MONTRÉAL—The Canadian Produce Marketing Association honored five categories of new products at its convention in Montreal April 5-7.
Winners were chosen by a panel of judges at the event, and were announced just before the expo floor opened on April 6.
They were:
- Best New Product: Highline Mushrooms Simple Sides – saute kits including sliced white mushrooms and sauce in two flavors: Herb & Garlic and Sesame & Ginger;
- Best Snackable Product: NaturSource Salted Hot Cocoa Chocolate and Cinnamon Nut Mix, a mix of nuts and pretzels infused with chocolate and cinnamon;
- Best Packaging Innovation: Sambrailo’s ReadyCycle sustainable packaging that is 100% recyclable and home compostable;
- Best Organic Product: Mucci Farms Natural Organics Grape Tomatoes, which are packaged in a recyclable cardboard fiber tray; and
- Best New Technology: Star Group Open Plastic Initiative, which supports research by Queen’s University’s Open Plastic Initiative.
MONTRÉAL—The Canadian Produce Marketing Association honored five categories of new products at its convention in Montreal April 5-7.
Winners were chosen by a panel of judges at the event, and were announced just before the expo floor opened on April 6.
They were:
- Best New Product: Highline Mushrooms Simple Sides – saute kits including sliced white mushrooms and sauce in two flavors: Herb & Garlic and Sesame & Ginger;
- Best Snackable Product: NaturSource Salted Hot Cocoa Chocolate and Cinnamon Nut Mix, a mix of nuts and pretzels infused with chocolate and cinnamon;
- Best Packaging Innovation: Sambrailo’s ReadyCycle sustainable packaging that is 100% recyclable and home compostable;
- Best Organic Product: Mucci Farms Natural Organics Grape Tomatoes, which are packaged in a recyclable cardboard fiber tray; and
- Best New Technology: Star Group Open Plastic Initiative, which supports research by Queen’s University’s Open Plastic Initiative.
Pamela Riemenschneider is the Retail Editor for Blue Book Services.
