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GOURMET NEWS MARCH 2018 www.gourmetnews.com SMORGASBORD SMORGASBORD 1 5 Alternative Air 3 www.aafixtures.com 609.261.5870 Busha Browne 15 www.bushabrowne.com 888.470.0626 Food & Vine Inc 13 www.grapeseedoil.com 707.251.3900 Healthy Ventures 16 www.berrysleepy.com 800.540.2435 Montebello Packaging 9 www.foodbeveragepkg.com 866.622.5124 SaltWorks Inc. 5 www.seasalt.com 800.353.7258 Sticky Fingers Bakeries 13 www.stickyfingersbakeries.com 800.458.5826 Stonewall Kitchen 2 www.stonewallkitchen.com 888.326.5678 CALENDAR March 7-11 Natural Products Expo West Anaheim, California www.expowest.com March 10-13 International Home & Housewares Show Chicago, Illinois www.housewares.org March 12-14 SNAXPO 2018 Atlanta, Georgia www.snaxpo.com March 11-13 Seafood Expo North America Boston, Massachusetts www.seafoodexpo.com/north-america March 19-22 International Pizza Expo Las Vegas, Nevada www.pizzaexpo.com March 16-18 CoffeeFest Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland www.coffeefest.com April 29-30 Bakery Showcase Toronto, Canada www.baking.ca May 8-10 National Hardware Show Las Vegas, Nevada www.nationalhardwareshow.com May 19-22 NRA Show Chicago, Illinois www.restaurant.org May 22-24 Sweets & Snacks Expo Chicago, Illinois www.sweetsandsnacks.com June 30-July 2 Summer Fancy Food Show New York, New York www.specialtyfood.com July 10-16 The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market Atlanta, Georgia www.americasmart.com July 13-15 Slow Food Nations Denver, Colorado www.slowfoodnations.org July 29-August 2 Summer Las Vegas Market Las Vegas, Nevada www.lasvegasmarket.com August 18-22 NY NOW New York, New York www.nynow.com September 13-18 National Products Expo East Baltimore, Maryland www.expoeast.com ADVERTISER INDEX ADVERTISER PAGE WEBSITE PHONE ADVERTISER INDEX BY LORRIE BAUMANN Millennials are grown up, becoming par- ents and even sending their youngest chil- dren off to school now, and kitchenware and housewares manufacturers are re- sponding to their current needs with prod- ucts to streamline their experiences in the kitchen while also allowing them to be cer- tain of what they're eating and what they're feeding their children. That same Millen- nial need to be certain of the value of what they're feeding their children is also spurring growth for organic food, personal care products and fibers, which are all see- ing a boom that's not expected to bust any time soon. For the household, that need is being ful- filled by take-along food containers that can be filled with grass-fed yogurt or or- ganic butternut squash soup and then tossed into a school lunchbox without much fear that they'll leak all over last night's math homework all the way up to a picnic cooler from BUILT NY that's de- signed to take on the weekend-in-the- woods competition with YETI's soft-sided cooler totes at a more attractive price point. Many of these offerings will be launching this year at the International Home + Housewares Show, scheduled for March 10- 13 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Goods for the On-the-Go Pack-It in this mix of products designed to appeal to active and health-conscious Millennial consumers with its new Freez- able Double Wine Bag, which comes out of a night in the freezer with enough chill power to keep two bottles of wine cold for up to 10 hours. It has an over-the-shoul- der design in nontoxic poly canvas with an interior gel divider to provide 360-de- gree cooling for the bottles inside and a webbed strap. It comes in two fabric col- ors: the multicolored Blanket Stripe and Sophie, which is a charcoal gray herring- bone tweed look. Both have black stripes. The Freezable Double Wine Bag will retail for $21.99. Also new is Pack-It's Freezable Can Cooler Backpack, which will chill 18 12- ounce cans or a family meal and keep it cool for three or more hours with Pack-It's new Radiant Shield Technology. A welded inner liner allows for the addition of extra ice in a leak-proof interior that cleans up easily. A front zipper pocket will hold car keys and a cell phone while a top zipper pocket provides storage for napkins and eating utensils. Like other Pack-It prod- ucts, it folds flat to go in the freezer or for storage between uses. It's available in either Charcoal or Navy Buffalo. GoodCook brings its Meals on the Run collection with a whole range of sizes and styles of containers with silicone-sealed locking lids to keep food safe in backpack or purse. One of the coolest of these is a double-decker container that unfolds to hold a sandwich in one half and the lettuce and tomatoes or sliced fruit or sticks of rab- bit food in the other half. The collection even includes a bento box container with eating utensils included. They're all sold in- dividually with retail prices ranging from $3.99 to $8.99. For even stronger leak-proof perform- ance, there's the EMSA Clip&Go contain- ers, high-end containers offered in the U.S. through a partnership between Bradshaw Industries and German manufacturer EMSA. Freezable and microwavable, these plastic containers are engineered with inte- gral silicone seals in their lids that leave no gaps, so the containers are airtight, leak- proof and impenetrable by germs. Foods stored in the containers have been tested and proven to stay fresh twice as long in these containers during refrigerator stor- age, compared to foods stored under plastic wrap, according to the company. They're virtually indestructible and guaranteed to last a minimum of 30 years, with suggested retail prices ranging from $2.99 to $9.99. At the top end of this spectrum is the BUILT NY Welded Cooler Bag from Life- time Brands, which is constructed with a leak-proof body and welded seams of a heavy-duty material similar to that used for whitewater rafts, so that it will, according to BUILT NY, keep its contents cold for days. Its zippered top opens out to create an opening about the diameter of a bushel basket, so it's easy either to clean or to load in 10 pounds of ice along with 18 cans of soda or up to 30 pounds of ice alone. It has a padded, adjustable strap and reinforced side handles, an attached bottle opener and multiple tie-down points. Clearly aimed at shoppers who will also be looking at YETI Hopper soft-sided cooler bags, the BUILT NY Welded Cooler Bag is a pound and a half lighter than the comparable-size Hop- per bag and will retail for $179.99. Can't-Miss Kitchenware For inside the kitchen, Instant Pot is com- ing out with a new model called the In- stant Pot Max that's the first small household pressure cooker on the market that can develop 15 pounds of pressure per square inch and maintain it for ex- tended periods, so it can be used for pres- sure-canning of low-acid products as well as for the everyday multi-cooking that has built a cult following for Instant Pot. Available to ship in April, the Instant Pot Max has a 6-quart capacity – that's total capacity; it won't accommodate six quart- size canning jars – and offers touch screen controls and an automatic stirrer for an easy risotto or bone broth as well as but- ton-controlled venting so the user doesn't have to reach over the pot to the valve to release the pressure. Thirteen safety fea- tures – more than offered by previous In- stant Pot models – keep the device safe for the kitchen. GN Kitchenware to Streamline Millennial Lives GOURMET MARKETPLACE An authentic Jamaican blend of herbs and spices creates the legendary hot marinade. The tradition of jerking meat is a unique Jamaican experience. Distributed in the USA by Source Atlantique 888.470.0626 www.sourceatlantique.com A Special Advertising Section

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