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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n SEPTEMBER 2016 n GOURMET NEWS N H 1 0 0 GROM prides itself on understanding its customers' needs and providing a family business type service with corporate type support. Its products can be found in health food stores or through countrywide distribu- tors like UNFI, big box stores such as Costco and online through Amazon. In addition to retail products, GROM also supplies it's stone ground flours and grains by the truck- load to bakeries and cereal companies and anyone else who desires a high quality or- ganic product. It is non-GMO, kosher and QAI-approved, along with food safety certi- fications from AIB, the Wisconsin Depart- ment of Agriculture and the FDA. Great River Organic Milling offers a wide variety of flours and grains, from your basic whole wheat flour to specialty flours like quinoa, millet and teff. With many years of ex- perience in the business, it has made connec- tions with organic farmers and suppliers from around the world and is able to find sources for the whole grains or flours you desire. For more information, visit www.greatriver milling.com or stop by booth #1208. Great River Organic Milling (Cont'd. from p. 1) certain types of cancer and obesity. It is not vegetarian, but it does emphasize eating plant-based foods, such as legumes and pulses, and using spices and herbs as season- ings instead of salt. Lentilicious ® , a pack- aged meal made from red split lentils grown in the Pacific Northwest and a proprietary blend of spices, is ideal for anyone trying to follow this plan. Lentils are a nutrient powerhouse. They contain prebiotic carbohydrates and fiber. Eating foods rich in these may lower any- one's risk for obesity and noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease and cancer. Lentils have a low glycemic index, making them a good choice for diabetics. Lentilicious is a one-of-a-kind product de- signed to be flavorful, nutritious and easy to prepare. Unlike other lentil-based products, it does not contain rice, quinoa or additives. It comes in three flavors – Mediterranean, Co- conut Fusion and Red Chili – and is gluten- free, vegan and high in fiber and protein. It serves four and takes only minutes to cook. LentiliciousUSA, the award-winning company that developed Lentilicious, is a women-owned business that has watched its product convert lentil haters into lentil lovers. The company was founded two years ago and has since grown steadily. Lisa Jose- fik, LentiliciousUSA Chief Executive Offi- cer and one of the founders, is a former nurse, who took care of patients whose health had been affected by their diet. She believes Lentilicious helps meet the need for affordable, flavorful nutrition, and that it will appeal to anyone, whether they are Baby Boomers or Millennials. The company was recently named "Amer- ican Small Business Champion" by the 2016 American Small Business Championship sponsored by SCORE and Sam's Club. Lentilicious is currently in a nationwide con- test with 102 other small businesses that are competing for the title of Grand Champion. SCORE, a nonprofit supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration, helps small businesses grow by providing mentoring and education. To learn more about Lentilicious, try a sample at booth #9015, go to www.lentilicious.com, email info@lentilicious.com or call 408.314.9362. Lentilicious (Cont'd. from p. 1) Spread is a luscious butter improvement that is truly good for you and your digestive health. Made from the Perfect Blend™ of "good fats" like virgin coconut, hi-oleic sunflower and flaxseed oils, this innovative spread is blended with the highly stable probiotic GanedenBC30. Probiotic Melt supports di- gestive health and a healthy immune system when consumed as part of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Even better, Probiotic Melt delivers active cultures more effec- tively than yogurt. "Research among health-conscious shop- pers confirms 70 percent prefer to consume probiotics in food rather than as a supple- ment," explained Melt Chief Executive Of- ficer Meg Carlson, "and more than 40 percent show purchase interest in new prod- ucts supporting immune health in the dairy aisle. Combining Probiotic GanedenBC30 with our already 'good-for-you' Rich & Creamy Melt Buttery Spread delivers a win- ning spread for digestive health." Backed by an understanding that probi- otics are more effective when consumed with food, Melt elected to partner with Ganeden. With its creamy taste, new Probiotic Melt en- hances the flavor of the foods you love while delivering probiotics safely and deliciously. Just two servings, or two tablespoons, per day spread liberally on your morning toast, muffin, bagel or waffles will support your di- gestive health. Liven up your healthy lifestyle with Probiotic Melt Organic – the 'BUTTER 2.0 ® ' that loves you back. Probiotic MELT Organic Buttery Spread is available in 10-ounce square packages. Two servings deliver one billion CFUs of probiotic GanedenBC30 and support a healthy digestive system and a healthy im- mune system. Probiotic Melt will be avail- able in stores across the U.S. with a MSRP of $4.99. For more information, stop by booth #806 or go to www.meltorganic.com. Melt Organic (Cont'd. from p. 1) ever-popular nut-butter balls, now world- wide. Catering to those with food allergies and dietary restrictions, Betty Lou's specializes in gluten-free products loaded with nutrition that also taste great. Betty Lou's strives to source only the best, natural, functional and healthy ingredients for its products. Betty Lou's also offers non-GMO, organic, vegan, kosher and paleo-friendly products. The goal is to get great products in everyone's hands, and the perfect on-the-go snacks, created at Betty Lou's, do just that by making it easy to get many small meals a day. Included in the Betty Lou's brand products is the favorite Just Great Stuff 95 percent or- ganic line of bars – Cacao Acai, Fruit & Veg- gie, Superberry Acai and the Chocolate Dream Greens bars. These dynamic bars have from 7.5 to 11 servings of fruit and veg- gies per bar. Betty Lou's continues to grow. Lately, she has added: two new paleo-friendly balls – all-vegetarian, dried fruit, nut and seed packed Paleo Java (with cacao nibs and 15mg caffeine) and Paleo Berry Blast (with five different kinds of berries); two limited edition balls – seasonally available Nuts about Pumpkin Spice (vegan and loaded with pumpkin and spice) and Nuts about Pecan Pie (naturally sweetened ver- sion with protein to keep you going); one vegan ball – Nuts about Chocolate Hazel- nut; the return of the Smacker (you asked for it, you got it!) – now organic, this deca- dent treat is the classic peanut butter Smacker covered with organic milk choco- late; Caramel Peanut Smacker – this new flavor has eight grams of protein and is lay- ered with caramel and peanut nougat, cov- ered in organic milk chocolate; Betty Lou's Oregon Crackers – now includes 10 won- derful flavors (original four flavors [Gar- den Vegetable, Cheddar, Graham and Harvest Multigrain], paleo-friendly, al- mond-based, grain-free crackers [Salt & Pepper, Fiesta, Italian] and Original cashew-based Rosemary and Chili Lime; Strawberry PB&J and Blueberry PB&J – this addition to the fruit bar line tastes like a traditional PB&J sandwich; Just Great Stuff Peanut Butter Powder – the innova- tive product has 1.5 grams of fat per serv- ing, which is 90 percent less than traditional peanut butter. Three flavors are available – Chocolate, Original and Protein Plus make for great smoothies, on sand- wiches or with crackers. Great for back- packing and camping; and Bake It Like Betty Lou Mixes – it offers Cupcake, Cookie, Bread and Brownie mixes – all gluten-free, non-GMO and a number of or- ganic ingredients. Sweetened only with or- ganic coconut sugar (no cane sugar) – all that is needed is oil and water. Betty Lou's is thankful and proud to be able to donate more than a million bars a year to local food banks. Betty Lou's is still, and will always be, passionate about the ingredients used in the products produced. For more information, visit www.bettylous inc.com. Betty Lou's (Cont'd. from p. 1) oil, palm oil is fruit oil. Palm oil should not be mistaken for palm kernel oil, which is ex- tracted from the kernel or seed of the palm fruit. Therefore, the oil palm fruit is unique. From the fruit, two distinct types of oils are produced: palm oil and palm kernel oil. Both are edible oils, but with very different chem- ical composition, physical properties and ap- plications. Each palm fruit produces about 90 percent palm oil and 10 percent palm ker- nel oil. Palm oil has a balanced composition of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Coupled with nature's gift of high vitamin E content, the oil is naturally very stable. Palm oil contains an equal proportion of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. It's par- ticularly rich in the saturated palmitic acid (44 percent), with substantial amounts of the monounsaturated oleic acid (40 percent) and smaller amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (10 percent). Palm oil has had a history of food use for more than 5,000 years in more than 130 countries worldwide. NH: What food products contain palm oil? HH: Palm oil's semi-solid properties make it a favorite ingredient among the food processors. From palm oil you can have un- limited oil fractions for use of any kind of food applications. The oil could be incorpo- rated into a wide variety of food products, which include cooking oils, margarines, noo- dles, shortenings, vegetable ghee, bakery products, chocolates, hot beverages, coffee creamers and ice cream. Due to its excellent stability, it is the No. 1 choice in the world as frying oil for foods such as instant noodles, French fries, potato crisps, doughnuts and fried meats and snacks. The natural solid nature of palm stearin make it most ideal for formulating solid fats such as vanaspati, margarine, shortenings and other bakery fats. More importantly, these palm fats are not hydrogenated and therefore are trans-fatty acids free. NH: Is palm oil a trans fat? Will palm oil consumption raise my blood cholesterol level? HH: No. Palm oil's natural semi-solid prop- erties and the versatility of blending with its solid fraction, palm stearin, make hydro- genation of palm oil unnecessary. Therefore, food products containing palm oil as its sole or main ingredient are essentially trans-free. A re-examination of the data of some early published western studies that included palm oil showed that when palm oil replace the ha- bitual fats of Western diets, blood cholesterol levels in the subjects did not go up, but in- stead were reduced from seven percent to 38 percent. NH: What's so special about red palm oil? HH: Red palm oil (RPO) is the only com- mercially available oil that contains substan- tial amounts of the natural plant pigments called 'carotenoids' (about 550 µg/g), as well as vitamin E (600 µg/g) comprising both to- cotrienols (65 percents) and alpha-toco- pherol (35 percent). Some of the carotenoids in RPO are converted to vitamins A in our body; the rest of the carotenoids, together with vita- min E (particularly tocotrienols), are re- ported to play a vital role in advanced nutrition-boosting the immune system, scavenging damaging reactive oxygen species in our body and are involved in complex mechanisms which have evolved to protect the body from chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancers of the breast and skin. For more information, visit mpoc.org.my. Malaysian Palm Oil Council (Cont'd. from p. 1)

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