US: United Fresh 2012 attendees honor Best New Products

Attendees to the United Fresh Produce Association’s annual convention and expo in Dallas cast their votes Wednesday and recognized this year’s New Product Awards in five categories. More than 25 fresh fruit and vegetable innovations competed in the categories of Best New Packaging Product, Best New Food Safety Solution, Best New Packing/Processing Equipment, Best New Fruit Product and Best Vegetable Product.

The 2012 New Product Award winners are:

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, Ready Pac Foods

Best New Vegetable Product: Delano, Mastronardi Produce

"These winning innovations are the forerunners in the effort to bring new approaches, ideas and processes to the fresh fruit and vegetable industry," said John Toner, United’s vice president of convention & industry relations. "From its very beginnings, the United show has been the undisputed home of innovation for the produce industry, and these awards continue to showcase the best and brightest minds in the produce business. We’re proud to congratulate the 27 finalists in this year’s competition."

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.

For more information:
Shelby Rajkovich
United Fresh
Tel: +1 202-303-3400 ext. 417
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