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36 GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com BerryBreeze Offers Game-Changing Technology As anyone in the food transport and storage industry knows, the greatest challenge is keeping product at peak freshness while getting it to market promptly. Not only is freshness an issue, but safety concerns resulting from food that is no longer fresh are critical obstacles. Finally, someone has developed the technology that allows food to stay fresh and alive longer, and eliminates the microbes behind many food-borne illnesses. BerryBreeze™ is an innovative company that provides a revolutionary solution to food storage using an uncomplicated combination of science and nature. The game-changing technology behind BerryBreeze involves the use of activated oxygen. In the natural world, activated oxygen-rich environments at high altitudes around the globe have produced thriving regions of all types of vegetation. Activated oxygen sanitizes and purifies the air, killing natural threats to vegetation such as molds and bacteria. What works in nature can now work in any number of food storage systems, such as refrigerators, coldstorage units and all small uninhabited areas thanks to BerryBreeze. This handheld mechanism uses an algorithm that releases a measured amount of activated oxygen into the storage area sufficiently to create a clean, sanitized and odor-free environment. This battery-operated machine uses a timing sequence to maintain a con- Reinventing Hot Chocolate CocoaPlanet is pushing hot chocolate "in delicious new directions—and leaving plain powdered mixes in the dust," said "Every Day with Rachel Ray" in the magazine's December 2013 issue. CocoaPlanet's CocoaMint flavor was a sofi award finalist for Hot Beverage at the 2013 New York Fancy Food Show. Designed to be dual purpose, CocoaPlanet chocolates are both a healthy chocolate snack and can be prepared as a delicious hot beverage. More Taste, Less Sugar™ in Your Hot Chocolate Just because a hot chocolate tastes really decadent doesn't mean it can't be healthy. With "pearls" of flavored filling distributed throughout CocoaPlanet chocolate wafers, you get a fast melting and rich flavored hot chocolate experience with much less sugar. The single serving portions have less than 100 What Makes a Great Pizza? The Crust. What Makes a Great Crust? The Flour! Lettieri and Co. proudly introduce Le 5 Stagione, translated to The 5 Seasons, which is the leading brand in Italy for flour and semifinished products for pizzerias. Le 5 Stagione products offer chefs solutions for any type of processing, obtaining results that are appreciated throughout the world—from flours suitable for very long rising times to those for direct kneading method, from semi- finished products with cereals other than wheat to gluten-free flour, from brewer's yeast to the well-known Mother Yeast Naturkraft. New proposals keep amazing all of the people who are approaching Le 5 Stagione—the thin round pizza, the sliced pizza, the softest and most fragrant kind of dough and the ever famous pizza napoletana. The company continually strives to obtain the ECRS: Automating the Science of Retail ECR Software Corporation (ECRS) began delivering retail technology to independent merchants in 1989. Since that time, ECRS has grown to become the largest provider of store systems to independent natural and specialty grocery retailers. The ECRS solution suite uses its CATAPULT™ pointof-sale as the starting gate for complete store automation. By automating critical store operations such as inventory, data and analytics, customer loyalty and supply chain, the retailer is able to return focus to the "art" of their business. The "art" of a business requires the special human touch and is what makes an independent merchant truly successful. "Nobody likes to write orders and it takes hours, so common sense says don't make employees write orders for hours; let them do other things and actually enjoy their jobs. Employees want to be out mingling with customers, learning about new products, and coming up with new, exciting ideas. If you can make employees more productive, your orders more accurate, and your bottom-line is improving because of these changes, then why not move forward?" said Art Ames, General Manager of Berkshire Cooperative Grocery End-to-End Enterprise Automation Whether it's one store or 100, ECRS offers a comprehensive solution suite designed to link all critical store or enterprise systems. By creating this cohesive store ecosystem, data consistency, accuracy and overall easeof-use are dramatically improved. The retailer also reduces hassle and expense associated with the use of multiple thirdparty vendors. ECRS provides: point of sale, sistent level in the enclosed area. In two studies commissioned by the FDA, internationally-recognized activated oxygen experts Dee Graham and Rip Rice determined that limited regular exposure to activated oxygen posed no risk to humans and enhanced the shelf-life of other organic materials. BerryBreeze works extremely well at home for the food consumer. As savvy customers are increasingly seeing the value in organic product for health and safety benefits, and are willing to pay a premium for such items, they are realizing that the longer they can keep that food fresh and usable takes much of the sting out of the initial price point. Typically, calories, 7g or 8g of sugar and net carbs of 9g or less. They are all-natural, gluten-free, Kosher OU-D certified, non-GMO, and three flavors are vegan. Flavors include Salted Caramel, CocoaMint, Mandarin Orange, Deep Dark Truffle and Vanilla Espresso. All five flavors can be made into a hot chocolate. How to Make the Best Hot Chocolate Simply steam or microwave 4-6 ounces of milk (or alternatives such as soy or coconut milk or creamer), drop one chocolate wafer into the cup and stir. In just a few seconds, the disc melts along with drops of flavored n JANUARY 2014 n GOURMET NEWS Americans waste up to 33 million tons of produce every year, but BerryBreeze offers a means to eliminate that statistic while creating a real and positive effect towards world health and wellness by creating less ethylene gas from rotten food and saving enough food to feed millions of hungry Americans. BerryBreeze has created a YouTube channel that features how the device works in the context of the home at www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4p4H_6_f DQ. The impact BerryBreeze will have on food delivery and storage can't be overstated. To find out more about the BerryBreeze revolution, visit www.berrybreeze.com. filling to create a wonderful hot chocolate. It's a great way to indulge without guilt on a cold winter's day! About CocoaPlanet Based in Sonoma, Calif., CocoaPlanet Inc. uses ethically sourced chocolate produced using sustainable practices, enabling cocoa farmers a better quality of life. For more information, visit www.cocoa planet.com, call 707-721-1275, email info@cocoaplanet.com or stop by booth #752 at the Winter Fancy Food Show. best with the help and commitment of the research and development department. New technologies and more sophisticated studies have been able to get traditional fragrances, flavors and aromas in a professional way. Le 5 Stagioni has become the official member of the suppliers approved to full title by the "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana." The flour, Pizza Napoletana, branded Le 5 Stagioni has received the "certificate of suitability" in conformity to the parameters of quality and the requisites established by the official disciplinary for the realization of the true Neapolitan pizza. The real characteris- tics of the product and its elasticity have permitted an appreciated recognition highly valued by master pizzaioli in Italy and abroad. Soft wheat flour obtained from the milling and sifting of national and European nongerminated soft wheat, and non- GMO, from which extraneous substances and impurities have been removed according to the Italian law. It is a special and particularly elastic flour for the production of traditional Neapolitan pizza. self service, back office, web-based executive dashboard analytics and maintenance, mobile POS, inventory and replenishment, general ledger, A/R, customer loyalty, customer marketing and promotions, self-hosted gift card, PCI DSS compliant electronic payment processing, integrated scale management, membership management, data backup, eCommerce integration, EDI and non-EDI supplier integration and warehousing. "Critical store processes are now automated, which opens the door to give new initiatives a chance, such as creative marketing to customers. If I'm constantly occupied with tedious processes and mistake-fixing, I can't achieve my long-term business goals," said Joel Patterson, Owner of Nature's Green Grocer. products are backed by the number one support team in the industry. In fact, ECRS has placed first in customer satisfaction by grocery retailers in the prestigious RIS Software Leaderboard for the past three consecutive years. ECRS also offers extensive training and consulting services and free user conferences held annually around the United States. This U.S.-based company designs, develops, deploys, installs and supports all of its own products. "For everyone in technical support, I am most pleased with the commitment to excellence illustrated by everyone I have contacted. I appreciate all of your work, advice and dedication to keeping CATAPULT the best system I have worked with," said Mike Asher, COO of Rollin' Oats Market & Café. Innovation Technology Backed by Award-Winning Support ECRS understands that technology is nothing without people. This is why ECRS For more information, stop by booth #4015 at the Winter Fancy Food Show. For more information, visit ECRS at the Winter Fancy Food Show in booth #5407 and at Natural Products Expo West in booth #1844. Visit online at www.ecrs.com.

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