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Food Magic Daily 2 5 Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Western Foods Gluten-Free Rice & Ancient Grain Flours and Blends The global gluten-free trend continues to grow at a remarkable rate, and it is even more widespread with consumers who value the authenticity of foods with unique flavors, textures, nutrients and of course, foods that are free from wheat. Consumers are more interested in trying ancient grains because of their origin and history. More importantly, consumers are beginning to understand the significance of enjoying more whole grains that offer a consider- ably enhanced nutritional value. Most ancient grains flourish with lower levels of genetically modified organisms, rapidly making them an attractive choice for the modern-day consumer. Ancient grains' ability to grow in rough, arid climate con- ditions adds to their agricultural value. Western Foods (WF) is located in Woodland, California, which is in the heart of the California rice growing dis- trict, renowned for its high quality non- GMO medium grain japonica rice. Western Foods' parent company, Western Milling, based in Goshen, California, is one of the largest privately held feed com- panies in the world with facilities throughout the Western United States. WF started business in 2010 and has grown exponentially, riding the wave of the gluten-free trend. Its dedicated gluten- free rice and ancient grain mill and blend- ing facility have all the necessary accred- ited quality certifications in order to pro- vide safe products for your business. WF has always been a dedicated gluten-free facility, conforming to the California Certified Organic Farmer's (CCOF). WF is also a member of the Whole Grains Council, Non-GMO Project Verified and the facility is certified SQF Level 2. WF is dedicated to milling hypo- allergenic rice flours, long, medium and sweet together with ancient grains focus- ing, but not all-encom- passing, on sorghum, millet, quinoa, ama- ranth and teff, creating turnkey custom ready formulations in the gluten-free snacks and baked goods arena. WF has a state-of-the-art inline mill to produce organic and conventional rice flours utilizing specialized Japanese style rice milling techniques to manufacture to the tightest granulations such as meal, course, fine and extra fine specifications. WF has recently launched púro™, a validated pathogen reduction process which is a highly effective, fully validat- ed five log pathogen reduction process that mitigates the microbial risk associat- ed with raw flours produced from rice and ancient grains. It reduces or elimi- nates harmful bacteria, pathogens, mold, e-coli, yeast and microbes in specialty whole grains and whole seeds. Western Foods, LLC, is increasing its gluten-free rice flour and ancient grain milling business by expanding into a new 56,000 square-foot facility located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The new state-of-the-art, dedicated gluten-free flour mill becomes fully operational in July, 2018. The new mill is located on a nine acre lot within Jefferson County Industrial Park in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas area. The plant has ample room for future growth. WF's new Delta Region facility, in the central U.S., has an excellent multi-modal transportation system, includ- ing two rail lines (Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific), 13 common freight carriers with five terminals, and the Port of Pine Bluff, a slack water harbor located on the Arkansas River. Pine Bluff is 38 miles from Little Rock, Arkansas and 137 miles from Memphis, Tennessee. Finally, WF has the necessary equip- ment to offer retailers both branded or private label flexible package options for gluten-free mixes, snacks and other relat- ed products. For more information, go to www.western foodsco.com or stop by booth #S4755. Feed Your Hunger: Introducing Farmer's Pantry The hottest new company to pioneer wholesome, substantial and irresistibly delicious snacks is here: Farmer's Pantry™. Like the name suggests, the company is passionate about creating scrumptious, hearty snacks using the kind of authentic, identifiable ingredients you would find in a farmer's pantry. Every snack is lovingly crafted from some combination of meats, grains and vegetables – all sourced on American Farms. This is not just a new food idea – it's a snack revolution! Farmer's Pantry is debuting two snack lines that truly push the boundaries of what snacks can be: Farmer's Pantry Cornbread Crisps and Farmer's Pantry Meal Snacks. Both snack lines are designed to feed a hungry nation, which is fast moving away from the traditional "3 meals a day" routine. "Americans are working longer hours and commuting more, so each snack is munchable, portable and totally delicious," said Josh Chaitovsky, Co- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Farmer's Pantry. "Farmer's Pantry Snacks are very relevant for today's hard- working Americans, and they are also highly distinctive as no one else in the marketplace is offering these kinds of products. In fact, there are no other corn- bread crisps or meal snacks available to consumers." "Farmer's Pantry Cornbread Crisps and Farmer's Pantry Meal Snacks are truly the best thing since sliced bread," added Chaitovsky. "We believe that it's high-time for snacks to be wholesome, substantial, made from natural ingredients and deli- cious. We also believe that to be truly sus- tainable, we must also pledge to give back to our American farmers and Americans in need by supporting important charitable organizations such as Veterans Farm, Farm Aid and The FamilyFarms Charities." Farmer's Pantry Cornbread Crisps are made from 100 percent American farm-grown corn, and they're always baked, not fried. These are not tortilla chips. The company has transformed freshly baked cornbread or corn muffins into convenient, crunchy, mouthwatering crisps for a taste so delicious consumers will be instantly hooked! Cornbread Crisps come in three flavors: Original, Jalapeño and Honey-Butter. Farmer's Pantry Cornbread Crisps are available in two sizes: six-ounce bags of regular size Cornbread Crisps and two-ounce bags of bite-sized Cornbread Crisps. Perfect for supermarkets, mass market retailers, air- port stores and convenience stores, Farmer's Pantry Cornbread Crisps are available in 12 per case, and will retail in the $3.99 range for six-ounce bags, and under $2.00 for two-ounce bags. Farmer's Pantry Meal Snacks are a true revolution in snacking. They were developed with proprietary natural spices and a proprietary slow cooking method for the beef, chicken and turkey, blended together with slow roasted, hearty and crunchy vegetables in an innovative dou- ble-pouched bag. Each meal snack is inspired by traditional American recipes such as: Herb Roasted Turkey with veg- gies, cranberries and stuffing; Flame Grilled Chicken with slow roasted corn; Garden Harvest Chicken with vegetables; and Mesquite BBQ Beef with roasted corn, and tomatoes. Every bite of Farmer's Pantry Meal Snacks is not only satisfying for the flavor and crunch, but also for the fact that they provide a substantial serving of veggies and protein! Farmer's Pantry Meal Snacks have a suggested retail price of $5.99, weigh 2.5-ounces, and are packed in an eight-pack case. They are per- fect for supermarkets, mass market retail- ers, airport stores and convenience stores. For more information go to www .farmerspantry.farm. Comark's HT100: A Paperless Data Management Tool for Today's Busy Kitchens Tired of writing down temperatures on checklists and daily log sheets? Can you even find the records a day or two later? Now Comark introduces an easy-to- use and cost effective way to collect, record and store daily temperatures for all your critical items in receiving, stor- age, prep, cooking and holding. The new HT100 Touchscreen HACCP Recorder is a logging ther- mometer which also offers you the ability to enter data for other non-temperature basic checklists. The four color resistive touch screen is easy to view and very quick responding. Corrective actions are required and logged whenever there is a problem and demonstrates either internally or to a local health department that you took immediate action whenever there was a failure in a critical area. The software and operating instruc- tions can be downloaded free from the Comark website. The programming is easy and intuitive. You can make the pro- gram as simple or as detailed as you wish – record and set corrective actions for whatever is most important to you. One of the many positives of our greater awareness and attention to food safety and HACCP is that it has spurred innovation in temperature measuring and at the same time has driven down costs. Comark thermometers and temperature monitors are geared to the need for speed and accuracy of measurements, but always at affordable prices. The HT100 is just the latest model from Comark to bring the operator a convenient, fast responding thermometer that is accurate and reliable and can be used everywhere in the kitchen to ensure that an operation is serving safe food and is adhering to its HACCP plan. The HT100 is paired with either the PK19M pen- etration probe with a 1.5mm thin tip or the PK15M probe with an even faster responding 1.1mm tip. A thin tip probe with the sensor at the end offers speed of response and precise readings with only a tiny pinprick into the product. The FDA feels a thin tip is so impor- tant that it has written the requirement into the latest version of the Food Code in paragraph 4-302.12: "…temperature measurements in thin foods can be accu- rately determined using a small-diameter probe 1.5mm (0.059 inch) or less…" Another increasingly popular solu- tion to innovative and economical tem- perature measuring and monitoring in HACCP pro- grams is the use of RF wire- less monitoring systems in the cold chain, from distribu- tion centers to kitchens. A system using the Comark RF300 Diligence WiFi wire- less loggers offers 24/7 secu- rity and peace of mind that night or day critical tempera- tures are being monitored and recorded. The Cloud option ensures you get a text or phone message immedi- ately when temperatures go out of range. RF systems are certainly more expensive than simple thermometers or even data loggers, but measured against the costs of throwing away a freezer full of food when you don't know how much the temperature has fluctuated after a power outage, the savings and payback can be substantial. For more information, call 800.555.6658 or visit www.comarkusa.com.