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GOURMET NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 www.gourmetnews.com GLUTEN-FREE UPDATE 2 0 Frontier Soups Goes Gluten-Free with Connecticut Cottage Chicken Noodle Soup With consumers' taste for gluten-free foods remaining strong, sales of Frontier Soups'™ certified gluten-free Connecticut Cottage Chicken Noodle Soup have been conse- quently robust. This ultimate comfort food soup includes ruf- fle-edged, corn pasta, which re- tains the taste and texture of traditional wheat-based noo- dles. Frontier Soups' Connecticut Cottage Chicken Noodle Soup mix is part of the company's line of quick-cooking Homemade- In-Minutes soups, which typically are ready in 30 minutes. The mix is filled with freeze-dried carrots, onions, peas, shal- lots, corn, celery and leeks. And best of all, like all Frontier Soups mixes, it has no GMOs, preservatives, MSG or added salt. Twenty-eight of the 34 varieties of soup mixes from Frontier Soups are gluten-free. The soups readily adapt to di- etary preferences, as consumers control the amount of salt added to the soup. In addition, 12 are vegetarian as prepared or can be made so with easy recipe adaptations. Retailers gain added sales opportunities as consumers shop for recipe addi- tions of canned broth or toma- toes, meat and fresh or frozen vegetables. Frontier Soups' Connecticut Cottage Chicken Noodle Soup is available at a SRP of $5.95-$6.49 for a 4.25-ounce package. For more information, contact Frontier Soups by phone at 800.300.SOUP, or visit the company online at www.frontiersoups.com. Enjoy Life Foods Responds as Consumers Seek to Go Beyond Gluten-Free With increased awareness of gluten-free as a category, being gluten-free is not enough. Consumers are driving demand for better-for-you products with cleaner in- gredient labels, third party certification and transparency in manufacturing practices. Enjoy Life Foods, being a leader in the gluten-free and free-from categories, looks at product innovation based on what con- sumers are looking for, and the company is responding to these new demands in 2015. With over 40 products across eight dif- ferent categories, Enjoy Life Foods follows a brand promise of being certified gluten- free and free-from the eight most common food allergens, verified non- GMO, kosher and halal certified. The company plans to launch products this year that maintain this brand promise and satisfy consumer desire for innovation. While taste remains a priority, functional prod- ucts with additional protein and unique fla- vor combinations are on the horizon for the brand. In addition, transparency will continue to be an important part of new product launches. Enjoy Life Foods' products are manu- factured in a certi- fied gluten-free and dedicated nut-free facility, ensuring quality and safety for those with food allergies. The company plans to launch the first wave of new products at Natural Products Expo West in March. How to Be Sure You Have Found the Real Le Gruyère AOP When you want the real Gruyère AOP, there are a few things you can look for to guarantee that you have found the one cheese that can deliver the signature taste and consistency you ex- pect from Gruyère AOP. However, you have got to know where to look and what it means. During production, each wheel of Gruyère AOP is marked with the number of the mold and code of the cheese dairy that is producing it, along with the day and month of production. These black mark- ings are made with casein, the milk pro- tein. (Even here, there are no additives involved.) From this point on, the name "Gruyère AOP" and the code of the pro- duction facility appears on the heel of each wheel. This is an effective way of guaranteeing authenticity. Still, in ensuring that the cheese in front of you is truly Gruyère AOP, you can even take it a step further. You can go to www.gruyere.com and, using the cheese dairy's unique code, discover which dairy produced the cheese you are about to eat! For more information, recipes and photos of the only region that can pro- duce Le Gruyère AOP, visit www.gruyere.com.