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BUYERS GUIDE GOURMET NEWS AUGUST 2013 www.gourmetnews.com 33 BUYERS GUIDE JAMS, JELLIES & PRESER VES This listing is compiled from a survey conducted by Gourmet News and sent to all manufacturers known to the staff. Inclusion in this section is based on a company's response to our request for information. Information included in this listing is provided by the featured companies. Ariston Specialties Ariston Preserves are made by a local family using fresh fruit. The preserves are produced in accordance to what fruit is in season at the time. This method allows the company to use what fruit is naturally ripened by nature as opposed to last year's frozen fruit. Current flavors include Apple and Cinnamon (a.k.a Apple Pie in a Jar!), Strawberry, Peach, Apricot, Orange Marmalade and Fig. No. of varities: 6 Ariston Specialties 860.224.7184 www.aristonspecialties.com Busha Browne's Pepper Jellies Busha Browne's complement of award-winning product offerings includes a trio of distinctive pepper jellies. This is a traditional spicy-sweet condiment based on the hot and flavorful Jamaican scotch bonnet pepper and combined with sweet peppers and aromatic cane vinegar. All Busha Browne's products are made utilizing the fresh bounty of local fruits, vegetables and spices and are prepared and bottled in small batches as they were 200 years ago. Celebrate with the classic Busha Browne taste enhancers, favored for entertaining and gifting. No. of varities: 3 (Original Hot Pepper, Lime Pepper and Ginger Pepper) Busha Browne www.bushabrowne.com Gourmet Fruit Salsas from Lindsay Farms Lindsay Farms Specialties continues to expand its fruit salsa line to include Wild Maine Blueberry Salsa. The new Blueberry Salsa uniquely blends of Maine blueberries, California jalapeños, and locally grown tomatoes to form a tart but also sweet blend of flavor delights. In addition to the new Wild Maine Blueberry Salsa, Lindsay Farms offers a variety of gourmet salsas, including Georgia Peach, Spicy Alabama Peach, Mango Lime, Strawberry, Raspberry Chipotle, Mountain Apple, Mandarin Orange, Tropical Pineapple, and Blackeye Pea. All of Lindsay Farms' salsas are delightfully versatile served over cream cheese with crackers, served over omelets or fish, or simply served with tortilla chips. No. of varieties offered: 10 Lindsay Farms 800.243.4608. www.lindsayfarms.com Sticky Fingers Bakeries Sticky Fingers has 12 varieties of jams, jellies, curds and fruit butters in its line of spreads. All products contain no artificial flavors and no corn syrup. Products come in 8.2-oz. jars. In the curd category, Sticky Fingers' product line includes Lemon Curd, Orange Curd and Cranberry-Orange Curd. Sticky Fingers offers four jams, including Wild Raspberry, Wild Blueberry, Marion Blackberry and Chipotle Red Raspberry. There are two jellies, which Sticky Fingers Bakeries sells: Tomatillo Pepper Jelly with Fire Roasted Jalapeños and Red Pepper Jelly. And finally, the company also offers three fruit butters: Cranberry Apple Fruit Butter, Pear Fruit Butter and Pumpkin Spice Fruit Butter SRP: $5.99/$6.25 No. of jams and jellies offered: 12 Sticky Fingers Bakeries 800.458.5826 www.stickyfingersbakeries.com Peach, Pecan & Amaretto Preserves from The Great San Saba River Pecan Co. After 15 years with an excellent record selling to the gourmet marketplace, the Peach, Pecan & Amaretto Preserves from The Great San Saba River Pecan Co. was a finalist for the 2013 Classic Best Seller Award at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, chosen from a field of hundreds of entries. The product is perfect for holiday entertaining, served over a baked brie, in a mini tart shell or over ice cream. It is all natural, still made by hand in small batches to maintain the integrity of the beautiful slices of fruit. The classic square jar has only the outline of the logo fired into the jar so that the product is elegantly showcased. It is also an excellent item for gifts and gift baskets. SRP: $8.99 (Wholesale $3.99) No. of jams and jellies offered: 12 flavors available in all 5 sizes The Great San Saba River Pecan Co. 800.621.9121 www.greatpecans.com Beach Plum Jams and Jellies On the Mid-Atlantic Coast, the Beach Plum is a popular and tasty sign of late summer, when the colorful shrubs pop up on the dunes all along the shore from Maine to Maryland. Finding the best foraging spots is a local tradition. Now, people everywhere can enjoy this distinctive regional fruit through the unique foodstuffs offered by Beach Plum Specialties of Cape May. Beach Plum Specialties proudly produces delicious jam and jelly from handpicked, local, wild and cultivated Beach Plums. The taste is unique, reminiscent of cherry and traditional plum, with just a hint of cinnamon. Contact Michael Craig at Beach Plum Specialties to bring this distinctive regional treat to your store. No. of jams, jellies, preserves and chutneys offered: 2 Beach Plum Specialties of Cape May 609.425.9057 beachplumspecialties@gmail.com Favorit Peach Mango Preserves Favorit, a leading Swiss company, offers Peach Mango Preserves, a unique, all natural product. These preserves are a delicious highlight in the popular Favorit product line. Each 12.3-oz. jar contains 52 percent natural fruit. All nine luscious jams in the Favorit line are packaged in an eye-catching way, with the contents clearly visible through attractive, clear labels. Additional flavors available within the Favorit line include blueberry, orange marmalade, raspberry, strawberry, apricot, red cherry, forest berries and strawberry rhubarb. SRP: $4.19 Number of Jams, Jellies and Preserves offered: 9 Favorit Preserves, Imported by Carl Brandt Inc. 800.275.4326 www.carlbrandt.com Nazareth Secret Dates & Halva Spread Nazareth Secret, a family-owned and operated company with a growing line of products from the ancient city of Nazareth Israel, is now expanding into North America. Nazareth Secret Dates & Halva Spread is now available for distribution to North American markets. Nazareth Secret Honey and Date & Halva Spread is a unique product based on regional recipes, which have been passed from generation to generation. Halva is a much-loved Middle Eastern confection made with sesame seeds. Silan date syrup is traditionally thought of as the source for the Biblical reference to Israel as the "land of milk and honey." Nazareth Secret Dates & Halva Spread is a 100 percent natural, wholesome product that exemplifies the finest dates of the Nazareth region. Packed with essential minerals, Dates & Halva Spread naturally contains iron, magnesium, potassium and calcium. Nazareth Secret 972.544.865.282 (in Nazareth, Israel) www.nazarethsecret.com