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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n MARCH 2014 n GOURMET NEWS N H 3 0 Enjoy Life Foods Expands Category-Leading Baking Chocolate Line Enjoy Life Foods, the leading brand in the Free From category, introduces Dark Choco- late Baking Morsels to its' No. 1 selling Al- lergy Friendly Baking Chocolate line. Featuring 69 percent cacao and clean ingre- dients of unsweetened chocolate and natural cane sugar, it is the only gluten-free dark chocolate morsel on the market that is also dairy-, nut- and soy-free. The Dark Chocolate Morsels are the third SKU in Enjoy Life's top-selling bak- ing chocolate line joining Semi-Sweet Mini Chips and Semi-Sweet Mega Chunks. As with all Enjoy Life products, the Dark Chocolate Morsels are free from gluten and the top eight common food al- lergens, certified kosher, made in a dedi- cated nut-free facility, verified non-GMO and made with no artificial ingredients. Available now, the SRP for a 9-ounce bag of Enjoy Life Dark Chocolate Baking Morsels is $4.99. About Enjoy Life Foods Enjoy Life Foods is the leading brand in the Free From category. All products are gluten-free and free from the top eight al- lergens (NO: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish) making them safe for over 100 million individuals who live with food intolerances. Enjoy Life was founded by Scott Mandell 12 years ago with the mission to create great- tasting, allergy-friendly snacks. Today the product line has grown to over 40 unique foods including cookies, granola, cereal, snack bars, seed and fruit mixes, chocolate bars, baking chocolate and healthy lentil- based chips, all of which are sold in natu- ral food, conventional grocery stores, and mass retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as specialty online retail- ers. Enjoy Life's mission and company promise is to deliver safe, better-for-you products free from the top eight allergens, but not free from taste so everyone can Eat Freely. For more information, visit Enjoy Life Foods at booth #3978. Double Rainbow Ice Creams Introduces Four New Organic Flavors Double Rainbow Gourmet Ice Creams has been producing award-winning super pre- mium ice cream and nondairy desserts for nearly four decades. With a portfolio of more than 60 flavors of ice cream, or- ganic ice cream and nondairy sorbet and soy frozen desserts, Double Rainbow Gourmet Ice Creams most certainly has a flavor to match your taste buds and your lifestyle. In 2014, Double Rainbow continues its award-winning tradition with the intro- duction of four new and innovative or- ganic ice cream flavors in prepackaged pints. These four flavors: Organic Banana Split, Organic Candy Bar, Organic Salted Caramel Chip and Organic Cherry Pie are sure to cause a stir. The Banana Split is a perfect mixture of maraschino cherries and chocolate fudge folded into a split of creamy banana and vanilla ice cream. Candy Bar features all the essentials of a classic candy bar – a nougat ice cream loaded with chocolate covered peanuts and a caramel swirl. The Salted Caramel Chip delivers a savory sweet blend of a salted caramel ribbon and chocolate chips with a pinch of sea salt. Straight out of mom's kitchen, Cherry Pie ice cream is loaded with plump, juicy cherries and flaky pie crust pieces. All of these new ice creams are made with the purest organic ingredients, includ- ing organic milk and cream from local Cal- ifornia dairies. Simply put, pure ingredients taste better, feel better and just are better. Double Rainbow Gourmet Ice Creams continues to bring delicious, award-winning ice creams and frozen desserts to both the re- tail and foodservice marketplaces. For more information, go to www .doublerainbow.com or email info@ doublerainbow.com. Stop by booth #3480 at Expo West. Clear Products' Clearopathy Line Addresses Variety of Ailments Clear Products, Inc., a formulator of innova- tive homeopathic solutions, was established in 1998, in San Diego, with the goal of mak- ing a difference in people's health and lives. Clear Products combines homeopathic reme- dies and supportive herbal ingredients to cre- ate unique condition-specific products to address health issues safely and naturally. Clear Products' line is formulated by Dr. Staś Ozog III, Ph.D. (A.M.), L.Ac., Dipl. A & C.H. (NCCAOM), MTOM, and co- founder, a nationally licensed herbalist and acupuncturist. His formal training and prac- tical experience have prepared him for the task of creating formulas which are very safe, balanced and effective. Each product is manufactured to cGMP standards and is gluten-, lactose- and sugar-free. Clear Products' condition-specific formu- las and product names are valuable to both the retailer and consumer. The product names provide immediate recognition of use and purpose. The consumer will be able to identify the product application with a min- imal amount of explanation or assistance from the retailer. When a new product is created, Ozog carefully selects the appropriate homeo- pathic remedy, as prescribed in the "Home- opathic Pharmacopia of the United States," which will best assist the body in the healing process. The inclusion of active homeopathic remedies into the formulas provides an added dimension of support. Homeopathy, used safely and successfully for more than 200 years, recognizes the body's innate abil- ity to heal itself and provides natural reme- dies which support the body's own healing capacity. Ozog then constructs a supportive herbal combination from an extensive list of studied and proven ingredients used for centuries by ancient healers. The composition of an effec- tive formula involves more than putting to- gether ingredients to obtain a certain effect. A specific hierarchy needs to be followed to deal with the chief complaint as well as sec- ondary issues. Additional herbs are included to harmonize the other ingredients and to focus the action of the formula to the af- flicted areas of the body. Herbal combina- tions target the root cause of the illness and can reduce the severity and frequency of occurrence. The end result is a product which safely and effectively combines homeopathic reme- dies and supportive herbal ingredients. Clear Products more simply defines this as Clearopathy ® . Clear Products' line currently consists of 14 unique homeopathic products. The top selling products include the original Clear Tinnitus ® , Clear Sinus & Ear ® , Clear Cold Sores, Shingles & UTIs™ and Clear Mi- graine ® . Newly introduced products include Clear Menopause™, Clear Skin, Hair & Nails™ and Clear Recovery™. For more information about Clear Products, stop by booth #840, call 888-257-2532 or visit online at www.clearproductsinc.com. 100th Monkey Mushroom Farm's Kits Allow Consumers to Grow Their Own Mushrooms By Heather Ralston, Owner, 100th Monkey Mushroom Farm When we started telling people that they could use our mushroom kits to economi- cally grow gourmet mushroom gardens at home using regular household organic mate- rials, at first they were in disbelief, and then they went wild about it. The next thing we knew, 100th Monkey Mushroom Farm was featured in Edible Austin, written up in the Austin American Statesman, included in the documentary How Mushrooms Can Save the Planet and so on. Why the fuss? Well, we have discovered a way to make gourmet mushrooms affordable for everyone by teaching them how to grow their gourmet mushroom gardens at home using organic materials most people throw away! With our Elm Oyster Mushroom Gar- den Kit, people can grow elm oyster mush- rooms by simply mixing our kits with over 200 possible substrates, including grasses, grass clippings (from their yard), straw, saw- dust, coffee grounds, tea leaves, corn cobs, corn husks, citrus peels, cardboard, paper products and even toilet paper! Mushrooms can be grown in just about any container: cooking pots, strainers, burlap bags, garden- ing pots, hanging baskets, buckets, card- board boxes, vases, window boxes or garden beds. Finally, mushrooms can be grown in just about any location: counter tops, tables, balconies, patios, decks or yards. It no longer matters if people live in the city, suburb or country – now they can grow their own gour- met mushrooms anywhere, anytime, all year round! In addition to our garden kit, we also offer Shiitake Mushroom Log Kits for people to grow the world's most popular mushroom simply by inserting mycelium-covered plugs into hard- wood logs or tree stumps. Because at-home mushroom gardening is a new concept to many people, we realize that we needed to provide an educational component to demonstrate how simple and straightforward the process is. A unique ben- efit we offer is a series of free online videos to fully educate and support novice growers in their mushroom growing endeavors. We've found that our investment in provid- ing free education is greatly valued and ap- preciated by our customers. As former educators, we are also commit- ted to teaching our youth about mushrooms and the role of fungi in healing our planet. On our site, we offer free experiments and activities for children as well as informative blogs to augment their learning. We are very excited that the outlook for our products is excel- lent. The year 2013 saw the high- est mushroom sales on record, topping $1.3 billion in sales. For the first time in history, mush- room sales in the United States exceeded $1 billion for three consecutive years (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, Au- gust 2013 Report). Media coverage has greatly increased consumer awareness of the latest scientific findings that establish the ex- tensive health-promoting qualities of mush- rooms, and people across the country are realizing all of the benefits that come with growing their own mushrooms. 100th Mon- key Mushroom Farm is at the forefront of the at-home mushroom production sector and we are prepared for tremendous growth. For more information, visit www.100th MonkeyMushrooms.com, call 720-583-1479 or email Heather Ralston at purchasing @100thMonkeyMushrooms.com. Be sure to stop by booth #6307 at Expo West.

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