New Product Review Fancy Food/Confections Show

New Product Review
Fancy Food/Confections Show
David M. Schengrund
T
his report covers the new confectionery products —
new to the individual company — that were exhibited
at the 45th annual International Fancy Food and Confection Show in New York City. The confectionery products were presented to the specialty food trade.
Specialty confections used milk chocolate, white
chocolate or dark chocolate and combinations along
with nut pieces and pastes, baked crunchies (cookie or
biscotti), caramel, truffle and fruit (dried or powdered
in pastel), as well as confectionery technology for
uniquely flavored and textured products. We continue
to see multi-ingredient usage. Baked products were
Athena’s Silverland Desserts . . 78
BellaViva Orchards . . . . . . . . . 78
Blue Diamond Growers . . . . . . 78
Boulder Brownie Company . . . 79
Christie Brown & Co. (Nabisco) 79
Cape Cod Provisions . . . . . . . . 79
Chewys Rugulach . . . . . . . . . . 79
The Cone Guys Ltd. . . . . . . . . 79
Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. . . . . 79
Goelitz Confectionery Co. . . . . 79
Grand Avenue Chocolates . . . 79
Green County Foods . . . . . . . . 80
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates . . . 80
Interbake Brands Inc. . . . . . . . 80
Issimo Food Group, Inc. . . . . . 80
Lucky Country Trading . . . . . . . 80
Natco Sales and Marketing . . . 80
Native South Services . . . . . . . 82
Oh, Chocolate! . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Perugina (Nestlé) . . . . . . . . . . 82
Joseph Schmidt Confections . 82
Serendipity 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Shaffer, Clarke & Co. (Keebler) 82
Skandia Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Snack Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Van Lauren Gourmet Foods . . . 84
Vermont Sweetwater Bottl. . . .84
Xcell International Corp. . . . . . 84
ATHENA’S SILVERLAND
DESSERTS
Forest Park, IL
Phone: +1 (800) 737 3636
Double Chocolate or
White Chocolate Pretzel
Twist Bar — Both are soft
brownies topped with pretzels to blend salt with
sweet.
abundant: cookies, crackers, biscotti, pastries, snack
cakes, brownies and muffins used confectionery ingredients either within and/or outside. Baked snacks also
had some unique textures. Branded confections and
branded products from other food categories were used
in confectionery applications. A number of companies
had confectionery ingredients for hot and cold beverages which included a unique “almond powder” beverage. Flavors extended to salt and sweet, extra spicy,
savory and fruity.
We are grateful to the exhibitors for taking time to
share their products and product information with us.
BELLAVIVA ORCHARDS
Denair, CA
Phone: +1 (800) 552 8218
Chocolate Fruits — Dried
apricots, peaches and nectarines (all treated with sulfur dioxide) coated with
chocolate and topped with
walnut halves.
78 September 1999 • The Manufacturing Confectioner
BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS
Sacramento, CA
Phone: +1 (916) 442 0771
Almond Breeze — A plain,
vanilla or chocolate nondairy beverage using
almonds that are cholesterol
free, 1 percent fat, no lactose and contains calcium
and vitamins A, D and E.