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Pocas Ginger Brew is created with an in- credible collaboration with non-alcoholic ginger brew and five different superfoods. It is freshly brewed from triple filtered car- bonated water. On top of that, Pocas Gin- ger Brews are healthy fusion-style ginger drinks with a variety of superfoods and nat- ural fruit juices for an extra kick of flavor. Each flavor is mixed with one fruit and one superfood to offer both great taste and nutrition. There are five flavors: origi- nal ginger, ginger + calamansi + mojito, ginger + mango + turmeric, ginger + pineapple + ginseng, and ginger + apple + moringa. It is caffeine free, non-GMO, kosher and does not contain any preserv- atives or high fructose corn syrup. Pocas International Corp is passionate about deliver- ing premium healthy bever- ages and specialty foods to its customers with only top- quality products. The mis- sion of Pocas is to study global market trends of healthy foods and bever- ages on behalf of its cus- tomers and supply the best healthy products to its valued customers with the lowest price possible. Pocas International 201.941.7900 www.pocasinternational.com Pocas Ginger Brew Meets Superfoods GOURMET NEWS NOVEMBER 2018 www.gourmetnews.com SHARING & ENTERTAINING 1 9 AVA Byte is a smart indoor garden that combines technology and nature to bring foolproof gardening right into your kitchen. Designed for tech-lovers, foodies and health-conscious families, the countertop device re- duces food packaging, water usage and ensures the freshest of ingredients within arms reach. With the mantra, "auto- mated gardening, natu- rally," AVA uses AI and intuitive user experience to give every home cook, busy parent and curious child access to fresh, organic plants and veggies like herbs, lettuce or tomatoes. Ready-to-grow, soil-free compostable pods include everything needed for a plant to thrive. The pre-seeded plant pods are simply plug and play, and AVA Byte knows when to water, when to give some light and will tell the user via the smartphone app or through a home hub how the plants are growing. The owner can even ask, "Hey Google, when can I harvest my plants?" Carefully monitored and self-managed, Byte will also reduce growing time com- pared to traditional methods. Giving up to a three times faster growth without the use of pesticides or harmful fertilizers, it's completely transparent and environmen- tally-conscious, using up to 90 percent less water consumption than traditional home gardens. AVA was founded by food marketer, Va- lerie Song, and ex-sous chef turned industrial designer, Chase Ando. Designed for a new generation of conscious and connected consumers, AVA Byte is built with Apple design standards and Whole Foods organic quality. It is the first indoor smart garden to combine solely non-GMO seeds, nutrients, artificial intelligence (AI) and has already won a number of presti- gious awards, including Small Business BC Best Innovation Award, SheEO Canada, Air Canada Sustainability Winner, Gray's Pitch Tank Design Winner and Van- couver Startup Weekend "Most Impact" Award. Key features of the AVA Byte are: four smart sensors (humidity, temperature, am- bient light, water level), HD Camera for monitoring, troubleshooting and time- lapse videos, NASA-inspired horticultural LEDs in a telescoping light array (up to 21 inches), and is compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Home and other connected home devices. AVA Grows www.avagrows.com Smart Homes Go Green Dream Foods International, founded in 1999 and located in Santa Monica, Califor- nia, specializes in award-winning organic citrus juices and natural ethnic foods. The company began bottling juices near the Mount Etna volcano in Sicily where local growers and artisan fac- tories batch-produce the company's juices for distribution across North America. A recent partnership with Polenghi, USA has given Dream Foods International a wide variety of private label options and a larger branded selection for retailers. As one of the largest private label sources in Europe, it now processes 10 percent of the world's lemon juice supply. All of the citrus fruit used to make Dream Foods juices are harvested by hand and processed immediately. The products are organic, non-GMO, kosher and made with not-from-con- centrate juices. The com- pany works with natural specialty grocers, mass retailers, club stores, private label and foodservice cus- tomers. Dream Foods is able to offer healthier choices, competitive pricing and a larger selection. Dream Foods 310.315.5739 www.dreamfoods.com Blood Orange Juice from Dream Foods International Nature's Earthly Choice was founded on the principles of creating delightfully healthy products that are easy to make and easy to love. The launch of its signature grains started the com- pany's mission to provide con- sumers and fami- lies of all personalities, dietary needs and preferences with healthy wholesome meals that are simple and delicious. The company is passionate about the prod- ucts it creates and is committed to deliv- ering the best tasting, highest quality products that support a healthy lifestyle. As a leader in the grains category, Na- ture's Earthly Choice continues to inno- vate, targeting the convenience trends in its category. This year, the company is introducing Nut Flour Blend and Apple Flour, which can be added to any baked good to increase the amount of nutrients the food offers. Nature's Earthly Choice 208.898.4004 www.earthlychoice.com Making Healthy Food an Easy Choice Bellucci Sicilia PGI Organic EVOO wins Silver Award at NYIOOC Award-winning Sicilia PGI Organic extra virgin olive oil is the latest addition to Bel- lucci's Legendary Series. Fresh from the 2017-2018 harvest season, this Sicilia PGI Organic is the recipient of a silver award at the prestigious 2018 New York Interna- tional Olive Oil Competition. Why is PGI (Protected Geographic Indica- tion) certification so important? Simply put, it means Sicily is the authentic source of ori- gin for this prized EVOO. The fertile volcanic soil and hot sunny climate yield an abun- dance of cultivars, each with a depth and range of unique fruity, peppery and bitter fla- vor notes. In 2016, the European Commis- sion approved the Protected Geographical Indication PGI 'Sicilia' (Sicily) for extra virgin olive oil produced on the island. Such certi- fications promote the development of spe- cific rural regions and populations, which are related to agricultural products with special qual- ity characteristics and pro- tect the interests of both growers and consumers. It is transparency at its best in the greater fight against food fraud. Bellucci Sicilia PGI Or- ganic ensures the olives were grown, the oil pressed and bottled all in Sicily. Sicilian EVOO is among the world's most fragrant and appetizing. With the Bellucci traceability app, every bottle of Bellucci extra virgin olive oil is fully trace- able to its source in rural Italy. Bellucci www.belluccipremium.com Simple Mills Introduces 6-Count Almond Flour Cracker Snack Pack Good-for-you cracker snacking is in the bag with Simple Mills' new Fine Ground Sea Salt Almond Flour Cracker Snack Pack, containing six single-serve pack- ages of the top-selling SKU in the com- pany's popular almond flour cracker line. The vegan, paleo-friendly crackers contain just eight clean ingredients – including a proprietary base-flour blend of almonds, sunflower seeds and flax seeds plus tapi- oca starch, cassava flour, organic sun- flower oil, sea salt, organic onion, organic garlic and rosemary extract – with no gluten, grain, soy, corn, dairy, GMOs, gums, emulsifiers or other artificial flavors or fillers. It's the lat- est addition to a Simple Mills portfolio that also in- cludes eight baking mixes, six almond flour cracker flavors, four sprouted seed cracker varieties, four crunchy cookies, four soft baked cookies and two frostings – all created with the same clean-food principles. Simple Mills www.simplemills.com Meet Mother Nature's Wild Child: wildbrine wildbrine is introducing three new flavors of its naturally fermented, probiotic-rich foods, including Organic Mushroom & Turmeric Kraut, White Kimchi with Turmeric and Korean BBQ Kimchi. Not only are these products unusually deli- cious, they are on-trend, featuring addi- tional ingredients with powerful nutritional properties: turmeric (anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant) and mushrooms (anti-in- flammatory and immune boosting). Studies have shown the link between pro- biotic-rich foods and overall well-being. Eat- ing fermented foods introduces beneficial bacteria into your digestive system and then helps to balance the bacteria there. Naturally occurring probiotics have also been shown to help slow or reverse some diseases, im- prove bowel health, aid diges- tion and improve immunity. Having the proper balance of gut bacteria and enough digestive enzymes helps ab- sorption of more of the nutri- ents in food, what nutritionists refer to as in- creased bio-availability. wildbrine 707.657.7607 www.wildbrine.com

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