Innovations
New ingredients, products and services for organic processing operations
Global Organics Announces Launch of Fair Trade Cocoa and Chocolate In addition to Global Organics (GO!) kosher and organic certifica- tions, they are now offering a variety of air trade cocoa and chocolates. Prod- ucts available include fair-trade-certified cocoa powders, chocolate cou- vertures and certified chips and chunks. Global Organics, 781.648.8844 • www.global-organics.com
Fruit d’Or Offers New Whole Dried
Cranberries Sweetened With Apple Juice
Working in partnership with organic cranberry
growers for over 10 years and now exporting in
over 40 countries, Fruit d’Or is the world’s largest
organic cranberry processor. The company just
launched NOP organic certified, 100 percent fruit whole plump and juicy cranberries that are sweetened with apple juice instead of sugar. The product is
available in retail and bulk format. This item is ideal as an ingredient for baking
items, cereal, bars and trail mixes.
SK Food Now Offering Ancient Grains and Grain Flours
SK Food International offers Identity Preserved organic ancient
grains, including amaranth, quinoa, millet, sorghum, spelt and teff. An-
cient grains carry a
high level of pro-
tein, omega- 3 fatty
acids and antioxi-
dants and are said to
have a more distinc-
tive and flavorful taste than modern grains. Amaranth, quinoa, millet, teff
and sorghum are all naturally gluten-free. SK Food also supplies ancient
grains as precooked flakes and raw flours.
SK Food International, 701.356.4106 • www.skfood.com
Fruit d’Or, 819.385.1058 • www.fruit-dor.ca
Freeze-dried Maqui Powder From Navitas
Navitas Naturals has introduced organic freeze-dried maqui powder. The
maqui berry is a superfruit from Chile that ranks among the world’s top sources
of antioxidants. Studies have found it contains an abundance of health-pro-moting phenolic acids, anthocyanins and other flavonoids. The native Chilean
Mapuche culture has cherished the maqui plant for centuries as a traditional
herbal medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Naturals Maqui Berry Powder is
freeze-dried, raw, kosher, gluten-free, vegan and 100 percent organic. This powder is ideal for smoothies, beverages, yogurt, oatmeal, cereal, jam and desserts.
Navitas Naturals, 888.645.4282 • www.navitasnaturals.com
Wan Ja Shan Introduces Lower
Sodium Gluten-free Tamari
In an effort to satisfy increased de-
mand for gluten-free options and re-
duction of sodium intake, Wan Ja
be used as a marinade for meats, seafood and veg-
etables and dips.
Wan Ja Shan, 845.343.1505 • www.wanjashan.com
New Trade Management and Sales
Software
In the organic industry, more than 20 percent of gross revenues are used for trade promotions. To provide
more efficiency,
MEI, a trade promotion management
software developer,
recently introduced
TradeInsight. Designed specifically for organic food and beverage manufacturers to better manage, plan,
execute and analyze trade promotion spending,
TradeInsight is offered via a monthly subscription and can be integrated into existing accounting systems in as little as 10 days. By
collecting and centralizing sales, forecasts and
spending data for view alongside other company sales and marketing data, this program
can lead to more accurate accounting and
spend forecasts and the means to challenge distributor bill-backs.
MEI, 800.463.6634 • www.tradeinsight.com
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