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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n MARCH 2017 n GOURMET NEWS N H 1 9 2 delicious blend of citrus and pepper, guaran- teed to make your meal come alive with zesty flavor. It's perfect for that simple grilled shrimp, salmon or chicken recipe you've been wanting to try. For an extra culinary touch, garnish the dish with sliced lemons. Bone Suckin' Organic All-Purpose Sea- soning is just that – use it on anything and everything. This savory blend of spices is a quick fix for any meal. It's a must-have for your spice rack. It's great on almost every- thing, including steak, hamburgers, meatloaf, chicken, pasta, eggs, vegetables, potatoes, rice and more! Bone Suckin' Organic Cajun Seasoning has the right amount of heat, spices and herbs to satisfy that creole craving. Great for spicing up shrimp, gumbo, fish, jambalaya and chicken. Fire up the grill and throw on a boil! It gets friends talking and coming back for more. Use generously and your food will be "Bone Suckin' Good!" Created in true Western North Carolina style, Bone Suckin' Sauce is a tomato-based sauce made with honey, molasses, apple cider vinegar, mustard, onions, garlic, natural spices and a little bit of horseradish. It's the serious barbecue, grilling and marinating sauce for land and sea. "We're Talkin' Serious." Bone Suckin' Sauce is the only barbecue sauce rated No. 1 by Newsweek, A+ by Health Magazine, Food & Wine and many others. All of the Bone Suckin' products are gluten free, all natural, contain no HFCS, no canola oil, no added MSG, no preservatives, no artificial flavors and are non-GMO. Bone Suckin' Sauce is distributed by Ford's Gourmet Foods, a fourth generation, Raleigh, North Carolina-based family busi- ness that creates some of the world's greatest tasting all natural, gluten-free foods, includ- ing the internationally acclaimed Bone Suckin' Sauces, Earth Family ® , Fire Dancer ® , Southern Yum ® and Wine Nuts ® . Made in North Carolina for more than 20 years, Bone Suckin' Sauce is now sold in more than 70 countries around the world. Fire up the grill with your family and friends. The whole neighborhood will be wondering how you got that Bone Suckin' flavor and saying, "Send me that recipe!" Check out the Store Locator at www.bone suckin.com to find it in a store near you. There you will also find more information about the company's history, brands, prod- ucts, social media, upcoming events, recipes and more. Visit Bone Suckin' at booth #5581. For more in- formation, go to www.bonesuckin.com, call 919.833.7647 or email sales@bonesuckin.com. Bone Suckin' (Cont'd. from p. 1) ability to make custom blends and sweetener systems. Suzanne's Specialties Organic Honey has been verified by the Non-GMO Project. Suzanne's Specialties offers an In- fantSafe ® version of all of its rice syrups. This unique product contains less than 10 ppb for arsenic and lead, meeting the FDA standard for drinking water. It is available in all DE levels. It packs its industrial products in pails, drums, totes and tank wagons. All products are available in organic with most having a conventional version as well. Suzanne's promises that all of its products are made with only the highest quality organic and all-natural ingredients. Each one is sure to give your formulas and applications "Sweetness the Way Mother Nature In- tended™." Suzanne's Specialties also provides an ex- tensive line of retail products. These include its best-selling Ricemellow Crème, rice syrup based fruit spreads, flavored rice syrups and traditional offerings such as or- ganic molasses, organic agave syrup, organic honey, organic rice syrup and organic barley malt syrup. Pack sizes on its retail line range from jars to gallons to tubs to pails. It can service the needs of a household, restaurant, small bak- ery or institution. Visit www.suzannes- specialties.com for more information on these products or to shop in its easy to use online store. With distribution facilities on both the East and West coasts and a diverse product line, Suzanne's Specialties has the ability to service your company's specific needs. For more information, stop by booth #3656 or visit www.suzannes-specialties.com. Suzanne's Specialties (Cont'd. from p. 1) salt beds, now located deep within the Hi- malayas, were covered by lava. It is believed that this lava, along with the year-round snow and ice of the Himalayas, has protected the salt from pollutants. The product is Hi- malayan Salt – the world's purest salt made entirely by Mother Nature, containing a high mineral content, low sodium content and nat- urally rich in iodine (so no artificial addition is required). The Herbal Salt blend, in conjunction with other high-end certified organic herbs – some common, like rosemary and oregano, and others exotic, like saffron – combine to create a synergy of flavor that will enhance any meal and create a memorable taste ex- perience. Ingredients are sourced from only a handful of trusted and certified organic suppliers. This careful sourcing strategy ensures that only the finest products reach customers. The packaging, like the spices, is also carefully sourced. A tin container guarantees convenient and air-tight storage. This reusable container means less plastic and paper waste is added to the environment. Are you a real spice lover or engaged in a com- mercial enterprise? Herbal Salt is available in bulk quantities. Herbal Salt is just the first spice blend. Be- cause Yorganics is dedicated to producing best in class products, it is perfecting its processes one product at a time. It will soon be offering more spice blends. For your convenience, Yorganics provides online ordering. Visit Yorganics at booths #M500 and #F77. To learn more, go to www.yorganics.ca or www.fieldfarms.ca, call 519.882.2976 or email info@ffmltd.ca. Yorganics (Cont'd. from p. 1) Know your Market The first step to getting your product into the consumer's hands is to know your market. What are your target audience's needs and wants? If you have a food product, does your customer want a microwavable single serve cup for on-the-go convenience? Does your customer want family size or multi-pack op- tions? When selecting packaging materials and designing graphics, consider what your competition is doing and how your packag- ing sets your product apart. Create Attractive Graphics with Shelf Appeal A well-designed package communicates all necessary information and branding with eye-catching graphics that can influence a consumer's buying decisions. Is your logo paramount to your branding? What colors are most attractive? Will photography help sell your product? Be bold with key infor- mation on the front of the package and uti- lize the back to provide additional information to enhance the consumer's ex- perience. Build a Positive, User Friendly Experience Packaging needs to be user friendly and functional for both the consumer and retailer. The package should protect the product, offer ease of use, include clear instructions and have key information prominent. In some instances, packaging graphics may in- clude games, recipes or a short story about the product or company to further connect with the target audience. Consider offering point-of-purchase displays to further in- crease sales. Work with Professionals Partner with an experienced packaging man- ufacturer who can provide invaluable insight on material and printing options. Work with a graphic designer familiar with packaging structures. For the best printing results, have the designer work directly with the packag- ing manufacturer to create and set up the graphics appropriately. Proofread Carefully Depending on the product, the packaging may need specific consumer information to comply with health and safety regulations. For instance, packaging for a food product may have a Nutrition Facts label, ingredi- ents, allergen statement, net weight and a barcode. Double check that the content, text size and barcode meet requirements to keep your product in the marketplace. When utilizing functional and attractive creative packaging, complete with required information, you can stay ahead of your competition with a product and package that is designed to sell. Celebrating more than 25 years of experi- ence and innovation, Interpress Technologies is a leading food packaging manufacturer specializing in formed paperboard contain- ers, wrapped cups, printed sidewalls and folding cartons with high impact graphics. Interpress has three locations producing packaging "Made in USA" with certified sustainable paperboard. Interpac Technolo- gies, a sister company, is a certified organic co-pack facility and fills cups, bags, pouches and specialty oils (coconut, olive, flax). For more information, visit booth #2698A, call 800.929.9771, email inquiry@iptec.com or go to www.interpresstechnologies.com. Interpress Technologies (Cont'd. from p. 1) and gluten-free, hempseed is one of the 10 super foods, uniquely dense with digestible protein and essential 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 popularity every day. We offer a complete supply chain and private label solution for sourcing top quality, competitively priced, organic and conven- tional bulk hemp food ingredients. GN: What type of ingredients to you produce? KF: We produce hulled hempseed, cold- pressed hempseed oil and hemp powders (50 percent, 33 percent and 23 percent). Our cus- tomers include functional food, cosmetic, hemp food retail brands and nutraceutical companies that make anything from 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. Our processing facili- ties adhere to the standards for food quality and safety as per the FFSC 22000, kosher, Certified Organic and non-GMO protocols. GN: What sets HPS apart from other hemp food processors? KF: Several factors make HPS the premier hemp food processor. Our ownership/man- agement team is comprised of professional agronomists possessing more than 75 years of cumulative expertise in industrial hemp breeding, hemp grain variety development, hemp production management and bulk hemp food ingredient processing. Because we know quality starts in the field, HPS farmers use top quality pedigreed seed sourced from our sister company Hemp Genetics International, and we work closely with those farmers to provide them with a comprehensive and customized hemp production support system and on- site visits. This combined vertically inte- grated hemp production expertise along the entire value chain results in bulk hemp food ingredients of outstanding quality, color, taste and value. In early 2017, we opened a brand new state-of-the-art hempseed dehulling facility named Mid- lake South, which increases our overall processing capacity to 80,000 pounds per day for hulled hempseed. Finally, our cus- tomers appreciate that HPS never competes with the brands we serve; we are a brand supplier, not a retail brand. Our motto says it all: "From our fields to your brand!" Visit Hemp Production Services at booth #H1235. Hemp Production Services (Cont'd. from p. 1)

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