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76 GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com SWISS COLONY RETAIL BRANDS INTRODUCES NEW JELLY BELLY CAKE BITES In a partnership brokered by The Licensing Company (TLC), a leading independent licensing agency, bakery specialists at Swiss Colony Retail Brands have created a new line of mini cakes with Jelly Belly® jelly bean flavors available to the retail market. Fans of Jelly Belly can now enjoy Very Cherry, Lemon, and Blueberry & Pomegranate flavor Cake Bites. Each bite-size treat is several layers of cake with butter crème that matches the flavor of the signature Jelly Belly jelly bean sitting on top. The colorful confections make perfect sense to Becky Henke, Vice President of the Food Division at Swiss Colony Retail Brands. "Jelly Belly has always led the way in innovative candy flavorings and marketing. And Swiss Colony Retail Brands specializes in hand crafting one-ofa-kind pastries and confections in a wide variety of flavors." This sweet partnership seems almost inevitable. The family-owned candy manufacturer of Jelly Belly has been in operation since 1898 (Swiss Colony since 1926). Jelly Belly is currently run by the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of the candy empire (Swiss by the third generation). And FALKSALT: ENHANCING FOOD ONE FLAKE AT A TIME Sweden has changed the way we drive, dress, furnish and now it is time for the way you cook! Falksalt Cyprus Sea Salt Flake has an advantage over other salts because it is all natural and the flakes have a unique pyramid shape." Falksalt's Gourmet Cyprus Sea Salt Flakes are beautiful finishing salts that come in a variety of unique flavors that add flakey texture, an excellent crunch, and improve the taste and presentation of every dish. The flavors are naturally added to the salt throughout the drying process. Flavor offerings include Natural, Citron, Smoke, Rosemary, Wild Garlic, Chipotle, Wild Mushroom, and Red Chili. Falksalt is channeled through a series of ponds. The brine is then fed into large pans called "salins," where time, temperature and DELICAÉ GOURMET STRIVES TO BRING YOU THE BEST GOURMET PRODUCTS By Lenny Macaluso My discovery and enjoyment of international cuisine during numerous world tours with Tina Turner developed into a growing passion for gourmet food. My wife Barbara and I retired from the music industry in 1994 and relocated to a country estate in Florida where we began cultivating orchards and gardens. Barbara's flair for creating unique and exciting sauces and condiments inspired Delicaé Gourmet. Pride, dedication and commitment to the highest standards are reflected in all our products. Only the finest fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, coffees and teas are used to create our superb product blends. Each batch is individually hand prepared to assure our customers the best quality and taste. Since 1997, Delicaé Gourmet has been preparing all natural gourmet foods. These include slow cooker dinners and soups, sofi™ award-winning fruit- and spirit-infused balsamic glazes and pasta sauces, bread toppers, sweet and savory jams, jellies and marmalades, mustards, chutneys, salsa, chocolate sauces, marinades, culinary COCO POLO USHERS A NEW ERA FOR SUGAR-FREE CHOCOLATE SATISFACTION Coco Polo is the leading manufacturer of what's been called "the best sugar-free chocolate I've ever tasted" by New York Times best-selling author, beauty and ecoliving expert, Sophie Uliano. "It's sweetened with natural stevia," Uliano said. "If you had told me to try a stevia-sweetened chocolate, I probably wouldn't because I don't love stevia in its raw form, but the taste of this chocolate is insanely good." Coco Polo produces 12 varieties—six in 39 percent milk chocolate and six in 70 percent dark chocolate—offering highly nutri- tious inclusions such as Elderberry, Ginger and Cocoa Nibs along with unbelievably delicious surprises including a tangy Mango, a robust Hazelnut and a Tart Cherry that has to be tasted. The Milk Chocolate bars are: 39 percent Cocoa Pure Milk Chocolate, Whole DryRoasted Almonds, Elderberry, Tart Montmorency Cherries, Dry Roasted Hazelnut Halves and Mango. The Dark Chocolate bars are: 70 percent Cocoa Pure Dark Chocolate, Whole DryRoasted Almonds, Elderberry, Tart Montmorency Cherries, Cocoa Nibs and Ginger. n JUNE 2013 n GOURMET NEWS Jelly Belly's heritage has always included a wide range of sweets, introducing everything from their famous candy corn and America's first gummi bears to chocolatecovered treats and now more than 100 mouthwatering candies for all seasons. In similar fashion, Swiss Colony Retail Brands has built its standard for meticulous detail and craftsmanship on its parent company's successful national food catalog business of more than 50 years. Their stateof-the-art, 134,000 square-foot bakery is currently the largest hand-decorating facility in the U.S. and the leading producer of Petits Fours in the country. The Research Kitchen employs a talented, technically skilled and industry recognized Research and Development team. All food items pass rigorous Quality Assurance testing with only the best manufacturing practices in operation. The Bakery is GFSI Certified ISO 90001.2008, FSSC 22000. Swiss Colony Retail Brands offers more varieties and flavors than other bakeries, unique and custom-blend ingredients for proprietary items, and both shelf stable and perishable food products. Every season they introduce freshly inspired novelties, new flavors, and charming ways to celebrate with old and young alike. Jelly Belly Cake Bites are sure to be a hit with all generations of candy fans. They're packaged in a high-quality box with a beanshaped window. humidity are controlled to create flake salt. Falksalt's triple wash method removes any trace elements. Processed table salt is lacking essential nutrients, causing water retention and health problems. The purity of Falksalt Cyprus Sea Salt Flakes allows the consumer to use less salt while preparing meals, all without compromising flavor. Falksalt has benefits for retailers as well. Falksalt has eye-catching packaging and is priced to make it appealing to both the consumer and the retailer. A supermarket would have to sell 12-500 gram packages of table salt in order to make as much money as selling only one 125 gram package of Falksalt Sea Salt Flakes. The category for traditional salt is flat, grossing less than 25 cents per unit. Falksalt is not your grandfather's salt; grossing an impressive $2.50 per unit and bringing much need innovation to the category. sauces, bread dippers, infused oils and vinegars, and sea salt rubs. Delicaé Gourmet has created 29 all-natural gourmet slow cooker dinners and soups, 22 are gluten-free. These healthy, delicious year-round meals are easy to prepare, taking five minutes of prep time in the morning, creating fabulous and hearty gourmet dinners and soups to serve in the evening. With delicious homemade flavor, these meals will please the entire family. Our fruit- and spirit-infused balsamic glazes, perfectly balanced blends of fruit, wine and balsamic vinegar are incredibly versatile. They are terrific on Paninis or sandwiches, great as finishing sauces over grilled meats, poultry and seafood and fabulous drizzled over pâté, salad or cheese. They are perfect as dessert sauces over ice cream, pound cake and fresh fruit, or as topping for cheesecake. For easy and delicious hors d'oeuvres, our skillfully blended bread toppers make wonderful spreads for garlic bread. They are perfect over goat cheese on thinly sliced crusty country bread. They are excellent used as condiments for roasted or grilled meat and poultry, and are great added to pasta, quiche or as pizza toppings. We also offer private labeling, co-packing services in both hot fill and dry fill as well as food service in selected products. We strive to bring you the best from our kettles to your kitchen. In fact, not only is the chocolate highly beneficial, but each inclusion has been chosen to add to the nutritional value and benefit of this magical food. The 3-ounce bars are wrapped in what is sure to become an award-winning package with the visually captivating logo. 2013 also sees the introduction of Coco Polo into nationwide natural food distribution, and ably represented by an army of veteran brokers who have done an admirable job of ensuring all important retail buyers are aware of this stunning new development. John Cunnell, Coco Polo's "Chief Coco" stated, "Foods sweetened with stevia have been stigmatized by the presence of an associated off or bitter taste. Overcoming this and many other unusual challenges to using stevia is not easy, but Coco Polo has achieved this and customers are blown away. Hitherto, sugar-free meant sweetened with sugar alcohols which provided questionable sweetening, a cooling sensation and, worst of all, 'severe gastric distress.' With Coco Polo's stevia chocolate, these problems vanish." Visit Coco Polo at booth No. 3253 where competent, charming and attractive personnel will delight you with stories of the long struggle to produce such an exotic chocolate and, for your delight, guide you through its 12 offerings—all in good taste. For more information about Swiss Colony Retail Brands, visit www.SCRetail Brands.com, call 888-411-4051 or email contact@SCRetailBrands.com. For more information about Jelly Belly products, visit www.jellybelly.com. And stop by booth 2261 at The Summer Fancy Food Show. For more information, call 248-723-1903, email seanh@camtrade.com or stop by booth 1436 at the Fancy Food Show. Visit the website at www.falksalt.com, or the FalksaltUSA- Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for quick recipes and tips. For more information, visit booth 4447 at the Summer Fancy Food Show or go online to www.delicaegourmet.com. For more information, visit booth 3253, check out www.cocopolo.com or call 800-433-2462.