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Passage Foods Viola Imports Salem Baking SEE PAGE 138 / VISIT BOOTH 4128 SEE PAGE 66 SEE PAGE 70 / VISIT BOOTH 136 GOURMET NEWS ® T H E B U S I N E S S N E W S P A P E R JUNE 2013 DENIGRIS CONTINUES TO PROVIDE INNOVATIVE GOURMET PRODUCTS By Jason Topolewski, National Sales Manager, Foodservice, DeNigris n F O R T H E G O U R M E T I N D U S T R Y SPECIAL SHOW ISSUE ANTONIO MOZZARELLA PREPARES FOR CIRIO OFFERS SUMMER WITH NEW INNOVATION AUTHENTIC ITALIAN TOMATOES By John Giordano Tradition and innovation are our driving principles here at DeNigris. Since 1889, when Armando de Nigris started the first vinegar works in Naples Italy, we've been using time honored family traditions to produce the finest Italian vinegars. Today, we are the largest and most fully integrated wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar producer in Italy, because of Armando's passion, Armando's son Marcello's efforts and We are very excited about this year's Summer Fancy Food Show back home in New York City again. For those of you who are unfamiliar with us, I would like to begin by giving you a small background history of our company. Antonio Mozzarella Factory was born in Calabria, Italy nearly 80 years ago. The company truly started and blossomed in the United States beginning in 1996 in a small deli out of the suburban town of Springfield, N.J., just about 20 miles from New York City. Immediately Antonio Mozzarella Factory was Continued on Page 148 An interview Hanson. with Hans Continued on Page 142 THE SPICE LAB INVITES YOU TO A WORLD OF SALT An interview with Brett Cramer, Founder, The Spice Lab. NEW FOODLAND PRODUCTS WIN AWARDS, HEARTS AND MINDS GNSE: Tell our readers about the company. What's your main line of business? HH: Cirio is an Italian tomato company owned by the largest agri-food company in Italy, the Conserve Italia Group. Conserve Italia is a co-op of 15,000 farmers that allow Cirio to control every step of the finished product "from seed to fork" to deliver the best quality tomatoes possible. Continued on Page 140 O ORANGE BLOSSOM VINEGAR ANOTHER WINNER FOR O OLIVE OIL BC: The Spice Lab offers the largest selection of gourmet sea salts from a single source. We carry over 180 different salts from around the globe. We have expanded our product line to include many spices in addition to our jarred sea salts, our award-winning Gourmet Sea Salt Collections, peppercorns and spice mixes. Other offer- Exported throughout the world, all Foodland products have a clear vision of quality and taste. Based out of Serbia, Foodland is bringing to market their updated takes on Mediterranean classics with a nutritional twist. Unhappy with current industrial production methods, such as the overuse of chemical preservatives, pesticides, gluten-based thickeners and other "tricks," Foodland has championed the cause of all natural, preservative-free, pesticide-free, GMO free, fresh tasting and healthy fruit and vegetable products by bring- O Olive Oil announces another win! The company's newly released O Orange Blossom Vinegar was recently honored with a NASFT Silver sofi Award for Outstanding Vinegar 2013. The NASFT had already honored four of this California company's premium vinegars in past competitions. O Olive Oil barrel-ages its line of fine varietal wine vinegars and balsamics deep in a cave carved in the Calistoga mountains of Sonoma County. O Orange Blossom Vinegar is made by aging gently crushed orange blossoms in California champagne, one batch at a time. The alchemy slowly occurs as the wine turns Continued on Page 142 Continued on Page 144 Continued on Page 142 GNSE: Tell our readers about your company. What is your main line of business? DANCING DEER LAUNCHES SWEET, SAVORY SHORTBREAD COOKIES GOURMET INTERNATIONAL FEATURES AWARD-WINNING BRANDS Dancing Deer Baking Company boldly crosses over the boundaries between sweet and savory with a new line of delectable shortbread cookies being launched at the Fancy Food Show. Some consumers like their treats sweet, while others prefer more savory flavors. Dancing Deer has addressed both these flavor profiles with a refreshing collection of all-natural and kosher shortbreads that possess very appealing flavor accents in each and every bite. After all, why should crackers be the only snack to blend herbs and fruits? The "sweet & savory" trend has been gaining momentum Building on national expansion efforts, Gourmet International and Niche Gourmet are teaming up at the Fancy Food Show to offer amazing new imported and domestic products to the specialty food trade. Established in 1989 as a specialty food import and distribution company with a strong focus on German Foods, Gourmet International remains the premier importer and distribution source of Germany's finest specialty foods and confections brands. As the company has grown dramatically over the years, Continued on Page 144 Continued on Page 140 MT STERLING CO-OP CREAMERY PROVIDES QUALITY CHEESE PRODUCTS By Patricia Lund, Marketing Director Mt Sterling Co-op Creamery currently carries a product line of twenty products. These products include four types of raw milk goat cheddar, two types of pasteurized goat milk cheddar, goat milk jack style with seven different flavors, goat milk feta, feta crumbles, goat milk Mozzarella, artisan blend shreds, and whey cream goat butter. Mt Sterling's creation of a unique goat milk product in 1994 was a goat whey cream butter. This was a product Continued on Page 142