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GIFTWARE GOURMET NEWS JANUARY 2014 11 Giftware Le Parfait Salad Zinger The Salad Zinger is a dressing maker that allows you to infuse oils and vinegars with flavors from all-natural ingredients of your choice. Through a bottom-mounted grinder, the flavors and aromas are extracted and infused, creating a silky, smooth and healthy dressing. A stainless steel screen keeps the ingredients contained at the bottom for continued infusion. The Salad Zinger is made from BPA-EA-free Tritan plastic and silicone, and it includes 18/8 stainless steel blades and spout. For more information, contact Zing Anything at 800.573.0052, or visit www.zinganything.com First impressions are as important in presenting products as they are in life, and nothing says quality like specialty glass containers that allow the consumer to easily view the contents inside. Whether you pack spices, jams, lotions, candles, nuts, sauces or baking mixes, your newest products will catch the consumer's eye if packaged in the sophisticated French glass containers known as Le Parfait. Let your imagination be your guide for ways to bring your products to market using the 12 sizes of classic Le Parfait jars and terrines— containers that have been widely used in Europe for more than 70 years. The clarity of glass allows easy identification of the contents. The inert nature of glass provides safety and comfort. Products packed in Le Parfait will appeal to consumers who are concerned about the environmental value of packaging. Once the original product is consumed, Le Parfait jars and terrines can be recycled for many household storage uses and can be resealed again and again. Reusable packaging allows consumers to meet the green initiative even as they are embracing top-quality foods or other specialty items. Great products deserve great packaging, so whether yours is a commercial or homemade product, look to glass and explore its possibilities for packaging and presentation. With their wide variety of applications, Le Parfait jars and terrines are sure to make a memorable impression on your customers and your friends. Bannex International, Inc. is the importer of these classic containers. For more information on Le Parfait, visit www.bannex.com, or contact us at sales@bannex.com. Tortuga Chocolate Rum Balls The perfect gift for the chocolate lover in your life this Valentine's Day, Tortuga Chocolate Rum Balls feature a moist and fudgy chocolate center bursting with rum flavor and coated in dark chocolate sprinkles. The balls are attractively foil-trimmed and come packaged in an eyecatching embossed box. Each box holds 20 rum balls. The company also offers freestanding seasonal rum cake shipper displays, perfect for promoting Valentines's sales of the company's iconic Tortuga rum cakes. Tortuga rum cakes are baked in the Cayman Islands, Barbados and Jamaica from a generations-old island family secret recipe. Each cake is hand-glazed with Tortuga Gold Rum and vacuum-sealed to lock in the delicious freshness. For more information on Tortuga Rum Cake Company, call 305.378.6668 or 877.486.7884. Email the company at sales@tortugaimports.com. You can also learn more about the company at its website, www.tortugarumcakes.com Kitchen Tools from Dexas International Dexas International offers a variety of kitchen tools and gadgets that make the perfect gifts for the foodie in your life. The company's new watermelon knife and 4-inch citrus santoku knives are great small gifts, and the collapsible Turbo Fan Salad Spinner is something any home cook would be happy to receive. Dexas is also offering a number of new portion control/healthier plating and eating gadgets, including the collapsible KlipScoop and the Spoon & Strain tongs, both of which help to effortlessly control portion sizes. In addition, Dexas also offers a complete line of cutting boards, colanders, knives, scrapers and silicone tools. Founded in 1969, Dexas International is proud to be the largest on-site manufacturer of cutting boards in the United States. Dexas also designs and manufactures kitchen tools and gadgets that stimulate culinary creativity and healthier eating at home. The line is available at Bed Bath & Beyond, Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table, Dillard's and many other specialty stores. For more information about Dexas International, visit www.dexas.com or check out the company on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dexas.