Featuring products from brands that we have known for years, as well as some that are brand new that we are excited to bring awareness to. This is Food & Beverage Magazine’s 2023 Products to Watch!
Editor’s Exclusive Picks from January Issue of Food & Beverage Magazine
TouchBistro Restaurant Management System
TouchBistro is an award-winning restaurant management system that makes running a restaurant easier, providing comprehensive services, including POS and customer engagement solutions on a single platform. TouchBistro helps restaurateurs streamline and simplify their operations, increase sales, and deliver a great guest experience.
TCHO
TCHO’s (pronounced “cho”) creation of six dairy-free chocolate bars, two seasonal chocolate bars based on an oat milk white chocolate formula and an entirely plant-based wholesale line for restaurant professionals underscore TCHO’s commitment to transparency and sustainability. Be on the lookout in 2023 for even more plant-based bars and baking chocolates that will give conventional dairy milk chocolate a run for its money.
22 Salute
22 Salute Vodka is an award winning, handcrafted vodka using locally sourced natural ingredients & filtered more than 22 times for smoothness. With every bottle sold, they give back by donating a portion of profits to a reliable nonprofit focused on Veteran & First Responder mental health and suicide prevention. 22 Salute’s vodka comes in uniquely designed 1 Liter bottles to share 1.5 oz Salute Shots with 22 friends and family.
OiLChef
OiLChef fantastic accessory to a commercial deep fryer which keeps cooking oil alive for longer. They are recognized for helping food service operators reduce their oil costs by 50% per month, reduce energy usage and improve sustainability.
Sommarøy Spirits
Sommarøy Spirits answers the consumer demand for moderation with new mid-strength spirits options. Carefully crafted using small-batch legacy distilling techniques, this unflavored, premium Vodka is only 55-proof.
Tractor Beverage Co
Tractor Beverage Company is the first and only certified organic, non-GMO total beverage solution dedicated to the foodservice industry. New to Tractor’s lineup of real-fruit, flavor-forward agua frescas, Strawberry Dragonfruit is a tropical mix of strawberry, dragonfruit, sweet cherry, and pomegranate with a helpful boost of all-natural prebiotic fiber from organic inulin.
FreshFry Pods
FreshFry is a food manufacturing technology company based in Louisville, KY that has developed the only plant-based, all-natural “pod” on the market containing a proprietary blend of ingredients that cleans and extends the life of frying oil used throughout the food service industry. FreshFry Pods, also known as Sysco Classic Fry Oil Filter Pods, generate savings for restaurant owners in areas such as less overall oil usage, reduced build-up of oil in and around fryers, and lower labor costs for maintenance and disposal of oil.
A-Sha
A-Sha has reinvented the shape of ramen with their recently launched Meteor Noodle. Created by the AAPI-owned brand using a patented dual-blade that cuts textured ridges which allow sauce to coat the entirety of the noodle’s surface, the Meteor Noodle has more than doubled the surface area of A-Sha’s signature noodles. A thicker noodle with a slightly chewier bite, the three-dimensional Meteor is made from just wheat, salt and water and then air-dried for 18 hours.
Easy Ice
The only national commercial ice machine subscription gives business owners a top-rated ice machine, preventive maintenance, repairs, and backup ice for an affordable monthly payment. If you want to get your ice the Easy way, skip the hassle and expense of ownership for an Easy Ice subscription.
Better Balance Shreds
Better Balance aims to elevate plant-curious individuals by providing healthy proteins through plant-based alternatives that don’t sacrifice flavor, nutrition and experiences. Better Balance currently offers Shreds, Grounds and dairy-free Cheese Sauce and Sour Cream.
Baba’s Acid Trip
A brand new, women-owned, first of its kind line of tart and tangy kombucha vinegars, which can be used as a unique cocktail acidifier, and shines in many culinary recipes. Half an ounce is the perfect zero calorie addition to seltzer water for a mindful mocktail, and just an ounce can replace most high-end finishing vinegars and citrus in salad dressings and marinades.
Tater Kegs
Tater Kegs are shredded potato mixed with delicious flavors. All the best parts of a baked potato in the perfect package. This tater features creamy cheddar cheese, big bacon bits, sour cream, and a hint of chives. And of course, crispy, crunchy potatoes.
Après Hours
The Classic Espresso Martini from Après Hours is a dairy-and-gluten-free canned beverage that clocks in at 10% ABV. Designed by two female entrepreneurs who are always on the go, this ready-to-drink version of the popular caffeine-infused cocktail combines daytime fuel with a wind-down buzz.
Smoke Lab Vodka
SMOKE LAB VODKA Classic, 40% ABV, is an ultra-pure spirit immersed in intrigue. It opens with fresh nutty aromas and hints of citrus fruits and unfolds into an intensity and complexity on the palate. The finish is subtle citrus fruits with hints of nutty characters.
Runamok Maple Syrup
Runamok is a family-owned Vermont-based company that provides organic shelf-stable products such as maple syrup, hot, raw, and infused honey, and maple cocktails and bitters. Add sparkle to any breakfast, snacks, or to your cocktails with Runamok’s Sparkle Syrup. This popular product takes a unique approach to traditional food by adding sparkles and having ethically sourced and organic ingredients.
Beyond Good
A bright, lightly sweet chocolate with a warm, complex vanilla finish. Part of the Small Batch collection, this bar celebrates the unique flavors of Madagascar with locally sourced cocoa and hand scraped vanilla beans. Sourced and produced in Madagascar, this bright, fruit-forward chocolate is the product of years of partnership with Malagasy farmers practicing sustainable agroforestry.
Keeper’s Heart Irish + American Whiskey
Keeper’s Heart flagship whiskey combines the delicate sweetness of Irish Grain Whiskey, the richness of Irish Pot Still Whiskey and the boldness of American Rye Whiskey. Keeper’s Heart Irish + American Whiskey is now the most awarded new whiskey of 2022 & delivers a layered experience of orchard and tropical fruits coated in baking spices nicely balanced with charred oak. 43% ALC/VOL
EdgeMate
The EdgeMate Pool Chair is a one-of-a-kind, immersive seating experience that provides increased seating capacity, enhanced guest experience, and boosts f&b revenue. Seated guests are happy guests.
Future Farm
Future Farm Tvna is flaky, 100% plant-based and made with our signature triple-protein blend, of chickpeas, peas, and soy beans, perfect for a toasty tuna melt, a crisp salad brightened with lemon or crunchy fish sticks with extra tartar sauce. Tvna is Future Farm’s most innovative product yet, not only in look and feel, but for what it fights for in sustainability, biodiversity, and dismantling any preconceived notions that plant-based diets lack protein, essential nutrients, or delicious products.
Munch Mail
¡Vive tu sueño! Live the dream! In this box collaboration with Chef Grace Ramirez, Munch Mail has brought together a box built on sustainability. The box itself is fully recyclable and printed with plant-based ink, the gifts inside are sourced from chefs, farmers, and organizations that focus their energy on bringing sustainable resources to happy. customers like you, this box is just a tiny part of how we’re living the dream to bring more sustainability to the world.
Mary’s Gone Crackers
Mary’s is designed to fuel active and health-conscious lifestyles with delicious and nutritious allergen-friendly snacks. Every bite offers hearty whole grains rich in plant-based protein. Their new Kookies are a healthy and delicious addition to your snack routine and serve as a health-conscious dessert replacement that are organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO.
Soft Robotics
mGripAI™ is an easy-to-integrate food automation package that combines ultra-fast 3D vision and artificial intelligence technologies with patented and proven, IP69K-rated, soft grasping to give industrial robots the hand-eye coordination of humans. This unprecedented combination of robotic “hands,” “eyes” and “brains” enables, for the first time ever, the use of high-speed industrial arms to automate bulk picking processes throughout protein, produce, dairy, baked goods, and prepared foods operations.
ASPIRE Drinks
ASPIRE® Healthy Energy drinks are lightly sparkling and deliciously refreshing with no calories, no sugar and no carbs. ASPIRE provides smooth, sustained energy and focus with no jitters with 80 mg of natural caffeine from premium green tea and essential vitamins.
Print4Taste
The 3D chocolate printer, mycusini, offers patisserie professionals the possibility to shake off the narrow limits of handicraft and let their creativity run free. Impressive hollow forms for a dessert can be created from delicious chocolate in just a few minutes without any prior knowledge. The integrated touch display with intuitive user interface guarantees immediate results.
Richard’s Rainwater
Richard’s Rainwater’s sparkling water is the champagne of sparkling bottled water. Made from the cleanest and most renewable water source on the planet, Sparkling Rainwater has bubbles that last for 24-hour bubbles, made with four simple ingredients: rain, ice-cold temperature, pressure, and time. Caught clean from the sky for a purity you can taste.
GoodSAM
Perfectly rich and smooth, this 55% dark chocolate bar is enhanced with sea salt + an almond crunch. GoodSAM’s Organic Cacao is sourced from The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Perijá Serrany, two biodiverse regions in Colombia, grown by 150 local families using regenerative agriculture to stay in tune with the balance necessary for this delicate ecosystem.
Fire Department’s Coffee
Fire Department Coffee’s Nitro Irish Coffee is a first-of-its-kind, non-alcoholic, canned Nitro Cold Brew infused with real whiskey and cream. Available in 7 oz cans, it features notes of toffee, butterscotch, and vanilla with no artificial flavors. The coffee beans are infused with premium whiskey before roasting out the alcohol, leaving behind only the spirit’s bold aroma, natural flavors and familiar taste.
Aussie Select
Aussie Select is the only lamb deli item available on the market. Pasture-raised, Halal Certified and DELIcious, our items meet the demand for great-tasting, alternative proteins and deliver on the trends of better-for-you and all-natural. Drive high-value/discerning consumer loyalty and reinvigorate your sandwich, charcuterie or flatbread offering. Available whole muscle and presliced.
Voyage Foods
Voyage Food’s Peanut-Free Spread gives consumers the classic taste they know and love of traditional peanut butter, just without the nuts. By taking familiar flavors and using innovative food technology to make them in a new way that’s better for the people and planet, Voyage has created a first-of-its-kind Peanut-Free Spread. The delicious, creamy spread is free from the top 9 allergens and made from natural, upcycled ingredients.
Tillamook
Tillamook’s Jalapeno Honey offers the perfect balance of sweet and spicy with real honey and jalapeno taste for a unique cream cheese spread flavor.
Mary’s Mixers
Mary’s Spicy Bloody is packed with flavor. Made with Mary’s very own proprietary pickle brine infused with over 23 spices. This steady heat Bloody is perfectly balanced. A touch of lime, horseradish, celery salt and absolutely no additives, preservatives, thickeners, colorings or artificial anything what so ever.
GT”s SYNERGY
SYNERGY Raw Kombucha is launching their most popular flavors in category-first 10 oz. glass bottles perfect for the lunch time crowd or on-the-go consumer.
Vital Farms
Vital Farms is on a mission to bring honest, ethically produced food to the table at home and away from home. Our pasture-raised eggs come from pasture-raised hens who enjoy a minimum of 108 sq. ft. roaming room in fresh pastures, with the freedom to forage for local grasses and vegetation while enjoying fresh air and sunshine. Vital Farms works with over 300 small family farms who give the girls the outdoor lifestyle they deserve and prioritize sustainable agriculture practices.
Waterloo
Waterloo’s new Blackberry Lemonade flavor is a dynamic twist on classic country lemonade – with complex, ripe and juicy blackberry notes layered into what you’d expect from a fresh lemonade stand. And free of sugar, calories, sweeteners and sodium, like all Waterloo varieties. Crafted, not formulated, Waterloo features Non-GMO Product Verified natural flavors and purified carbonated water as a true ingredient.
Craize Crackers
Craize Guava Toasted Corn Crackers are a thin, tangy fresh and fruity hybrid cracker and chip that will satisfy any cravings for crunch. They’re locally made in the USA from just a few natural and healthy ingredients, gluten-free, vegan, and kosher. Perfectly snackable straight from the bag or plated and topped with a soft cheese.
JuneShine Tequila Margarita
A clever cut above, this fresh twist on a legendary cocktail features nothing but the best: real, premium tequila and real, organic juice. Party starts now, salud.
ONSURI
This family-owned EVOO company produces four varieties including Arbequina, Arbosana, Koroneiki and a Sensory Blend. The award-winning oils are available in 1-liter tins as well as 500ml bottles. ONSURI utilizes sustainable farming practices and their co-founder and master miller, Amelia Bilbeisi, oversees the operation and ensures the premium quality of the family’s EVOO’s.
Mike’s Hot Honey
Mike’s Hot Honey is a chili infused honey created by Mike Kurtz. This hot honey simply elevates dishes such as pizza, salmon, wings, tea, cocktails, and fried chicken.
Eggo® Liège-Style Waffle
Eggo® Liège-Style waffles are made with brioche dough, real butter, and baked with crunchy bits of Belgian pearl sugar, offering an authentic look and premium taste for an all-day dining experience. Use it in a variety of recipes, or keep it simple as a grab-and-go item.
Rowdy Mermaid
Rowdy Mermaid Hello Ginger Kombucha is crafted with Yuzu, Ginger and Lemon. Japanese-inspired Yuzu brings a unique grapefruit-like flavor that pairs perfectly with Lemon. Ginger creates a delicious background for the citrus. To be truly unique, this beverage captures the spiciness of fresh-cut ginger for a refreshingly light, balanced beverage. All ingredients are certified-organic, sustainably sourced, and proudly made in Boulder CO.
The Simple Root
The Simple Root is a global plant-based food brand offering simply made, veggie-forward cream cheese-style spreads, artisan cheese-style spreads and dips. Unlike other plant-based foods that rely on soy, nuts, oils and highly processed ingredients. The Simple Root products are a creamy blend of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and spices and are made without the use of dairy, nuts, soy, eggs, gluten, wheat, artificial colors or flavors, and preservatives.
Aleia’s Gluten Free Stuffing Mix
Made with Aleia’s wholesome gluten-free bread, a rich, flavorful vegetable broth, plus a delightful blend of herbs and spices. Simple to prepare– just add water and your favorite butter.
California Caviar
Queen’s Reserve is California Caviar’s handmade caviar by their very own Caviar Master. This golden hue caviar is selected, crafted and cured by the Caviar Queen herself. It has a large bead with a beautiful burst of creamy, nutty flavor. Delicious enough to eat simply on a spoon.
Epson
With color labels, brands can show a picture of a food product or add seasonal branding, highlight allergens to promote customer safety and visually identify freshness and expiration dates. The Epson ColorWorks C4000 on-demand color label printer is ideal for food and beverage producers that require high-resolution image quality and durable color labels that not only help a product stand out on the shelf but also help ensure consumer safety.
Happy Grub
Happy Grub offers a delicious line of natural-made instant pancake mixes designed to bring kids and parents together in the kitchen, making memories, not messes. Just shake and squeeze.
Bulletproof
Power your morning with The High Achiever™—enhanced coffee that works as hard as you do. With B Vitamins, Lion’s Mane and Coffeeberry®, this smooth, medium-dark roast gives you the energy, focus and brain power to conquer your to-do list.
HANI
HANI clamp on temperature sensors are the only industrial grade, high accuracy, non-invasive temperature sensors on the market today for metal and plastic pipe applications. These innovative sensors provide precision, accuracy, and fast response times without ever breaching the pipe.
INNO-Pak
The INNOBOX EDGE™ is strong, secure, and convenient. It features a patented, reverse lock that keeps food securely inside the carton, inside corner folds and a poly lining that prevent leaks, and patented, tear-away flaps that make it easy for customers to enjoy their food. Get an EDGE on the competition with the INNOBOX EDGE.
Byte Bar
The Lemmy Razz Protein Byte Bar is made from 100% RAW, vegan, and gluten-free ingredients, like organic sunflower butter, organic dates, MCT oil, and monk fruit. This protein bar is allergen friendly (nut-free) and consists of amazing macro nutrients. The Lemmy Razz Protein Byte Bar is pre-portioned into two bites per bar for portion controlled indulgence that is easy to share on-the-go.
Love Me Tender
Love Me Tender is an all natural Liquid Meat Tenderizer that is odorless, colorless, and tasteless! It will not alter the taste of your meat or marinade. It can be used on all cuts of non-marinaded and marinaded meats. It not only makes the meat tender, but it also shortens cooking time and reduces meat shrinkage by up to 25%.
Mon Verre
Nothing sparks a great conversation like enjoying a beautiful drink served in elegant glassware. Mon Verre crafts personalized glasses for wine, champagne, and martinis, as well as for tumblers and decanters. Its luxurious look and premium crystal reinforced with titanium are unparalleled, manufacturing its collection in the Czech Republic, which is renowned for the finest crystal glass and specialized artisans worldwide.
ColdSnap
The brilliance of single servings of frozen confections in approximately 120 seconds from shelf stable pods filled with premium liquid ingredients. Food never touches the machine so no cleaning of the machine is required and no water line is needed. Pods include dairy and non-dairy ice cream, frozen coffees, frozen smoothies, frozen protein shakes and frozen cocktails. By freezing on demand, ColdSnap offers personalized, premium treats that are convenient and sustainable.
Mind Blown Crab Cakes
These plant protein-based crab cakes are seasoned with classic crab cake flavors like celery, onion and panko bread crumbs for the classic flaky texture.
Restaurantware
Pass out appetizers and snacks at your event with our Nature Tek Bamboo Disposable Cheese / Charcuterie Boards. Made from natural bamboo, these disposable cheese trays are compostable and biodegradable for simple, eco-friendly disposal. These bamboo cheese trays are lightweight and feature a built-in handle to make passing out tastings a breeze.
Mighty Sesame Co.
Mighty Sesame Co.’s Organic Tahini is a nutrient-dense superfood, made with only one ingredient: roasted, hulled, organic sesame seeds. It’s the only tahini packaged in a convenient squeeze-and-serve container, eliminating the need for stirring. The creamy, ready-to-use tahini is an amazing complement to all your favorite foods, including sandwiches, burgers, salads, and more.
BevLes Steam Tables
Electric, Dry Well Steam Tables are available in 2, 3, 4 & 5 dry well options. BevLes Steam table tops and liner are constructed of stainless steel with galvanized steel undershelf and legs. Each well features a single formed Calrod heating element with independent temperature control, designed to hold a variety of foods at precise serving temperature. Heated well openings accommodate 12″ x 20″ standard pans.
Trust Think Products
Trust Think Products Moisturizing Sanitizer is formulated to protect for up to 24 hours while moisturizing and hydrating skin unlike alcohol and evaporative based sanitizers. Generally Recognized as Safe by the FDA, TTP Moisturizing Sanitizer can be safely used around the ears, eyes, nose and mouth to protect all ages and skin types. Helping a range of problems from minor infection to severe dry cracking skin and eczema.
SkinnyDipped
What do SkinnyDipped and Unicorns have in common? Magic. Trust us when we say these buttery cashews thin-dipped in vanilla frosting and topped with colorful sprinkles will change your life.
VEGEFI
VEGEFI is BURGERFI’s meatless burger sensation. Crispy quinoa, al dente lentils, locally sourced carrots, zucchini, sautéed mushrooms, onions, fresh thyme in a red wine reduction, Fontina cheese, parmesan cheese, Panko breadcrumbs, cage free eggs and fresh parsley make the best tasting veggie burger in the fast casual space.
Wonder Melon
This refreshing juice is expertly blended with Watermelon Juice, Lemon Juice, Apple Juice, Cucumber Juice, and Basil for an incredibly refreshing juice that’s perfectly sweet and lightly herbaceous with a touch of tartness. Wonder Melon is made with 100% organic cold-pressed juice with no concentrate or added sugar and only 80 calories a bottle, making it a drink you can’t resist.
Chi Kitchen
Chi Kitchen’s Vegan Kimchi is the ultimate plant-based, probiotic, versatile, good for you food loved by Gen Z and Millenials! Made with non-GMO miso that gives this kimchi the umami and savoriness not found in other vegan kimchi. It is 100% Vegan, Gluten-Free, Low-Calorie and packed with 1.8 billion probiotics in each spoonful – gut health in every bite!
Sodaly
Remedy Sodaly is a deliciously different, 100% natural soft drink. It’s big on flavour but low on calories. Enjoy no sugar without having to compromise that classic soft drink experience.
Soiree Smash
This 2.2 LB chocolate slab is just like the name says, a party! Their proprietary 62% cacao dark chocolate is the foundation of the chocolate truffles. They have sourced the most beloved pistachios from the village of Bronte in Sicily. These Soiree Smash Slabs make the perfect party gift for the host, hostess, or dessert table.
Zen Moment
This Oak Cultured Tisane has a calming blend of 14 herbs and spices that have been steeped in purified water, sweetened with minimal cane sugar. This mix is then fermented to perfection in oak vessels using authentic kombucha culture.
Mr.Bing Chili Crisp
Mr. Bing Chili Crisp is an intensely flavorful, crispy condiment. Made with four peppers of complimentary heat, smokiness, and fruitiness, umami-rich mushroom powder, and a crunchy punch of garlic and onion, it brings the flavor of Northern China home to elevate everyday meals with a burst of heat and just enough sweetness.
ANGOSTURA®
Crafted with fine and flavorful Trinitario cocoa, grown on the islands of Trinidad & Tobago where The House of ANGOSTURA has blended bitters for nearly 200 years, new ANGOSTURA cocoa bitters infuses aged spirits with top notes of rich, deep flavor complexities, adding fragrant layers to any drink, dish or sweet treat it touches. The brand’s newest line offers the rich flavor profile unique to Trinitario cocoa and brings to life sweet vermouth and aged spirits such as rum, cognac, brandy and tequila.
Marie Sharp’s USA
Marie Sharp’s heirloom habanero’s have been stunning culinary aficionados, like yourself, since 1981. It takes many years to produce a new pepper cultivar like the Red Hornet, a cross between a Moruga scorpion pepper and a ghost pepper. The delivery of heat is quite unique, as the habanero settles in with its familiar fruit forward heat, the hornet pepper kicks in hard in the finish.
Perlick
Perlick’s new line of Top Shelf Bartender Prep Sinks, the perfect complement to any bar setup, are ergonomically designed for bartender comfort and efficiency. Featuring a modular design and available in seven different prep sink configurations, this new line introduces a solution that provides bartenders a versatile workspace that increases efficiency and throughput.
Absolutely! Gluten Free
These chewy, grain-free snacks offer a delightful fresh coconut texture and flavor, paired with delicious, savory chocolate—a perfect pairing. They’re all-natural, made with sulfite-free coconut, making them a guilt-free snack, and are free of eggs, dairy, and soy. A tasty treat for the whole family, Absolutely! Gluten Free Coconut Chews are certified gluten-free and kosher, vegan, and paleo-friendly.
Beetology
This naturally sweet and refreshing Beet + Berry juice is a fabulous twist on a basic berry juice, consisting of just 5 natural ingredients: Beet Juice, Apple Juice, Strawberry Juice, and Bilberry Juice—like blueberries but even juicer. Beetology is made with 100% cold-pressed juice from organic fruits and never from concentrate, and carry just 100 calories per bottle.
Dorot Gardens
Dorot Gardens Crushed Garlic comes packaged in innovative, pre-portioned flash-frozen packages, allowing you to simply pop a cube into your favorite recipes and eliminating the trouble of peeling, crushing, and mincing. The garlic is flash-frozen while fresh to provide full, fresh flavor and the greatest amount of nutrients. Dorot Gardens Crushed Garlic and herbs have a two-year shelf life, so you can enjoy fresh ingredients any time of year, without the worry of wilting.
Manischewitz
Manischewitz has dropped their most exclusive and out-of-this-world Chanukah product to date: Crypto Gelt– the very first edible chocolate ‘crypto’ coin for the entire family to devour, collect, share, and trade this holiday season.
Dawn Exceptional® Pak-Perfect™ Non-Sticky Donut Glaze
Dawn’s innovative and patent-pending glaze allows packaged yeast-raised donuts to stay non-sticky for up to five days. This long-awaited solution gives grocers, commissaries, and manufacturers fresher, softer, and more appealing packaged yeast-raised donuts. The new donut glaze remains stable through a freeze/thaw cycle, which reduces waste and assists with the labor needs of bakeries.
Handy Seafood
Handy Panko Soft Crab Portions are fully cleaned, cut in portions, lightly coated with their signature Chesapeake Bay panko blend. No prep time, no waste and ready to cook from frozen in minutes. Perfect for appetizers, po’ boys, tacos, sliders and add-ons.
Land O’Lakes Foodservice
Land O Lakes® Queso Bravo® Cheese Dip is a premium, finished queso made from rich cheese combined with flavorful diced peppers and seasonings. With queso trending on menus nationwide, this high performing dip won’t break and can serve as the foundation for your establishment’s signature dish.
