LOS ANGELES, CA – Thousands of new products and services from 500 exhibiting companies for restaurants, caterers and foodservice establishments were introduced during this week’s Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo, Healthy Food Expo West and Coffee Fest all being held together at the Los Angeles Convention Center.Several Awards were presented, including:
- The Best in Show Winner in the Featured Product Showcase was Oumph! for their Plant Based Protein Chef Style www.oumph.us
- The 1st Place Runner Up was Planteers, Inc. for their Edible Cutlery & Vegan Meat.www.PLANETEERLLC.com
- The 2nd Place Runner Up was Zevia for their Zero Calorie Beverages – Soda, Energy Drinks, Mixers and Organic Tea. www.zevia.com
- Best In Show Winner: Food Trends Experience was Tannor’s Tea for their Liquid Matcha Concentrate. www.tannorstea.com
- The Coffee Fest 1st Place Winner for Consumable Products was Thaiwala for their natural Thai tea concentrate. www.thaiwala.com
- The Coffee Fest 1st Place Winner for Non-Consumable Products was Almond Cow – for their Plant-Based Milk Maker. www.almondcow.co
- Best in Show for Pitch the Press was Feve Chocolates, LLC for their Artisan Chocolate (https://fevechocolates.com/) Editors from several leading industry publications including identified 12 innovative new products that were presented to the media and buyers.The other products selected were:
- 1883 Maison Routin for their Flavored Syrups – www.1883.com/en/
- Act + Fast, LLC for their Anti-Choking Trainer – www.actfastmed.com
- Botrista Technology, Inc. for their Cloud Bar – www.botrista.io
- Cyprus Saffron for their Saffron – www.cyrussaffron.com
- Grow Green Industries for their Eat Cleaner Food Grade Wash –www.growgreenindustries.com/
- Home Free, LLC for their Cookies – www.homefreetreats.com
- Kumana Foods for their Avocado Hot Sauce – www.kumanafoods.com/
- ShieldofGlory for their Hygienic Mask – www.shieldofglory.com
- Oumph! for their Plant Based Protein Chef Style – www.oumph.us
- Ovation Up, Inc. for their Customer Experience & Engagement –www.ovationup.com
- Welly, LLC for their Welly Bottle – www.wellybottle.com
The Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo is produced by Clarion UX and sponsored by the Restaurant Association (www.calrest.org), and provides industry professionals access to the hottest menu trends, state of the art design and decor, a renowned education program, several culinary demonstrations, and 500+ of the leading vendors and purveyors dedicated to serving the restaurant & foodservice community. For more information, visit www.westernfoodexpo.com
