Food Wire

Gratify Foods, the maker of delicious certified gluten-free snacks, introduced new 2-ounce snack packs at the National Association of Convenience Stores Show in Las Vegas. The newest addition to the Gratify Gluten Free portfolio will be available in convenience stores nationwide in early 2016.

Just in time for Halloween, Inspired by Happiness is rolling out a treat everyone can enjoy, regardless of dietary restrictions — new Cravin’ for Cookies & Cream Layered Cake! Soon available nationwide, the cake currently can be found in the bakery section of select retail grocery chains including Target, Kroger, Hannaford and many more.

Dancing Deer Baking Company newest batch of scratch-baked treats, dubbed Dancing Deer Dessert Bites and Dancing Deer Crispy Cookie Bites, pack all the decadent flavor of Dancing Deer’s renowned brownies and cookies in petite packages perfect for daily indulgences.

Swander Pace Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in investments in consumer products companies, has acquired Voortman Cookies, a premier manufacturer and marketer of cookies and wafers. Based out of Burlington, Ontario, Voortman Cookies products are sold in retailers throughout the world.

CLIF Bar unwraps its holiday energy bar offerings with a scrumptious new Hot Chocolate flavor to join other seasonal favorites: Iced Gingerbread and Spiced Pumpkin Pie. All three seasonal flavors are available nationwide while supplies last (SRP $1.39).

Boulder Organic Foods announces the launch of its Boulder Organic line of garden-fresh soups, made with the finest certified organic, gluten-free and non-GMO verified ingredients, in the refrigerated deli section at more than 850 Target stores nationwide.

Health conscious consumers who have struggled to meet their daily required servings of fruits and vegetables have an easy solution for adding more vitamins to their diet with the introduction of Rader Farms’ Fruit PLUS Vitamins line of enriched berries, arriving in nearly 3,000 new stores across the U.S. this month.

Ready Pac Foods, Inc. announces the launch of a revolutionary new brand — elevAte ™. A first of its kind in its category, all elevAte ™ single-serve salads are non-GMO, organic, gluten free ready-to-eat superfood salad blends.

Following its launch just over one year ago, Mediterra, the first company to introduce all-natural nutrition bars inspired by the Mediterranean Diet, has added two new Savory Bar flavors: Kale/Pumpkin Seed and Bell Pepper/Green Olive.

Grainful, the first company to bring steel cut oats to the dinner table, is expanding on the success of its Steel Cut Meals line of savory frozen entrées with three new varieties.