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GOURMET NEWS www.gourmetnews.com n JANUARY 2017 n GOURMET NEWS 1 1 6 Feel Great with Foxy's Premium Handmade Ice Cream Ice cream. Not supposed to be healthy. Not supposed to make things bigger, smaller, bet- ter. Right? Well, kind of. Foxy's Thoughtful Ice Cream has spent 24 months looking at one of the world's most loved traditions, and incorporated some sneaky things that ensure you feel great. Foxy's is a super premium, handmade ice cream that stands with the best of them. It replaced 20 percent of the non- GMO cane sugar with an organic inulin, which acts as a pre-biotic for the probi- otics. The best thing is that you cannot taste the difference. It doesn't just stop there, either. Foxy's sources its ingredients responsibly and thoughtfully. For example, its cherries in its Oregon Cherry Vanilla come from a fourth generation co-op that recently regis- tered as a B Corp. Its vanilla comes from Singing Dog, which operates a Fair Trade Plus program. It's perhaps best known for its locally sourced flavors: 15 Mile Pistachio and 6 Mile Almond and Honey, where the honey comes from the bees that pollinated the al- mond orchards on the same farm as the dairy. For more information, go to www .foxyspash.com. Awesome Snacks for an Awesome World Snack Innovations Inc, of Brooklyn, New York, is launching a new line of organic snack products: Awesome Organics. The company is debuting two new awesome snacks that are USDA Organic, gluten-free and non-GMO. Awesome Organics Popcorn and Popcorn Chips are 100 percent whole- grain snacks that fit squarely into the better- for-you category and satisfies your snack craving without the guilt. "We're launching Awesome Organics to meet the ever growing consumer demand for delicious and fun to eat better-for-you snacks, and organic food demand is on the rise," said Allen Benz, Chief Executive Of- ficer of Snack Innovations. "We also took a new angle on packaging for the Awesome Organics line, illustrating a more exciting fun-to-eat design, conveying that eating or- ganic snacks can also be fun." The new Awe- some Organics packaging does stray from the company's usual elegant and more so- phisticated better-for-you graphics. The Awesome Organics "This Chip is Awesome" is a 100 percent wholegrain Pop- corn Chip made with whole quinoa, flax seeds, chia seeds and sunflower seeds, and is launching in three flavors: Salty Sweet Ket- tle, Aged White Cheddar and Sea Salt & Olive Oil, and is available in family-size four-ounce bags and single serve one-ounce bags. The product contains 22g of whole grains, is USDA Organic, and Non-GMO Project Verified. "We expect the Salty Sweet Kettle flavor to be the consumers' favorite, although I per- sonally love the plain Sea Salt with EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)," Benz said. The Awesome Organics "This Popcorn is Awesome" is a new take on the exploding ready-to-eat popcorn market. "Affordable USDA Organic Popcorn that's delicious and fun to eat; our popcorn has 50 percent less fat than the leading brand and tastes better, lighter and crunchier," Benz said. "Our popcorn is truly better-for-you, containing only 35 calories per cup, and only 5g of fat or less per serving compared to 10g of the leading competitors. Like our Awesome Organics Popcorn Chips, our Popcorn is non-GMO Project Ver- ified, Kosher Certified and Gluten Free Certified," he added. The Awe- some Organics Popcorn is launching in four flavors: Sea Salt & Olive Oil, Black Pepper & Truffle Oil, Movie Theater Butter and de- licious Aged White Cheddar, and is available in family-size 5-ounce bags and single serve 0.75-ounce bags. Just like all of the Snack Innovations prod- ucts, the Awesome Organics line is popped; not fried, kettle cooked or extruded, so they're low in fat and calories. They also have no artificial flavors or preservatives and zero MSG and trans fats. "Most consumers today don't want to eat unnecessary calories or fat, and are fans of the popped products because they know they're getting less of the bad stuff and lots more of the good stuff," Benz said. "Awesome Organ- ics is the perfect better for you snack product delivering on both taste and health, and al- though they're organic, Awe- some Organics products are affordable," Benz added. Snack Innovations is a lead- ing manufacturer of better-for- you snacks, specializing in innovative popped products. It produces a wide range of items for the pri- vate label market, and markets many items under several house brands. It is the maker of the Gourmet Basics brand Smart Fries, Slim Chips, Pop Rings and Popcorn, the Eatragous brand Penne Chips, and the new Awesome Organics brand This Chip is Awe- some, and This Popcorn is Awesome. "We're constantly introducing new prod- ucts, giving the consumer more better-for- you snacking choices, and moms love our innovative and delicious fun-to-eat prod- ucts," said Benz. For more information, email sales@ awesomeorganicsnacks.com or go to www.awesomeorganicsnacks.com. Hummus Innovation Continues to Expand Consumers are falling in love with new ways to enjoy hummus, thanks to Eat Well Em- brace Life. Made without chickpeas, it is an innovative hummus portfolio of flavors un- like any other on the market today. From a traditional Tuscan White Bean hummus with Pine Nuts all to the on-trend Zesty Carrot Sriracha hummus with a sweet apricot top- ping to a simple Beet Hummus, EWEL is providing a whole range of flavor discover- ies. The next item EWEL will introduce is an extra-spicy hummus with a fiery hot chile pepper topping. With smokiness from chipo- tles, roasted notes from poblanos and a blast of heat from cayennes, it is irresistible for shoppers who can't just get enough heat. It will begin shipping in late Q3 2016. Try a sample at booth #1640. Eat Well Embrace Life is continuing to skyrocket and is now the No. 4 brand in the category after a few short years in business. With nine great-tasting varieties, Eat Well Embrace Life has bean and topping combi- nations for everyone, including: Edamame Roasted Red Pepper, Black Bean with Sweet & Spicy Corn Rel- ish, Spicy Yellow Lentil with Sun- flower Seeds and Apricots, Red Lentil Chipotle, Wasabi Edamame and a new Cucumber Hummus with a Dill Topping. In addition to exceptional taste and variety, EWEL is satisfying the need for healthy, nutritious foods and is non-GMO, gluten-free and a good source of protein and fiber. Look for the EWEL groovy striped lids that jump off the shelf and find out what everyone's talking about. Eat Well Embrace Life is available in packaging sizes of 10 ounce, 24 ounce, 32 ounce, 4x2 ounce singles and a 2 ounce Hum- mus & Crackers on-the-go SKU. About Hummus Gourmet, LLC Hummus Gourmet, LLC is Eat Well Embrace Life's new parent company, with headquarters for the com- pany now in sunny Austin, Texas. The company prides itself on creating and delivering innovative products that shop- pers love. For more information, go to www .eatwellembracelife.com. Hemp Production Services: 'From Our Field to Your Brand' Hempseed is one of the 10 super foods, uniquely dense with digestible protein and es- sential fatty acids. Both as food ingredients and stand-alone products, the delicious, nutty nutrition of the hemp heart, along with Omega-packed hempseed oil and nourishing hemp protein powder, are gaining in popular- ity every day. While the U.S. is just beginning to re-forge its path to hemp grain production, full-scale realization is still distant. Fortu- nately, the folks in Canada have been supply- ing the global market for a full decade. Hemp Production Services (HPS) offers a complete supply chain and private label solu- tion for sourcing top quality, competitively priced, organic and conventional bulk hemp HPS is a multi-generational, family farm- owned hemp food agri-business with an ownership/management team of professional agronomists possessing over 75 years of cu- mulative expertise in industrial hemp breed- ing, hemp grain variety development and pedigreed seed replication, dryland and irri- gated hemp grain production management and hemp bulk food ingredient processing. Quality starts in the field, so HPS farmers use top quality pedigreed seed sourced from its sister company Hemp Genetics Interna- tional. HPS works closely with hemp farm- ers across Western Canada to ensure their success by providing them with a compre- hensive hemp production support system based on regional agronomic considerations, including all aspects of production cus- tomized to their farm operation, which re- sults in growing some of the world's highest quality and most productive hemp crops. The combined vertically integrated hemp production expertise of both HGI and HPS along the entire value chain results in bulk hemp food ingredients of outstanding quality, color, taste and value. HPS is well equipped to provide your growing business with reliable, professionally managed, cost effective and su- perior quality bulk hemp food ingredients. The HPS Pledge: To conduct all business with honesty, integrity, transparency and fair- ness, with a view that all supply chain stake- holders, including growers, customers, processors and distributors, are integral partners in its mutual long-term success. Customers can trust that HPS products will add value to their brands, knowing that the quality is superior, the pricing is competitive and that HPS will never compete with their brand on the retail shelf. For more information, visit www.hemp productionservices.com. food ingredients like hulled hempseed, cold- pressed hempseed oil and hemp powders (50 percent, 33 percent and 23 percent). Hemp is naturally non-GMO and gluten-free. Its cus- tomers include functional food, cosmetic, hemp food retail brands and nutraceutical companies that manufacture a variety of prod- ucts like protein smoothies and cereals to pet food and body care. HPS processes hemp grain in its state of the art, high capacity and dedicated hemp-only facilities. Its processing facilities adhere to the standards for food qual- ity and safety as per the FFSC 22000, Kosher, Certified Organic and non-GMO protocols. HPS never competes with the brands it serves; it is a brand supplier, not a retail brand.

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