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Supplier News BRIEFS GOURMET NEWS JUNE 2019 www.gourmetnews.com SUPPLIER NEWS 1 6 Bitters Boom As Consumers Cocktail At Home weed, tea and mush- rooms, and curry bitters flavored with turmeric, saffron and fenugreek. These bitters, part of the Heritage Collection, will be launching in a variety pack this month for a suggested retail price of $24.99, and $19.99 for single 4-ounce bottles. Email info@modernbarcart.com. For Chris Udouj and Jamie Vitlina, co- Founders of 11th Orchard Bitters, the rise of bitters has been an opportunity to add hyper-local flavors to cocktails. They forage every month for their ingredients to make flavors like White Pine, Spicy Rosehip, Birch Bark and the Good Food Award finalist Red Clover, all indigenous to the Chicago, Illinois, area. They don't add any preservatives, oils or sweeteners. The bitters come in 4-ounce bottles for a suggested retail price of $18, 0.5-ounce minis for $8 and gift packs for $35. Email mixit@11thorchardbitters.com. Bitter Love's four female Founders took bitters a little somewhere different, making them into a shelf-stable, ready-to-drink form. Their products are made with bitter herbs like ashwa- gandha, gentian root, artichoke and worm- wood, along with sparkling water and a dash of fruit juice. Bitter Love is a low-sugar alternative to soda or a tart cocktail mixer, with only 40 calories. Flavors include Tart Cherry, Toasted Pineapple and Grapefruit, all in 12- ounce bottles. Email alex@relevantnatural brands.com. Fee Brothers isn't a new brand it's been around since the 1800s but it's been get- ting creative with bitters fla- vors as well. It offers flavors like Celery, Rhubarb and West Indian Orange, avail- able in 4-ounce and 5-ounce bottles. The company also offers Molasses Bitters, made with blackstrap, the darkest molasses left from sugar cane extraction, combined with nutmeg and coffee. Email info@feebrothers.com. At The Bitter End, atten- tion to detail is what makes good bitters, with no extracts, flavor- ings or preservatives. The company offers Mexican Mole Bitters inspired by the traditional mole poblano, blending cocoa, sesame, allspice, oregano and cinnamon with a cayenne kick, perfect for dark spirits, tequila, co- gnac, bringing complexity to winter and fall cock- tails. Other flavors include Thai, Jamaican, Memphis and Moroccan, all of which come in a 2-ounce bottle for a sug- gested retail price of $20. Email info@ bitterendbitters.com. GN Chloe's Launches Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Dipped Pops, Nickelodeon Pops like the Fruit Pops. Starting in 2014, Chloe's now offers nine core varieties that had been popular in the New York shop: Mango, Strawberry, Dark Chocolate, Blue- berry, Cold Pressed Coffee fueled by La Colombe, Raspberry, Pomegranate, Tanger- ine and Pineapple. With the new introductions, that line has expanded to include Banana, Strawberry and Dark Chocolate Pops dipped in Dairy Free Dark Chocolate. The Dark Chocolate Dipped Pops are also rolled in a quinoa puff, so they're crunchy, while still being gluten free like the rest of the line. The Nickelodeon-branded kids Pops are smaller in size and offered in two new va- rieties. Blueberry-Banana pays homage to characters from "Thomas and Friends," while "Sunny Day" is honored with a Strawberry-Mango Pop. "We are able to ex- cite the kids with the packaging of the new fruit combinations, and with flavors they love – and at the same time, please the par- ents with the clean, simple ingredient label," Epstein said. The original line of Chloe's Fruit Pops are sold in packages of four 2.5-ounce Pops that retail for about $3.99. The Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Dipped Pops are also sold in boxes of four, and they retail for about $4.99. The Nickelodeon-branded products are sold in boxes of 10 1.5-ounce pops that retail for about $3.98 to $6.99. The Dark Chocolate Dipped are shipping now, while Nickelodeon Pops should be reaching markets early this month. GN BY LORRIE BAUMANN Chloe's™ has expanded its line of Fruit Pops made from only fruit, water and cane sugar with new Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Dipped and Nickelodeon-branded Pops. "We created Chloe's with kids in mind. At the outset, we were simply looking to offer a clean, delicious frozen treat that kids would love and parents would feel great about serving to their family," said Founder Chloe Epstein. She started the company in 2010 with a New York City store that competed with frozen yogurt shops with its line of Soft Serve Fruit made from just fruit, water and cane sugar. A downtown flagship store re- mains open, but the company has since shifted its focus to packaged retail products BY GREG GONZALES Care for a top-shelf Manhattan with rose hip, or perhaps a combination of mush- rooms, wasabi and seaweed? Mixologists and home bartenders alike are taking those twists on classics as they get more comfort- able going beyond the basic aromatics and citrus bitters. Consumers and chefs are also taking bit- ters off the bar and into their kitchens. There are bitters for savory meat dishes, juices, baked goods, soda, sparkling wines anything that's possible with an extract. According to Genevieve Brazelton, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Im- proper Goods, bitters are just at the beginning, and there's room to explore. Her Bitter Housewife Cardamom bit- ters won sofi gold and product of the year awards in 2018, along with a Good Food Award. Bitter Housewife also offers Orange, Grapefruit, Lime Coriander, Old-Fashioned Aromatic and Barrel-Aged Aromatic fla- vors, using American non-GMO whiskey with all citrus peeled in-house. They come in 3.4-ounce flasks at a $16 suggested retail price, or $18 for barrel-aged. Learn more at www.impropergoods.com. Erik Kozlik, CEO of Modern Bar Cart, calls bitters "liquid poetry," and says the only thing that stands between a consumer and great cocktails is knowledge and con- fidence. He hosts a podcast to help with those. His Embitterment Bitters brand fea- tures flavors inspired by places, including Japanese Bitters flavored with wasabi, sea- Maple Leaf Foods' New Credit Facility to Fund Plant Construction Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has closed a $2 billion funding arrangement with its existing banking syndicate. The new credit facility consists of an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured committed term facilities. The size and unsecured structure of the new credit facility provides the company with enhanced liquidity and financial flexibility. The new facility bears interest based on short- term interest rates and is intended to meet the company's funding requirements for investment in the construction of its two new recently announced manufacturing facilities in London, Ontario, and Shelbyville, Indiana, in addition to providing appropriate liquidity levels for the company and general corporate purposes. Urban Pie Expands Vegetable Crust Pizza Line Urban Pie is adding Sweet Potato Crust BBQ Chicken, Broccoli Cheddar Crust Bianco and Cauliflower Crust Margherita to its line-up of thin-crust, small-batch craft pizzas. The new flavors will launch nationally beginning in July. Sweet Potato Crust BBQ Chicken features sliced chicken sausage, red onions, mozzarella, yellow cheddar and barbecue sauce. Broccoli Cheddar Crust Bianco is topped with garlic-infused olive oil, fresh sliced mozzarella, provolone, asiago and basil. Cauliflower Crust Margherita includes diced cherry tomatoes, fresh sliced mozzarella, garlic, basil and marinara sauce. Avocado Leaf Tea Enters the Market Avocado Leaf Tea LLC, creator of patent- pending Avocado Leaf Tea, is debuting to health-conscious consumers and tea drinkers across the globe. The award-winning tea will be featured in the winners tasting circle at the World Tea Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada June 11 – 13, 2019. The company will launch with five offerings. Natural Avocado Leaf, as well as flavored blends of Chamomile Peach Lemon and Black Tea, each blended with avocado leaf. All are 100 percent natural, and the flavored blends are organically compliant. Avocado Leaf Tea is now available for sale online. Each of the canisters will contain 15 pyramid style tea bags that can be used twice. The tea should be steeped for three minutes in 212-degree water for premium flavor. All flavors, except the Black Tea Blend, are naturally caffeine free, and all are gluten free and sugar free. Kidfresh Launches Frozen Mozzarella Sticks, Burritos and Waffles This summer, Kidfresh, the brand of wholesome frozen kids meals that sneaks vegetables into foods that kids love, is bringing new and nutritious frozen meals to select stores nationwide. Joining the Kidfresh roster of better-for-you meals and snacks are Mozzarella Sticks, Cheese Burritos and Waffles. Like all Kidfresh products, the latest additions are loaded with goodness and are made with no artificial colors or flavors and no preservatives.

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