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Seen at the Summer Fancy Food Show, Day 1

The editors of SFA News Daily have identified several innovative and on-trend products on display at the 2023 Summer Fancy Food Show, which opened yesterday at the Javits Center in New York City. Here are some examples spotted on day 1 of the Summer Show, which runs through Tuesday, June 27.

• AnnaMaria & Altro Food shelf stable plant-based burgers, sausage, taco meat, nuggets, and meatballs, imported from Italy. Packaged as shelf stable powdered mixes, the gluten- and soy-free mixes are high in protein and fiber. Users add water, oil, form and cook. Booth #5447

• Edie’s for Everybody, founded in 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area, produces vegan and organic sunflower seed butter cups with Asian-inspired fillings, including dark chocolate black sesame, white chocolate matcha, white matcha Vietnamese coffee, and white chocolate chai. Booth #1336 in the (included) area of the Diversity Pavilion. 

• Fauxmosa alcohol-free mimosa, a blend of chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, and grenache grapes, fruit juice, botanical flavors, an apple cider vinegar. Booth #5620

• Fine Italian Food Mantova Poke Spray Oils, in an eco-friendly dispenser. Available in five flavors to season poke: Avocado Oil, Avocado Oil with Lime & Pink Pepper, Avocado Oil with Yuzu, Toasted Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce. Booth #1552

• Foodberry’s food technology platform transforms fresh foods into convenient snack products. Foodberry’s proprietary technology replicates nature's ability to wrap and protect fresh, high-moisture content foods (like yogurt, nut butter or hummus,) with plant-based coatings made from fruit & vegetable fibers. Booth #4949

• Heray Spice, a minority-owned brand created to celebrate the cultural heritage of its Afghan founder. Heray prioritizes responsible sourcing and sustainable farming methods and works closely with local farmers to ensure fair trade practices. Booth #4840

• Krill Arctic Meat. Krill, a seafood largely unfamiliar in the U.S., is higher in protein than other fish, meat, poultry and is a pure source of Omegas 3 and 6. Booth #4820

• Nowhere Bakery gut-friendly cookies made with minimally processed ingredients and zero refined sugars. Nowhere Bakery's cookies feature ingredients like creamy almond butter, organic cassava flour, and organic dark chocolate chips sweetened with low-glycemic coconut sugar. Each batch of the gluten- diary- soy- egg- grain and soy-free cookies is stored and shipped frozen. Booth #1336E in the (included) area of the Diversity Pavilion. 

• Sayso craft cocktail tea bags, natural, dehydrated ingredients available now in pouches made from post-consumer recycled materials that can be infused in cold water to create a cocktail or non-alcoholic drink. Booth #5716

• Side Project Cheesesteak Jerky. Founder Marcos Espinoza works with celebrity chefs to create is artisan meat snacks, this one an on-the-go homage to the iconic Philadelphia sandwich. Booth #1336A in the (included) area of the Diversity Pavilion. 

Check tomorrow’s edition of SFA News Daily for more on-trend and innovative products found at the Summer Fancy Food Show.

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