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Salty Wahine Makes it Easy to Add Tropical Seasoning to Any Meal Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts are the perfect match for the retailer looking to provide a gourmet experience to consumers who have busy schedules and a desire for quality food. The award- winning Salty Wahine products fulfill consumers' need to prepare their meals with healthy seasonings that are already premixed to enhance their dining experience. Salty Wahine's various tropical-infused flavors provide the right choice for any dish whether it be beef, pork, seafood, poultry or vegetables. Favorites include Hawaiian Rub, Pineapple Poultry Seasoning, Hot Lava, Mango Java, Red Alaea, Passion Fruit Chile Pepper, Guava Garlic and Black Lava. Salty Wahine provides incentives for retailers to sell the company's products through free shipping offers. The company is a Kauai family business that has received a number of awards, including being honored as the 2012 US SBA Hawaii exporter of the year, a Kauai Economic Development Board Business Plan Competition Grand Prize Winner and the 2013 Best Kauai Product. Contact Salty Wahine today for more information. Reach the company by mail at P.O. Box 829 in Hanapepe, Hawaii 96716. Visit the company online at www.saltywahine.com. Or contact the company by phone at 808.346.2942, by fax at 808.442.1120 or by email at info@saltywahine.com. GOURMET NEWS SEPTEMBER 2014 www.gourmetnews.com SPECIAL FEATURE 3 0 Wixon Now Offers Gourmet Gluten-Free Seasonings and Dry Mixes Your customers count on you to deliver specialty foods that meet their nutritional requirements while satisfying their taste buds. Wixon offers a variety of gluten-free gourmet seasonings and dry mixes that extend your product line to suit the needs of this growing market segment. Wixon's three core levels of service ensure your products exceed expectations, from innovative concepts through efficient production to professional packaging. From sourcing to handling and testing, Wixon takes the necessary measures to ensure the highest quality gluten-free products without compromising on taste. Gluten-free raw materials are sourced from qualified vendor partners, who provide a gluten-free statement of assurance. The company's segregated blending suites and operations handling avoid cross-contamination. Blends are tested to confirm gluten-free status and validate Wixon's gluten-free procedures. Gluten-free raw materials and ingredients are also stored in segregated areas. In addition to rigorous finished product testing, Wixon is GFSI Certified to FSSC 22000, the premier, globally-recognized model of food safety. Trust Wixon to make gluten-free worry-free, and partner with the company from concept to consumption or at any point in between. For more information, visit Wixon online at www.wixon.com, or call 800.841.5304. Coffaro's Baking Company Biscotti Delight Gluten-Eaters and Gluten-Free-ers Alike Seattle Gourmet Foods is a gourmet food manufacturer based out of Kent, Washington. It is comprised of 11 national brands, producing a variety of items ranging from breath mints to jams and preserves to soups, chocolates and baking mixes. One of the company's brands, Coffaro's Baking Company, specializes in traditional, Italian-style biscotti, including gluten-free options. The Coffaro's family base recipe for their biscotti has remained unchanged since it was first introduced in the early 1900s in Somerset, New Jersey. The main difference between Coffaro's biscotti and other biscotti types is that Coffaro's uses pure olive oil instead of butter. This allows the biscotti to be lower in saturated fats and cholesterol-free. Gluten-free flavors are available in 6-ounce boxes and include cranberry almond, lemon vanilla and chocolate chip. Regular flavors available in 6-ounce boxes include cranberry orange, caramel, mocha hazelnut and chocolate cherry. Almond with anise, almond with cherries, hazelnut with orange zest and pistachio with lemon zest come in 8-ounce boxes. All flavors come 12 per case. For more information on the products that Coffaro's Baking Company and Seattle Gourmet Foods offer, visit www.seattlegourmetfoods.com, email sales@seattlegourmetfoods.com, or call 800.800.9490. Create Exquisite Meals with the Versatile Pasta Sauces from Robert Rothschild Farm Robert Rothschild Farm's pasta sauces are the perfect way to add gourmet flavor to appetizers, soups and pasta dishes. Exquisite meals can be simply prepared with any one of the company's six savory pasta sauces. The richly flavored Roasted Portabella & Roma Tomato Pasta Sauce can be layered with lasagna noodles, eggplant, ricotta cheese and Parmigiano- Reggiano for an elegant main course. Unique flavors like Roasted Red Pepper & Walnut Pasta Sauce and Roma & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Sauce are wonderful in pasta dishes and appetizers. Vodka Pasta Sauce can be stirred into Vegetarian Tomato Florentine Soup, creating a hearty base for this enticing meal. And delicious and versatile sauces like Artichoke Pasta Sauce and Puttanesca Pasta Sauce, are perfect with vegetables, roasted fish and chicken. All six pasta sauces are all-natural, kosher and gluten-free. For more information about Robert Rothschild Farm products, including the pasta sauces, call 800.356.8933, email info@robertrothschild.com, or visit the company online at www.robertrothschild.com. Casarecci di Calabria Pasta Gift Sets Available Just in Time for the Holidays The Casarecci di Calabria Pasta Gift Set is the most recent addition to a successful line of culinary gift products available from Italian specialties importer Po Valley Foods, which already includes Casarecci di Calabria Spice Blends and Terra Cotta Spice Jars. Each Casarecci di Calabria Pasta Gift Set contains all the ingredients necessary to recreate Italy's most popular pasta dishes with authentic Italian flavor. The Pasta Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino (pasta with garlic, oil and chili pepper sauce) kit includes 1.35 ounces of extra-virgin olive oil, 8.82 ounces of artisan-produced durum wheat fusilli Calabrese pasta and 0.7 ounces of a crushed spice blend (hot red pepper, garlic, parsley, dehydrated tomato and salt). The Penne All'arrabbiata (spicy tomato pasta) kit includes 8.82 ounces of artisan-produced durum wheat penne pasta, 3 ounces of tomato sauce and 0.7 ounces of a crushed spice blend (hot red pepper, parsley, dehydrated onion, garlic and salt). Each beautifully packaged Casarecci di Calabria Pasta Gift Set includes a wooden sauce spoon and has a suggested retail price of $19.99. The Casarecci di Calabria Pasta Gift Sets are exclusively imported by Po Valley Foods Corp. For more information, email povalleyfoods@gmail.com, or call 516.801.4688. Premier Pastas from Po Valley Foods In a few short years, Po Valley Foods has become the go-to company for all-natural, Italian products, especially pastas. In 2010, the company introduced award-winning La Campofilone Elite egg pasta from Le Marche. The product is now available in natural markets and national retail chains, including Crate & Barrel. Soon after its release, professional chefs and specialty shops began turning to Po Valley Foods for hard-to-find pastas from famous Italian producers like Premiato Pastificio Afeltra (premier bronze-drawn pasta from Gragnano, Naples) and Pastificio di Chiavenna (pizzoccheri buckwheat pasta from the Valtellina). In 2012, the company was chosen to supply Martha Stewart with an outstanding bronze drawn pasta for her private label. Consumers have grown to rely on Po Valley Foods, because the company is very selective in the products it chooses to bring to market. First, the company looks for producers who are passionate about their work and value age-old traditions. Next, the producer should have nutritional knowledge and a profound respect for the environment. Then, the company listens to those that have a real story to tell. It is a meticulous process, which results in a selection of pastas of the very highest quality. Po Valley Foods is proud to offer all-natural Italian gourmet products from award-winning producers like Premiato Pastificio Afeltra, La Campofilone, Moro Pastificio di Chiavenna and Casarecci di Calabria handcrafted pasta gift sets (the company's most recent addition to its product line). Visit www.povalleyfoods.com for more information about the company's pasta selections or to explore its other exceptional products, including its extra-virgin olive oils, wild bilberry "mirtillo" jams and spreads and Po Valley Foods Risotto Mix. Interested parties can also contact Carmen Bazzini at Po Valley Foods via email at povalleyfoods@gmail.com or by telephone at 516.801.4688. Felicetti Nominated for 2014 sofi Award in Outstanding Pasta, Rice or Grain Category Felicetti is not just Italy's, but the world's largest supplier of 100 percent organic pasta. Customers love its exceptional taste, aroma, quality and excellent nutritional value. Sauce naturally clings to each strand, making a perfect pasta experience! Food industry experts agree, recently nominating the company's Spaghettoni Matt Monograno Felicetti for a 2014 sofi Award in the Outstanding Pasta, Rice or Grain Category. Felicetti pays supreme attention to three key components: flour, water and drying technique. This is the only pasta made with organically grown grains of mono origin. Each box of pasta can be traced back to an exact wheat field. This pasta's quality is the result of the company's strictly controlled process beginning with overseeing the harvest and continuing through its grinding and the rest of the pasta production process. The Spaghettoni Matt Monograno Felicetti is made with "matt," a rich variety of 100 percent durum wheat harvested exclusively from select farms in Puglia and Sicily. It is 30 percent wider than traditional spaghetti, giving it a nice toothsome quality. Felicetti pasta is unique because it is made at the highest altitude and most northern position of any Italian pasta. This position allows the pasta to be made with crystal clear stream water obtained from high in the Dolomites and dried in pure unpolluted mountain air. Ideal for vegans, this pasta is fat-free, sugar-free and has extremely low sodium. It is also certified non- GMO, USDA organic and kosher. For more information, visit Felicetti online at www.felicetti.it, or contact Massimo Cannas at Maxco International at 949.230.6866. Cannas can also be reached by fax at 949.481.9286 or by email at massimo@maxcointernational.com. Visit Maxco International online at www.maxcointernational.com. Chefs Shelf Spices and Rubs Bring International Flair to the Table Based in Chicago, Illinois, Chefs Shelf was founded to supply professional chefs and aspiring culinary gurus in the United States with fine foods and specialty ingredients. Chefs Shelf spices and rubs are inspired by flavors from around the world and were hand-selected by Food Network celebrity chef Ben Vaughn. Spice varieties include Spanish rosemary, Coromandel chili powder, Allepo turmeric powder and savory crusting spice. All are manufactured in Chicago. Artisan-made in small batches to retain their unique quality and ethnicity, each spice is based on a familiar classic, with a twist to create new flavor combinations. "We are committed to continually gathering distinctive ingredients and sharing their applications in the kitchen to enhance flavor, taste and aroma of all things food," said Vaughn. Chefs Shelf spices and rubs are available to purchase in small case sizes. Call now to place your order at 773.583.4850, or email ask@chefsshelf.com. For more information, visit www.chefsshelf.com.

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