Month: April 2012

National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), the non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and improving the lives of those of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity, announces a gluten-free credentialing program that will enable restaurants to manage the growing interest around gluten-free menu items. …

To meet diners’ increasing demand for quinoa—while exceeding their expectations by an exciting couple of degrees—Indian Harvest is pleased to offer Tri-Color Quinoa as the latest whole-grain innovation in the company’s Boutique line. …

Sealed Air is once again extending freshness and product quality with its Cryovac® brand, this time by incorporating oxygen scavenging solutions into a new rollstock format for vertical pouch packaging (VPP). Ideal for foodservice operations, Cryovac® Freshness Plus® for VPP extends freshness for oxygen-sensitive items such as tomatoes, avocados, fruit pulps and exotic fruit purees. …

Twenty-five restaurants have been selected to compete this summer in the Best Dish in North Carolina competition sponsored by the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Our State magazine. The Best Dish in N.C. competition is a statewide contest to determine North Carolina’s top restaurants that use and promote North Carolina food products on their menus. …