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GOURMET NEWS JULY 2017 www.gourmetnews.com HOT PRODUCTS 2 1 Hot Products Formaggio Brand Charcuterie Sticks & Dips Formaggio Brand Charcuterie Sticks & Dips are six sticks of fresh mozzarella wrapped in charcuterie-style meats. These are accompanied by a dipping sauce specially paired for each meat option: Prosciutto/Balsamic Fig Dip, Soppressata/Balsamic Glaze, Genoa Salami/Whole Grain Mustard and finally Pepperoni/Ranch Dip. There is a two-stick version available as well, Charcuterie Snacks, which features the same pairings as their bigger brothers and have created quite a sensation in early focus groups due to their grab-and-go size, convenience and outside-the-box approach. E-Z open Multivac packaging has been adopted by Formaggio Brand for a number of product lines over the last couple years and now snack lines will benefit from this as well. The packaging is absolutely transparent, so you can see how fresh the meats are wrapped around the white fresh mozzarella. Formaggio Brand 845.436.4200 www.formaggiocheese.com Bell Plantation PB2: the Original Powdered Peanut Butter Bell Plantation's PB2 leads the way in the latest trend in nut butters – powdered peanut butter. Powdered peanut butter is a lower fat alternative to traditional peanut butters and is made by squeezing the fats from slow roasted peanuts. The resulting peanut powder is mixed with a small amount of sugar and a dash of salt to deliver the rich nutty taste of peanut butter with 85 percent fewer calories from fat. Chocolate PB2 adds the lusciousness of premium chocolate to its original pow- dered peanut butter. And in 2016, Bell Plantation introduced a line of PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter with real whole fruit. PB2 with Strawberry, PB2 with Grape and PB2 with Banana are a taste reminiscent of the classic peanut butter and jelly, but in true PB2 style, free of the excess fat and sugar of the traditional. Bell Plantation PB2 and Chocolate PB2 are available in 6.5 and 16 ounce jars as well as a case of individual 24 gram serving packets. PB2 with real fruit is available in 6.5 ounce jars. Bell Plantation www.bellplantation.com Bissinger's Introduces Mini Chocolates, Impulse Items of Exquisite Taste Bissinger's signature chocolate is now perfectly sized for an on-the go indulgence customers won't be able to resist. Bissinger's mini chocolates, flow-wrapped in in- dividual single serving size pieces, are available in two top-selling flavors: 75% Dark Chocolate + Sea Salt and Dulce De Leche – crafted with 38 percent milk chocolate, creamy caramel, cinnamon and a touch of fleur de sel. These new must-have chocolates have only 60 calories in each piece, are gluten free and contain no artificial colors or flavors. They are crafted with the finest, re- sponsibly-sourced ingredients including Bissinger's proprietary blend of Rainforest Alliance Certified™ cocoa. Each of the new mini Bissinger's chocolate flavors are packaged in a sleek, 50- piece count gravity feed display that is specifically designed for impulse placement and shopping. Bissinger's 75% Dark Chocolate + Sea Salt minis debuted this spring at 8,000 Starbucks locations. Bissinger's www.bissingers.com Cannoli Becomes a Snack Product Last year, Golden Cannoli released a new grocery line, The Original Cannoli Chips, aimed to disrupt the specialty cookie category and bring more cannoli awareness to consumers. Since then, the three flavors – Powdered Sugar, Cinnamon & Sugar and Cookies & Cream – have gained placement in retailers such as Wegmans and Whole Foods, and continue to gain distribution across the country. The Original Cannoli Chips are sold in 5.1-ounce bags, and the chips contain no artificial ingredients, no trans fats, no preservatives and are nut free. The product is being sold as a retail snack in supermarkets, delis and in specialty de- partments coast to coast. Golden Cannoli intends to launch a larger club pack, as well as a smaller convenience pack, in early 2018, as well as seasonal flavors. Golden Cannoli 617.868.2826 www.originalcannolichips.com www.goldencannoli.com Looking for Low Sugar Chocolate? Keep it Natural CocoaPlanet places small drops of filling throughout its all-natural chocolate disc. With each bite, these "pearls" of flavor complement the rich, dark chocolate (64 percent cacao) in a subtly different blend. The result is prize-winning flavor. CocoaPlanet has been honored with two sofi™ awards from the Specialty Food Association, recognizing the best in specialty foods. But the difference isn't just on the palate. Distributing pearls of flavor through- out the chocolate allows each one to be only 15 percent flavored filling, com- pared with 60 to 80 percent filling in the sugary "center" of traditional filled chocolates. That enables each single-serving CocoaPlanet chocolate to have less than 100 calories, only 8 grams of sugar or less, and net carbs of 9 grams or less. CocoaPlanet offers five beautiful flavors to choose from for that afternoon snack or after dinner dessert: Salted Caramel, Deep Dark Truffle, Vanilla Espresso, Mandarin Orange and CocoaMint™. Made with all natural ingredients, they are also Fair Trade certified, non-GMO, gluten free, three are vegan and all make a great hot chocolate (just steam milk, drop in and stir and in 10 seconds you have a terrific hot chocolate!). CocoaPlanet 707.721.1275 www.cocoaplanet.com Goya Offers Convenience, Authentic Ingredients Goya ® Frozen Masarepa Discos are a traditional Colombian and Venezue- lan product that will be enjoyed with those who appreciate authenticity and Latin flavors as well as those of Colombian and Venezuelan families, who will regard them as the taste of home. Precooked with corn flour and other ingredients to provide traditional and authentic flavors, these Masarepa Discos require only 20-30 minutes to prepare. Goya Frozen Masarepa Discos are available in 14-ounce bags with 10 discs each. Goya also offers ready to eat and frozen empanadas filled with meat as well as cheese. Goya www.goya.com Divine Chocolate Celebrates 20-Plus Years of Empowering Women Cocoa Farmers For more than two decades, Divine Chocolate and the Kuapa Kokoo Farmers' Cooperative in Ghana have shared a commitment to empowering 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 fair trade chocolate company co-owned by cocoa farmers. Of the 85,000 Kuapa Kokoo farmers who co-own the company, 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 Divine, Kuapa Kokoo has established targeted activities, in- cluding intensive adult literacy and numeracy classes, primarily focused on women. Divine Chocolate www.divinechocolate.com Red Duck Launches New Line of Organic Taco Sauces Red Duck has launched the first three flavors of its new line of organic Taco Sauces at the Summer Fancy Food Show. They are Approachably Mild, Uniquely Korean and Actually Spicy. All of the sauces are organic and gluten free. Although they're called taco sauces, the ingredients are so simple and clean that they make great cooking sauces as well. Approachably Mild is super flavorful, but not at all spicy, with carrots, citrus and bell pepper added to a tomato base. Actually Spicy includes three different kinds of spicy peppers that create different levels of heat sensations at the be- ginning, middle and end. Uniquely Korean is also tomato-based, but gets some sweetness from tamari, some umami from miso and a little bit of heat from both Bird's Eye chile and gochugaru (Korean red pepper). Red Duck info@redduckfoods.com www.redduckfoods.com

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