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GOURMET NEWS AUGUST 2014 www.gourmetnews.com SFF WRAP-UP 1 8 Holland's Family Cheese has long eschewed spicy flavors for its Marieke Gouda cheese line, but that is changing with the recent launch of a new jalapeño flavor at Fancy Food. The cheese blends the creaminess of original Marieke Gouda with the zesty flavor of jalapeño. The cheese maintains a very subtle heat and works great on quesadillas, burgers or grilled cheese sandwiches. Holland's Family Cheese recently moved to a new farm in Thorpe, Wis., and it plans to soon double its production. Holland's Family Cheese 715.669.5230 www.hollandsfamilycheese.com The fine European coffee company, Mokk-a in- troduced its first espresso at the Summer Fancy Food Show, sourced from a small roaster in Naples, Italy. "A lot of Italian coffees I'm not crazy about, because they're bitter," said Karen Hawa, owner and CEO of Mokk-a. "This is just smooth and nice." Mokk-a's coffees are sourced from roasters throughout Europe, in- cluding Sweden, Italy, France and Switzerland. "We're the best coffee at the show – That's what the [show] attendees tell us," said Hawa. Mokk-a 409.299.3768 www.mokk-a.com Consumers may already be familiar with Biscoff cookie spread, but, according to Dave Hirschkop, founder of Dave's Gourmet, the fla- vors of this spread appeal more to European palates. That's why his company is introducing its own cookie spreads with traditional Ameri- can flavors. Dave's Gourmet introduced its new sofi Award-winning Oatmeal Cookie Spread at Fancy Food. Chocolate Chip Cookie and Snick- erdoodle varieties are soon to follow. Hirschkop recommends using the spreads with waffles, stuffed French toast or as an ingredient in homemade cookie crisps. Dave's Gourmet 800.758.0372 www.davesgourmet.com Crispy Green Inc., maker of crispy freeze-dried fruit, introduced a new flavor to its product line at this year's show: tangerine. Tangerine joins the other flavors in Crispy Green's portfolio of healthy fruit snacks, which includes apple, ba- nana, pineapple, mango, Asian pear and can- taloupe. Jordan Jones, public relations representative for Crispy Green, praises the product as a perfect lunchbox treat. "I love that this is crispy fruit and nothing else," said Jones. "I would feed it to my own children." Crispy Green Inc. 866.582.5577 www.crispygreen.com Peppadew ® USA launched two new products at Summer Fancy Food 2014: red peppadews stuffed with cream cheese and packed in 8.75- ounce jars; and preserved peppadew gold dews in retail jars. Both products feature the unique flavors of the singular South African veg- etable, and they can be used in any number of applications from adorning antipasti plates to garnishing salads to topping off inventive cock- tails. The company also showcased two pep- padew-flavored cheeses from Yancey's Fancy: peppadew and cheddar and peppadew and jalapeño and cheddar. Peppadew USA 908.580.9100 www.peppadewusa.com This year's Summer Fancy Food Show brought a bevy of innovative new specialty food products to New York City's Jacob J. Javits Center from crisp breads to scone mixes to fruit spreads to confections. Here are a handful of companies that the Gourmet News editors identified as offering show attendees something particularly in- teresting. These companies are all bringing something new to the market and are sure to be brightening up retail shelves in the second half of the year. As Seen on the Show Floor: Gourmet News Scans the Show Floor at Summer Fancy Food 2014 and Finds Some Innovative New Products Making Their Way to Retailers Soon Hawaiian salts and seasonings company Salty Wahine is truly a family enterprise, run by founder Laura Cristobal-Andersland with the help of her husband David and her children. Bringing the flavors of Hawaii to the mainland, Salty Wahine satisfies consumers' passion for tropical flavors. And, in the process, the com- pany has been instrumental in promoting Hawaii as a great place to do business. "In Hawaii, we have manufacturing," said David. "Laura is an example of how you can start off small and grow your business there." Salty Wahine 808.346.2942 www.saltywahine.com According to Ted Vogelman, cofounder of Washington-based Sticky Fingers Bakeries, if there is one thing consumers should know about his company's scone mixes, it is how easy they are to prepare. For most varieties, it is as simple as adding water and baking. (Gluten-free varieties also require the addition of oil). At Summer Fancy Food, Sticky Fingers Bakeries introduced gluten-free pumpkin cran- berry and chocolate chip scone mixes, as well as cherry chocolate chip, glazed maple and glazed cinnamon oat varieties. Sticky Fingers Bakeries 800.458.5826 www.stickyfingersbakeries.com This year marked the second appearance of Associated Brands Industries at the Summer Fancy Food Show, and the company brought to the show two of the best-selling chocolate candy bars in the Caribbean: Catch and Charles Rum & Raisin. The bars are now avail- able in the New York area, but the company has its sights set on increasing distribution for its products. "One of our goals is grow and reach all ends of the world," said Raymon Brahim, Ex- port Manager for Associated Brands Industries. Associated Brands Industries 868.638.4852 www.abil-tt.com