Stonewall Kitchen Everything Scone Mix to Compete for sofi™ New Product of the Year at 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show
York, Maine (May 15 2023) – Stonewall Kitchen Everything Scone Mix has been named the 2023 sofi™ New Product Award Winner in the Baking Mixes / Pastry Doughs, Flours & Grain, Baking Inclusions, Decorations & Toppings, Fats & Functional Ingredients category. The Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) sofi™ Awards—which have been bestowed annually since 1972—are a top honor in the $175 billion specialty food industry.
The 2023 sofi™ Awards recognized a New Product Winner and a Gold Product Winner in each of 53 specialty food and beverage product categories. Products were judged on taste—including flavor, appearance, texture, and aroma—ingredient quality, and innovation. Nearly 2,000 products from domestic and international makers were entered into the 2023 competition.
“We are honored that the Everything Scone Mix has won a sofi™ New Product Award,” says Carrie McDermott, CEO of Stonewall Kitchen. “We really pride ourselves on our product development process. from ingredient sourcing to recipe testing and group paneling. Standards are set high before we introduce any new product to the market and the Everything Scone Mix was a hit from the beginning. Try them alongside a hearty soup, as a breakfast sandwich or with one of our many spreads here at Stonewall Kitchen!”
Stonewall Kitchen Everything Scone Mix will now compete against other category winners for the 2023 sofi™ New Product of the Year Award, which will be selected and announced at the Summer Fancy Food Show, June 25-27 in New York City. The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest B2B-only specialty food industry event in North America.
“The sofi™ Awards recognize the best, most innovative products in the Specialty Food Industry and the creative, passionate people who make them,” said SFA President Bill Lynch. “Winning a sofi™ Award can open doors to new markets and expanded business opportunities for the winners, which is central to the SFA’s work on behalf of its member makers and manufacturers.”
The sofi™ Awards competition is open to product qualified SFA members in good standing. New and Gold Award Winners in each category are featured in the sofi™ Spotlight Pavilion at the Summer and Winter Fancy Food Shows. Winning a sofi™ Award creates added exposure for products with food buyers from top names in supermarkets, specialty retailers, foodservice, distributors, and the media.
SFA partners with Rutgers Food Innovation Center in Bridgeton, NJ for sofi™ Awards judging and logistics management. Entries were judged strictly on a blind basis—without packaging, pricing, or any brand identification. Products were judged on taste—including flavor, appearance, texture, and aroma—ingredient quality, and innovation.
About Stonewall Kitchen
It all started in 1991 at a local farmers’ market with a few dozen items that we’d finished
hand-labeling only hours before. Fast-forward to today, and Stonewall Kitchen is now one of the most awarded specialty food companies in the country, boasting an extensive array of thoughtfully crafted products that range from delicious fruity jams to beautiful soy-blend candles!
In fact, it’s this same commitment to quality that defines our full family of like-minded lifestyle brands, which as of 2021 includes Michel Design Works (home goods and personal care products), Urban Accents (sauces and spices) and Vermont Coffee Company (organic arabica blends).
They join Tillen Farms (cocktail garnishes), Legal Sea Foods (sauces and condiments), Montebello (Italian pastas), Napa Valley Naturals (fine oils and vinegars), Vermont Village (apple sauces and cider vinegars) and Village Candle (food-grade paraffin wax candles) as well as our own Stonewall Home line (soy-blend candles). As we continue to grow in new and exciting ways, our recipe for success remains a lasting passion for great food and an appetite for living well.
To learn more about our company and family of brands, please visit stonewallkitchen.com.
About the Specialty Food Association
The not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA) is the leading membership trade association and source of information about the $175 billion specialty food industry. Founded in 1952 in New York City, the SFA prides itself on being an organization by the members and for the members, representing thousands of specialty food makers and manufacturers, importers, retailers, buyers, distributors, brokers, and others in the trade. The SFA owns and operates the Fancy Food Shows—which are the largest specialty food industry events in North America—as well as the sofi™ Awards—which have honored excellence in specialty food and beverage annually since 1972. The SFA produces the Trendspotter Panel annual predictions, the State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, Today's Specialty Food Consumer research, the Spill & Dish podcast, year-round educational programming for professionals at every stage in their business journey, and SFA Feed, the industry's go-to daily source for news, trends and new product information. Find out more online and connect with SFA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
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