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S A V O R Y 1 4 SNACKING NEWS December 2017 Gaea Extends Snacking Line With Veggie Snacks Gaea, makers of olive oil and a line of olive snacks, has added a line of pouch-packed vegetable snacks. Packaged in 2.8-ounce pouches, the veggie snacks have a suggested retail price of $2.99, and offer simple, natural ingredients in a perfectly portable snack. Carrot Snacks contain carrots, sea salt, extra vir- gin olive oil and natural lemon essential oil. Cauliflower snacks contain cauliflower, with the same re- maining ingredients as the Carrot Snacks. Gherkin Snacks contain gherkins, sea salt, vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, garlic granules and corian- der. The vegetable snacks add onto Gaea's olive snacks line. Olive oil snacks come in olive oil-packed pitted green olives marinated with chili and black pepper; pitted green olives marinated with lemon and oregano; and pitted Kalamata olives. They come in a 1-ounce size perfect for convenience stores or food service. Olive pouches, with a suggested retail price of $4.99 for 3 ounces, include Kalamata olives or pitted mixed olives marinated with basil and lemon. Organic Olive Snack Packs, with a suggested retail price of $2.99 for 2.3 ounces, offer organic pitted halkidiki green olives, or organic pitted Kalamata olives. Gourmet Olive Pouches, with a suggested retail of $2.49 for 2.3 ounces or $1.49 for 1 ounce, are offered as gourmet green olives or gourmet Kalamata olives. All the Gaea snacks are packed without liquid, so they're easy to take along on airline travel. Gaea www.gaeaus.com On the Border Develops Smaller Packaging, New Individual Queso Dip On the Border's tortilla chips are the number one fastest-grow- ing tortilla chip brand, said Kyle Ragsdale, Executive Vice Pres- ident, at the NACS Show in Chicago in October. "But until now, we've never had an individual sized bag." That's why Ragsdale was so excited to show off the new On the Border packaging, together with its newest flavor, at the show. Mintel Group reported in its February 2017 Chips and Dip re- port that On the Border's sales have grown 162 percent since 2011, and outpace tortilla chip category growth year after year. Now available in 2-ounce sizes, On the Border's Nacho Cheese, Zesty Ranch and new Chile-Limon flavors pair well with On the Border's new individual serving-sized Queso Dip. The company has also in- troduced organic blue corn chips and organic yellow corn chips, and organic chunky salsa. The company's tortilla chips are also available in 3-ounce, 9-½-ounce, 12-ounce, 18-ounce and 28- ounce bags in all flavors. On the Border products are manufactured by Truco. Founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1991, Truco is a lead- ing developer and marketer of tortilla chips, salsa and queso under the On The Border ® brand. The com- pany's products are sold nationally through grocery retailers, club stores and mass merchandisers and launched in the convenience channel in early 2017. On the Border www.ontheborderproducts.com PowerBar Debuts Jerky & Nut Snack Bars PowerBar's new Jerky & Nut Savory Snack Bars are the first bars to combine jerky pieces, nuts and seeds. The company's been introducing its Clean Start pro- gram, a continuing effort to work with cleaner ingredi- ent labels and more transparency about those ingredients. The bars are available in three flavors: Original, Teriyaki and Barbecue. Each 1.6-ounce bar delivers 10 grams of protein and 7 grams of fiber in just 210 calories. The bars are made with American beef and have no artificial flavors, colors or sweeteners. Suggested retail price is $1.99 per bar. PowerBar was developed 30 years ago to help athletes recharge and refocus. Today, the company's product line includes a wide selection of protein, endurance nutrition, energy and wholesome snacking products. PowerBar www.powerbar.com The New Primal Introduces Meat Snacks for Kids The New Primal's new Snack Mates for Kids are lunch box-friendly, and made from grass-fed, grass-finished beef and free-range turkey and chicken. All are certified as gluten free and credentialed by www .certifiedpaleo.com. With a suggested retail price of $5.99 per unit of five individually wrapped sticks or 99 cents for a half-ounce stick, the snacks are just right for kids' smaller appetites. The classic beef stick includes beef, honey, lemon peel, sea salt, en- capsulated lactic acid, celery juice as a nitrate substitute, garlic, onion, white pepper, ginger and black pepper in a collagen casing. Each stick offers three grams of protein and less than 1 gram of sugar. The turkey stick's ingredients are turkey, honey, sea salt, encapsulated lactic acid, lemon peel, black pepper, celery juice, garlic, ginger, onion and white pepper in a collagen casing. Each turkey stick offers four grams of protein and less than 1 gram of sugar. The chicken and maple stick includes chicken, maple syrup, sea salt, encapsulated lactic acid, lemon peel, black pepper, celery juice, garlic, ginger, onion and white pepper, again in the collagen casing. The nutritional values are the same as the turkey stick. SPINS says the Paleo movement has taken off, showing a 67 percent rise in dollar sales in 2015, and says that the subset of Paleo products which are certified gluten free "are seeing even more remarkable growth." The New Primal was founded by Jason Burke in 2011 after he learned about Paleo/Primal eating from his Crossfit coach. Today, The New Primal jerkies are sold in more than 6,500 locations across the country, and the company has been recognized by SPINS as one of the six brands driving more than 75 percent of the entire Paleo category. Burke continues to lead his team of 10 employees, who have increased sales by 200 percent in the last year alone. The New Primal www.thenewprimal.com Twist Cheez Arrives From Canada A new snack in four flavors offers consumers a cheese snack that's unlike any they've tasted before. Twist Cheez is halfway between unripened fresh cheese curds and a matured fresh cheese. Company spokesman Jean-Phillipe Boutin ex- plains that the fresh cheese is melted and twisted, then brined and fla- vored. Boutin says the treat has been a familiar type of snack in Canada for many years – "it's in every store" – but now it's come to the United States. Twist Cheez is available in two sizes, 2-ounce and 4-ounce bags, and in four flavors – Jalapeño, BBQ, Sea Salt and Hickory Smoke. The 2- ounce bags have a suggested retail price of $1.99 and the 4-ounce bags have a suggested retail of $3.79. Twist Cheez 754.900.3003 www.twistcheez.com Widmer's Brick Cold Pack Spread A luxurious combination of Widmer's world-class washed rind Brick Cheese, ripened to its peak, and aged white cheddar gives Widmer's Brick Cold Pack Spread a delicate blend of fla- vors that makes it the chef's secret ingredient and the retailer's uniquely classic best-selling spread. This spread pleases the palate of even the most discerning cheese critics. It was a blue ribbon winner at both the 2017 U.S. Cheese Championship and the 2017 American Cheese So- ciety Judging & Competition. The suggested retail price for the 8-ounce cups is $4.49 to $5.99 each. Widmer's Brick Cold-Pack Spread is also available as 2/10-pound packages for chefs as well as the 12/8-ounce case for retailers. Widmer's Cheese Cellars 888.878.1107 www.widmerscheese.com ProSticks Offer Hand-Grilled Chicken Skewers Canadian company Expresco Foods has added ProSticks, a re- frigerated chicken-on-a-stick snack complete with sauces. Each of the three flavors – Mediterranean Style, Sweet Siracha and Chipotle – offers 23 grams of protein. Packaged in a 3.5- ounce package with a suggested retail price of $2.99, they offer consumers the protein-packed snacks they're hungry for. The snacks offer two hand-made, hand-grilled breast meat chicken skewers. They are currently available in Safeway stores in northern California, and Jewel, Food Lion and Shaws grocery stores across the United States. "ProSticks are ideal for grab-and-go consumers looking to power up with a quick, cleaner label, high-protein snack," says Pam Salzman, Director of Communications. "Consumers are craving purposeful meal replacements and snacks that can be enjoyed anywhere, any time." Expresco Foods has been committed to creating top quality, portion controlled, value-added conven- ient meal and snack solutions for more than 30 years. Expresco Foods www.exprescoprosticks.com

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