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94 GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com EXPERIENCE FRESH FLORIDA JUICES WITH NATALIE'S ORCHID ISLAND JUICE COMPANY By Nate Wilkerson, Marketing Coordinator Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company was founded 23 years ago based on a passion for providing consumers with the freshest, most wholesome all-Florida juice. What started out as a small family venture has now grown into a nationally acclaimed "award-winning" juice company that provides high quality, unforgettable, squeezed fresh products. Natalie's produces allFlorida Orange Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Strawberry Lemonade, Lemonade and Honey Tangerine Juice. We hand pick the PLOCKY'S CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF TASTY, ALL-NATURAL SNACKS In May 1988, two partners with years of food industry expertise, a lot of ideas, and an instinct for the next big thing started Plocky's® Fine Snacks from scratch. Today, 25 years later, Plocky's ships its "healthy snacks that taste good" – tortilla chips and hummus chips with unique flavors – nationwide and beyond. The Plocky's success story started in 1988, when the family-owned business introduced its line of tortilla chips that were like no other on the market: Original Three Grain Chips, Caribbean Black Beans 'N Rice Chips, and Louisiana Red Beans 'N Rice Chips with Tabasco in the chip. As opposed to the plain corn chip, Plocky's tortilla chips featured different grains, unique spices and the "healthy" factor. They tasted so good that Plocky's Three Grain Tortilla Chips were awarded the Seal of Approval for Best Tortilla Chip from Diabetic Living magazine. The seal provides consumers with a guide to great-tasting foods that are low in calories, sodium and saturated fat, but rich in healthful fats, fiber, vitamins and whole grains. Plocky's expanded the initial line with three new flavors of tortilla chips: Sundried Tomato Basil, Whole Grain Sweet Chipotle and Whole Grain Aged White Cheddar. It followed with another market-first: handy Organic Dip Strips, in Golden, Blue and Louisiana Peppa Red, made with organic corn. Salsas with a twist soon give Plocky's ABDALLAH CANDIES' NEW CHOCOLATE SINGLES BOOST TOP-SELLING LINE Abdallah Candies, a Minnesota-based confectionery manufacturer, has introduced two additional varieties to its hugely popular "Chocolate Singles" candy program. Newly added are the Dark Chocolate Coconut Creams and Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties. They join other best-sellers Sea Salt Caramels, Alligators® (pecans, caramel and milk chocolate), Butter Almond Toffee, Milk Chocolate Caramels, Dark Chocolate Mint Fudge and Sugar Free Caramels. Singles are individually wrapped and dispensed from their elegant yet compact counter display. For the more substantial chocolate craving, the Abdallah's Impulse Chocolates are top sellers and a perfect up-sell for the smaller singles. There are more than a dozen varieties of the Impulse Chocolates, including the Pecan and Cashew Grizzlies® made with caramel and topped with milk chocolate. To top off the category, more than 16 varieties of delicious wrapped cream caramels make your store MILAS FOODS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP HEALTHY MEDITERRANEAN SNACKS By Cetin Amato, Co-Founder Milas Foods has been creating and marketing healthy Mediterranean grab-and-go snacks for half a decade now, and we are happy to celebrate our new offerings with the health conscious consumers who still cannot and will not give up on healthy snacking and do not want junk! As a company, we have witnessed and gained acceptance with the rising popularity of small, portion-control, single-serving snacks, but packed still with wholesome natural ingredients, in a variety of ethnic flavors accepted by the majority of our gourmet community and shelf-stable distribution that give Americans access to enjoy our convenient healthy products on-the-go. Our award-winning healthy snacking olives, brand Oloves, has a simple mission: combine olives and love and make olives part of your daily and weekly diet. Right now, Oloves has over 150,000 distribution points nationwide, is the leading innovative olive snack in its category, capturing the travel and catering market and now entering the retail sector. Oloves give you "just enough" olives so that we do not counter our single serving principles, also they are pitted/stoned and marinated in wonderful flavors like Hot Chilli Mama and Lemony Lover, along with the classic Tasty Mediterranean flavor. Packaged in foil fresh pouches with a contemporary brand that appeals to the youth as well as mothers and families to "share the love" and be an integral part of kids' eating habits. n JUNE 2013 n GOURMET NEWS highest quality fruit from groves located in Florida – renowned for growing the best citrus in the world. Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company has been family owned and operated for 23 years; we are proud to consistently provide the best tasting juice to your family from our family! Natalie's promotes and supports environmental awareness by maintaining the smallest carbon footprint in the industry. We minimize waste by feeding the leftover peel from the fruit to local cows. Natalie's is proud to be the first juice company to be U.S.A. Certified. All of our packaging is made in America. We support Florida growers and American jobs. Natalie's guarantees to always provide you with award-winning, squeezed fresh Florida citrus juices. Consistency in quality and taste is never compromised with Natalie's. Come see us at booth 2174! Taste the squeezed fresh difference with Natalie's. Get fresh. Get Florida. Get Natalie's! tortilla chips something zingy to dip into: Black Beans 'N Rice Salsa and Red Beans 'N Rice Salsa. Plocky's didn't stop at tortilla chips. In 2005 the company unveiled another extremely popular "first:" Savory, gluten-free Hummus Chips made with real hummus and olive oil. The first three flavors were Original with Sea Salt, Roasted Garlic and Roasted Red Pepper, soon followed by Greek Lemon Herb and Honey Caramelized Onion. The hummus chips are gluten-free and made from the finest all-natural ingredients, with absolutely no preservatives, zero trans-fat and no genetic modification. Plocky's Greek Lemon Herb Hummus Chips were nominated for the 2012 Sweets & Snacks Most Innovative Products Award. The hummus chips are available in 3-ounce and 100-calorie pack size. Owner Paul Cipolla credits Plocky's success to focusing on that simple goal: Healthy snacks that taste good. "We went through a lot of trial and error in the early days, trying to find something that was different but that still tasted good," Paul Cipolla says. "But taste is the most important thing. A snack can be good for you, but it has to taste good for consumers to keep coming back for more." Consumers definitely keep coming back. And for the past three years, Plocky's Fine Snacks has exported its unique flavors of tortilla chips and hummus chips internationally as well, to China, the Middle East and Canada. Consumers can find Plocky's Fine Snacks in select specialty shops, natural foods stores and finer supermarkets nationally or order online at www.plockys.com. a destination for those who want a superior caramel treat. Abdallah's individually wrapped chocolates are easy to try, and are just the beginning of a packaged candy line that boasts more than 400 everyday and seasonal branded selections. Abdallah's is sure to have chocolates at many popular price points that are elegantly packaged for gifts, yet simple enough for your personal indulgences. Abdallah Candies' bulk chocolates consist of more than 200 varieties, including chocolates, truffles, toffees, nuts, clusters, crunches, chews, bulk caramel and sugarfree. Selections include traditional and jumbo-sized chocolates for repacking or for your candy case. If you're looking for a cus- tom refrigerated case, they have that too— complete with free chocolates! Family-owned, fourth generation Abdallah Candies has been based in Minnesota since 1909 and is now recognized in over 6,000 retailers across the country. Shipped direct from the manufacturer for freshness, chocolates are guaranteed to arrive in perfect condition all year long. On qualifying orders, there is no additional charge for your cooler case and 50 percent of your freight is paid on prepackaged orders. Our Dipin Dips brand has the mission of bringing low calorie, low carb and all natural attributes to the spreads and dips market and, like Oloves, is positioned for people who are time-poor and on-the-go who will not compromise on healthy ingredients and a tasty offering. Dipin Dips fits the gap for all snack occasions as well as a meal replacement, being both shelf stable, and single serving – Dipin Dips are lunchbox/ briefcase friendly and the ready to eat treat on the go. Our jet-setter bruschetta was based on an original Italian recipe but has been transformed to be both more nutritious than and healthier than most of the mainstream dips currently available in the market. Our hum-believable hummus and topnotch tapenade are also great adaptations of favorite Mediterranean recipes and available in convenience stores, club stores, select supermarkets, natural stores, and travel and catering channels – making it possible for Americans to snack healthily on a continuous basis and to be eating the right thing. With offices and partners in five countries, including a big presence across the U.K. and Europe, Milas is continuously working on adding more natural products to the market, innovating old traditional recipes, and combining this with urban sophisticated branding and marketing to position the brands. Gluten-free is a flag that we also wave proudly for both Dipin Dips and Oloves, along with being all natural and flavorful and it is this combination that gives our products the edge to fly high across all states. For more information, visit booth 2174 at the Summer Fancy Food Show, go online to www.orchidislandjuice.com, call 772-4651122 or email marketing@oijc.com. For more information, visit booth 461 at Summer Fancy Food Show, go online to www.plockys.com, call 630-323-8888 or email info@plockys.com. See Abdallah's Candies at the Summer Fancy Food Show booth 2453 or contact the company at 800-348-7328 or visit abdallah candies.com. For more information, visit booth 2780 or go online to www.milasfoods.com.