G-Free Connect: August Care Pack Now Available
You may have read about GFree Connect in NFCA’s July e-newsletter, but in the spirit of back-to-school season, I’m giving them another shout out. The company ships quarterly care packages filled with gluten-free samples and coupons, from nutrition drinks to crackers. Their August 2011 package was just unveiled and is now ready for shipment. As [...]
GREAT New Products from the Fancy Food Show
While touring the Fancy Food Show earlier this month, I was overwhelmed by the number of new companies and foods on the market. Luckily, there were a few familiar names dotting the aisle, including some of NFCA’s GREAT Business Association members. If you haven’t heard of it, the GREAT Business Association is a group of [...]
Blue Diamond Baked Nut Chips
After National Products Expo West in March, our staff at the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness had an influx of gluten-free samples to try. Among those were Blue Diamond’s Baked Nut Chips, a gluten-free item now sold at natural food stores and major grocery chains. Like many of you, I’ve snacked on plenty of Blue [...]
Crunchmaster’s 7 Ancient Grains Crackers
When Crunchmaster announced it would debut a new line of gluten-free crackers at Expo West, Alice and the rest of NFCA’s Gluten-Free Industry team was already en route. “Alert, alert! New Crunchmaster crackers. Must try!” I texted to our Vice President Jennifer North. Fortunately, Jim Garsow from Crunchmaster was part of our gluten-free panel presentation, [...]
Crunchmaster: New Product, Packaging and Promos
When Crunchmaster teamed up with the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness for our “Holiday Dips & Dishes” gluten-free recipe contest, I promptly celebrated by tearing open a bag of Crunchmaster Multi-Seed Crackers. All that talk about snacking couldn’t go unfulfilled, and those seed-speckled hexagons offered just the right crunch. While chatting with the Crunchmaster folks, [...]
