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SEPTEMBER 2019 n SPECIAL SHOW ISSUE An interview with Tobe Armendariz, Production Manager, Tortilleria Mi Nina. GN: What makes your company dif- ferent? TA: We use hand carved volcanic stones to grind our non- GMO white corn, with nothing else but filtered water and Continued on Page 66 New Single-Serve Amoré Hazelnut, Almond Chocolate Spreads Once Again Nut Butter, spreading in- tegrity for over 40 years, is bringing sin- gle-serve sweetness to the nut butter category with its launch of Amoré milk and white chocolate squeeze packs. With a velvety texture and balanced sweetness, these perfectly portioned treats transform everyday foods into healthy in- dulgences and help curb dessert cravings without overdoing it. The white chocolate nut butters are the first of their kind Continued on Page 68 Continued on Page 66 Continued on Page 64 Continued on Page 66 Desi Natural Brings Innovation to Indian Inspired Yogurt Segment Continued on Page 64 By Lorrie Baumann At about 2,800 feet above sea level in the shadow of Califor- nia's Mount Shasta, Belcampo Farm had what Farm Director James Rickert calls "a heck of a winter," last year, with more rain and snow than usual. That meant taking extra feed to the farm's cattle after a blizzard dropped 18 inches of snow Suzanne's Specialties: Sweetness the Way Mother Nature Intended RLA Collective Goes Big with Integration, Small with Targeting Stonewall Kitchen Lemon Fig Shortbread Squares Mix An interview with Alyson O'Mahoney, Managing Director, RLA Collective, a Ruder Finn Company. GN: Tell our readers about RLA Collective and why it's unique. AO: RLA Collective is a data-driven brand marketing agency that uses audience targeting data within multiple Suzanne's Specialties has been supplying al- ternative sweeteners to the health food and industrial food markets since 1984. Its offer- ings include brown rice syrup, clarified rice syrup, rice maltodextrin syrup and solids, tapioca syrup, tapioca maltodextrin and solids, agave syrup, inulin, cane sugar, invert syrups, molasses, honey, barley malt syrup and coconut sugar and syrup. It also has the ability to make custom blends "Ethnic inspired foods are driving significant growth at retail. The In- dian food segment is no different, with mainstream consumers in- creasingly seeking it out. And now, we are finding mainstream retailers looking to better serve the Indian population," said Larry LaPorta, General Manager of RFG Dairy, LLC. Enter Desi Natural™ Dahi, the No. 1 Indian yogurt in the Stonewall Kitchen goes fig-forward with a sophisticated twist on classic lemon squares. This handy new Lemon Fig Shortbread Squares Mix makes it simple to bake up an ideal after-school snack or post-dinner dessert that both kids and adults will love. The universal appeal of these tempting treats also makes them the perfect thing to bring along to a picnic in the park, a school bake Belcampo Demonstrates Regenerative Agriculture in Northern California Continued on Page 66 Continued on Page 70 Associated Buyers Expands into New York City In June 2019, Associated Buyers, Inc., of Barrington, New Hampshire, pur- chased specialty distributor, Gotham Artisanal, of Maspeth, New York, and thus expanded its territory into the five boroughs of New York City, as well as Hudson Valley and Long Island. Gotham Artisanal's focus was hospitality. It provided many of the best restaurants and bars in the NYC area with The state of Wisconsin produces nearly one million pounds of gin- seng annually. This precious herb takes four years to bring to har- vest. Ginseng grown in Wisconsin is the plant Panax quinque- folius, which is different than the Panax ginseng grown in Asia. Panax quinquefolius has different benefits than High-Quality Ginseng from Wisconsin Continued on Page 66 Tortilla Chips from Tortilleria Mi Nina BOOTH #228 BOOTH #6522 BOOTH #8139 BOOTH #217 BOOTH #928 BOOTH #1152

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