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BARBECUE SAUCES, page 2 THE FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST highlights innovative, market-ready or commercially available food products BEVERAGES, page 6 that showcase the diversity, trends and excellence of the state’s vibrant food sector. After products are catergorized, a panel CONDIMENTS & SALSAS, page 10 of food industry professionals judges them on taste, consumer appeal, innovation, uniqueness and their representation CONFECTIONS, page 14 of Georgia. We truly appreciate the WE HOPE THAT THE FLAVOR businesses that submitted 125 products this OF GEORGIA CONTEST year, and the 33 finalists selected to go to HELPS ENTREPRENEURS DAIRY PRODUCTS, page 21 the final round in Atlanta on March 20. This directory includes all contest entries, ENTER THE FOOD including contact information and product INDUSTRY OR EXPAND descriptions, and highlights the three THEIR CURRENT HONEY & RELATED PRODUCTS, page 23 finalists from each of the 11 categories. We BUSINESS, AND THAT hope it you use it as a tool for promotion THEY GAIN PUBLICITY AND and networking in Georgia’s dynamic food EXPOSURE FOR THEIR JAMS & JELLIES, page 25 product industry. You may also find the PRODUCTS. directory online at www.flavorofga.com. We hope that the Flavor of Georgia MEAT & SEAFOOD, page 34 contest helps entrepreneurs enter the food industry or expand their current business, and that they gain publicity and exposure for their products. We also want to connect food processors, brokers, retailers and others MISCELLANEOUS, page 39 involved in food marketing distribution channels in Georgia so they can sample the great products offered by these businesses and individuals. The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is proud to host the Flavor of Georgia contest as a signature event SAUCES & SEASONINGS, page 45 each year. We hope you enjoy a taste of what Georgia has to offer.
SNACK FOODS, page 50 Sharon P. Kane Kent Wolfe Food Business Development Specialist and Director, UGA Center for Agribusiness Economist, UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development and Economic Development
FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 1 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST BARBECUE SAUCES
CHICKEN LADY JAMAICAN’ ME LANE’S BBQ SORTA BBQ SAUCE SWEAT SOPPIN’ WHITE BBQ SAUCE Chicken Lady LLC SAUCE Lane’s BBQ 104 8th St. 70 Star St. W Two Fat Chile Cats Columbus, GA 31901 Bethlehem, GA 30620 281 Cushing Drive [email protected] [email protected] Savannah, GA 31406 706-366-4443 770-833-0145 [email protected] www.chickenlady.shop www.lanesbbq.com 239-784-2144 www.twofatchilecats.com This sauce is Lane’s BBQ is a barbecue straight from a line seasoning/sauce and Twist the cap and sweet of restaurants in catering business. Jamaica! It’s a sauce Columbus, Georgia, Located in Bethlehem, with the perfect balance where three generations Georgia, Lane’s BBQ has of sweet and heat! of women have been been in business since cooking award-winning 2014. We specialize food for over 30 years. in handcrafted rubs, Minnie’s is a landmark sauces and the best in Columbus and is brisket in town! known the world over thanks to word-of- mouth from our great heroes at Fort Benning. BARBECUE SAUCES
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OL’ GEECHEE’S ORIGINAL BBQ SAUCE PA BILL’S ORIGINAL SOUTHERN SUGAR HILL UNCLE RHETT’S SWEET BLUE The GrillMan BBQ Company BARBEQUE SAUCE THUNDER SMOKEHOUSE BACK SLAPPIN’ 6865 Woodhaven Drive Pa Bill’s BBQ LLC BBQ SAUCE Cumming, GA 30041 BBQ SAUCE SWEET & TANGY BBQ SAUCE 123 Dunaway Drive Serenity Farms [email protected] Albany, GA 31721 Southern Thunder Sauces LLC BBQ SAUCE Uncle Rhett’s 3414 Lee Road 678-644-5850 597 Cleveland Road 1018 N. Irwin Ave. [email protected] Sugar Hill Smokehouse Hoboken, GA 31542 www.thegrillmanbbqcompany.com Fitzgerald, GA 31750 Ocilla, GA 31774 229-881-5092 310 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. [email protected] southernthundersauces@ [email protected] Sugar Hill, GA 30518 912-550-6494 GrillMan BBQ creates gmail.com 229-425-1733 Our family barbecue [email protected] www.hogwallerbbq.com competition barbecue 229-325-4059 www.unclerhetts.com sauce was created by 770-945-1199 sauces and rubs. www.facebook.com/ my grandfather, Bill www.sugarhillsmokehouse.com I have four sauces on southernthundersauces Uncle Rhett is the proud “Pa Bill” Fussell, over the retail market now. uncle of six nieces 75 years ago. Pa Bill Our Sweet & Tangy BBQ I have always tried to This traditionally and two nephews who enjoyed making this sauce starts with real improve with a new, Southern sauce blends call him “The Best sauce for his family tomatoes, pure cane different style of sauce, tasteful amounts of Cook in The World.” and friends, and we sugar and molasses for and with Sweet Blue, I sweetness with the know you will love the sweet flavor, then have done this. With a right amount of heat. serving it to yours. we add vinegar and a low production cost and touch of mustard for all-natural ingredients, the tangy flavor. We including Georgia- don’t use high-fructose grown blueberries, corn syrup or artificial Sweet Blue is great! preservatives in any of our products.
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FORMULA 1 RED & BLACK PEACH TEA Stokely Select Limited Inc. 18607 Garlington Drive Cypress, TX 77433 [email protected] 832-455-4979
This tea is a fusion of red rooibos, black tea and Georgia peaches and is sweetened with a blend of agave and stevia. BEVERAGES
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GINGER’S GREENS WITH MAGNOLIA MONTANE OLYMPUS GREEK OLYMPUS GREEK BUNKHOUSE SPICY BENEFITS DARJEELING GREEN SPARKLING MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN DAILY GINGER ALE Nature’s Garden Express TEA BLEND SPRING WATER, BLUEBERRY DETOX TEA 4950 S.Royal Atlanta Drive Bunkhouse Beverages Biron Herbal Teas Suite E CUCUMBER LIME CITRUS TEA Olympus Greek 185 Nacoochee Ave. 5962 Zebulon Road Mountain Teas Tucker, GA 30084 Montane Olympus Greek Athens, GA 30601 #180 1432 Cherokee Trail [email protected] 3120 Highway 116 Mountain Teas [email protected] Macon, GA 31210 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 770-441-9976 Hamilton, GA 31811 1432 Cherokee Trail 706-207-5564 [email protected] [email protected] www.naturesgardenexpress.com [email protected] Lawrenceville, GA 30043 www.bunkhousebeverages.com 770-322-4001 678-531-5267 706-662-4900 [email protected] www.bironteas.com www.olympusgreekteas.com Georgia honey, apples www.montanespring.com 678-531-5267 Ginger’s Bunkhouse and ginger balance www.olympusgreekteas.com Spicy Ginger Ale is a Magnolia Darjeeling Be ahead of the 2018 kale and spinach in Montane Sparkling soda with a kick! Enjoy Green Tea Blend is tea trend with Georgia- this nutritious, cold- Spring Water is sourced Move over peaches, its heat as a cocktail a full-leaf, floral grown Olympus Greek pressed juice. Greens from Blue Spring, Georgia’s got mixer or over ice. green tea blend. Mountain all-natural, with Benefits is made near Pine Mountain, blueberries! Be ahead decaffeinated tea with 100-percent organic Georgia, and comes of the 2018 tea trend beverages. They’re produce so fresh that it in four varieties. with Georgia-grown certified organic and could only come from Olympus Greek made locally in Atlanta Nature’s Garden. Mountain Blueberry from Greek tea leaves, Citrus Tea. It’s certified with Southern flair organic, with Southern and lots of love! flair and lots of love!
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A SOUTHERN ADAGIO CLASSIC ADAGIO CLASSIC DRANE’S SAUCE FAIRYTALE: CARAMELIZED TOMATO KETCHUP Drane LLC 291 W. Midland Ave. Adagio Classic Foods Inc. CHESTNUT PECAN SWEET ONION Winder, GA 30688 P.O. Box 13755 [email protected] PRALINE COMPOTE KETCHUP Macon, GA 31208 770-307-8205 Fairywood Thicket Farm Adagio Classic Foods Inc. robert.fisher@ 4545 Cochran Mill Road P.O. Box 13755 adagioclassicfoods.com It is simply good on Fairburn, GA 30213 Macon, GA 31208 478-320-0709 everything. Drane’s [email protected] robert.fisher@ www.adagioclassic.com Sauce is a very versatile 678-278-5460 adagioclassicfoods.com sauce that can be www.fairywoodthicket.com 478-320-0709 Adagio Classic is a line paired with fruits, www.adagioclassic.com of culinary ketchups vegetables and meats. Fire-roasted chestnuts, made with simple Georgia pecans and Adagio Classic is a line ingredients and all- a coffee-infused, of culinary ketchups natural flavors. We CONDIMENTS & praline-style syrup made with simple believe ketchup should make up this amazing ingredients and all- taste like history meant compote. A Southern natural flavors. We it to: tomatoes and love. SALSAS Fairytale can be poured believe ketchup should over waffles, French taste like history meant toast, pumpkin pie and it to: tomatoes and love. even fried chicken!
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GEORGIA GEORGIA’S JALAPEÑ-YO SOURWOOD VIDALIA ONION CHOW CHOW GOURMET BUSINESS CANDIED (HONEY) BALSAMIC & BALSAMIC Jake’s Produce & Cannery TOMATO KETCHUP JALAPEÑOS VINEGAR VINEGAR JAM 591 Knox Bridge Highway The Sauce Company Inc. Fairywood Thicket Farm White, GA 30184 Built By Bees A&A Alta Cucina Italia 1169 Timberland Drive SW 4545 Cochran Mill Road 2900 Chamblee Tucker Road 535 Edgehill Place [email protected] Lilburn, GA 30047-4237 Fairburn, GA 30213 Building 12, Suite 200 Johns Creek, GA 30022 404-667-5121 [email protected] [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30341 [email protected] www.jakesfreshmarket.com 678-689-1496 678-278-5460 [email protected] www.altacucinaitalia.com www.georgiasauce.com www.fairywoodthicket.com 770-454-9400 Jake’s Georgia Chow www.builtbybees.com The contrast between Chow is a new twist This pure-tomato Sweet, spicy and the sweetness of the on an old, traditional ketchup is all-natural. incredibly addictive, Sourwood (Honey) Vidalia onion and the favorite relish. Our Crafted with the finest we use the peppers as a Balsamic Vinegar is tartness of the balsamic chow chow is a Southern ingredients, it is thick, condiment, an appetizer an extraordinary, bold vinegar creates a flavor sweet relish with a bite tangy and sweet. We or a garnish on chicken twist on traditional so unique, it makes and bread-and-butter use tomato paste from salad. The spicy simple balsamic vinegar. this jam a luscious, brine. It can go beyond ripe, red tomatoes, syrup is great as a Produced entirely Southern, exquisite the beans and greens to light brown sugar for a cocktail rimmer or from honey mead, this accompaniment. the hot dogs and salads. sweetener, and a unique drizzled over cornbread, vinegar has a delicate, blend of spices. It’s greens, hoppin’ john spicy bite perfected free of high-fructose and even pancakes! through the wonderful corn syrup, additives taste of Georgia and preservatives. sourwood honey.
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ARTISANAL VEGAN CREAM POP, SALTED CARAMEL APPLE Perennial Pop Co. 3996 Pleasantdale Road, Suite 203, Atlanta, GA 30340 [email protected] 404-915-4460 www.perennialpopco.com
Perennial Pop Co. produces delicious, quality vegan desserts. Our pops are lovingly handcrafted in Atlanta from locally grown, natural, organic, fair-trade ingredients and never include harmful preservatives or animal products. CONFECTIONS BOURBON PECAN CHEESECAKE Honey Catering LLC 650 Millen Bypass, 741 Highway 25 N, Millen, GA 30442 [email protected] 478-982-8086 www.honeycatering.com
A sweeter, Southern take on a favorite dessert, Honey’s Cheesecake is loaded with local, Georgia-grown pecans and Thirteenth Colony Georgia-distilled bourbon.
BROWN BUTTER CRUNCH GELATO Honeysuckle Gelato 1024 White St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 [email protected] 404-228-7825 www.honeysucklegelato.com
Honeysuckle Gelato’s Brown Butter Crunch Gelato is the perfect blend of salty, sweet, smooth and crunchy. Made with fresh local butter provided by Banner Butter, this is one flavor that is hard to resist!
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DRUNK ON A PEACH CHEESECAKE GEORGIA PECAN BAR Jessicakes Bakery LLC Bread and Butter Bakery 10271 Industrial Blvd., Covington, GA 30014 1124 Monticello St. SW, Covington, GA 30014 [email protected] [email protected] 770-286-0344 470-444-1330 www.jessicakesga.com www.breadandbuttercovington.com
Jessicakes is known for fresh, delicious, At Bread and Butter Bakery, we only use made-from-scratch desserts. Our favorite ingredients that you can pronounce. This smooth, creamy cheesecake is topped with Georgia Pecan Bar has a sweet, confection- our signature homemade Drunk on a Peach like filling on a rich, shortbread crust. preserves and candied pecans to make this a one-of-a-kind dessert that you will love!
FRESH MINT CHIP BROWNIE SANDWICH GEORGIA PECAN TEA COOKIE Honeysuckle Gelato Bread and Butter Bakery 1024 White St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 1124 Monticello St. SW, Covington, GA 30014 [email protected] [email protected] 404-228-7825 470-444-1330 www.honeysucklegelato.com www.breadandbuttercovington.com
Honeysuckle Gelato’s Fresh Mint Chip Brownie At Bread and Butter Bakery, we only use Sandwich is one irresistible treat. The crisp notes ingredients that you can pronounce. This of the fresh mint with the bittersweet crunch Georgia Pecan Tea Cookieis a buttery, of the chocolate chips sandwiched between delicate crumb cookie flavored with decadent brownie wafers is one sweet combo! pecans and coated in powdered sugar.
GEORGIA FRIED PEANUT HOLLINGSWORTH’S CLUSTER, VANILLA BUTTER PECAN TART Georgia Fried Peanut Company Meal-Mates LLC 19219 Hartford St., P.O. Box 744, Edison, GA 39846 219 Woodmill Way SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 [email protected] [email protected] 229-366-3023 404-344-9280
Fried peanuts are a Georgia favorite, so The best of the best, our French-inspired Butter why not cover them in chocolate? These Pecan Tart brings a bit of Paris to Georgia. A rich, small-batch, handcrafted confections buttery tart shell surrounds premium Georgia are made with Georgia-grown peanuts in pecans for a treat that is beyond compare. the heart of southwestern Georgia.
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JUDICAKES CREAM CHEESE RUM CRUNCH CAKE POUND CAKE, LEMON WITH Sunnyland Farms Inc. 2314 Willson Road, Albany, GA 31705 A HINT OF ROSEMARY [email protected] JudiCakes LLC 229-352-4069 150 Lake Reserve Way, Canton, GA 30115 www.sunnylandfarms.net [email protected] 404-290-4033 Sunnyland Farms is a 1,760-acre farm www.judicakes.co nestled in the heart of pecan country, Albany, Georgia. Since 1948, we have been JudiCakes’ cream cheese pound cakes evoke the premier provider of gourmet Georgia memories of the cakes that Grandma used to bake. pecans, nuts, chocolates, dried fruits, candies Lemon with a hint of rosemary add an originally and gift assortments for all occasions. light and refreshing twist to an old favorite.
PEACHES AND CREAM CAKE POP SOUTHERN PRALINE MINI Kaylee Cake Pops and More SWEET POTATO PIE 4879 Ruby Pines Court, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 Kaylee Cake Pops and More [email protected] 4879 Ruby Pines Court, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 678-636-9770 [email protected] www.kayleecakepopsandmore.com 678-636-9770 www.kayleecakepopsandmore.com Our Peaches and Cream Cake Pops add a Southern touch to any gathering or A double treat that’s the perfect addition to celebration. We fill these light, fluffy treats any gathering or celebration, these mini pies on a stick with real peaches and spices. definitely put the “South” in Southern.
PECAN SANDIE SWEET POTATO-PECAN CHEESECAKE Watanut 3604 Verandah Drive, Suite A, Augusta, GA 30909 The Cheesecake Boutique [email protected] 1572 Highway 85 N, Suite 312, Fayetteville, GA 30214 706-533-9293 [email protected] www.watanut.com 404-725-4898 www.thecheesecakeboutique.com Made from scratch, Watanut buttery shortbread cookies are loaded with Georgia Our from-scratch Sweet Potato and Pecan pecans and simply melt in your mouth. Cheesecake boasts a gingersnap crust, fresh The freshest ingredients and a dusting of sweet potato, spices and pure vanilla, finished demerara sugar make Watanut Pecan Sandies with a praline pecan topping. It’s perfect for unbelievably light, delicate and crisp. entertaining, gifting or simply indulging.
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THE SOUTHERN LADY POUND CAKE FarmHouse PoundCakes 1558 Ace McMillian Road, Dacula, GA 30019 [email protected] 352-208-8291 www.farmhousepoundcakes.com
At the FarmHouse Kitchen at DaweWood Farm, our cakes, including our popular Southern Lady Pound Cake, are lovingly baked in small batches, from our seasonal favorites that source local ingredients to our amazing, gluten-free cakes made with ancient grains.
TREE HOUSE MACARONS Tree House Macarons 229 Furys Ferry Road, Suite 113, Augusta, GA 30907 [email protected] 470-232-8960 www.treehousemacarons.com
Tree House Macarons is a Southern micropâtisserie producing 80-plus flavors of macarons throughout the year. Our macarons are available through our Georgia storefronts, U.S. retailers and on our website for U.S. delivery.
WHOOPSIE PIE, PEANUT BUTTER & BLACKBERRY JAM LisaMae Cakes P.O. Box 1485, 101 W.E. Green Parkway, Byron, GA 31008 [email protected] 478-654-6161 www.lisamaecakes.com DAIRY PRODUCTS
Whoopsie Pie is made of two dense, chewy cookies filled with a silk buttercream and, best of all, it’s gluten-free! We currently offer eight flavors. Our Peanut Butter & Blackberry Jam Whoopsie Pie uses two additional Georgia-grown products.
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BLACKROCK CalyRoad Creamery 225 Hilderbrand Drive NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 [email protected] 678-773-0843 www.calyroadcreamery.com
CalyRoad Creamery is metro Atlanta’s only artisan cheesemaker crafting fresh milk into semifresh and aged cheeses. BlackRock is a bloomy rind, aged goat cheese with crushed black pepper in the rind. It is named after Black Rock Mountain State Park in Rabun County, Georgia.
FETA Bootleg Farm LLC 477 Egypt Ardmore Road, Springfield, GA 31329 [email protected] 912-667-0807 www.bootlegfarm.net
This authentic, Mediterranean feta is made in the old-world craft tradition from the artisans at Bootleg Farm. Truly a feta that is smooth, yet crumbly, it can be served alone or included in your favorite recipes.
NEW WORLD CHOCOLATE MILK Rock House Creamery 2451 Broughton Road, Newborn, GA 30056 [email protected] 706-947-3474 www.rockhousecreamery.com
This milk is not just for kids. We use only the highest quality ingredients for a truly unique taste experience. This milk’s rich, complex flavor comes from West African cocoa beans. We use a recipe that pays HONEY & RELATED PRODUCTS homage to master chocolatiers of the past.
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GOURMET H.L. FRANKLIN’S SOUTHERN VANILLA-INFUSED HEALTHY HONEY, SRIRACHA HONEY POT CREAMED HONEY SPICY HONEY Built By Bees Inc. H.L. Franklin’s Healthy Honey Bear Hug Honey Company 2900 Chamblee Tucker Road 127 North Main St. 170 College Ave. Building 12, Suite 200 Suite 101 Athens, GA 30601 Atlanta, GA 30341 Statesboro, GA 30458 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 706-521-5855 770-454-9400 800-260-4995 www.bearhughoney.com www.builtbybees.com www.franklinfoodsllc.com For this sweet, smoky, Fresh Madagascar Our H.L. Franklin’s spicy honey, we infused vanilla beans are Healthy Honey is a Southern-grown chiles; steeped with vanilla- family-owned and a dash of vinegar; and infused raw honey -operated business a light, sweet honey to create this super- based in Georgia. In to create a spinoff of smooth texture with H.L.Franklin’s Healthy Sriracha sauce with a an intoxicatingly rich Honey, you will find delightful Southern aroma and flavor. only 100-percent pure, flavor and depth. It’s raw, unfiltered honey. perfect for topping It is full of enzymes, grilled salmon, stir- antioxidants, pollens, fry, grilled peaches vitamins and minerals! and cheeses.
JAMS & JELLIES
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ABBY J’S BLACK & BLUE BLUEBERRY CLEARLY WINE EMILY G’S GG’S SUGARED BLACKHAWK FIELD WITH WHISKEY TOO WITH GRAND & STRAWBERRY DATIL PEACH PEPPERS TO SPOON GEORGIA PEPPER JELLY MARNIER JELLY JELLY MARMALADE GG’S Sugared Peppers P.O. Box 2682 Fairywood Thicket Farm Spread ‘em Fruit Spreads Jake’s Produce & Cannery Emily G’s PEACH HABANERO Valdosta, GA 31604 4545 Cochran Mill Road 148 Eagle Way 591 Knox Bridge Highway 4514 Chamblee Dunwoody [email protected] PRESERVES Fairburn, GA 30213 Stockbridge, GA 30281 White, GA 30184 Road, #138 229-300-0155 Abby J’s Gourmet [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dunwoody, GA 30338 P.O. Box 2525 678-278-5460 678-877-6885 404-667-5121 [email protected] This sweet flavor with a Clarkesville, GA 30523 www.fairywoodthicket.com www. jakesfreshmarket.com 770-457-8531 little kick at the end is [email protected] This one-of-a-kind www.emilygs.com a delicious surprise for 706-947-3474 This one-of-a- pepper jelly is created Clearly Wine & your taste buds. GG’s www.abbyjsgourmet.com kind pepper jelly is with fresh, Georgia- Strawberry Jelly was Spread some delicious Sugared Peppers pair created with fresh, grown berries and one of the first wine Georgia heat with this well with Ritz crackers These Georgia Peach Georgia-grown berries infused with Kentucky jellies for Jake’s in 2017. combination of peaches, and cream cheese. Habanero Preserves get and infused with bourbon. The tropical The jelly captures the tangerines, ginger their sweet-heat taste Kentucky bourbon. orange essence of crisp citrus flavor of and hot datil peppers. from Georgia-grown the Grand Marnier local white wine, paired This marmalade pairs peaches and peppers. elevates the blueberries with a small amount perfectly with cheddar, to perfection. This of strawberries and or you can use it as a jelly pairs well candied lemon peel. glaze over meat and with breakfast and fish. Spread the love dessert foods. with Emily G’s!
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GINGER YELLOW HABANERO HEIRLOOM HIBISCUS JELLY MARY’S KITCHEN PEACH COBBLER PEPPER SPREAD PEPPER SPREAD PEAR JAM WITH Pride Road LLC PEACH PEPPER JAM 4480 South Cobb Drive Two Fat Chile Cats Two Fat Chile Cats Spread ‘em Fruit Spreads CARDAMOM Suite H129 JELLY 281 Cushing Drive 281 Cushing Drive 148 Eagle Way Smyrna, GA 30080 Pearson Farm Savannah, GA 31406 Savannah, GA 31406 AND VANILLA Stockbridge, GA 30281 [email protected] 5575 Zenith Mill Road [email protected] [email protected] Fairywood Thicket Farm [email protected] 404-423-1775 Fort Valley, GA 31030 239-784-2144 239-784-2144 4545 Cochran Mill Road 678-877-6885 www.prideroad.com [email protected] www.twofatchilecats.com www.twofatchilecats.com Fairburn, GA 30213-1838 478-827-0750 [email protected] Georgia-grown peaches, Pride Road LLC is www.pearsonfarm.com Ginger Yellow Pepper Heat meets sweet 678-278-5460 Madagascar vanilla a family-owned Spread is a unique in this distinctive, www.fairywoodthicket.com beans and cinnamon and -operated food Pearson Farm has pepper spread with spicy Habanero unite in each bite to manufacturing kicked it up a notch an Asian flare. Pepper Spread. This beautiful amber evoke warmth and company that produces with our new peach jam has lovely flecks of comfort. This true, all-natural, locally pepper jelly. Spooned hand-ground vanilla Southern, classic grown, hibiscus-based over cream cheese and cardamom.Created taste of Georgia pairs products. We produce or drizzled over from family pear trees perfectly with desserts products of the “Very vanilla ice cream, this over 40-years-old, it’s and breakfast foods. Best Quality, Where flavorful combination a showstopper over It Really Matters.” will leave your taste baked pork chops, on buds wanting more. oatmeal or toast.
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PEACH PUNKY GOAT’S RED JALAPEÑO RED PEPPER STRAWBERRY- STRAWBERRY HABANERO JAM PEACHY PEPPER SPREAD HORSEY SPREAD BLUEBERRY- JALAPEÑO PEPPER Spread ‘em Fruit Spreads CINNAMON JAM Two Fat Chile Cats Two Fat Chile Cats JALAPEÑO JAM SPREAD 148 Eagle Way 281 Cushing Drive 281 Cushing Drive Lazy Goat Produce Regina’s Farm Kitchen LLC Two Fat Chile Cats Stockbridge, GA 30281 Savannah, GA 31406 Savannah, GA 31406 597 Mark Dodd Road 2090 Dunwoody Club Drive 281 Cushing Drive [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jefferson, GA 30549 Suite 106-177 Savannah, GA 31406 678-877-6885 239-784-2144 239-784-2144 [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30350 [email protected] www.twofatchilecats.com www.twofatchilecats.com 706-599-2075 [email protected] 239-784-2144 Some like it hot! In this www.lazygoatproduce.com 404-918-5501 www.twofatchilecats.com Red bell peppers and jam with a satisfying, Red Jalepeño Pepper www.reginasfarmkitchen.com but not overpowering, Spread is cooked the horseradish blend to “Want sum? Need Strawberry Jalapeño heat, Georgia-grown old-fashioned way to create this distinctively sum? Get you sum!” Made from scratch by Pepper Spread is a peaches keep things create a spicy spread zippy spread. a farm-raised chef, distinctively sweet, sweet while habanero with sweet undertones. Strawberry Blueberry yet surprisingly spicy peppers create a Jalapeño Jam won in pepper spread. slow-burning heat. the preserves category It’s perfect for cream at the prestigious 2018 cheese and crackers, Good Food Awards grilled chicken, pork in San Francisco. chops and ham.
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THE PEACHTREE TROPICAL HEAT WILD ELDERBERRY WISHAM JELLIES JAM WAVE JAM PEPPER JELLY BLACKBERRY Fairywood Thicket Farm Hillside Orchard Farms Fairywood Thicket Farm PEPPER JELLY 4545 Cochran Mill Road 105 Mitcham Circle 4545 Cochran Mill Road Fairburn, GA 30213-1838 Tiger, GA 30576 Fairburn, GA 30213-1838 Wisham Jellies 807 N. Central Ave. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tifton, GA 31794 678-278-5460 706-782-4995 678-278-5460 [email protected] www.fairywoodthicket.com www.hillsideorchard.com www.fairywoodthicket.com 229-392-3888 www.wishamjellies.com This fresh take on A new twist on pepper Our original Wild traditional peach jam jelly, this kiwi-and- Elderberry Jelly evolved A Southern staple, has a dash of peach pineapple jam has a into a one-of-a kind the Georgia-grown schnapps. Made with tropical taste with pepper jelly. This blackberries and fresh peaches, this a wave of ghost amazing combination peppers make this jelly jam is inspired by pepper to finish. is both beautiful and legendary! Serve it on Sunday brunches with delicious. It pairs biscuits or cornbread. my mother and brings well with baked Brie Try it as a glaze on to mind cherished or duck cutlets. ham, lamb chops, family traditions. or pork tenderloin. #getyourglazeon
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APPLEWOOD SMOKED BACON Pine Street Market 4 Pine St., Unit A, Avondale Estates, GA 30002 [email protected] 404-296-9672 www.pinestreetmarket.com
Pine Street Market produces and sells handmade charcuterie, including sausage, salami and bacon, using only all-natural, humanely raised meat.
CARROLL’S BEEF, RED PEPPER & ONION SMOKED SAUSAGE Carroll’s Sausage & Meats Inc. 315 Whittle Circle, Ashburn, GA 31714 [email protected] 229-567-2355 www.carrollssausage.com
Carroll’s Beef, Red Pepper & Onion Smoked Sausage has a delicious, fresh-from-the-farm flavor that starts with locally sourced, Georgia-grown, grass-fed Angus beef. This sausage is made with all-natural seasonings and no preservatives. MEAT & SEAFOOD DIXIE DANDY FRESH MARKET COUNTRY SMOKED PORK SAUSAGE Dixie Dandy IGA 1015 Dothan Road, Bainbridge, GA 39817 [email protected] 229-246-5484
Dixie Dandy Fresh Market Country Smoked Pork Sausage is a Southern- style, hickory-smoked, pure pork sausage made from an old, family recipe.
34 MEAT & SEAFOOD FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 35 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST MEAT & SEAFOOD
GRASSFED BEECON GRIND LEANN’S GOURMET CHICKEN SALAD White Oak Pastures LeAnn’s Gourmet Foods 22775 Highway 27, Bluffton, GA 39824 1 Cherry St., Hampton, GA 30228 [email protected] [email protected] 229-641-2081 770-560-5980 www.whiteoakpastures.com www.leannsgourmetfoods.com
This is a burger blend of our lean, ground, LeAnn’s Gourmet Chicken Salad includes a tasty grass-fed beef and naturally cured Iberico combination of sweet pineapple and walnuts. bacon from our prized Iberico pigs. One family, one farm, five generations, 150 years: A full- circle return to sustainable land stewardship and humane animal stockmanship
KAY’S FAMOUS CHICKEN SALAD MIKE’S RED PEPPER AND Kay’s Vintage Pantry ONION SMOKED SAUSAGE 48 E. Public Square, Jefferson, GA 30549 Mike’s Country Store [email protected] 1629 Philema Road, Albany, GA 31701 706-387-0326 [email protected] www.kayhardyevents.com 229-483-0444
Kay’s Famous Chicken Salad includes Mike’s Red Pepper and Onion five scrumptious chicken salad flavors Smoked Sausage has just the that are sweet, savory or spicy. right amount of kick for that yum-yum feeling.
KAY’S FAMOUS CHICKEN MIKE’S SKILLET SMOKED SAUSAGE SALAD, SOUTHERN GIRL Mike’s Country Store 1629 Philema Road, Albany, GA 31701 Kay’s Vintage Pantry [email protected] 48 E. Public Square, Jefferson, GA 30549 229-483-0444 [email protected] 706-387-0326 Mike’s Skillet Smoked Sausage is the www.kayhardyevents.com best for breakfast. It’s everything you would want in your sausage. Kay’s Famous Chicken Salad includes five scrumptious chicken salad flavors that are sweet, savory or spicy.
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PISTACHIO CHICKEN SALAD Bread & Butter Bakery 1124 Monticello St. SW, Covington, GA 30014 [email protected] 470-444-1330 www.breadandbuttercovington.com
At Bread & Butter Bakery, we only use ingredients you can pronounce. Our chicken salad uses all- natural chicken with a Greek yogurt base and house-pickled celery. The chicken is broken down in house with toasted pistachios.
POPPY SEED CHICKEN AND PASTA Call It Yours Casseroles 5156 River Road, Suite F, Columbus, GA 31906 [email protected] 706-322-2075 www.callityourscasseroles.com
Our menu consists of Southern food made simply, like we make it in our Southern homes. Our cas- seroles, including all of the sauces, are prepared by hand and made fresh in our kitchen. They are frozen and intended for you to “Take It, Bake It and Call It Yours!”
THE GEORGIA PIE MISCELLANEOUS Pouch Pies 151 E. Broad St., Athens, GA 30601 [email protected] 770-380-8949 www.pouchpies.com
The Georgia Pie pays tribute to Athens, Georgia, the home of Pouch Pies, with slow- cooked barbecue that’s encased in a flaky puff pastry with incorporated local flavors of peach whiskey and tupelo honey.
38 MEAT & SEAFOOD FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 39 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST MISCELLANEOUS
BROWNIE BYNE BLUEBERRY CHICKEN POPPY FRIENDS FOREVER HONEY CINNAMON HONEY CRANBERRY HOMEMADE FARMS BLUEBERRY SEED CASSEROLE SEA SALT PECAN BUTTER PECAN EZEKIEL BAKING MIX SUGAR Honey Catering LLC Beautiful Briny Sea Goodson Pecans BREAD 650 Millen Bypass 408 Woodward Ave. 227 Walnut Ave. S Back to the Basics 101 Byne Blueberry Farms Sweetly, Shealy Millen, GA 30442 Atlanta, GA 30312 Unit E 149 Butts Road 537 Jones Ave. 19 S. Scott St. [email protected] [email protected] Leesburg, GA 31763 Cochran, GA 31014 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Camilla, GA 31730 478-982-8086 800-287-1774 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.honeycatering.com www.beautifulbrinysea.com 229-759-4008 478-697-1027 706-554-6244 229-328-7964 www.goodsonpecans.com www.backtothebasics101.com www.byneblueberries.com www.facebook.com/ A Chicken Poppy Seed This blend of sea salt sweetlyshealy Casserole like your and locally sourced, Goodson Pecans takes Our Brownie Homemade Tantalize your taste grandmother used to granulated honey is their Georgia-grown Baking Mix takes buds by adding our Sweetly, Shealy’s Honey make, our Southern great on popcorn, pecans and creates “homemade” to sweet, blueberry Cranberry Pecan Ezekiel classic is made with sweet potatoes, lemon delicious, gourmet, another level. Thesecret infused cane sugar Bread is a nutritious Springer Mountain chicken, spinach salad, flavored pecan treats ingredient is freshness to your favorite bread made with Farms chicken carrots, ice cream, and all-natural because we mill the hot beverage. home-milled wheat, breasts. This is the fancy drinks and more! pecan butters. From wheat we grow into spelt, barley, millet, most popular of our our Goodson family flour. Simply add a beans and lentils. It casserole selections. orchards to your few ingredients to this showcases southwest family’s table, enjoy! baking mix and, 30 Georgia pecans and minutes later, you’ll Camilla, Georgia honey. experience decadent brownies like you’ve never had before.
40 MISCELLANEOUS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 41 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST MISCELLANEOUS
KING LOUIE LADYBUG PICNIC LAYNEE’S WALNUT ORANGE CHILI PARRISH’S PECAN APPLE PIE MIX SEA SALT BUTTER SUGAR PREMIUM TRUFFLE OIL King Louie Special Blend Beautiul Briny Sea LWB LLC Beautiul Briny Sea CANE SYRUP Pecan Ridge Plantation Seasoning 408 Woodward Ave. 7250 Wyngate Drive 408 Woodward Ave. 144 Rutherford St. Parrish Cane Syrup 217 Douglas Highway Atlanta, GA 30312 Cumming, GA 30040 Atlanta, GA 30312 Brinson, GA 39825 730 Lake Church Road Fitzgerald, GA 31750 [email protected] layneewalnutbutter@ [email protected] pecanridgeplantation@ P.O. Box 254 [email protected] 800-287-1774 gmail.com 800-287-1774 gmail.com Statesboro, GA 30459 229-423-4919 www.beautifulbrinysea.com 470-522-7595 www.beautifulbrinysea.com 229-254-7107 [email protected] www.kinglouiespecialblend.com www.layneeswalnutbutter.com www.pecanridgeplantation.com 912-536-2200 It’s healthy, but it’s This is a full-flavored www.parrishcanesyrup.com King Louie Apple Pie sea salt with a variety Yes, walnut butter is a rich and buttery, and A family-owned Mix is the fastest way of locally sourced thing.It’s healthy, but it’s kissed with a subtle business with We produce rea, pure to make an apple pie herbs and spices. It’s it’s rich and buttery, sweetness that will experience growing cane syrup the way it’s and will save you a large great for deviled eggs, and it’s kissed with a make you smile. organic pecans for over twenty been done in the South amount of time in the tomato sandwiches, subtle sweetness that cane sugar, orange and years, Pecan Ridge for hundreds of years. kitchen. Your family steamed vegetables, will make you smile. clementine peels, and Plantation specializes will love it. The mix roasted chicken, grilled Each bite you take chili. Use it with fancy in producing 100% is very versatile. You corn, pasta, tofu, of Laynee’s Walnut drinks, dark chocolate natural pecan oil and could use it to make vinaigrettes and more! Butter is like giving cupcakes, grilled pecan truffle oil, a peach or pear pies. Use yourself an edible hug. shellfish, vinaigrettes, variety of dipping Georgia apples; they marinades, poached oil seasonings, and have great flavor. pears, pancakes or fresh pecan truffles. roasted salmon.
42 MISCELLANEOUS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 43 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST
ROSEMARY SAVORY PIMENTO SEA SALT CHEESE Beautiful Briny Sea CHEESECAKE 408 Woodward Ave. Atlanta, GA 30312 WITH PECAN [email protected] SHORTBREAD 800-287-1774 www.beautifulbrinysea.com CRUST AND SAUCES & SEASONINGS WISHAM’S JELLIES’ Infinitely versatile, this batch of sea salt is WILD MAYHAW made with rosemary PEPPER JELLY grown and gathered just a few blocks Honey Catering LLC from the Beautiful 650 Millen Bypass Briny Sea studio. Its Millen, GA 30442 woodsy, herbal flavor [email protected] is a perfect match for 478-982-8086 grilled meats, roasted www.honeycatering.com vegetables, hearty braises and sauces. A savory take on a sweet confection, our pimento cheese cheesecake is the perfect appetizer for any party. It’s prepared with our house-made pimento cheese and a shortbread crust with locally grown pecans. It is best topped with our favorite, Wisham’s Jellies’ Wild Mayhaw Pepper Jelly.
44 MISCELLANEOUSSAUCES & SEASONINGS 45 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST SAUCES & SEASONINGS
CAJETA GAMETIME HERB & GRANDMA’S GROOVY GREEK JOE KEMS BBQ RUB LANE’S BBQ ANCHO Bootleg Farm LLC SPICE SEASONING, SHEBANG Far Out Foodz LLC Joe Kems BBQ ESPRESSO RUB 477 Egypt Ardmore Road 215 Laredo Drive P.O. Box 231 Lane’s BBQ Springfield, GA 31329 WORLD BLEND DIPPING SAUCE Decatur, GA 30030 Moultrie, GA 31776 70 Star St. W [email protected] 2404 Bellehaven Drive [email protected] [email protected] Camon Enterprises Inc. Bethlehem, GA 30620 912-667-0807 Augusta, GA 30906 770-835-5221 229-985-2888 DBA GameTime Herb & Spice [email protected] www.bootlegfarm.net [email protected] www.faroutfoodz.com www.joekemsbbq.com Seasoning 770-833-0145 247 Miller Street 706-755-0444 www.lanesbbq.com Bootleg Farm’s Cajeta is P.O. Box 840 Take a trip to the Joe Kems BBQ is a a smooth, rich caramel Ray City, GA 31645 Grandma’s Shebang Mediterranean with this family-operated Lane’s BBQ is a barbecue sauce that is cooked [email protected] Dipping Sauce is pure, aromatic blend catering business. We seasoning/sauce and on site with the farm’s 229-237-1222 special and unique. of herbs, spices and also make and sell a catering business. fresh milk. Cajeta pairs www.gametimeseasoning.com A Georgia and South lemon peel. It makes Barbecue sauce that Located in Bethlehem, with fresh fruit, cakes or Carolina award-winning everything delicious! previously won at Georgia, Lane’s BBQ has hot biscuits. A spoonful GameTime Herb & sauce, it’s great on Use it on chicken, fish, the Flavor of Georgia been in business since in your coffee or served Spice Seasoning, World meats, vegetables, pork, vegetables, potato Food Product Contest. 2014. We specialize over vanilla ice cream Blend, gives you a pork rinds, cracklings dishes, sandwiches Several years ago we in handcrafted rubs, takes it over the top. taste of the world in and some fruits. and as an incredible added a dry rub to our sauces and the best your own kitchen. It Greek dressing for product line. Joe Kems brisket in town! is a unique blend of salads and marinades. BBQ Rub is great on all herbs and spices that meats and veggies! transforms a good dish into a great dish!
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LANE’S BBQ LANE’S BBQ LEANN’S GOURMET ONEBITE SPICES, RIGHTEOUS RANCH TANGY GINGER BRISKET RUB Q-NAMI RUB ASIAGO & MASTER BLEND Far Out Foodz LLC PEACH GLAZE 215 Laredo Drive OneBite ATL Doc and Artie’s LLC Lane’s BBQ Lane’s BBQ ROASTED GARLIC Decatur, GA 30030 70 Star St. W 70 Star St. W 4544 Leonora Drive P.O. Box 2883 [email protected] Bethlehem, GA 30620 Bethlehem, GA 30620 SPICE BLEND Tucker, GA 30084 Peachtree City, GA 30269 770-835-5221 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] LeAnn’s Gourmet Foods www.faroutfoodz.com 770-833-0145 770-833-0145 1 Cherry St. 678-644-1399 404-665-3473 www.lanesbbq.com www.lanesbbq.com Hampton, GA 30228 www.onebiteatl.com www.docandarties.com Righteous Ranch comes [email protected] from a family recipe Lane’s BBQ is a barbecue Lane’s BBQ is a barbecue 770-560-5980 Make room in your Doc and Artie’s offers from our family’s fried seasoning/sauce and seasoning/sauce and www.leannsgourmetfoods.com spice cabinet for the teas, spice blends, rubs chicken restaurant in catering business. catering business. only spice blend that and sauces blended by Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Located in Bethlehem, Located in Bethlehem, you will ever need. This hand using organic, LeAnn’s Gourmet in the early 1980s. This Georgia, Lane’s BBQ has Georgia, Lane’s BBQ has versatile blend was natural ingredients Asiago & Roasted Garlic perfect blend of sea been in business since been in business since created with incredible to enable others to Spice Blend can be salt and spices goes 2014. We specialize 2014. We specialize flavor profiles in mind, prepare wholesome, used as a dip mix or as great on chicken, beef, in handcrafted rubs, in handcrafted rubs, made from the most delicious meals for their a spread. The smooth, pork, eggs, soups, sauces and the best sauces and the best pure ingredients and family and friends. cheesy garlic flavor is sauces, vegetables brisket in town! brisket in town! sourced from the most a great addition to any or anything fried. sandwich or sauce. reputable purveyors.
48 SAUCES & SEASONINGS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 49 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST SNACK FOODS
BOOTLIKKER HOT CHEESE CRACKERS FARMHOUSE SAUCE BEEF JERKY Georgia Sourdough Co. GARLIC DRY 1825 Remington Road Terebinth Tree Inc. Atlanta, GA 30341 AGED BEEF 1305 Highland Lake Drive [email protected] Hunter Cattle Company Lawrenceville, GA 30045 917-587-1802 934 Driggers Road [email protected] www.georgiasourdoughco.com Brooklet, GA 30415 404-281-1174 [email protected] www.bootlikker.com Sourdough ain’t just 912-823-2333 for San Francisco! Our www.huntercattle.com Bootlikker Hot Sauce’s starter was made in Beef Jerky starts sweet the owner’s Atlanta Fresh garlic roasting on and ends with heat! kitchen five years ago. the farmhouse kitchen She followed her baking stove means something bliss, which resulted special is coming. in a growing company! Hunter Cattle’s dry- These cheese crackers aged beef snack is made bring to mind the classic from 100-percent grass- Southern cheese straw. fed beef. It’s rubbed by hand with all-natural spices and air-dried SNACK FOODS to peak tenderness.
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FORMULA 3 GEORGIA FRIED HERB N’ NUTS HONEY-KISSED KIMBLE’S OLE MAPLE FRONT TEA CAKE PEANUTS CASHEWS PECANS SCHOOL CORN PORCH PECANS Stokely Select Limited Inc. Georgia Fried Peanut High Cotton Company Sunnyland Farms Inc. FLAKE CHEWY Front Porch Pecans 18607 Garlington Drive Company 227 Sandy Springs Place 2314 Willson Road 140 Anderson Road Kimble’s Food By Design Cypress, TX 77433 19219 Hartford St. Suite D #167 Albany, GA 31705 Hawkinsville, GA 31036 607 Hines St. [email protected] P.O. Box 744 Sandy Springs, GA 30328 [email protected] [email protected] LaGrange, GA 30240 832-455-4979 Edison, GA 39846 [email protected] 615-545-9333 478-783-3182 [email protected] [email protected] 404-394-1994 www.sunnylandfarms.net www.frontporchpecans.com 706-298-6520 229-366-3023 www.highcottoncashews.com A Southern tradition, www.cornflakecandy.com these tea cakes are Sunnyland Farms Maple Front Porch covered in dark These peanuts are a The unlikely pairing is a 1,760-acre farm Pecans are a delicious, Kimble’s Ole School chocolate and have a true Georgia-grown of sweet and savory nestled in the heart of naturally flavored, Corn Flake Chewy is safe amount of caffeine. product. They’re grown creates a delicious pecan country, Albany, non-GMO, roasted made from creamy We just improved the in Georgia, fried in sensation like no other. Georgia. Since 1948, we pecan snack that peanut butter and wake-up cookie bar. Georgia and packaged in We use only aromatic have been the premier comes directly from natural cornflakes. Georgia. They’re fried in herbs, and we blend provider of gourmet the family farm where Every delicious batch small batches to ensure in small batches for Georgia pecans, nuts, they were grown! is handmade. This quality and freshness. superior, artisanal chocolates, dried They’re nutritious nuts tasty treat will take quality. Herb n’ Nuts fruits, candies and with a crunchy maple, you back to simpler Cashews are naturally assortments of gifts subtly spiced coating. times and will keep you gluten-free. Treat for all occasions. coming back for more. your taste buds to something special!
52 SNACK FOODS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 53 Flavor of Georgia 2018 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST SNACK FOODS
MOOMA’S ORIGINAL PA’S PEPPERCORN PEANUT BUTTER PEARSON FARM PECAN PEACH SUGAR AND SPICE DRY AGED BEEF DRY AGED BEEF PEACH WRYCE BAR SIGNATURE COCOA WRYCE BAR CASHEWS Hunter Cattle Company Hunter Cattle Company Wryce Bars CHAMPAGNE Wryce Bars High Cotton Company 934 Driggers Road 934 Driggers Road 1867 D Youville Lane 1867 D Youville Lane 227 Sandy Springs Place Brooklet, GA 30415 Brooklet, GA 30415 Atlanta, GA 30341 PECANS Atlanta, GA 30341 Suite D #167 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Pearson Farm [email protected] Sandy Springs, GA 30328 912-823-2333 912-823-2333 607-379-3929 5575 Zenith Mill Road 607-379-3929 [email protected] www.huntercattle.com www.huntercattle.com www.wrycebars.com Fort Valley, GA 31030 www.wrycebars.com 404-394-1994 [email protected] www.highcottoncashews.com On our family farm, This incredible, Wryce Bars are gluten- 478-827-0750 Wryce Bars are gluten- MooMa is an inspiration dry-aged beef snack free, organic, vegan, www.pearsonfarm.com free, organic, vegan, We make our famous to us all. The flavor and features freshly cracked taste-forward bars. taste-forward bars. Sugar-and-Spice tenderness of MooMa’s peppercorns. Just like They’re made for your Our Signature They’re made for your coated cashews with Original Dry Aged Beef Pa, it’s peppy and a child, you and the Champagne Pecans child, you and the a unique combination will inspire you as well. little spicy! Hunter healthy version of you begin with the best healthy version of you of ingredients for a Hunter Cattle’s dry- Cattle’s dry-aged beef that you’re making ‘Elliot’ pecan halves that you’re making delicious taste twist. aged beef snack is made snack is made from a reality one Wryce harvested on our a reality one Wryce The taste starts with from 100-percent grass- 100-percent grass-fed Bar at a time. This family farm. They are Bar at a time. This sweetness and is fed beef. It’s rubbed by beef. It’s rubbed by sweetness won’t bite roasted and coated in sweetness won’t bite followed by a whisper hand with all-natural hand with all-natural back! Try Wryce Bars! real Champagne, which back! Try Wryce Bars! of heat. Our customers spices and air-dried spices and air-dried makes these all-natural, can’t resist them. to peak tenderness. to peak tenderness. crunchy, sweet pecans a See for yourself! perfectly decadent treat.
54 SNACK FOODS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 55 MORE THAN A CONTEST
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56 FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 57 ALPHABETICAL INDEX BY THE NUMBERS
A Southern Fairytale: Chestnut Grandma’s Shebang Dipping Sauce 46 Orange Chili Sugar 43 Pecan Praline Compote 10 Grassfed Beecon Grind 36 Original BBQ Sauce 4 Abby J’s Blackhawk Field to Spoon Greens with Benefits 8 Pa Bill’s Original Barbeque Sauce 4 Georgia Peach Habanero Preserves 26 Groovy Greek 47 Pa’s Peppercorn Dry Aged Beef 54 Adagio Classic Caramelized H.L. Franklin’s Healthy Honey, Parrish’s Premium Cane Syrup 43 Sweet Onion Ketchup 11 Creamed Honey 24 Peach Cobbler Jam 29 Adagio Classic Tomato Ketchup 11 Habanero Pepper Spread 28 Peach Habanero Jam 30 Applewood Smoked Bacon 35 Heirloom Pear Jam with Peaches and Cream Cake Pop 18 Artisanal Vegan Cream Pop, Cardamom and Vanilla 28 Salted Caramel Apple 15 Peanut Butter Peach Wryce Bar 54 Herb N’ Nuts Cashews 52 Pearson Farm Signature Black & Blue with Whiskey Hibiscus Jelly 29 Too Pepper Jelly 26 Champagne Pecans 55 Hollingsworth’s Butter Pecan Tart 17 BlackRock 22 Pecan Peach Cocoa Wryce Bar 55 Honey Cinnamon Pecan Butter 41 Blueberry with Grand Marnier Jelly 26 Pecan Sandie 18 Honey Cranberry Pecan Ezekiel Bread 41 Bootlikker Hot Sauce Beef Jerky 51 Pecan Truffle Oil 43 Honey-Kissed Pecans 53 Bourbon Pecan Cheesecake 15 Pistachio Chicken Salad 38 Jalapeñ-yo Business: Candied Jalapeños 12 Brown Butter Crunch Gelato 15 Poppy Seed Chicken and Pasta 38 Jamaican’ Me Sweat Soppin’ Sauce 3 Brownie Homemade Baking Mix 40 Punky Goat’s Peachy Cinnamon Jam 30 SAVOR 2011 Joe Kems BBQ Rub 47 Byne Blueberry Farms Blueberry Sugar 40 Red Jalapeño Pepper Spread 30 Emily G’s Pear Honey Jam JudiCakes Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Cajeta 46 Red Pepper Horsey Spread 31 Emily Meyers and Gina Bodell Lemon with a Hint of Rosemary 18 Righteous Ranch 49 Dunwoody, Georgia Carroll’s Beef, Red Pepper & Kay’s Famous Chicken Salad 36 Onion Smoked Sausage 35 Rosemary Sea Salt 44 Kay’s Famous Chicken Salad, Cheese Crackers 51 Rum Crunch Cake 19 2012 Southern Girl 36 THE STATE Brown Butter Praline Ice Cream Chicken Lady BBQ Sauce 3 Savory Pimento Cheese Cheesecake with Kimble’s Ole School Corn Flake Chewy 53 High Road Craft Ice Cream Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole 40 Pecan Shortbread Crust and Wisham’s King Louie Apple Pie Mix 42 Jellies’ Wild Mayhaw Pepper Jelly 44 Atlanta, Georgia Clearly Wine & Strawberry Jelly 27 Ladybug Picnic Sea Salt 42 Sourwood (Honey) Balsamic Vinegar 13 Dixie Dandy Fresh Market Country Lane’s BBQ Ancho Espresso Rub 47 Southern Praline Mini Sweet Potato Pie 19 FORMER 2013 Smoked Pork Sausage 35 Peach Tea Bonbons Lane’s BBQ Brisket Rub 48 Southern Sriracha Spicy Honey 24 Drane’s Sauce 11 GRAND PRIZE Chocolate South Lane’s BBQ Q–Nami Rub 48 Southern Thunder BBQ Sauce 5 Drunk on a Peach Cheesecake 16 Atlanta, Georgia Lane’s BBQ Sorta White BBQ Sauce 3 Emily G’s Datil Peach Marmalade 27 Strawberry-Blueberry-Jalapeño Jam 31 WINNERS Laynee’s Walnut Butter 42 Farmhouse Garlic Dry Aged Beef 51 Strawberry Jalapeño Pepper Spread 31 2014 LeAnn’s Gourmet Asiago & Sugar and Spice Cashews 55 2007 Georgia Gold Clothbound Feta 22 Roasted Garlic Spice Blend 48 Formula 1 Red & Black Peach Tea 7 Sugar Hill Smokehouse Sweet Low Country Pastry Cheddar Cheese LeAnn’s Gourmet Chicken Salad 37 & Tangy BBQ Sauce 5 Bradley Creek Seafood Nature’s Harmony Farm Formula 3 Tea Cake 52 Magnolia Darjeeling Green Tea Blend 8 Sweet Potato-Pecan Cheesecake 19 Savannah, Georgia Elberton, Georgia Fresh Mint Chip Brownie Sandwich 16 Maple Front Porch Pecans 53 Tangy Ginger Peach Glaze 49 Friends Forever Sea Salt 41 1,300 Mary’s Kitchen Peach Pepper Jelly 29 The Georgia Pie 38 Since 2007, the University 2008 2015 GameTime Herb & Spice Mike’s Red Pepper and Onion of Georgia Center for Grass-fed Beef Ribeye Balsamico Al Mirtillo Seasoning, World Blend 46 The Peachtree Jam 32 Smoked Sausage 37 Agribusiness and Economic White Oak Pastures A&A Alta Cucina Italia Georgia Chow Chow 12 The Southern Lady Pound Cake 20 Mike’s Skillet Smoked Sausage 37 Development has celebrated Bluffton, Georgia Johns Creek, Georgia Georgia Fried Peanut Cluster, Vanilla 16 Tree House Macarons 20 Montane Sparkling Spring Tropical Heat Wave Jam 32 over 1,300 Georgia food Georgia Fried Peanuts 52 Water, Cucumber Lime 9 in Flavor of 2009 2016 Uncle Rhett’s Back Slappin’ BBQ Sauce 5 products Georgia’s Gourmet Tomato Ketchup 12 MooMa’s Original Dry Aged Beef 54 Georgia contests. Flat Creek Lodge Aztec Cheddar Caramel Pecan Pie Vidalia Onion & Balsamic Vinegar Jam 13 Georgia Pecan Bar 17 New World Chocolate Milk 22 Flat Creek Lodge Dairy Southern Baked Pie Company Georgia Pecan Tea Cookie 17 Whoopsie Pie, Peanut Butter Swainsboro, Georgia Gainesville, Georgia Ol’ Geechee’s Sweet Blue BBQ Sauce 4 & Blackberry Jam 20 GG’s Sugared Peppers 27 ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPATION Olympus Greek Mountain Wild Elderberry Pepper Jelly 32 IN THE FLAVOR OF GEORGIA 2010 2017 Ginger Yellow Pepper Spread 28 Blueberry Citrus Tea 9 Wisham Jellies Blackberry Pepper Jelly 33 CONTEST INCREASED THE Grill Honey Georgia Grinders Ginger’s Bunkhouse Spicy Ginger Ale 8 Olympus Greek Mountain Daily Detox Tea 9 SALES/REVENUES OF FINALISTS BY ABOUT 11 PERCENT. Savannah Bee Company Premium Nut Butters Gourmet Vanilla-Infused Honey Pot 24 OneBite Spices, Master Blend 49 Savannah, Georgia Chamblee, Georgia
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