And the winners are: United Fresh 2012 recognizes top new products

Top winners in five categories were announced as recipients of the 2012 New Product Awards today at United Fresh 2012 in Dallas.

Best New Packaging Product: Naturipe EarthCycle Packaging for Organic Berries, Naturipe LLC

Best New Food Safety Solution: FlashCheck Real-time Bacterial Enzyme Detection Kit, DeltaTRAK, Inc.

Best New Packing/Processing Equipment: Bosch Pack 301 IN Inverted Horizontal Flow Wrapper, Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc.

Best New Fruit Product: Fresh Fruit Parfaits in five flavors, Ready Pac Foods

Best New Vegetable Product: Delano, Mastronardi Produce

The folks at Ready Pac were celebrating at their booth on the trade show floor after winning. Tristan Simpson, director of marketing, said the new line of fruit parfaits are designed for breakfast and snacks, targeted at adults.

The finalists in each category were on display for the two days of the United Fresh 2012 trade show, and the winners were selected from votes cast by United, FMI and AMI show attendees.