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1 8 SNACKING NEWS February 2019 Great-Tasting, Best-Selling Too Tarts Candy Candy Mountain Sweets & Treats is the maker of a popular 25-year-old kids candy line, Too Tarts, which has become a staple in many major retail chains. Too Tarts is healthy, made in America and a top seller. The Too Tarts brand has four items: Spray Candy, Suckups Liquid Candy, Goo4You! squeeze candy, and Gimme Goo in a bottle. All four have three intense, juicy flavors: Blueberry, Strawberry and Green Apple. The spray candy has a fourth flavor, Watermelon, added in 2018. All Too Tarts products are sweetened with xylitol, a nat- ural sweetener made from fruits and berries and a rec- ommended sweetener by the American Dental Association to help promote healthy teeth and gums for children. Too Tarts 800.621.1954 www.tootarts.com Private Label Expertise from Snak King Snak King has the expertise to bring your private brand to reality, whether you're looking for tortilla chips, potato chips, extruded snacks, pellet snacks such as vegetable- flavored chips, popcorn, popped crisps, nut butter snacks, kettle corn, caramel corn or nut clus- ters. This from a company that has, since 1978, dedi- cated itself to producing the highest quality snacks with product diversity unparalleled in the industry, capable of handling the highest capacity demands of any customer in the U.S. or abroad. Snak King understands the value of quality and food safety systems and offers its HACCP-based food safety system, FSMA/USDA compliance, GMP training and formal- ized verification, comput- erized recall and traceability system, micro- biological testing, allergen control system and others. Third-party certifications include SQF level 3, gluten free, USDA organic, Non- GMO Project, kosher, halal and Whole Wheat Council. Snak King 626.363.7711 www.snakking.com Nature's Bakery Snack Bars Offer Wholesome Nutrition Nature's Bakery, started by father and son bakers, believes that what's baked in is just as important as what isn't. Offering conve- niently-packaged wholesome nutri- tion, the company's soft-baked snack bars are a simple and delicious way to balance busy days. Fig Bars are the accessible snack your consumers can feel good about eating on the go, with better-for-you claims that con- sumers care most about – including no high-fructose corn syrup, plant-based and Non-GMO Project-verified. Nature's Bakery Whole Wheat Fig Bars are baked in a variety of seven flavors, in- cluding the best-sell- ers: raspberry and blueberry. Made with hearty whole grains and sun-ripened fruit, the company's snacks are perfect for those moments when you need a fruit-fueled boost to get you through! Nature's Bakery www.naturesbakery.com Jake's Nut Roasters Mesquite Smoked Almonds Jake's Nut Roasters has launched its Mesquite Smoked Almonds, con- veniently packaged in a grab-and-go 5-ounce pouch. These bold-fla- vored California grown al- monds are dry-roasted and seasoned with the highest quality ingredients. A matching retail countertop display is also available. Jasper Specialty Foods 800.255.1641 www.jasperspecialtyfoods.com Raymundo's Mini Churro Dippers Have Millennial Appeal Introducing Raymundo's Mini Churro Dip- pers.The two-compartment snack segment is on fire and Mini Churro Dippers brings a favorite Millennial treat — churros — to the party. These delicious mini churros combine with dark chocolate sauce and caramel dipping sauce to make two delicious on-the- go snacks. "We continue to see a large increase in between- meal snacking occasions," said Bob Levi, Chief Executive Officer of Raymundos Food Group. "Consumers want conven- ience that tastes great, and we are putting a lot of innovation focus against that trend. Mini Churro Dippers have been received well by the retail trade, and we expect them to be a big hit with con- sumers as well." Suggested retail price for Raymundo's Mini Churro Dip- pers is $1.99. They will be shelved in the refrigerated snacking and/or refrigerated desserts sections in store. Raymundo 513.560.8189 www.raymundos.com Triple-Layer Treat Coming from My/Mo Mochi My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream has a new triple- layer innovation rolling out in grocery re- tailers nationwide in early 2019. The new items contain the traditional pillowy mochi dough exterior wrapped around premium ice cream with a new center layer. The lineup will include four flavor com- binations: Chocolate Sundae – vanilla bean ice cream covered in chocolate-fla- vored mochi dough and a cherry center; Chocolate Peanut Butter – chocolate ice cream surrounded by sweet mochi dough and a peanut butter center; Vanilla Blue- berry – sweet mochi dough- wrapped vanilla bean ice cream with a blueberry center; and Dulce de Leche – sweet mochi dough wrapped around creamy coffee ice cream with a gooey caramel center. My/Mo Mochi Ice Cream www.mymomochi.com Southern Recipe Small Batch Adds Oven-Baked Line Southern Recipe Small Batch is proud to offer oven baked rinds, with 33 percent less fat than the brand's original pork rind. Hand-selected and cooked in small batches, the oven baked pork rinds come in three sa- vory flavors. Cilantro Lime Oven Baked Pork Rinds are packed with fresh citrus notes; Blackberry Habanero Oven Baked Pork Rinds offer a fu- sion of sweet blackberries and spicy habanero chilies while the Smoked Sea Salt Oven Baked Pork Rinds give the savory and smoky flavor consumers demand today. "We're literally chomping at the bit to share this product with snack fanatics everywhere," says Mark Singleton, Vice President of Sales and Mar- keting for Southern Recipe Small Batch. "Finding a way to bake pork rinds, while maintaining that savory flavor and texture, is a game changer for snackers, dieters and pork rind lovers every- where." To deliver your consumers unique flavor profiles, a bold, Keto-friendly crunch, higher protein and lower carbs all in one stellar snacking innovation Southern Recipe Small Batch 419.648.3611 www.porkrinds.com Subscribe NOW to get the digital version of Snacking News at www.snackingnews.com.

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