Blount Offers Gluten-Free Soups

BOSTON (March 15, 2010) Blount Fine Foods, a leading manufacturer of hand-crafted artisan soups and seafood products, today announced from the floor of the International Boston Seafood Show that through proper testing and validation, 15 of its soup and chowder varieties have been certified as gluten-free according to the FDAs Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) along with product testing and validation.

As a result, Blount Fine Foods is marketing these products as containing less than 5ppm (parts per million) of gluten which is below the FDAs current proposal of 20 ppm. These products do not contain any source of gluten such as, wheat, rye, oats or barley. It has been reported that one-fifth of Americans purchase gluten-free food products.

Restaurants always want to offer choice to their customers, and families that live with food allergies also want assurances. said William Bigelow, Blounts director of research and development. By offering 15 varieties of soups that we certify as gluten-free, Blount is delivering both variety and assurance.

This step of certifying a line of soups as gluten-free certainly separates Blount from our competition, added Bob Sewall, Blounts vice president of sales and marketing.
The varieties, which are ready to ship immediately, are:

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

Beef Chili with Beans

Manhattan Clam Chowder

Organic Tomato Bisque

Spiced Pumpkin Bisque

Maryland Crab Soup

Portuguese Kale Soup

Stuffed Pepper Soup

3 Bean Chili

Fire-Roasted Vegetable Soup

Tuscan Bean & Sausage Soup

Hunter Stew

Sausage & Lentil Soup

Vegetarian Split Pea Soup

Source: Blount Fine Foods