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SLOW COOKER DINNERS & SOUPS Delicae Gourmet 22 Gluten-Free Dinners & Soups 31 Healthy & Flavorful Delicious Year-Round Meals All Natural • No Added Salt • 5 Minute Prep Time Budget-Friendly • Serves 8-11 Shippers Available 800-942-2502 info@delicaegourmet.com www.DelicaeGourmet.com Booth 4439 Summer Fancy Food Show Booth 4533 Summer Fancy Food Show Booth 4439 choices at the Little Silver, N.J., market are Firehook, Absolutely Free, and Natural Nectar Cracklebred made from lentils and chick- pea flour, making it appealing for the gluten-free consumer. Potter's Crackers are slowly becoming popular at Feast, notes Gillan, who sells the thin caramelized-onion variety that customers purchase as an add-on to cheese. "The word 'crisp' seems to be a real lure for us," notes Rappaport, who touts local Red Barn Lavash that is made from the spent grains from Vermont's Long Trail Brewery. Lifestyle-Conscious Labeling. As customers continue to become even more avid label readers and insist on knowing where their food comes from, certifications that conform to a particular lifestyle are becoming more important. "Healthy consumers are increasingly concerned about what's not in their food products," says Karen Herther and Bethany Stanley, principals of Market LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability), who directed the 2015 Market LOHAS MamboTrack Annual Survey of Health & Natural Consumers. According to the survey, the top three food and dietary patterns of natural consumers are organic (no pesticides), non-GMO, and gluten-free. BUYERS' PICKS Retailers share which products are flying off shelves. Lydia Burns, Pastoral, Chicago, IL • 2 Figs Bakery Flatbread • Effie's Oatcakes • The Fine Cheese Co. Gluten-Free Crackers • Potter's Crackers • Rustic Bakery Olive Oil & Sel Gris Flat Bread Cheri Scolari, Sickles Market, Little Silver, NJ • Absolutely Free GF Flatbreads, Everything • Castleton Middlebury Maple Crackers • Jan's Farmhouse Crisps, Sesame Pistachio • Rip Rap Bakery Crackers, Cinnamon • Rip Rap Bakery Crackers, Honey & Fig • Wellaby's Rosemary Gluten Free Amelia Rappaport, Woodstock Farmers' Market, Woodstock, VT • Baked in Brooklyn Everything Flatbread • Milton's Gluten-Free Crackers • Onesto Foods Gluten-Free Sea Salt Crackers • Red Barn Lavash Crackers • Simple & Crisp Dried Apple Crisps • Vicky's Artisan Rosemary Flatbread category spotlight 92 ❘ SPECIALTY FOOD MAGAZINE specialtyfood.com