects some of the best producers in the region

BAKERY Coco Meli Artisan Bakers Unit 53, Britannia Way, Britannia Enterprise Park, Lichfield, www.cocomelibakery.co.uk Lovingly crafted cakes and sweet treats including a rich panforte (whole nuts, figs and spices in an Italian soft set of honey) and a chocolate, orange and Cointreau cake, both for PS20.

Christmas doesn't have to be a superstore bore; Richard McComb selects some of the best regional produce available for the Christmas table

A cross between Rice Krispies Treats and Italian panforte (fruitcake), these bars are based on a recipe from Healthy in a Hurry (see below).

License to snack: when you hunger alarm rings, be ready with these easy, healthy treats

"Tuscan Connection" with Judy Witts Francini features Truffled Chickpea and Farro Salad from Umbria; Pumpkin Soup With Amaretti; Roast Beef With Tuscan Herbs; Sicilian Spicy Orange Salad; and Fig and Walnut Panforte With Ricotta.

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The dessert section is also Toscana-orientated with the panforte classico or panforte al cioccolato good choices.

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