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01. Eddy Packing Co.'s new
skin-pack line of all-protein
products can be used as an
ingredient or as a centerplate item with customers
adding their own sides.
The line features several
varieties of meat, including
ground beef, chicken
breast, chicken fajita and
beef fajita. Twelve- and
16-ounce versions of the
product are available for
traditional grocery retail,
and a 32-ounce pack for
club stores.
www.eddypacking.com

02. Indian food specialist
Café Spice is launching
four new grab 'n go meals
in early 2018. Created
by chef Hari Nayak, the
line of meals, which
serve two, include Butter

Chicken Meatballs with
Basmati Saffron Rice,
Coconut Chicken Curry
with Basmati Saffron Rice,
Bombay Dal Palak with
Basmati Lemon Rice and
Aloo Gobhi Curry with
Basmati Saffron Rice.
www.cafespice.com

03. Cheese producer
and importer Schuman
Cheese has inked a deal
with German producer
Bergader Privatkaserei
to import its Bavarian
cheeses. Bergader's
products include Bavaria
Blue, the original triple
crème blue soft cheese
hybrid; Edelpilz, the
German alpine blue
cheese; and a range of
Bavarian soft cheeses.
www.schumancheese.com

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04. In response to
growing consumer
demand in Texas,
7-Eleven has launched a
new line of Hispanic packaged bakery items. The
traditional Mexican sweet
breads are available in
approximately 640 stores
throughout Texas. The
line features four flavors:
Mantecada, Panquecitos,
Roles de Canela and
Panque con Nuez.
www.7-Eleven.com

05. Specialty Bakers
is reintroducing a
higher-end version of
its mini pie two-packs.
The company initially
introduced the pack,
which contains two 5.25
in pies, in 2016 but had to
stop production because

of capacity constraints.
The premium product
has more fruit and less
dough than a typical
commodity pie its size,
features a lattice topping
and is clean label.
www.specialtybakers.com

06. A specialist in precooked Italian specialties
is rolling out its latest
product line in the first
quarter of 2018. Buona
Vita Inc. plans to introduce four new 32 oz
refrigerated products,
all of which cook in
about ten minutes. The
new products include
meatballs in a red sauce;
Swedish meatballs in a
Swedish sauce; meatloaf;
and sausage, peppers and
onions. All products can

be packed branded or in
retailers' store brands.
www.buonavitainc.com

07. Baxter Manufacturing
has released its new
VersaOven, which the
company says combines
the best features of
rotisserie, convection
and combi ovens. The
VersaOven enables
cooking, baking and
steaming and is easy to
clean. The oven features
a rotating interior rack for
even cooking results and
a 95,000 BTU/hr in-shot
burner system and is built
with a patented, selfcontained steam system
that generates more s
team than a standard minirack oven.
www.baxtermfg.com
http://www.buonavitainc.com http://www.specialtybakers.com http://www.cafespice.com http://www.7-Eleven.com http://www.eddypacking.com http://www.schumancheese.com http://www.baxtermfg.com
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