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Restaurant Daily News Tuesday, May 22, 2018 9 2 bar rage for weddings and events. Plush Puffs are whipped up from scratch and made with custom ingredients – from a French chocolate extract to a cus- tom blend of vanilla extract. All Plush Puffs Hand Crafted Marshmallows are made in Burbank, California. The compa- ny has been in business for nearly 15 years and is proud to be the industry leader of artisan marshmallows. In fact, Plush Puffs will open Los Angeles' first s'mores and marshmallow cafe, "Plush Puffs – Taste, Toast, Take Away," in late spring 2018. Made with no artificial ingredients, no HFCS, non GMO and gluten free, Plush Puffs come in an assortment of fla- vors including Peppi-Mint, Lemony Meringue, Simply S'mores and Toasty Coconut. Popular seasonal flavors include Gingerbread Spice and Pumpkin Pie. Top sellers are Vanilla Bean, Chocolate Chipetta and Caramel Swirl. Plush Puffs ship all over the continental U.S. "We are very excited to see growth in the artisan sweets and dessert space. We are seeing hand crafted marshmal- lows gain serious steam in growth and expansion. Due to the higher demand, we have updated our facility and have been accredited with an SQF L2 certification," Plush Puffs (Cont'd. from p. 1) says Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ann Hickey-Williams. Plush Puffs Hand Crafted Marshmallows specialize in bold flavors and offer custom cuts and shapes. It has consulted with multiple cafe and food serv- ice chefs and directors to create menu items reflecting their needs, market and costs. Plush Puffs marshmallows are so melt-in- your mouth delectable, that the quality of its customers' desserts/drinks outweigh their competitors. Food service Plush Puffs are sold in 2-pound bags and they freeze beautifully to store and use as needed. At the 2018 National Restaurant Association show, Sterno Products is partnering with Plush Puffs to help make the Sterno S'mores Maker Jr. marshmal- low toasters stand out with a 12 foot long s'mores table. "Let us help you create decadent, nostalgic, and unique desserts and dessert experiences that will help you stand out from your competition. We make it easy to add hand-made, flavorful marshmallows to your menu for opportunities to up-sell and drive traffic," says Hickey-Williams. Visit Plush Puffs Hand Crafted Marshmallows at the Sterno Products booth #6912. For more information, call 818.784.2931 or go to www.plushpuffs.com. MS: Accurate Box is a 75-year-old com- pany that specializes in high graphic cor- rugated packaging. In our space, we are one of very few companies who control all aspects of production in house. We make our own tooling (printing plates, cutting dies, graphics, etc.) and all pro- duction is done under one roof. This makes us extremely competitive in the marketplace because we are not moving materials from facility to facility. RDN: What makes your company unique? MS: What makes our company unique is the way we have invested in our busi- ness. No company in our category has invested in their equipment and infra- structure like Accurate has in the last five years. The combination of our design capabilities and our folding carton men- tality bring unusual styles and concepts to the QSR industry. Our manufacturing facility just received its FSSC 22000 food safety certification, which is a glob- ally acknowledged benchmark food safe- ty standard stabled by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). RDN: Why have your sales in the QSR industry grown so rapidly? MS: We are excited that Accurate Box's foray into the QSR market has paid off with extreme growth from new cus- tomers. We believe our combination of creative structural design and unlimited graphic capabilities has been a major rea- son for our product to be introduced into Accurate Box Company (Cont'd. from p. 1) this category. Our customers have the ability to change the graphics on their packaging as frequently as they would like. We have some customers who change their graphics for every upcom- ing holiday. Our graphics, tooling and platemaking are all done in-house so these changes are done with little to no cost to our customer. RDN: What do you attribute to your company's success? MS: Our new enhanced plant has improved our workflow and our state-of- the-art equipment has allowed Accurate Box Company to bring extremely attrac- tive pricing to the marketplace. Our brand-new equipment can outproduce our competition and our attention to design helps our customers in this cate- gory wow the consumer. Our number one core value is to be customer focused; we cannot succeed unless our customers do. RDN: What are your delivery turnaround times like? MS: Accurate Box specializes in vendor managed inventory programs where we can work within various different sys- tems to manage our customer's invento- ry. This concept has the ability to reduce lead times to a matter of days and allows our customers to keep their inventories low without the fear of ever running out of product. Visit Accurate Box Company at booth #5736. For more information, go to www.accuratebox.com or call 973.345.2000. flavors of southern Italy with Mangia's hot-on-the-scene Carmelina 'e…San Marzano ® Authentic Italian Marinara Sauce packed in an innovative, shelf-sta- ble pouch. Stop by the Mangia, Inc. booth for a taste of this incredible new product that has chefs and restaurant operators raving, where old world flavor meets new world design. With this new offering, Mangia takes the guesswork out of formulating that perfect Italian red sauce. Sinfully sweet, red, delicious, Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Italian Tomatoes are blended together with Italian olive oil, onions, garlic, basil and oregano to create this Authentic Italian Marinara Sauce. Convenient and ready-to-use, one bite will transport you back to that unforget- table meal at your favorite trattoria in Napoli. Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Authentic Italian Marinara Sauce is arti- san-packed in Italy and sealed fresh in an aseptic pouch. Easy to open. Easy to use. Easy to store. Like Mangia, Inc.'s full product line, Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Authentic Italian Marinara Sauce is produced and imported from Italy, all-natural and contains no preserv- atives like calcium chloride or citric acid. It's also low in sodium, Non-GMO Project Verified, OU Kosher and gluten- free. Versatile and ready to use, Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Authentic Italian Marinara Sauce is ideal for use over pastas, lasagnas, baked casseroles, calzones, as a dipping sauce and more. Mangia (Cont'd. from p. 1) Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Authentic Marinara Sauce is available now nationwide to foodservice distribu- tors and operators in a 91-ounce size pouch. About Mangia, Inc.™ and Carmelina Brands Mangia, Inc. is the producer and importer of Carmelina Brands ® , which includes Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Italian Tomatoes and Carmelina Brands Italian Beans. Mangia, Inc. is headquar- tered in Southern California with a com- plete product line that is naturally pro- duced and imported direct from Italy. Mangia, Inc. currently maintains six warehouses in key regions of North America to support its customers. Mangia, Inc. takes pride in producing superior ingredients that are all-natural and preservative-free, with no added cit- ric acid, calcium chloride, EDTA, salt or sugars. Carmelina Brands' complete product line is also Non-GMO Project Verified, OU Kosher and gluten-free. With one of the cleanest ingredient statements on shelf, Carmelina 'e…San Marzano Italian Tomatoes and Carmelina Brands Italian Beans offer chefs and families quality ingredients that they can feel good about bringing to the table. Products are available in retail, foodservice and industrial sizes. Private label also available. Visit Mangia, Inc. at booth #274 (South Hall). For more information, email info@mangiainc.com, call 866.462.6442 or visit www.carmelinabrands.com. smooth and creamy taste to coffee for an experience that many compare to craft beer, Nitro brew is one of the fastest- growing trends in the coffee business, and cold brew sales have risen 80 percent over the past 12 months as consumers embrace the lower acidity and fuller fla- vor without the bitterness. iSi is introduc- ing the Nitro Whip Coffee System to help you maximize profits and personalize service in any size operation. What is an iSi Nitro Whip Coffee System? A 32-ounce brushed stainless steel canister and N2 (nitrogen) Nitro Chargers. No tanks, no tubes, no taps, no hassle. How does it work? Fill the Nitro Whip bottle with cold brew coffee, charge with a genuine iSi Nitro Charger, shake and serve. The latest innovation from Austrian company iSi, Nitro Whip creates the perfect release of nitrogen gas into the cold brew coffee every time. The Nitro Whip Coffee system is a hassle-free, complete system, requiring no separate nitrogen tank and gas suppli- er, separate tubing or a separate tap sys- tem. It's a self-contained, easily portable system that allows for personalized table- side delivery of fresh nitro cold brew in any operation. The Nitro Whip has a reg- ulator to manage how much gas goes into the coffee so it's always safe and consis- tently performs. "A beautiful cascading effect is released, and the coffee forms a thick creamy head, like a perfectly pulled beer," explains Jeanette Brick, President, iSi North America. "Nitro tea can also be made with the Nitro Whip system, increasing your menu options." The canister's 32-ounce size is easy to store, yet large enough to contain mul- tiple servings, so it's ideal for operations iSi (Cont'd. from p. 1) that offer a small to medium number of nitro servings per week. "This makes nitro accessible to more operators who are not going to go through the trouble of installing and maintaining taps," says Brick. The canister is stainless steel and comes with a two-year warranty. It is ware-washer safe and much easier to clean and maintain than a keg and tap system. Chargers for the device are made in Austria. iSi GmbH, the parent company of iSi North America, is the largest man- ufacturer of cream and food whippers, soda siphons and their respective charg- ers. iSi manufactures all of its chargers of recyclable extruded steel in its factory in Austria, unlike some of its competitors who are manufacturing in Eastern Europe or Asia. iSi's high standards for cleanliness and the purity of the gas meet HACCP certification and guarantee food safety, quality and consistency in service. "We are excited to be a part of the hottest new trend in coffee," says Brick. "We are always looking for ways to make new menu items accessible and easy with our iSi gas technology. Our focus for the Nitro Whip Coffee system is safety, reli- ability and ease of handling, and I think we've scored a home run!" Thousands of chefs around the world use iSi Whippers and cream chargers to make espumas, sauces, soups and desserts. Now they can embrace the iSi Nitro Whip and Nitro Charger to make Nitro Brew Coffee System an indispensa- ble part of the coffee service in their restaurants. For more information, visit booth #7267 at the NRA Show or contact Jeanette Brick, President, iSi North America by emailing Jeanette.Brick@isi.com or calling 848.448.3868.