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10 0 GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com New Salts, Spices, Gift Collection from the Spice Lab Following a banner year of company growth and continued innovation, The Spice Lab is introducing new sea salts, spices and gift collections at the 2014 Winter Fancy Food Show in booth #216. The company offers the largest selection of gourmet sea salts from a single source, carrying over 180 different salts from around the globe. Some of the new seasonings include XXX Ghost Pepper Sea Salt, Spicy Garlic Himalayan Salt, Mediterranean Sea Salt & Spicy Pepper Blend and Mediterranean Sea Salt & Spice Medley. The Chef's Collection, 12 tube selections of sea salts or spices displayed in a wooden base crafted from sustainable bamboo, has been earning awards since it was introduced in September. Named Best Packaging in the New Product Showcase at the Natural Prod- ucts Expo East, this premium gourmet collection is also a finalist in the Promotional Products Association's 2014 Suppliers Achievement Awards for Most Creative Business Gift, with the winner to be announced in mid-January. The Spice Lab's Himalayan Salt Tequila Shot Glasses again were a huge holiday best seller, being named to the 2013 Oprah's Favorite Things List and featured on "NBC's Today Show" and numerous other media. The company's 4-, 6- and 11-tube Sea Salt Collections now are displayed in wooden bases hand crafted from reclaimed beetle pine. The mountain pine beetle has created massive destruction in Colorado forests, killing trees and creating dangerous fire hazards. Considered "nature's J&M Foods: Exceeding Expectations in Quality and Service J&M Foods is an award-winning market leader within the specialty foods industry, and is committed to maintaining the highest standards of product quality and customer satisfaction. Driven by passion for great food, only the finest ingredients are used and all of the products are free of trans fats. Cheese straws are a Southern delicacy, and the J&M Cheese Straws were inspired by a 100-year-old family recipe. They are baked to perfection using just the right amount of cheese and spices. The straws are available in the original Cheddar Cheese, Asiago Cheese, Bleu Cheese, Jalapeno and spicy Insanity flavors. These crispy, crunchy, savory, gourmet treats make a delicious companion for soups, salads, fruit, wine, jams, chocolate or all by themselves. The J&M Tea Cookies are a delightful taste of heavenly bliss. They are delicate and Perfect Packaging: Allstate Tins Are the Easy Choice By Leslie Wing, Director, Marketing & Creative Fancy food makers are faced with a myriad of complex decisions in a production environment. Selecting tins as the packaging solution can alleviate the stress of at least one of those decisions. Packaging represents a courtship with the consumer. It has to entice, persuade and deliver. Packaging should be a reflection of brand image and readily convey a desired message to the product's purchaser. Tins pro- vide the perfect packaging for branding and conveying that story because they have a chameleon-like quality that few other packaging types can boast. Tins can transform from elegant to whimsical, retro to modern, fun to funky, tried and true to unique and unusual. "The really cool thing is tin packaging doesn't rely solely on its good looks. Steel tin cans provide superior protection, performance, aid in keeping products fresh, are cost effective and are infinitely recyclable," Salem Baking Company Debuts Gluten-Free Delightfully Thin & Crispy Cookies Everyone deserves a great tasting cookie, and Salem Baking Company's first-ever gluten-free cookies are no exception. Part of the company's newly debuted Delightfully Thin & Crispy Cookie line, these cookies are baked with care using a blend of natural ingredients that fill every bite. New gluten-free flavors include Chocolate Chip, Caramel Chocolate Chip and White Chocolate Macadamia with Toasted Coconut. Each flavor features premium ingredients sourced from around the world, such as decadent artisan chocolate, rich awardwinning caramel and tropical coconut. Delightfully Thin & Crispy Cookies are baked in the Old World Moravian tradition using only the finest, most essential ingredients, featuring homemade taste in each and every crispy, crunchy, buttery morsel. "Our chefs worked tirelessly to perfect each recipe with the goal of creating the very best gluten-free cookies available," said Scott Livengood, CEO of Salem Baking Company. "Consumers shouldn't have to n JANUARY 2014 n GOURMET NEWS graffiti artists," the beetles leave blue veined designs in the pine while stopping the tree's ability to circulate water and nutrients. "By using this salvaged lumber, we help turn a serious conservation problem into naturally beautiful, oneof-a-kind kitchenware," said Brett Cramer, Founder of The Spice Lab. "We now get beetle pine by the trailer load. For The Chef Collections' wooden bases, we use bamboo. It grows so quickly that it is a sustainable choice—sturdy, yet light weight, so ideal to use in a busy kitchen." Other holiday hits include The Spice Lab's Himalayan Salt Cooking Plate & Serving Tray, packaged for retail in both 4 by 8 inch and 8 by 8 inch sizes, and one pound refillable salt grinders with Himalayan Coarse Pink Salt or Hawaiian Black Lava Salt. In the fall, The Spice Lab moved into a 15,000 square foot building, tripling its space and expanding to two packing lines, a research and development lab and a full showroom. While The Spice Lab has doubled their capacity to stay up with the demand, they are already looking for additional warehouse facilities. The full product line now includes a selection of spices in addition to jarred sea salts, award winning Gourmet Sea Salt Collections, peppercorns and spice mixes. Other offerings include grinders, salt plates, glasses, stones and lamps, salt cellars, spoons, jars and bath salts. The Spice Lab's products are sold at gourmet and specialty gift shops, major retailers and online at www.amazon.com and www.thespicelab.com. sweet, baked using wholesome ingredients like creamery butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, chocolate and real fruit juices. Enjoy these cookies by themselves or with your favorite cup of coffee or ice cream. They are available in Raspberry, Chocolate Orange, Lemon and Key Lime. To continue the excellence, J&M added traditional cookies to their gourmet treats. Made with the finest dark and white chocolates, pecans, key limes and macadamia nuts, these cookies are baked to crisp perfection. These delicious cookies are available in Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Pecan, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut, White Chocolate Key Lime, and to satisfy even the most discerning chocoholic, Triple Chocolate. Furthering its delicious product line, the Cookie Straws were added with their buttery shortbread variety, lightly dusted with sugar and offered in the indulgent flavors of Black Walnut, Vanilla, Key Lime and Lemon. J&M continues to exceed customer expectations in not only the quality of its products, but the excellent service it provides as well. said Rick Papera, President of Allstate Can Corporation. All of Allstate Can's tins are made of at least 30 percent recycled steel and they are 100 percent recyclable. Allstate Can Corporation's tins are food safe, and for tins that incorporate a clear top, the windows are constructed of food-grade APET. Covers and bodies are either hemmed or curled to provide a safe edge for consumer handling. Tins can be easily labeled or custom printed, and there are a wide variety of sizes and shapes available in a range of price points. Standard sacrifice great flavor in order to be glutenfree, so we wanted these new cookies to be decadent and taste homemade." The Delightfully Thin & Crispy Cookie line is known for taking classic flavors to new heights to create naturally vivid flavors. "Our customers want to treat themselves and their families to food that they can feel good about enjoying," said Livengood. "These cookies are filled with decadent natural ingredients that are simple and familiar, which makes them supremely satisfying." Gluten-Free Delightfully Thin & Crispy Cookies begin shipping on April 1, 2014. Delightfully Thin & Crispy flavors also include Oatmeal Cranberry Almond with Tupelo Honey, Dark Chocolate Mint, Caramel Chocolate Chip with a Hint of Sea Salt, Triple Ginger, Peanut Butter with Peanut Visit The Spice Lab at booth #216 during the Winter Fancy Food Show. For more information, email sales@thespicelab.com. For more information, call 800-264-2278, email sales@j&m-foods.com, visit www .jm-foods.com or stop by booth #529 at the Winter Fancy Food Show. shapes include round, square and oblong slider tins. Window tins that reveal the contents, unique shapes and added features such as handles, latches and even locks are also options. Allstate offers low minimum order requirements on its brushed silver stock tins and stock decorated tin cans. Custom printing is available for quantities over 10,000 and Allstate gladly provide samples. During the Winter Fancy Food Show, visit Allstate at booth #1160. For more information, visit www.allstatecan.com, call 410556-6359 or email lwing@allstatecan.com. Butter Chips, Butter Pecan Praline and Chocolate Chip. Salem Baking Company has been cultivating the art of Moravian baking since it was founded in 1930 in Winston-Salem, N.C. and became beloved for crafting every product with care using classic recipes and coveted ingredients. Over the years, the company's devoted bakers have perfected a traditional baking style that celebrates the use of only the finest, most essential ingredients to convey the rich natural flavors in each and every product. Visit Salem Baking Company at booth #1170 at the Winter Fancy Food Show. For more information, call 800-274-2994, email orders@salembaking.com or visit www.salembaking.com.