Products will be on display at United Fresh 2012 where they will be judged by United Fresh, AMI and FMI attendees. Winners will be determined by total votes received as of 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 2 and will be announced Thursday, May 3 at 10:00 am.
United Fresh is proud to announce the following finalists and their products:
Best New Food Safety Solution
- DeltaTrak, Inc.: FlashCheck Real-time Bacterial Enzyme Detection Kit
- Intelleflex: Feshness Management with the Intelleflex CMR-6100 Cellular Reader and Intelleflex ZEST Data Services
- RedLine Solutions, Inc.: PTI Lite
- BioSafe Systems: The HydroDose-High Dilution Dosing System
Best New Fruit Product
- Dole Food: Yonanas
- Crunch Pak: Crunch Pak Dipperz
- C.H. Robinson: Welch's New Grape Bag - Picnic Pack
- Ready Pac Foods: Fresh Fruit Parfaits
- Naturipe Farms: Naturipe Cold Processed Dried Blueberries, Strawberries and Cherries
Best New Packaging
- Renaissance Food Group: Garden Highway Salad Essentials Salad Toppers
- Maxwell Chase Technologies: 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: Naturipe EarthCycle Packaging for Organic Berries
Best New Packing/Processing Equipment
- Bosch Packaging Technology: Bosch Pack 301 IN Inverted Horizontal Flow Wrapper
- BrimaPack: NicePack
- Abracad Technoworks: High speed counting and packing device
- Maxwell Chase Technologies: 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: Delano
- Pure Hot House Foods: Aurora Bites mini peppers
- Freshway Foods: The Culinary Garden Unique Salads & Coleslaws
For more information please visit www.unitedfresh.org