United Fresh announces finalists for 2012 best new products
United Fresh has announced finalists for the industry’s best new products to be recognized at the United Fresh Produce Show May 1-3 in Dallas.
Products will be on display at United Fresh 2012, where voting will take place. Votes will be tallied after 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, and announced on Thursday, May 3, at 10 a.m.
Categories and products follow.
Best New Food Safety Solution:
• DeltaTrak Inc. – FlashCheck Real-time Bacterial Enzyme Detection Kit
• Intelleflex -Freshness ManagementTM with the Intelleflex CMR-6100 Cellular Reader and Intelleflex ZESTTM Data Services
• RedLine Solutions, Inc. – PTI Lite
• BioSafe Systems – The HydroDose-High Dilution Dosing System
Best New Fruit Product:
• Dole Food Co. – Yonanas
• Crunch Pak® – Crunch Pak Dipperz®
• C.H. Robinson – Welch’s New Grape Bag – Picnic Pack
• Ready Pac Foods – Fresh Fruit Parfaits
• Naturipe Farms, LLC – Naturipe Cold Processed Dried Blueberries, Strawberries and Cherries
Best New Packaging:
• Renaissance Food Group – Garden Highway Salad Essentials Salad Toppers
• Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC – Fruit Pop Pouches
• Inline Plastics Corp – Grab and Go Cups
• Mastronardi Produce – SUNSET® Fresh Tomato Soup Kit
• Rock Garden – Rock Garden Breathable Herb Bag
• Naturipe Farms, LLC – Naturipe EarthCycle Packaging for Organic Berries
Best New Packaging/Processing Equipment:
Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc. – Bosch Pack 301 IN Inverted Horizontal Flow Wrapper
BrimaPack: NicePack
Abracad Technoworks BV – High speed counting and packing device
Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC – MCT 25 OS “Onion Slicer”
Nichimo – ECM-200 Slicer with exit Conveyor
Hollandia Produce LLC/Live Gourmet – Live Gourmet Squircle Clamshell and Harness Style Shipping Carton
Best New Vegetable Product:
• Chiquita – Fresh Express Organic Clamshell Salads
• Jem-D Farms – Farmhouse Heritage Beefsteak Tomato
• Tiffany Gate Fine Foods – Gourmet In-Store Salad Kits
• Mastronardi Produce – DelanoTM
• Pure Hot House Foods, Inc. – Aurora Bites mini peppers
• Freshway Foods – The Culinary Garden Unique Salads & Coleslaws
Pictured, top to bottom: Biosafe Systems, Maxwell Chase Technologies, Freshway Foods
