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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n MARCH 2015 n GOURMET NEWS N H 4 0 MiraCell Introduces a Great, New Cold Sore Product Cold Sore Support™, with L-lysine, is now available from MiraCell. Cold Sore Support is for the temporary relief of the symptoms of fever blisters and cold sores. It works great and has a pleasant, natural lemon fla- vor. Cold Sore Support temporarily soothes and protects lips with natural menthol and al- lantoin (comfrey root extract). It provides ad- ditional support with L-lysine, lemon balm and nine other herbal extracts, including jo- joba and aloe vera. Visit booth #3924 at NPEW for more information. It is formulated with beeswax and can- delilla as a convenient stick lip balm. It pro- vides protection from sun damage with a verified SPF 15, without turning your lips white. Instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners, a high-quality stevia is used to bring out the lemon flavor, making Cold Sore Support both healthy and great- tasting! For best relief, it is recom- mended to use within minutes of the first indication of symptoms. Tell your customers to keep one at home and one at work. Your customers with cold sores will thank you! MiraCell specializes in plant-based skin care products. It strives to find those ingre- dients that benefit your skin. What makes MiraCell different? Every ingredient in its products serves a specific purpose; there are no "filler" ingredients. MiraCell does its best to provide you with the very best. Your body is complex; it takes lots of different things to make it work – vitamins, minerals, amino acids, pro- teins, fats, etc. Why settle for prod- ucts that have one or two "hero" ingredients? Instead, use MiraCell products that more closely match the complexity your body needs to thrive. Once your customers try MiraCell products, they'll be back again and again. Visit booth #3924 at NPEW. Find more in- formation online at www.miracell.com or call 800.748.5040 to order. Gluten-Free Mini Dessert Cups by Kane Candy As America's best selling specialty brand of chocolate party cups, Kane Candy con- tinues to provide innovative and chef qual- ity products to the retail class of trade. The brand continues to win numerous national and international industry trade and con- sumer awards for innovation, quality and taste. Consumers love the "at home entertain- ing" trend and these chocolate cups are the perfect mini desserts for any party! Quick and easy, simply fill and serve to provide your guests with world class, pastry chef in- spired desserts! Kane Candy products are fantastic addi- tions to any quality baking and decorating theme. Merchandise in better baking sec- tions, party themed displays, wedding themes, seasonal displays or in the everyday gourmet sections of your store. Cross pro- mote with fine wines and liqueurs, dessert fillings, soft cheeses or better chocolate sec- tions. They are great add-on sales for flo- ral departments, wine and cheese sec- tions, bakery or hol- iday themed displays! Pair Kane Candy Dark or White Chocolate Cordial & Toasting Cups with any liqueur, port or dessert wines for a fun, elegant and tasty twist at your next dinner party. All Kane Candy products are proudly made in the U.S.A., Certified Kosher and gluten-free. Now available in nine award-winning re- tail pack varieties, including: Dark Choco- late Cordial & Toasting Cups, White Chocolate Cordial & Toast- ing Cups, Pink Magnolia Choco- late Dessert Cups, Chocolate Tuxedo Cups, Pastel Chocolate Flower Cups, Dark Chocolate Party Cups, Pink & White Chocolate Cele- bration Cups and Ltd Edition Winter Won- derland White Chocolate Holiday Cups. 48-ct floor shipper displays or open stock 12-ct cases are available from most re- gional specialty food distributors. For more information, visit www.kane candy.com, email info@kanecandy.com or call 800.875.5557. Cocoa Cravings' Gourmet Healthy Chocolate Drinks Chicago-based Cocoa Cravings take an in- novative approach on creating a rare and de- licious collection of organic hot or cold drinking chocolates that emphasize the com- pany slogan, "A Healthy Way To Indulge." Vegan and gluten-free friendly, these are the beverages you need for any season. Cocoa Cravings Drinking Chocolates and Cocoa lines are exotic while still staying true to tradition, mixing dark cocoa along with rich fruits and herbs, lightly sweetened with organic coconut sugar. The eight flavor va- rieties pack a nutrient boost and the healthy sweeteners offer a broad yet exclusive appeal to both chocolate and wellness customers. All the chocolate offerings are made from the exquisite "criollo cocoa beans," a high al- titude variety from the Amazon rainforest. With up to two years shelf life, all of the nat- urally balanced and minimally processed chocolate products are full of naturally inher- ent vitamins and flavors that come from their handpicked ingredients. Also available are de- licious dark chocolate bars, specialty chocolate morsels, raw cacao nibs, dark cocoa mass and cocoa butter. The pack- aging makes perfect gifts and are sold in two different sizes is available in a variety of distinctive packaging suitable for retail, gift baskets, hotels and restaurants. Chocolate bars are identified as 55 percent, 65 percent and 72 percent dark cocoa. With unique ethical trading partnerships across the globe, Cocoa Cravings (www.co- coacravings.com) is your one stop shop for sustainable, organic, vegan, specialty, gourmet cocoa and chocolate. Your customers will love their eco-friendly packaging, delicious flavors and at- tractive pricing. You'll love the small case sizes and easy ordering process. It's a simple pleasure to eat some- thing that has been made with real love and care, right here in the USA. For more information and wholesale options with this line and or many other vegan- friendly lines, go to www.cocoacravings.com, call 773.583.4850, email sales@cocoa cravings.com or follow on Twitter at twitter.com/cocoacravings. Rabbit Creek Products Offers Variety of Gluten-Free Options For several years now, Rabbit Creek Prod- ucts has been waging a war – a quiet war most probably aren't aware of. For too long, the term "gluten-free" has been synonymous with bland, tasteless food. Thanks to Rabbit Creek Products' winning efforts, there is headway. Eight delicious mixes have been given to this cause, with enough variety to satisfy any need. All-natural quick bread is an addition to sandwich time literally every- one can enjoy. The perfect crumb for build- ing your late night snack or served along side a savory pot roast, this bread does it all. Cherry Bliss brownies is a treat all by itself, what being studded with tart, dried cherries and all, but imagine it slathered with deca- dent ice cream. Have a birthday to bake for, Bam! Rabbit Creek's gluten-free Chocolate Cake is the answer – airy enough to melt in your mouth yet dense enough to hold all the frosting you want! Want a snack after dinner, or better yet, for the kids after school? Its gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies and a big ol' glass of milk is the ticket. If decadent is on your want list, the Killer Mudd brownie will satisfy that craze. Chock full of chocolate chips, this gooey brownie will make everyone fall in love. While on the topic of dessert-ish items, how about a Red Velvet Cake straight out of grandma's oven! On to breakfast morsels, Rabbit Creek has an amazing gluten-free Pancake & Waffle mix begging to be slathered in peanut butter and syrup! There is a Lemon Poppy quick bread if pancakes aren't your thing; dense and moist, for a quick snack be- fore leaving the house in the morning, a person couldn't ask for more. Rabbit Creek Products has been in business for over 30 years and is still family run. For more information about Rabbit Creek Products' gluten-free line or its free private labeling, call 800.837.3073, email rcreek@mokancomm.net or visit www .rabbitcreekgourmet.com. Actor, Author and Pasta Sauce Maker Steve Schirripa is best known to television audiences as "Bobby Baccalieri" from David Chase's critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos. In addition, Steve, a New York Times best selling author, has written several books including Big Daddy's Rules, A Goomba's Guide to Life, The Goomba's Book of Love and The Goomba Diet. He's also the host of The Cooking Channel's Fam- ily Meals with Steve Schirripa, in which he travels the country visiting family restau- rants that have been serving great food for generations and learns how to make their sig- nature dishes. In mid 2014, Steve Schirripa launched a line of organic pasta sauce called Uncle Steve's Italian Specialties. Three SKUs are available: Marinara, Tomato Basil and spicy Arrabiata. "We start with organically grown whole tomatoes from a small farm in Italy. Fresh organic vegetables are chopped up with a little olive oil, sea salt and pepper, and the ingredients are simmered over a low flame for six hours. Yes, six hours," said Schirripa. "Because our tomatoes are naturally sweet, we don't add any extra sugar. "The demand continues to rise every day," said Felice Kaufman, S.V.P. of Sales and Marketing. "Every time Steve goes on TV, whether its CNBC or WABC radio, we get hundreds of mail orders and many emails re- questing product at their local markets. In under a year, Uncle Steve's has increased distribution from two stores in the New York City to over 1,200 stores across the country. We've increased production and we're delivering all over the United States now." Steve Schirripa is at Expo West on March 7th from 11 to 2 at booth #H201. Uncle Steve's is available from KeHE, UNFI and Haddon House. For more information, contact Felice Kauf- man, S.V.P. Sales and Marketing at 718.605.0416 or felice@unclestevesny.com, or stop by booth #H201.

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