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Judges Announced for Dallas Gourmet Gold Awards
Dallas Market Center has announced the judges for the fourth annual Dallas Gourmet Gold Awards to be held during the upcoming Dallas Total Housewares & Gourmet Market June 19-25.The awards celebrate exceptional manufacturers in the gourmet products industry that exhibit in Dallas. The award categories include: Best Sweet, Best Fruit Confit, Best Snack, Best Beverage, Best Soup or Chili, Best Condiment, Best Kitchen Gadget, Best Kitchen Textile, Best Tabletop, Best Cookware or Bakeware and Best Small Appliance.The judges are: Amy Pinkerton, buyer for kitchen and dining décor and entertainment for Pier 1 Imports; Anastacia Quiñones, executive chef at Komali Restaurant ... |
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Stonewall Kitchen Jam Headed to International Space Station
Stonewall Kitchen Wild Maine Blueberry Jam will be flown to space this June, scheduled to ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on the space cargo vehicle designated as HTV4. The jam will be one of the food items the ISS astronauts will eat while flying around the world in low earth orbit. “It’s such a wonderful opportunity to have our jam, a delicious taste of Maine, sent to space,” said Janine Somers, director of marketing. To send the jam into space, NASA requested the Stonewall Kitchen research and development (R&D) team to source alternate packaging because the company’s standard ... |
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Study: Women Read, Use Food Labels More Than Men Do
Women check and use food label components more often and thoroughly than men, according to a recent study from the University of Alabama and published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and featured in the May issue of Food Nutrition & Science, a monthly newsletter. The study, which looked at a sample of 573 males and 809 females aged 19 to 70, found women use the Nutrition Facts label, health claims, ingredient lists and serving sizes more frequently than men when making decisions about food products. However, both men and women who were 51 to 70 ... |
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Healthy Beverage Expo Premieres in Las Vegas
Healthy Beverage Expo, a conference and exposition dedicated to supporting and fueling the healthy drink segment of the beverage market, premiered June 7 to 9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event was co-located with the 11th annual World Tea Expo. “Consumers are demanding healthy beverages in the marketplace, and retail sales of these drinks – whether nutritional, functional or enhanced – are climbing,” said Kim Jage, director of marketing and sales for Healthy Beverage Expo. “The future is ripe for healthy beverages.” According to Healthy Beverage Expo, a healthy beverage is defined as a “nutritious and functional beverage ... |
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Hammond’s Candies Red Velvet Cake Bar Receives NCA Award
Hammond’s Candies Red Velvet Cake chocolate bar was named by the National Confectioner’s Association (NCA) as the Most Innovative New Gourmet Product of the Year. The NCA gives awards in several categories: Chocolate, Non-Chocolate, Sweet Snacks, Savory Snacks, Novelty/Licensed, Seasonal and Gourmet/Premium. One of six new chocolate bar flavors introduced by Hammond’s, Red Velvet Cake is made from dense milk chocolate and gets its distinctive flavor from a rich ganache filling that tastes remarkably like its namesake. “Red Velvet Cake is a classic, nostalgic dessert that has great appeal for modern taste buds,” said Andrew Schuman, Hammond’s president and CEO. ... |
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Rogers Family Co. Wins Patent Lawsuit Against Keurig
The Rogers Family Co. announced recently that it has won a patent lawsuit filed by Keurig last year over the Rogers’ single-serve coffee product OneCup. “I am pleased to announce that the U.S. District Court in Boston ruled that the Rogers Family Co.’s OneCup products do not infringe any of the Keurig patents,” said Jon B. Rogers, president. “This is a great victory for the Rogers family and our customers. There is no longer any doubt about our ability to sell our OneCup products for use in Keurig brewers.” The case involved three Keurig patents, U.S. patent D 502,362 (“362”); ... |
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Dark Chocolate Creeps Up on Milk Chocolate in Popularity
There’s no contest when it comes to the preference of chocolate – milk chocolate still rules this confectionery battleground. However, dark chocolate is creeping up in popularity. The latest research from Mintel reveals that for just more than half (51 percent) of all adult consumers, the favorite type of plain chocolate is milk chocolate, followed by 35 percent who favor dark chocolate and 8 percent who prefer white chocolate. In contrast, Mintel’s 2011 report found that 57 percent of consumers favored milk chocolate and 33 percent of consumers preferred dark chocolate.“The progressively better understood health benefits of dark chocolate may be ... |
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Chinese Company to Acquire Smithfield Foods
Shuanghui International Holdings has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. for $5 billion, which would be the largest ever acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese company, and some expect it could lead to more future Chinese acquisitions of U.S. companies.Smithfield will become a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Shuanghui International, operating as Smithfield Foods, once the deal is completed. C. Larry Pope is expected to continue as Smithfield’s president and CEO, and the management teams and workforces of Smithfield’s companies are expected to remain intact.Although the deal has raised concern in Washington among politicians, the deal must still ... |
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Fusionbrands Names New EVP of Sales
Fusionbrands has named Maurizio Rispoli as its executive vice president (EVP) of sales, effective immediately.Rispoli comes to Fusionbrands with extensive knowledge of the world’s economies, having successfully established relationships across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. A prolific developer of business within housewares, Rispoli has held a number of senior international roles, most recently as head of business, rest of world, at Joseph Joseph Ltd.Rispoli will be responsible for Fusionbrands’ global presence, working directly with retail partners, as well as via their network of distributors and agents around the world, increasing sales and profitability.“We are thrilled and ... |
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Zak Designs Becomes USDA National Strategic Partner
Spokane, Wash.-based Zak Designs has been approved as a National Strategic Partner of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its ChooseMyPlate.gov initiative to promote healthy eating.With its line of licensed dinnerware and drinkware, Zak Designs has always been committed to helping children eat healthy meals by making mealtime fun for kids around the world; but Zak took that commitment to a new level last year when it launched its Healthy by Design plate. The plate is divided into four sections that each represent the food groups – fruits, vegetables, grains and protein – recommended by the USDA. When paired ... |
