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GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com n JUNE 2014 n GOURMET NEWS 9 4 Sriracha! Wasabi! Zesty New Flavors! Taste Weavers, a specialty food purveyor and expert in 'open-and-devour' foods, is ex- panding its line with the addition of several new items for the second half of the year. With flavors "woven to perfection", the com- pany is excited to expand its popular dip and sauce items. New flavors in the Taste Weavers line-up include several dip additions to the best-sell- ing category: Sriracha Dip, Wasabi Cucum- ber Dill Dip, Peppercorn Horseradish Dip and Honey Chipotle Mustard Pretzel Dip lead the new items. In the grilling section, new items include Sweet Maple Chipotle BBQ Sauce and a reformulated Asian Ginger Grilling Sauce. These new items join the company's al- ready top-selling dip items like Tuscan Olive Dip, Artichoke Parmesan Dip, Jalapeno Pop- per Dip, Chipotle Cheese Dip, Peppadew™ Pepper Cheese Dip, Snickerdoodle Cookie Dip and White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Dip. Seasonal favorites include Key Lime Cheesecake Dip, Peppermint Pattie Dip and Pumpkin Pie Dip. In the grill sauce family, the new items add to a line-up that includes top-selling Pineapple, Peaches, and Peppers Grill Sauce; Southern Spicy Or- ange BBQ Sauce; and Hot Peppers and Peaches Glaze and Sauce. Established in 2010, Taste Weavers was founded by two friends and foodies – Robin Coffey and Susan Neiswan- der. With a passion for high- quality foods, a love of its community and a desire to make its own mark, the company sets out on a journey (and a tasty one at that!) All of the company's prod- ucts are manufactured in small batches to ensure the highest quality of ingredients as well as the best shelf life for cus- tomers. Taste Weavers' owners strive to design products that you can "open and devour" or add to your next recipe or dish. The product family in- cludes irresistible dips, salsas and grilling sauces. To learn more about Taste Weavers, stop by booth #3942, visit www.TasteWeavers.com or call 888-810-8365. Entenmann's Single Serve Features Two New Seasonal Varieties by White Coffee White Coffee Corporation, licensee of Enten- mann's premium coffee line, has introduced two seasonal varieties of its Entenmann's Single Serve Coffees: Pumpkin Spice and Peppermint. Each variety comes in a box of 10 single-serve containers that will be avail- able nationwide later this summer. Perfect flavors to ready consumer's taste buds for the holidays, Pumpkin Spice is a de- licious blend of pumpkin and cinnamon spice – a festive, flavorful coffee; and Pep- permint is a crisp mint flavor, coupled with a smooth, medium-bodied coffee for the per- fect way to warm up this holiday season. "Our relationship with Entenmann's, which started as a family business – like White Coffee – has been a rewarding one," said Jonathan White, Executive Vice Presi- dent of White Coffee. "We have waited to expand the flavored coffee line until the per- fect blends were achieved. We are excited by the new varieties." Designed in a new style utilizing recyclable filters, the coffee is dispensed through the sides – not just through a punch hole in the bottom of the plastic cup. The consumer experiences the sight and smell of fresh ground coffee as they prepare the brew in a single-cup coffee maker such as Keurig and other major brands. Entenmann's Bakery, one of the nation's leading sweet baked goods companies, orig- inally partnered with White Coffee Corpora- tion for its signature collection of flavored coffees and cocoa in December 2011. The first varieties of Entenmann's premium sin- gle-serve, including Dark Roast, Vanilla, Hazelnut, Chocolate Donut, Breakfast Blend and Cinnamon Crumb Cake were introduced last fall in nationwide outlets to positive re- sponse. About Entenmann's Entenmann's Bakery has been baking cakes, cookies, Danish pastries, donuts, Little Bites snacks and other delicious baked goods for over a century. Founded as a family bakery in 1898 in Brooklyn, and eventually moving to its facility in Bay Shore, Entenmann's is now a part of the Bimbo Bakeries USA fam- ily of companies. About White Coffee White Coffee Corporation is based in Long Island City, N.Y. and is a third-generation, family-owned coffee importing and roasting business in operation since 1939. As a core part of its coffee offerings, White Coffee is proud to feature the finest licensed brands. These items are available in retail outlets throughout the United States, online at www.whitecoffee.com or by calling 800- 221-0140 for more information. For more information, stop by booth #936 or visit www.whitecoffee.com, or call 800-221-0140. Goossens Belgian Chocolates Chocolatier Goossens was founded in Antwerp, Belgium by René Goossens in 1955. Through the years, René Goossens earned an outstanding reputation in the world of chocolate. He served as National Presi- dent of the Belgian Chocolatiers and wrote the bible of chocolate making: The Choco- late Codex, a reference book used in all Bel- gian Chocolatier Schools. In 1991, his son, Erik, took over the day-to-day operations of the company. Erik studied chocolate making at the fa- mous Belgian Hotel School Ter Groene Poorte in Bruges. He then pursued spe- cialization with Barry Callebaut in Bel- gium and Ecole Gastronomique Bellouet in Paris. Erik has tremendous passion for his trade and is in constant pursuit of ul- timate quality and perfection. This quest has brought the company many prominent customers, including Belgian royalty and U.S. ambassadors. Presidents Obama and Bush have received Erik's chocolate as holiday gifts, along with many other dig- nitaries. Erik strongly believes in sourcing the best possible cacao beans. He travels regularly to Venezuela and other cacao producing coun- tries to select growers that guarantee top quality beans. Erik's first prereq- uisite is that all of Goossens growers share the same passion for quality that Erik does. This is essential to creat- ing superior chocolate. The following chocolates are now avail- able in the U.S. – they are flown in to se- cure freshness and top quality: milk and dark (63 percent) chocolate bars; Napoli- tains (mini-squares) made with 100 per- cent Criollo cacao beans; 72 percent cacao and diamond and faceted heart shaped filled chocolates created in honor of Erik's hometown, Antwerp, the Diamond Capital of the World. All Goossens chocolates come in vari- ous gift packaging and are made without artificial in- gredients or fillers such as vegetable oil; only 100 percent cacao butter is used. Visit the Goossens' booth #4370 at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York and meet Erik Goossens in person. For more information, visit www.goossens belgianchocolates.com, call 818-395-4884, email info@goossensbelgianchocolates.com or stop by booth #4370. Sea Salts, Seasonings and More from Salty Wahine Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts is an award-winning Kauai Made company that specializes in Hawaiian sea salts, sea- sonings and Hawaiian grown cane sugar with fruit infusions such as mango, coconut, guava, passion fruit, lychee and pineapple. Salty Wahine was selected as the best Kauai- made product by Garden Isle newspaper as part of its "Best of the Best People's Choice Awards" for 2013. Salty Wahine was also a finalist for the 2013 Pacific Edge best Hawaii family business award in 2013. Salty Wahine was selected as the Kauai Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 for the Kauai Aloha Spirit Award. Salty Wahine was the first-place winner of the Kauai Economic Develop- ment Board Agricultural Business Plan competition in 2012 and the SBA Exporter of the Year for 2012. Salty Wahine's dream of having its own store and commercial kitchen has become a reality. Salty Wahine can provide any quan- tity of Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts to its re- tail and wholesale customers, with the opening of the company's 3,200-square-foot retail factory outlet in Hanapepe, Hawaii. Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts launched in 2008. Salty Wahine is a family-run company headed by founder Laura Cristobal Andersland, her husband David Andersland, son Sean Cristobal and daughter Nicole Cristobal. The family, along with its nine employees, has since grown Salty Wahine into an international company. Laura started Salty Wahine to help pay for her children's college educations. Sean has a degree in media production and Nicole has a Masters in Psychology from Washington State University. Five-star chefs use salty Wahine products world- wide. The company's prod- ucts are sold at craft fairs, farmers markets and high- end retail stores on Kauai, Maui, Oahu and Hawaii Is- land; on the U.S. mainland, in Canada and Germany, and on Saipan. Salty Wahine is looking to expand its market to gourmet retail chains throughout the United States. Salty Wahine was selected by the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange and Com- missary to provide Salty Wahine products in August 2011. Salty Wahine maintains a strict quality control program to ensure that each product reflects the company's standard of excellence. Salty Wahine prides itself on the fact that its end products are of 82 per- cent Hawaiian origin. Salty Wahine has gained the reputation of being the premier Hawaiian sea salt season- ing company. Its market is made up of con- sumers who have busy schedules, a desire for quality and enjoy having a gourmet din- ing experience at home. Salty Wahine products ful- fill consumers' need to pre- pare meals with all-natural seasonings that are already premixed, to enhance their dining experience. Feed- back from customers ex- tolls the gourmet value of Salty Wahine products. The company receives customer testimonials at every craft fair and farmers market, where the repeat customer takes over Salty Wahine's marketing of its prod- ucts to new customers at the booth. Com- ments include that customers "cannot live without" their Hawaiian Rub, Hot Lava or Guava Garlic. Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts is a proud member of the Kauai Made, Kauai Grown program. The company can be reached at www .saltywahine.com, 808-346-2942 or info@ saltywahine.com, or by stopping by booth #5306 at the show.

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