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GOURMET NEWS JANUARY 2019 www.gourmetnews.com Naturally Healthy NATURALLY HEALTHY 1 6 FLOCK Rotisserie Chicken Chips FLOCK is a healthy chip made from 100 percent real chicken that has the crunch of a typical chip but with a nutritional profile that works with paleo, keto and low carb diets. A serving has 170 calories, 12 grams of protein, 2 grams of carbohydrates and no sugars. It's available in three flavors: Origi- nal, Salt & Vinegar and BBQ. FLOCK comes from The Naked Mar- ket, which was created by three friends who came together over their love of food and displeasure with the lack of truly healthy options on the market, particu- larly from the category leaders that are fa- miliar household names. The Naked Market is an omni-channel food and bev- erage platform that creates and launches health-oriented brands across a variety of categories, embracing data and advanced manufacturing technologies to bring con- sumers the products they are looking for. Most importantly, each brand is aligned with a meaningful cause or charity that resonates with the company's values. In the case of FLOCK, partial proceeds of each purchase of FLOCK Rotisserie Chicken Chips also benefits Heifer Inter- national's Flock Of Chicks Program, which provides a family in need with a starter flock of 10 to 50 chicks, along with a training program; the flock of chickens serves as a starting point as families look to build a sustainable, nutritious and in- come generating food source as they grow this flock over time. FLOCK Rotisserie Chicken Chips retail for $3 per bag. For more information, visit www.flockfoods.com. GN Once Again Introduces Organic Sunflower Hemp Butter The sunflower seed shines with all its glory in Once Again's new organic sunflower hemp butter. This allergy-friendly addition to the brand's lineup is made with organi- cally grown sunflower seeds, dry roasted for enhanced flavor and milled creamy. Or- ganic hemp oil gives this product a power- ful boost of antioxidants, amino acids and Omega fatty acids, while just a bit of sugar and salt are added for taste. Certified or- ganic and certified by the Non-GMO Proj- ect, the new product is also free of preservatives, cholesterol, trans fat, plus it's gluten-free certified, vegan, kosher, and part of the brand's Honest in Trade pro- gram. Delivering 5 grams of plant-protein per serving plus a healthy dose of iron and potassium, Once Again's organic sunflower hemp butter is also rich in Vitamin E thanks to both its sunflower seed and hemp oil ingredients. The product is delicious paired with toast or fruit, mixed into oat- meal or yogurt, baked into cookies or eaten straight from the jar. Said Gael J. B. Orr, Marketing-Commu- nications and Public Relations Manager, "Hemp oil is shaking up the food industry as a new way to add functional nutrition to products, and we're on board! This on- trend ingredient complements our organic sunflower seeds beautifully, both in taste and its phenomenal health benefits." Once Again's new organic sunflower hemp butter is currently available for retail- ers to carry. The suggested retail price is $6.49 per 16-ounce recycled glass jar. Visit www.onceagainnutbutter.com for more in- formation. GN Good Food Awards Continued from PAGE 1 as part of a green cropping system to build soil structure. Brooke had started investi- gating the culinary uses and history of grains herself, and so they started looking for seeds for heritage grains that they could plant and grow themselves on their 230-acre farm. They found emmer and einkorn, both ancient varieties of wheat, and both primarily imported into the U.S. from Italy. "They both had incredible properties that weren't just about flour. They had multiple uses. They were incredibly nutri- tious with a very differ- ent profile from modern wheat," Lucy said. After an extensive search, they found enough emmer and einkorn seed to grow, mill and sell as flours, baking and pancake mixes, cracked and split whole grains and as handcrafted blends like Organic Einka & Lentil Blend and Organic Potlatch Pilaf. "Potlatch Pilaf is a blend of split emmer and split wild rice that's a hearty, earthy, wonderful pilaf," Lucy said. "The emmer has a sweet, nutty flavor, and the wild rice has an earthy fla- vor." The Organic Einka & Lentil Blend is made with organic whole-grain einkorn blended with French Lentils. "Both have similar cook times," Lucy added. The blend makes a particularly nutritious addition to a stew, she commented. "The grain makes it a complete protein profile," she said. "When you add any bean to these grains, you have a complete protein." The Organic Whole Grain Einkorn that's also a Good Food Award finalist has a cook time of about 20 to 30 minutes and can replace brown rice or quinoa in a family's dinner menu. It has a chewy texture and a mild, but sweet, flavor. "One of my favorite things is cooking it like a risotto – cooking it in white wine or in chicken broth, doing it in a slow reduction style over 20 to 30 minutes and then adding Parmesan cheese and spices and herbs," Lucy said. She also uses the Whole Grain Einkorn as part of her cornbread stuffing for a holi- day turkey. In either case, she likes to sea- son it with oregano, basil, thyme and rosemary and then add fresh parsley at the end. Although some customers are at- tracted to these grains merely because they're fans of whole grains, those who are sensitive to gluten are particularly drawn to them, since some who are sen- sitive to the gluten that's found in mod- ern wheat don't have the same problems with the heritage grains, which are genet- ically quite different from the modern wheats that are descended from them. "We have a lot of customers with gluten sensitivities who come to us because they're educated about the pesticides that never get cleaned off the grain," Lucy said. "Eating organic, especially with sta- ple foods, is so important. A lot of our customers with gluten sensitivities tend to do better with these grains.... They have a much simpler chromosome struc- ture, which translates to how easily it di- gests and how accessible the nutrition is to our systems." Bluebird Grain Farms packages its products for retail sale in 1-pound, 5- pound and 25-pound units. Distribution is available on UNFI, primarily on the West Coast. Bulk grains have distribu- tion through KeHE in the West and Mid- west. For more information, visit www .bluebirdgrainfarms.com. GN

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