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GOURMET NEWS JUNE 2017 www.gourmetnews.com SFF PREVIEW 1 6 Marukan Vinegar, maker of The World's Finest Rice Vinegar, will open a second brewery in the United States to better service its customers. Marukan Vinegar has more than 360 years of experience making vinegar by slow-brewing sake from rice. The company's smooth-tasting, pre- mium rice vinegar is used in a va- riety of culinary dishes that complement and bring out the flavors of food. "Our parent company started in Japan in 1649 and was the first commercial seller of vinegar made from rice wine or sake," President Jon Tanklage says. "The Japanese call this vinegar 'Su.' Su al- lowed raw foods to be transported inland from the sea. The vinegar would be sprin- kled on the rice and became a preserva- tive for fish; that was the primitive version of sushi. Marukan is a primary company that made sushi possible." Marukan Vinegar has been producing its products in Japan for 367 years and in Paramount, California, for the past 42 years. The company is currently in con- struction of its new 77,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art brewery in Griffin, Georgia, that will open in July 2017. The Georgia brewery will help the company meet the growing demand for Marukan Rice Vine- gar and better serve its East Coast cus- tomers. "It sits on 16 acres, so there is a lot of room for expan- sion if we decide to get more versatile and go into different product lines," Tanklage adds. When Marukan Vinegar came to California four decades ago, it served the growing sushi market. Today, rice vinegar has become more mainstream and is used in salad dressings, sauces and marinades, as well as for pickling. "The farm-to-table movement, along with the de- mand for non-GMO and organic products, is helping the high-quality, milder vinegars like Marukan grow," Tanklage says. "A pre- mium vinegar, like ours, has a balance of fla- vor and brings out the flavor in food." Marukan Vinegar (U.S.A.) 562.630.6060 www.marukan-usa.com Taste the Marukan Difference As part of its July new product launch, specialty food creator Stonewall Kitchen is introducing two great-tasting salad dress- ings that are both versatile and big on fla- vor. The Buttermilk Cracked Peppercorn Dressing is smooth and creamy with big, robust flavor from aged Parmesan cheese, tangy buttermilk, savory garlic and the warm spice of cracked peppercorns. It adds richness to salads and is also terrific on sandwiches or as a dip. The Bacon Caesar Dressing is boldness in a bottle. It too is made with aged Parmesan cheese and garlic but includes a little snap from Dijon mustard, lemon, spices and is flavored with real bacon. In addition to being a salad lover's dream come true, it's great on BLTs, poured over plain pasta or served as a dip. As with all of Stonewall Kitchen's products, these dressings are distinc- tive, premium quality and sure to attract plenty of attention from customers everywhere. Stonewall Kitchen 800.826.1752 www.stonewallkitchen.com New from Stonewall Kitchen MarDona Specialty Foods and Wild Forest Products are all about great taste, great prices, convenience and consistency. Together, the two sister companies import the finest olive oil and truffle essence from Italy to create highly re- garded and sought-after truf- fle products. Pure olive oil blended with truffle essence from Italy creates the com- panies' signature Black and White Truffle Olive Oils and Porcini Infused Pure Olive Oil. Wild Forest and MarDona brands are best known for their truffle-infused olive oils. These oils are available to the retail trade in 8-ounce doric bottles packaged six per case. MarDona has become famously known for the inventive presentation of its 4- ounce Truffle Oil Spray in black or white. The sprays were designed to dispense a pre-determined amount of olive oil with a low 2.5 calories per spray. For the food service sector, they provide one gallon jugs and 5-gallon food service pails. Many restaurants from the burger shop to the gourmet fine din- ing are using their truffle olive oils to create great dishes such as truffle fries, truffle burgers, pastas and so much more. MarDona and Wild Forest Products believe in making a quality product with qual- ity ingredients. The companies' mission is to bring to the American people the best in quality truffle at the most reason- able prices possible. You can find these products in some of the finest gourmet shops, as well as Whole Foods, and on the web at www.truffleoilsandmore.com. MarDona Specialty Foods Wild Forest Products 855.OIL SPRAY (855.645.7772) www.truffleoilsandmore.com Truffle-Infused Olive Oils and More Frontier Soups Illinois Prairie Corn Chowder Frontier Soups™ Illinois Prairie Corn Chowder Mix has been among the com- pany's best-selling Hearty Meals™ soups since the company's founding. The 7- ounce mix's versatility makes it an appeal- ing summertime soup, a hearty family meal in any season or an elegant dinner party opener. The suggested retail price is $7.49. Frontier Soups 800.300.SOUP (7687) www.frontiersoups.com sofi Winners Continued from PAGE 1 you're tasting. It's fantastic." The products were judged after being prepared by professional chefs as they were intended to be used, according to Moulton. For instance, a marinade intended to be used with chicken was prepared by the chefs according to package directions be- fore being presented to the judges for tast- ing. "These are all prepared right then and there as we tasted them," she said with par- ticular reference to the entries in the pasta, rice and grains category. Each product was judged in a blind tast- ing, so the judges didn't know which com- pany had made it. Scores were sent directly from each judge to be tallied without any discussion that might otherwise have influ- enced anyone's individual decision, accord- ing to Moulton. "We tasted the food the way it should be tasted," she said, adding that this year's judging process was an im- provement over the methodology of previ- ous years. "I think it was the best it's ever been," she said. In four categories, the gold award win- ner was also named best new product. Those were Wozz! Kitchen Creations' Cambodian Coconut Peanut Sauce, Aunt Dottie's Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette from JGF Enterprises, Manicaretti Italian Food Imports' Rustichella d'Abruzzo Pasta Integrale di Farro – Couscous and Le Bon Magot LLC's Spiced Raisin Mar- malata. 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