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SWEETS & TREATS SHOW EXTRA www.gourmetnews.com n MAY 2019 n GOURMET NEWS ST 1 4 Good Day Chocolate Disrupting Vitamin and Supplement Category Creators of "chocolate with benefits," Good Day Chocolate makes chocolate supplements, an alternative to gummies and pills, for both adults and kids. Each chocolate supplement piece is packed with pharmaceutical grade supplements, made with premium fair trade milk or dark chocolate and candy-coated with colors from fruits and vegetables. Not only do they taste delicious, most importantly – they really work. Whether you're wired, tired, tense or simply craving an effective and delicious way to take vitamins and supplements, Good Day Chocolate has you covered. The company's adult products include small, impulse boxes (8 pieces) and large bottles (80 pieces) of Sleep with 1mg of melatonin per piece, Energy with caffeine and B-vitamins, Calm with amino acids and herbs to help you relax, Probiotic with 1 billion CFUs per piece, and Turmeric with 400mg of turmeric per serving. Good Day Chocolate also has products for kids available in Sleep, Calm, Multivitamin and Probiotic in 50- count child proof bottles for children ages 3 and up. It all began in 2010, when Andy Goldman, M.D., a facial plastic/head and neck surgeon, began crafting lollipops with functional doses of common med- ications for his patients. Add three years of R&D and his life-long friend and busi- ness partner, Simeon Margolis, and Good Day Chocolate was born to bring relief to those who are wired, tired, tense and craving a new way to take supplements. After years of research, choco- late was chosen instead of a gummy or a pill because it's a real, whole food with natural benefits. Good Day Chocolate is available nationally at Kroger, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and many other retail locations as well as online at www.goodday chocolate.com and Amazon. Visit Good Day Chocolate at booth #1791. KeHE Announces New CAREtrade Partners KeHE CAREtrade has announced its newest partners, and several snack brands are among them. The KeHE CAREtrade ® initiative, founded in 2017, identifies and promotes brands that advance a higher purpose than commercial success and is aligned with KeHE's dedication to serve. These brands create good food, they're passion- ate about being good to people and the environment, and have a service-minded vision for the future. Bhakti means "devotion through social action," and the company is devot- ed to giving back on a global scale. Guided by its philanthropic platform of GITA (give, inspire and take action), Bhakti's social mission is to make an impact in the world and be a voice for those who need it most. Just as car- damom is steeped into all of Bhakti's iced chai tea products, charitable works are deeply infused into the way it does business. This Bar Saves Lives is on a mission to end childhood malnutrition worldwide through a simple giving model – sell the best snacks to give the best life-saving nutrition. Each bar sold gives food aid to a child in need in a one-for-one model, equaling over 10 million life-saving food packets to date. This Bar Saves Lives' bars also have unique flavor profiles like PB & J and Wild Blueberry & Pistachio that are non-GMO Project verified, gluten-free and kosher. NuttZo uses the sales from its seed and nut-based butters and bars to power the work of its real mission, Project Left Behind. The non-profit focuses on pro- viding education and living essentials to orphans around the world. Since its inception, NuttZo has donated more than $100,000 to Project Left Behind to pro- vide food, medical needs, supplies and tuition to more than 200 kids in chil- dren's homes across Peru, Nepal and India. The Soulfull Project was born of a passion to locally serve those in need. With each pur- chase of its hot cereals, the Soulfull Project donates a serving to a local food bank in the region of purchase. It hopes to deliver nourishing, wholesome food to all Americans and to build health- ier communities among the underserved. The Soulfull Project's cereals come in bags, multipacks and single-serve cups that are vegan and Non-GMO Project verified. It is also a Certified B Corporation. World Centric has donated more than $3 million dollars from the sales of its 100 percent compostable tableware, including cups, plates, silverware and more, since 2009. It aims to raise aware- ness of large-scale humanitarian and environmental issues by donating, at a minimum, 25 percent of its profits to grassroots social and environmental organizations annually, to serve the plan- et and its people. It hopes to provide assistance and to help create change. This new group of brands joins the KeHE CAREtrade partners for 2018: Dignity Coconuts, Tony's Chocolonely, Mavuno Harvest, Tanka, and The Real Co., which will continue in the pro- gram and will serve as mentors to the new member organiza- tions. The 2017 inaugural KeHE CAREtrade partners were Divine Chocolate, Growers Alliance Coffee, Kuli Kuli, Sunshine Nut Company, and Women's Bean Project. Those companies have now graduated from the program. KeHE Distributors, LLC (KeHE) provides natural and organic, specialty and fresh products to natural food stores, chain grocery stores, independent gro- cery stores and other specialty product retailers throughout North America. KeHE is an employee-owned company with more than 5,500 employees in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.kehe.com. The Whole Earth: Clean, Natural, Organic Snacks By Kevin Allen, National Sales and Marketing, Snak King In the snack food universe, The Whole Earth ® brand stands for clean, natural and organic snacks that consumers appreci- ate. Our team scours the world for only the finest ingredients made with hand- crafted care and expertise. Our "Earthly" creations often include fresh organic corn harvested at its peak, gently cooked and ground to perfection. We often use organ- ic brown rice in our snacks to produce a light, crisp result as well as golden and brown flax seeds for a unique nuttiness. These are just some of the many fine ingredients we love to share when craft- ing our very special, The Whole Earth brand snacks. These delicious snacks are being introduced only to the savviest retailers this year. Look for special crafted selec- tions such as Organic Garden Medley tortilla chips, a medley of tri-colored goodness flavored with spinach, tomato, carrot, beets and flax seeds. We also offer the simplest ingredient decks of corn, oil and salt, all organic, of course, available soon in a beautiful blue corn rich in anthocyanins or a more traditional yellow corn tortilla chip. From product develop- ment to packaging and logis- tics, expertly staffed R&D and sales teams are ready to serve your needs. Trust The Whole Earth to bring your natural and organic opportunities to reality, whether it's with any of our wide range of Tortilla Chip styles, Extruded Snacks, Pellet Snacks (veggie-flavored chips), Popcorn, Popped Crisps, Kettle Corn, Caramel Corn or our ever popular Nut Clusters. Service and quality, we get it! Our customers are confident that we under- stand the importance of quality and food safety systems, including: HACCP-based Food Safety System, FSMA/USDA Compliance, GMP training & formalized verification, Computerized Recall & Traceability System, Microbiological testing, Allergen Control System and others. Third party certifications include: SQF level 3, Gluten Free, USDA Organic, Non-GMO Project, Kosher and Whole Wheat Council. You can count on The Whole Earth, dedicated to quality and expertise in the industry. For more information, visit booth #524 or go to www.snakking.com. good! snacks Offers Plant-Powered Protein Bars good!™ snacks, which makes plant- based snacks, has introduced new good! snacks plant-powered protein bars. Founded in the belief that consumers should never compromise taste for nutri- tion, good! snacks protein bars offer 15 grams of plant-based protein and 10 grams or less sugar in each bar. good! snacks protein bars also pack 11 grams of beneficial fiber in every bar and are free of dairy, soy and gluten. "Consumers are craving and seeking plant-based snacking options," said Dan Hoskins, Chief Executive Officer. "Not only can we deliver consumers the plant- based ingredients they're looking for, but we can do it in an incredibly delicious way that doesn't make them feel like they're missing out by avoiding dairy or gluten." The newly launched good! snacks protein bars are made from a blend of fava and brown rice proteins that give the bars a soft, creamy center unlike tradi- tional protein bars. The Choc P.B. variety is like a grown-up peanut butter cup with chocolate on the outside, smooth peanut butter on the inside, and 15 grams of plant- based protein. good! snacks protein bars are available in six flavors (Choc P.B., Cookie, Choc. Mint, Lemon, P.B. and Blueberry) at select retailers nationwide. For more information, visit www .goodsnacks.com.

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