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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n MARCH 2018 n GOURMET NEWS N H 6 2 New Wing Sauces from Bone Suckin' An interview with Patrick Ford, Vice Presi- dent, Ford's Gourmet Foods. GN: Do you have any new products for Expo West 2018? PF: Bone Suckin' ® Wing Sauces: Honey & Habanero and Garlic & Honey. Honey & Habanero has hit the shelves with the per- fect combination of sweet and heat, just waiting to smother your game day goods. Mother Nature's most flavorful hot pepper, the habanero, adds great flavor to the very first Bone Suckin' Wing Sauce. Not far be- hind in rivaling debut is the Bone Suckin' Garlic & Honey Wing Sauce. Visit our booth #5396 to try them both. That's right, a Bone Suckin' Wing Sauce throwdown! You be the judge. GN: Tell our readers about your company. PF: Ford's Gourmet Foods is a fourth gen- eration, Raleigh, North Carolina-based fam- ily business that creates and distributes some of the world's greatest tasting non-GMO, gluten-free foods, including the internation- ally acclaimed Bone Suckin' Sauces and Fire Dancer ® . GN: How can readers find out more about Bone Suckin' sauces and the new Wing Sauces? PF: Visit www.bonesuckin.com or contact the Ford's team at 800.446.0947 or email Sales@BoneSuckin.com. Also make sure you are signed up for the wholesale email newsletters. GN: How do retailers make sure they are listed on the Store Locator? PF: Visit www.bone suckin.com and click on Store Locator. Check your items carried, store hours and address to make sure it is current so you are getting all the customers coming to your store. GN: What separates you from the competi- tion? PF: Bone Suckin' Sauce is the only barbecue sauce rated No. 1 by Newsweek, A+ by Health Magazine, Food & Wine and many others. All of our branded lines are non- GMO, gluten free, no HFCS and no canola oil. GN: Tell our readers about your customers. PF: We have many loyal cus- tomers, young and old. Once they try our sauce they are cus- tomers for life. In recent celebra- tion of 25-plus years in the business, we found that some of our customers really have grown up on our products. They love to cook or grill and appreciate great quality. They pay attention to what's on our label. We sell healthy, premium products that live up to their names and prove their money's worth. Many first time buyers have a sense of humor and are lured in by our aisle stopping names. And of course, they all have great taste. Visit Bone Suckin' at booth #5396. For more in- formation, go to www.bonesuckin.com, call 919.833.7647 or email sales@bonesuckin.com. Green Mountain Gringo Salsa and Tortilla Strips In 1989, Christine and Dave Hume produced the first jar of Green Mountain Gringo ® Salsa in the kitchen of their Chester, Ver- mont, farm. It was created using fresh ingre- dients, chopped by hand, cooked with care and ladled into jars. Today, it starts with the freshest of vegetables that are picked at the peak of ripeness, and as a result, the com- pany continues to produce the freshest jarred salsa on the market. TW Garner Food Company's Green Mountain Gringo Salsa is prepared from ripe tomatoes, onions, tomatillos and jalapeños, as well as pasilla peppers, apple cider vine- gar, cilantro, parsley, garlic, sea salt and spices. Green Mountain Gringo uses high- quality, all-natural ingredients that would re- quire extra time and money to make from scratch. Green Mountain Gringo Salsa was se- lected as America's "Best Tasting Salsa" in May 2013 by epicurious.com, one of the country's most respected culinary electronic publications. With an increasing awareness of health and nutrition issues, salsas have risen in pop- ularity because they are low in cholesterol, fat and calories, and because they provide a great way to add depth and flavor to any dish or just that extra zip to a sauce. Green Mountain Gringo has no trans fats, no preser- vatives and is Non-GMO Project Verified, meaning that it has been independ- ently tested and verified to demonstrate best practices for avoidance of geneti- cally modified ingredients by The Non-GMO Project. All of its products are lower in salt than similar products as well. Green Mountain Gringo also offers the perfect complement to salsa – its consistently high-quality tortilla strips. Pairing Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips with Green Mountain Gringo Salsa on the shelf is a great way to increase brand recognition, which can lead to more sales. Green Mountain Gringo salsas are avail- able in five varieties: Hot, Medium, Mild, Roasted Chile and Roasted Garlic. The tor- tilla strips come in Original, Blue Corn and White Corn varieties. Green Mountain Gringo salsas and tortilla strips are sold in natural, health and specialty food stores, as well as in grocery stores and on the company website at www.greenmountaingringo.com. Green Mountain Gringo is part of Garner Foods, a family-owned business in Winston- Salem, North Carolina, that has been com- mitted to producing quality products since 1929. For more information, go to www.green mountaingringo.com. Sore No More Natural Gels: Natural Pain Relief Without Side Effects Pain relief is an enigma today. The treat- ments available from conventional physi- cians tend to come with side effects. You may know people who suffered opioid ad- diction, liver damage, kidney problems or cardiac arrest from ingesting conventional pain relievers. How can you get safe relief if you suffer from arthritis or back pain, or from a sprain or strain? Furthermore, can you rely on homeopathic or CBD-laced products for relief? You will find that a pain reliever that you rub on your body is much less likely to cause the side effects mentioned above. Absorption of the active ingredients will not get past the dermal layer, so they will not enter the blood stream or damage organs. Sore No More Natural Pain Relieving Gels are topical analgesics, which means that you rub them on the part of your body that is sore. The active ingredients, camphor and menthol, pene- trate enough to provide sev- eral hours of pain relief without also traveling into your blood stream and affect- ing organ systems. Further- more, these active ingredients are scientifically proven to provide pain relief and their dosages are specified by the FDA. Join the tens of thousands of Sore No More users who find genuine pain relief from its warming and cooling gels without suffering side effects. Arthritis and chronic back pain sufferers get up to eight hours of relief, enough to allow them to sleep undisturbed or to enjoy a hobby or time with fam- ily. Customers who sprained an ankle or twisted a wrist find that the cooling gel reduces their pain for several hours so that they can continue their day. Learn more at www.sorenomoreusa.com, call 800.225.3963 or visit booth #2961. Get 20 percent off your order of the Sore No More Natural Pain Relieving Gels at booth #2850. World's First DNA-Based Traceability System Verifies Sustainability Claims SafeTraces, Inc. has developed the world's first DNA-based traceability systems for fer- tilizer. The system has now been delivered to 20 manufacturers in an unnamed NATO member country. DNA-based traceability has the potential for use in sustainable com- modities such as palm oil, oil seeds and beans. Illegal diversion, tax evasion, misuse and adulteration plague many global commodi- ties. SafeTraces' patented D-ART 3000 sys- tems set a new standard in undetectable, unbreakable, cost-effective tagging of high volume goods. SafeTraces is actively mar- keting the D-ART 3000 system to fertilizer manufacturers and government organizations in Africa, Asia and Europe. The first 20 sys- tems now delivered to the NATO member country are part of a multi-system order with additional deliveries planned in the coming months. "Mislabeling of sustainable products is a worldwide problem," said Anthony Zo- grafos, Chief Executive Officer of Safe- Traces, "as ingredients pass through multiple intermediaries between growers and proces- sors. Products are mixed or replaced along the supply chain with non-certified substi- tutes, putting a brand's sustainability claims into question. The only solution is greater supply chain transparency, and SafeTraces provides unparalleled source assurance, even in the most complex supply chains." Coupled with a blockchain-based or cen- tralized code registry system, SafeTraces™ DNA Barcodes create unbreakable links be- tween physical objects and their digital cer- tificates, enabling transaction recording and rapid verification at any point in the supply chain. When used with most commodities, SafeTraces DNA Barcodes will be stable for over two years. In the fertilizer case, the company's D-ART 3000 systems are seam- lessly integrated into fertilizer bag-filling lines and mix a unique 'DNA Barcode' into each bag, totaling millions of unique DNA Barcodes each year. The D-ART 3000 sys- tem is part of SafeTraces' complete solution that includes DNA Barcode customization and dispensing, DNA Barcode tracking sys- tems, test instruments and test kits. "The D-ART 3000 is the first system that brings DNA tagging from the laboratory to industrial settings," said Zografos. "We de- veloped an easy-to-use, yet robust and low- cost solution that includes FDA approved, food-grade DNA Barcodes. We are putting the power of modern molecular technologies in the hands of industrial customers and end users. The response from customers in a wide range of industries has been universally enthusiastic."

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