2011 Winter Fancy Food Show

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Published on Monday, 17 January 2011 05:31
Written by Lynne Shannon

The 36th NASFT 2011 Winter Fancy Food Show is running January 16-18, 2011 at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, the West Coast's largest specialty food and beverage event.  

Here, in one place, are the largest selection, latest trends and most innovative products the specialty food industry has to offer. This year’s Winter Show is the largest yet at Moscone Center, with 1,300 exhibitors, 80,000 specialty foods and beverages from the U.S. and beyond, including more than 35 countries, and over 17,000 buyers expected.  

What's New, What's Hot! features three tracks:

What is New – a first look at innovations and potential trends. Some products introduced include:

Bourbon Vanilla SweetSticks (John Wm. Macy's Cheese Sticks)
Baked Lentil Chips (The Mediterranean Snack Food Company LLC)
Beanitos Bean Chips (Bean Brand Foods)
Pumpkin Spice Syrup (Blackberry Patch)
Renfro's Ghost Pepper Salsa (Renfro Foods, Inc.)
Savory Garlic Buffalo Wing (Yancey's Fancy Inc.)
Tortuga Turtles with Sea Salt (Tortuga Rum Cake Company)

California Caviar Company introduces two infused salmon roes, one of which is a BBQ Salmon Roe, which combines “the bold flavors of an outdoor BBQ with the refinement of caviar”.

CookieZen is the first gourmet cookie company to offer the unique Cookies & Corks tasting experience featuring bite-sized gourmet cookies packaged to pair with wine.

Royal Blue Tea Japan presents “CHAEN”, a premium bottled tea beverage, as a new development in tea culture.  “Royal Blue Teas are meant to be paired with gourmet foods, much the same as any fine wine... We...recommend using a wine glass to better admire the color, aroma and flavor of Royal Blue Tea products.”

Experts are detecting trends with:

Natural & Organic Foods – both new and new twists on old favorites, some of which are:

Brown Rice Noodles, Gochujang (Annie Chun's Inc.)
GoPicnic ready-to-eat meals (GoPicnic)
Gringo Jack's Loco Local Salsa (Gringo Corp)
Tillen's Natural Maraschinos (Metzger Specialty Brands, Inc.)
Wyoming Fireside Beef Goulash (Frontier Soups)

Gifts & Holiday – presents not only gift ideas, but products specially packaged and prepared for any thoughtful gesture. Included are:

Get Beached Margarita Mixer (Blue Crab Bay Co./Bay Beyond Inc.)
Holiday Gift Sets-Holiday Dips (Robert Rothschild Farm)
New Christmas Soda (Chicago Importing Co.)
Rosemary Parmesan Wafer Crisps (The Kitchen Table Bakers)
Truffle Salt, Truffle Honey (Sabatino USA., Inc.)

Tastings are offered for a diverse menu from cookies and cupcakes to wines, cocktails and “mocktails”.

The 2011 Winter Education Program covers such topics as:

For further information, go to www.specialtyfood.com and select “Winter Fancy Food Show”.

NASFT Winter 2011 Fancy Food Show
January 16-18, 2011

Moscone Center
747 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 974-4000,
(415) 974-4073