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SWEETS & TREATS SHOW EXTRA www.gourmetnews.com n MAY 2017 n GOURMET NEWS S T 8 Publisher Kimberly Oser Senior Associate Publisher Jules Denton Associate Publisher Carlos Velasquez Editorial Director Lorrie Baumann Associate Editors Jeanie Catron • JoEllen Lowry • Karrie Welborn Art Director Yasmine Brown Graphic Designer Jonathan Schieffer Customer Service Managers Sarah Glenn • Caitlyn McGrath Show Logistics & Distribution Stacy Davis • Jay Watson • Hannah Stefanovich Sales Floor Manager John Pechota Senior Account Manager Marcos Morhaim Account Manager Anthony Socci Director of Operations Tara Neal European Sales Enrico Cecchi Sweets & Treats Show Extra is published by Oser Communications Group ©2017 All rights reserved. Publishing office: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 Subscriber services: Gourmet News P.O. Box 30520 Tucson, AZ 85751 www.gourmetnews.com Founder Lee M. Oser Snack Happy and Healthy with KAMEDA USA KAMEDA USA, INC. is a leading manufac- turer of rice crackers, safely producing unique and delicious snacks that captivate evolving consumer tastes. Since 2008, Southern California-based KAMEDA USA has delivered healthy, great-tasting snack products that are energizing retailers' rice cake and salty snack sections across North America. KAMEDA USA's three signature products – Kameda Frosted Rice Snacks, Rice Goes Crispy and Kameda Crisps – are perfect for consumers looking for a satisfying, healthy snack throughout their day. Kameda Frosted Rice Snacks, known as the rice cake that isn't a rice cake, are lighter in texture than a cookie and more satisfying than a cracker. They melt in your mouth, de- livering an incredible sweet and salty flavor experience. Available in three delicious fla- vors – Original, Ginger, and Maple – Kameda Frosted Rice Snacks are baked, not fried, gluten free, include no trans fat, no preservatives and no artificial flavors or col- ors. Rice Goes Crispy rice snacks offer big and bold tastes in a light, bite- size cake. Perfect for any snack oc- casion, Rice Goes Crispy rice snacks are available in three consumer-preferred flavors: Sea Salt, Black Pepper, and Chili & Tomato (a spicy ketchup taste). The eye-catching graphics re- inforce the bold flavors and convenience of the bite-size snacks. Kameda Crisps are known for a tasty crunch that always hits the spot. They're cer- tified gluten free, baked, not fried, contain no trans fats, no preservatives and no artifi- Divine Chocolate Celebrates 20-Plus Years of Empowering Women Cocoa Farmers Working towards gender equality is one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals – a universal call to action to end poverty, pro- tect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. For more than two decades, Divine Chocolate and the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers' Cooperative in Ghana have shared a commitment to em- powering women. Together, they are helping women in cocoa farming develop the skills and confidence to grow better cocoa, build better communities and thrive in business. It's as much a business model as a social mission. Divine Chocolate is the only 100 percent Fairtrade chocolate company co- owned by cocoa farmers. Of the 85,000 Kuapa Kokoo farmers who co-own the com- pany, more than a third are women. For Kuapa Kokoo and Divine, encouragement and mentoring of women has always been a priority. Investing in programs designed to teach valuable personal and professional skills is helping thousands of women bring money into their families, even when there is no cocoa to sell. With financing from Di- vine, Kuapa Kokoo has established targeted ac- tivities, including inten- sive adult literacy and numeracy classes, primarily focused on women. Classes like these quickly illustrate how life-changing a little learning can be. A farmer who learns to write her name is in- Continued on Page 41 Continued on Page 41 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH SWEETS & SNACKS

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