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April 9th, 2019 issue.
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By Karen Scott, Publisher
Meat snacks, which offer convenience, high protein and low calories, are expected to grow 9 percent every year through 2023, according to Mordor Intelligence. While the category, is highly competitive, a relative newcomer,
DiMario Foods
, believes its all-natural family recipe gives it a chance to become a dominant player in a segment that is highly favored by millennials.
Company co-founder Nick DeBartolo remembers making sobrasadas, a pork-based salami, with his grandfather while he was growing up. That was years before DeBartolo, along with his twin brother, Frank, sister, Alyssa, and their parents, Mario and Laura, decided to start a meat stick manufacturing business in 2012 in Oak Brook, Ill. The company name, DiMario, means “house of Mario” in Italian.
“We had this lifelong apprenticeship of making deli meat and curing deli meat," Nick DeBartolo said. "Our sticks were pretty much the offspring of that. We used the exact same recipe that we used for our mild and hot sobrasadas.”
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Teatulia Organic Teas
has introduced four ready-to-drink tea sodas featuring distinctive fruits and herbs, lightly sweetened, and with just the right amount of bubbly fizz in 12-ounce cans.
With just 16 to 20 grams of sugar per serving, the tea sodas are designed to appeal to customers looking for tea, soda or even sparkling water. The teas are available in flavor combinations based in black tea, green tea, lemongrass tea and even mint tea.
Teatulia uses a business model to cultivate organic tea and seeks to positively impact all stakeholders from garden to cup/glass/can, improving the world’s condition.
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Taste of Nature, Inc.
, the maker of Cookie Dough Bites, has started shipping Doughlish Edible Cookie Dough and is available to vending operators in
Vistar
outlets nationwide, in addition to other retail classes of trade. The Chocolate Chip flavor is targeted at cookie dough lovers, foodies and those seeking an indulgent treat.
The Doughlish product ships ambient and is shelf stable for 270 days. Unlike the other cookie dough products, Doughlish is not required to be frozen or refrigerated. By utilizing an egg-free, butter-free formula and the use of heat treated flour, the Doughlish product is both safe to eat and offers an indulgent taste.
The product is available in 4.5-ounce resealable tubs with a spoon built into the lid. The customized tub is hermetically sealed to create a tamper-proof barrier for consumer protection as well as to lock in freshness and preserve the product for nine months.
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Illycaffe
has introduced its illy Cold Brew Aria, a tap handle with an embedded adjustable valve that turns cold brew with bubbles, commonly called "nitro cold brew," into an even richer-tasting and effervescent experience for coffee lovers, and easier for on-premise venues to offer.
The tap handle-mounted valve draws in ambient air, requires no bulky gas tanks and is offered exclusively for use with illy cold brew made from the brand's legendary Classico blend, comprised of nine distinct Arabica coffee beans from different countries, produced and sourced to deliver sustainable quality and a premium profit for farmers meeting illy's industry-leading standards.
The patent pending valve that is the heart of illy Cold Brew Aria system captures ambient air – already 78 percent nitrogen-rich, by nature – that is immediately infused at high pressure into illy cold brew coffee as it's dispensed. The illy Cold Brew Aria is the first-ever system that infuses ambient air into coffee to create a "nitro effect" without the use of space-consuming nitrogen tanks or air compressors.
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PRODUCT SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
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SULTANA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
– As the nation’s only full-line confectionery and snack redistributor, distributors throughout the country rely on Sultana to economically and efficiently manage and maintain their inventory. SDS consolidates and ships hundreds of confectionery and snack items to over 1,500 wholesale distributors of all sizes throughout the continental United States.
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