Organic Processing Vo1.7 #6 - November/December 2010

offer gluten-free, allergen-free organic chocolate, which is produced in a facility that was built specifically to be allergen-free and doesn’t process soy, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat or dairy.

Ciranda’s chocolates are available as 56 and 70 percent chips, wafers, chocolate and couveratures. Both companies offer single origin chocolate from Peru that is also certified kosher and can be fair trade certified. Multiple Organics offers cocoa powder, chocolate chips, wafers and couvertures in both alkalized and non-alkalized ( natural) forms and tests each lot of its gluten-free chocolates for gluten. Other allergens can be tested for on a client-needs basis.

Another new decadent ingredient is Camino’s fair trade chocolate couvertures which are proudly made from bean to bar by Naranjillo, a fair trade certified cooperative of family farmers in Peru. This chocolate is available in 10 kg format (100x100g bars) in the following varieties: semi-sweet (56 percent cacao), bittersweet (71 percent cacao) and unsweetened (100 percent cacao; available through special order only). The Camino chocolate couverture is also certified kosher.

Featured Ingredient Suppliers

D.D. Williamson .................................................................................................................. www.caramel.com Earth Supplied Products ...................................................................................................... www.ESPLLC.us Elan and Natural Flavors...................................................................................................... www.flavor.com Flavor Producers................................................................................................ www.flavorproducers.com Frontier Natural Products .................................................................................. www.frontiercoop.com Global Organics.................................................................................................. www.global-organics.com HP Ingredients ........................................................................................................ www.hpingredients.com La Siembra Co-operative.................................................................................... www.cocoacamino.com Marroquin International Organic Ingredients ............................ www.marroquin-organics.com Mountain Rose Herbs.............................................................................. www.mountainroseherbs.com Multiple Organics .......................................................................................... www.multipleorganics.com Navitas Naturals .................................................................................................. www.navitasnaturals.com Nelson-Jameson ................................................................................................ www.nelsonjameson.com Orgenetics ...................................................................................................................... www.orgenetics.com RFI Ingredients ........................................................................................................ www.rfiingredients.com SK Food International........................................................................................................ www.skfood.com TIC Gums .............................................................................................................................. www.ticgums.com Ultimate SuperFoods........................................................................ www.ultimatesuperfoods.com Wan Ja Shan .................................................................................................................... www.wanjashan.com

Peelz, the second innovation from Flavor Producers, is a novel dry flavoring system for tea and herbal blend bags. Using patent-pending technology, Peelz is made from a natural and recognizable substrate— dried peel particles. Particle size and bulk density is optimized for tea and herbal blends and customizable flavor profiles are available.

A variety of vanillas have also been introduced to the market this year by Utilizing a proprietary certified organic carrier system, Natural Flavors/ Elan also recently developed a variety of alcohol-free organic vanilla flavors. These products can be made with fair trade vanilla and can be used in dairy, baked, beverage and a variety of other applications.

And while not technically a “ flavor” in the food processing sense, soy-based tamari sauce is often used to add a savory flavor to products. Many current processing methods, however, add wheat to the paste’s ingredients. To offer an option for those with allergens, Wan Ja Shan now offers industrial sizes of its organic wheat-free tamari, in addition to several other gluten-free and lower sodium organic sauces. Manufacturers and food service providers can choose from five-gallon pails or 55-gallon drums. Tamari can be used in BBQ sauces, salad dressings and marinades that require soy sauce.

Flavorings

Flavor Producers recently introduced two new flavor lines, “Trü Brüz” and “Peelz,” both available in certified organic. Trü Brüz incorporates a new type of flavoring system that results in an authentic brewed coffee, tea or cocoa flavor which can be used in drinks and foods. The brewing parameters for Trü Brüz are optimized for each material to extract the truest brewed flavor possible. Trü Brüz are available in liquid, water soluble essence, extract and flavor forms.