Supermarket Perimeter - January 2021 - 62

R&D

ORGANICS
by Staff

62 - JANUARY 2021

said Mel Festejo, chief operating
officer at AKFP.
" Demand for our naturally
gluten-free Premium Cassava
Flour has grown rapidly as the
market for high-quality glutenfree and paleo baked goods
continues to expand, " Festejo
said. " It became clear to us a
couple of years ago that many
people who are pursuing a
gluten-free, paleo or grain-free
lifestyle are also looking for
organic options, so offering this
Organic Premium Cassava Flour
is a natural evolutionary step for
our cassava-based ingredient
line. It took a while for AKFP to
gain access to organic farms
planted with cassava, but we are
there now with cassava supplies,
though we will have limited
quantities for the time being. In
the future we will be offering
other organic ingredients as well. "
The non-GMO veriﬁed, clean
label ingredient is compatible
with gluten-free, paleo and
vegan diets. It may be used to
make a variety of baked foods
and extruded snacks, including
tortillas, tortilla chips, bread
and buns, cookies, crackers,

brownies, cakes, pancakes, pizza
crust and more.

Panorama extends
product line with
grass-fed bone broth
Westminster, Colo.-based
Panorama Organic Grass-Fed
Meats is rolling out its ﬁrst shelfstable product extension with
an organic grass-fed beef bone
broth. With environmentally
friendly packaging, the bone
broth is USDA Certiﬁed Organic,
Paleo Certiﬁed, Whole30
Approved and keto-friendly.
" Our broth is cooked with
the highest quality organic
ingredients, resulting in a
delicious, nutritious product that
is great simply heated or added
to your favorite recipe, " said
Kay Cornelius, general manager
at Panorama Organic GrassFed Meats.
With eight grams of protein per
serving, the beef broth is made by
slow simmering for 12-24 hours
in small batches with organic
vegetables and seasonings. The
broth contains large amounts of
natural collagen, minerals and
gelatin released from the bones

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during the prolonged simmering
process. It can be used in soups,
sauces and gravies and has
recently gained popularity as a
health drink.
" Bringing this new product
to grocery store aisles is
unique from what we've been
producing and still maintains our
commitment to our foundation
of being exclusively grass-fed,
grass-ﬁnished and free from
antibiotics and added hormones, "
said Cornelius. " The timing is
right as we work to support our
ranchers and help shoppers
stay healthy and safe amidst a
pandemic as they hunker down
for the winter. "

Applegate partners
with center for
responsible business
Bridgewater, N.J.-based organic
and natural meat specialist
Applegate Farms is the newest
corporate partner of The Center
for Responsible Business (CRB) at
Berkeley Haas.
The partnership between the
CRB and Applegate is founded
on an alignment of missions
and values as it will accelerate

PANORAMA, BIMBO, GRAYSON NATURAL FARMS

WITH THE PANDEMIC
ACCELERATING already-fast
adoption of foods consumers
identify with health, wellbeing
and sustainability, commissaries,
central kitchens and their retail
partners continue to seek out
new organic options.
Fortunately, suppliers are constantly developing new products
to meet that growing need.
American Key Food Products
(AKFP), for instance, has
introduced an organic version
of its gluten-free, grain-free King
Lion Premium Cassava Flour.
The new Organic Premium
Cassava Flour is made through
AKFP's proprietary milling process
without chemical additives. It has
the same baking properties as the
company's existing cassava ﬂour
and takes on the characteristics
of tapioca starch, including low
gelatinization temperature, paste
clarity, good viscosity, bland or
neutral ﬂavor and freeze-thaw
stability, AKFP said.
The ﬂour has around 7%
dietary ﬁber content and low
levels of reducing sugar, which
reduces acrylamide formation
in baked and extruded snacks,
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