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GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com n JANUARY 2015 n GOURMET NEWS 1 0 0 Brownie Brittle Brings Back Peanut Butter Chip Brownie Brittle LLC kicks off the Winter Fancy Food Show this January with a blast from its past! Brownie Brittle is bringing back one of its most popular flavors this win- ter: Peanut Butter Chip. This rich, chocolaty piece of Brownie Brittle is studded with creamy peanut butter chips and is available to sample at booth #1748. "Peanut butter has always been the most requested flavor when our social media fans are asked to weigh in," said Brownie Brittle Founder Sheila G. Mains (known in the food industry as Sheila G). "We agree wholeheart- edly – peanut butter and chocolate are simply meant to be together." Brownie Brittle originally launched peanut butter chip as a core flavor; however, expansion moved the company to a peanut- free manufacturing facility. "Our peanut butter fans will be happy to know that our continued growth has allowed us to expand our production to a second fa- cility – one that is not peanut free. And that means we're able to produce this highly cov- eted flavor once again," said Sheila G. Peanut Butter Chip Brownie Brittle rejoins the award-winning Brownie Brittle family in a 5-ounce resealable package with an MSRP of $3.99. Additionally, Brownie Brittle will be show- casing its other popular flavors including Chocolate Chip, Mint Chocolate Chip, Salted Caramel and Toffee Crunch at the Winter Fancy Food Show. These incred- ibly delicious snacks are sold in 16-ounce, 4-ounce, 2-ounce and 1-ounce size packages, depend- ing upon the flavor. Another new product to join the Brittle lineup is the multi-pack: a 6-pack of 1-ounce single serving bags, good for lunchtime, snacks or anytime! With skyrocketing sales, Brownie Brittle literally has cornered the snack market with this thin, crispy snack, created to honor Sheila G's favorite part of the brownie. Sheila G's Brownie Brittle is available in tens of thousands of stores across the globe and has been honored with numerous awards. In 2014, Brownie Brittle was named "Best Sweet Snack" by Convenience Store News. And in 2013, Brownie Brittle was named "Editor's Pick" for The Gourmet Retailer Magazine, won a Self Mag- azine Healthy Food Award, was one of "7 Fabulous Finds" at Oprah.com, was "Editors' Pick" for Progressive Grocer Magazine, was selected as one of Fitness Magazine's Healthy Food Award Sweet Treats and was named a Final- ist in "Best New Snack Product" at NCSA. Additionally, Weightwatchers.com has called Brownie Brittle, "…the health-con- scious chocoholic's dream come true." For more information, visit www.brownie brittle.com, call 800-BROWNIE, email info@ browniebrittle.com or stop by booth #1748. Sarabeth's Introduces Strawberry Blood Orange Marmalade By Charlie Apt, President and COO Sarabeth Levine began making preserves and marmalades more than 33 years ago. Every year, Sarabeth's develops new fruit flavor combinations for the award-winning line of preserves, and samples them with staff, family and friends. This year we com- bined two of our most popular fruits to de- velop Strawberry Blood Orange Marmalade. The overwhelming response to this new fla- vor was extraordinarily positive. Everyone enjoyed the sweet and tart combination of strawberry and blood orange with the indi- vidual notes of each fruit resonating splen- didly on their own. Not to mention the red color and fruity texture that is bright and smooth with bits of rind resulting from the full body of the strawberries and the slices of the blood orange. Sarabeth's does not add pectin, and relies upon the slow cooking process in small batch kettles to marry the fruits in perfect harmony. Strawberry Blood Orange Marmalade is available in Sarabeth's custom 18-ounce and 9-ounce mason jars. Sarabeth's offers customers a line of 16 preserves and marmalades made in the U.S.A. Many of the flavors are award-win- ning and receive accolades from foodies and publications alike. After 33 years in the busi- ness of producing specialty foods, Bill and Sarabeth Levine are experts in determining how to select ingredients, process and packaging in order to create unique and vivid tasting specialty foods. Sarabeth is an award-win- ning James Beard Pastry Chef with years of experience running restaurants, managing a bakery and writing books containing her recipes and insights into wholesome baking and cooking. Along these lines, Sarabeth's continues to develop specialty food products ranging from hot chocolate to pancake mix. Other products developed by Sarabeth in- clude Tomato Soup, Biscuit Mix, Granola, Maple Syrup and flavored coffees. Consumers continue grow fond of the Sarabeth's brand as our products find their way onto shelves in retailers including Fresh Markets, Sur La Table, Fairway, RueLaLa, Whole Foods, King's, Gel- sons, Fresh Direct, Stew Leonards, Amazon, Jewel, Nugget, Food Empo- rium, QVC, Kroger and Williams Sonoma. Wholesale distributors of Sarabeth's include KeHe, Haddon House, UNFI, Nassau Candy, US Foodservice, Renaissance and Abra- hams. More than one million well nour- ished consumers eat at Sarabeth's restaurants in the U.S. and Japan each year. Sarabeth's is quickly becoming a household name for consumers when seeking wholesome spe- cialty foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information, stop by booth #657 or contact Mary Rumardo at Mary@sarabeth .com or 718-589-2900. The SuperSeedz Story: From Cast Iron Pan to National Brand Kathie Pelliccio got the idea to roast and sea- son no-shell pumpkin seeds as a healthy snack for her five kids. That was years ago; now SuperSeedz ® products are sold nation- wide in retailers such as Sprouts, Whole Foods, Safeway/Vons and many more spe- cialty, natural and grocery stores. What started in the kitchen with a cast iron skillet is now one of the fastest growing snacks in the category. Kathie attributes the success of her Super- Seedz to four primary factors: amazing fla- vors, an extraordinary nutrition profile, natural and safe ingredients and award win- ning packaging. Her eight addictive flavors - Sea Salt, Super Spicy, Somewhat Spicy, Tomato Ital- iano, Original Curry, Coco Joe, Sugar & Cin- namon and Really Naked - have been recognized nationally and have received awards for the product and packaging includ- ing the nationally coveted Gallo Family Vineyard gold medal. In addition to award-winning flavor, Su- perSeedz are also gluten-free, peanut-free, tree nut-free and vegan, so just about any- body can enjoy them. If that isn't enough to pique your interest, SuperSeedz also features a nutrition profile unrivaled by most other snacks. In fact, SuperSeedz are a plant-based protein powerhouse with seven to nine grams of com- plete protein per ounce. They are also a good source of iron, zinc, heart-healthy elec- trolytes and are free of cholesterol and trans fats. Kathie and her SuperSeedz have been fea- tured in numerous articles, including Deli- cious Living, Good Housekeeping, the Boston Globe, Family Circle, Good Morning America and more. "The most explosive growth in food today is in healthy snacks," said Pelliccio. "People want to eat healthy, but they don't want to sacrifice flavor. Unfortunately truly healthy snacks have very little in the way of great taste and flavor. Super- Seedz has changed that in a big way. I have worked very hard to ensure every SuperSeedz seed is burst- ing with flavor." SuperSeedz is now available nationally in natural foods, specialty and grocery stores across the country. The seeds are packaged in a 5-ounce bag and a brand new 1-ounce grab-and-go size. SuperSeedz is on its way to becoming America's tastiest healthy snack. For more information, call 203-407-0546, email joe@superseedz.com, check out www.superseedz.com or visit booth #5403. New Products from La Panzanella Artisanal Foods Co. To start out the new year, La Panzanella ® is introducing a new 3-ounce package for its top-selling and fast-growing Mini Croccan- tini ® line of artisanal crackers at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. The 3-ounce package is a convenient size for smaller footprint locations or stores with more limited shelf space. It will initially be offered in three flavors. Two of those flavors are the top-selling Original and Rosemary. The third is the newest flavor to the line-up, Roasted Garlic. Having this package size available in three great flavors gives retailers more options to offer their customers. Stop by the La Panzanella booth #4723 to see the package and experience these flavors first hand. It also offers the following flavor descriptions: Original: A favorite of chefs and other food lovers, its pure and simple Original Croccantini crackers create a perfect comple- ment to flavorful cheeses, tapenades and charcuterie. With just a touch of coarse sea salt, these crisp, light crackers enhance any accompaniment. Rosemary: With their fragrant aroma, the popular Rosemary Croccantini crackers arouse memories of kitchen herb gardens and rustic Italian baking. With the heady fla- vor of rosemary and a hint of sea salt, they are tasty enough to eat alone, or pair with rich cheeses, hummus or dry salami. Roasted Garlic: With the subtle flavor of slow-roasted garlic, a pillar of tradi- tional Italian cuisine, Roasted Garlic Croccantini crackers are reminiscent of freshly baked garlic bread. With a pinch of sea salt, these crackers enhance the fla- vors of aged cheeses, cured meats and Mediterranean spreads. Throughout the company's history, it has been its singular passion and pleasure to share its Croccantini crackers with its cus- tomers, its friends, its family. It continues to do so by offering these great new products. Visit online at www.lapanzanella.com or stop by its Facebook page. About La Panzanella Artisanal Foods Co. Seattle area-based La Panzanella Artisanal Foods Co. is part of the family-owned com- pany, Madrona Specialty Foods. Its mission is to create uniquely crafted and always de- licious artisan foods. From its all natural, non-GMO verified line of Italian Croccan- tini crackers to its European-inspired, all- natural Dolcetini artisan cookies, its products are made with recipes and tradi- tions handed down through generations and preserved today. All of its products are cer- tified Kosher Parve. For more information, visit www.la panzanella.com, call 206-903-0500 or stop by booth #4723.

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