Nearly 2,000 Products Competed for the Top Specialty Food Association Award
(May 10, 2022) – Chix Soup Co’s Pho-in-One has won a gold award in the Soup as part of the Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) 2022 sofi™ Awards, a top honor in the $170.4 billion specialty food industry.
Pho-in-One was one of 102 winners selected by a panel of specialty food experts from nearly 2,000 entries across 53 product categories. Products are judged on taste, including flavor, appearance, texture and aroma, ingredient quality, and innovation. All tastings are anonymous and are held at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center.
Co-founder Taryn Pellicone says “we are so excited that our Pho-in-One has won Gold!” “To have our practically homemade soups honored for the second year in a row by the Specialty Food association is a very proud moment for us.” continues co-founder Valerie Zweig.
Chix Soup Co soups can be found nationally at Sprouts Farmers Markets, Whole Foods in the Mid Atlantic Region, with this award winning soup located at Metropolitan Market in the Pacific Northwest and McCaffrey’s Food Markets in Pennsylvania, with more availability to come in q2 2022.
The sofi Awards are open to members of the SFA, and have been given each year since 1972. Winners will be showcased at the 2022 Summer Fancy Food Show, running June 12-14, at the Javits Center in New York City. Open only to the trade, it is the largest East Coast B2B-only specialty food and beverage show. For more information, visit specialtyfood.com.
About Chix Soup Co
Chix Soup Co is flipping the switch on chicken soup by challenging the sodium-laden, flat tasting, flabby-noodled ready-to-serve chicken soup market. Our better-tasting, clean label chicken soups are made from antibiotic-free chicken, fresh upcycled ingredients and zero additives or preservatives. In addition to offering on-demand delivery in Washington, DC, Chix Soup Co soup can be found in over 600 stores across the country including King’s and Balducci’s, Metropolitan Market, McCaffrey’s Market, New Seasons, Whole Foods Market in the Mid Atlantic Region and Sprouts nationwide as well as leading independent markets across the country. For more information, please visit www.prescriptionchicken.com
About the Specialty Food Association
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has been the leading trade association and source of information about the $170.4 billion specialty food industry for 70 years. Founded in 1952 in New York City, the SFA represents manufacturers, importers, retailers, distributors, brokers, and others in the trade. The SFA is known for its Fancy Food Shows; the sofi™ Awards, which have honored excellence in specialty food and beverage for 50 years; the Trendspotter Panel Show reports and annual predictions; the State of the Specialty Food Industry Report and Today's Specialty Food Consumer research; the ecommerce enabled SFA Product Marketplace, where members showcase products and sell directly to qualified buyers; SFA Feed, the daily source for industry news, trends and new product information, and Spill & Dish: A Specialty Food Association Podcast.
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