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THE FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST highlights innovative, market-ready or commercially available food products that showcase the diversity, trends and excellence of the state’s vibrant food sector. We truly appreciate the businesses that submitted 117 products this year, BARBECUE SAUCES, page 2 as well as the 30 finalists selected to go WE HOPE THAT THE FLAVOR to the final round in Athens on April 7. OF GEORGIA CONTEST This directory includes all contest entries, HELPS ENTREPRENEURS BEVERAGES, page 6 ENTER THE FOOD including contact information and product INDUSTRY OR EXPAND descriptions, and it highlights the three finalists THEIR CURRENT & SALSAS, page 10 from each of the 10 categories. We hope you use it BUSINESS, AND THAT as a tool for promotion and networking in Georgia’s THEY GAIN PUBLICITY AND EXPOSURE FOR THEIR CONFECTIONS, page 18 dynamic food product industry. You may also PRODUCTS. find the directory online at www.flavorofga.com. We hope that the Flavor of Georgia HONEY & RELATED PRODUCTS, page 24 contest helps entrepreneurs enter the food industry or expand their current business, and that they gain publicity and exposure for their products. JAMS & JELLIES, page 26 We also want to connect food processors, brokers, retailers and others involved in food marketing distribution channels in Georgia so they can sample the great products offered by these businesses and individuals. MEAT & SEAFOOD, page 32 The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is proud to host the Flavor of Georgia contest as a signature event MISCELLANEOUS, page 37 each year. We hope you enjoy a taste of what Georgia has to offer.

SAUCES & SEASONINGS, page 42 Sharon P. Kane Sam Pardue Food Business Development Specialist and Dean and Director, College of Agricultural Economist, UGA Center for Agribusiness and Environmental Sciences SNACK FOODS, page 46 and Economic Development

FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 1 Flavor of Georgia 2020 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST BARBECUE SAUCES

DOCS BBQ SAUCE DUSTY BOOT EAST GEORGIA EEZY SAUCE Docs BBQ COOKSHED BBQ SAUCE Eezy Sauce William Dent Charles Isaac Hill Smokehouse P.O. Box 11 BBQ SAUCE 6705 Buckhurst Trail Mike O’Rouke Ocilla, GA 31774 D.B. Cookshed College Park, GA 30349 310 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. [email protected] Joey Davidson [email protected] Sugar Hill, GA 30518 229-425-5885 1000 Sweetwater Circle 678-237-2101 [email protected] Lizella, GA 31052 www.Eezysauce.com 770-945-1199 Docs BBQ Sauce is a [email protected] www.sugarhillsmokehouse.com Southern style sauce 478-973-3950 Eezy sauce is bold, sweet that hits all the major and tangy with a little For more than 200 years, taste profiles. Some say Dusty Boot Cookshed kick! It’s a tomato-based East Georgia pitmasters it’s a -based BBQ sauce is tasty on that pairs well have been using vinegar sauce, some a vinegar- anything and everything: with poultry, beef, pork, sauce for their BBQ. based sauce and some pork, chicken and beef. It seafood and veggies. It can For our version of this a sweet sauce. We like can be used to cook with be utilized as a marinade regional classic, we to think of it as a little or as a . and dipping sauce. The have created a sauce of each of these, so you Dusty Boot Cookshed perfect food enhancer! with both white and taste what you like. BBQ sauce is the best apple cider vinegar. sauce on both sides of the Mississippi River from right here in Georgia.

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GRAPEVINE SEVEN OAKS SISTER’S WHITE SOUTHERN STRAWBERRY THE WHITE SAUCE ROAD RED MUSTARD SAUCE SWEET HEAT BALSAMIC & White Sauce Anna Kempf Dolan’s Bar-B-Que Dolan’s Bar-B-Que Dolan’s Bar-B-Que Southbound Provisions ROSEMARY 232 Walker Hollow Road Mary Beth Brown Mary Beth Brown Mary Beth Brown Chad Schmookler Flintstone, GA 30725 335 Highway 25 S 335 Highway 25 S 335 Highway 25 S 1616 Climbing Rose Circle NW [email protected] Millen, GA Millen, GA Millen, GA Kennesaw, GA 30152 AubSauce 706-248-8141 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] cschmookler@ Aubrey Lenyard www.thewhitesauce.org 478-982-4141 478-982-4141 478-982-4141 southboundque.com 3435 Oregon Trail 404-661-8770 Decatur, GA 30032 Traditional white sauce is Dolan’s Bar-B-Que was Dolan’s Bar-B-Que was Dolan’s Bar-B-Que was www.southboundque.com [email protected] pretty tart, but ours is the created by sisters, Mary created by sisters, Mary created by sisters, Mary 678-637-5865 perfect blend of creamy Beth and Lazar, in 2015. Beth and Lazar, in 2015. Beth and Lazar, in 2015. Southern Sweet Heat www.aubsauce.com and sweet! Although Their line of sauces was Their line of sauces was Their line of sauces was is filled with notes of originally created as a created to accompany created to accompany created to accompany tomato, molasses, vinegar, AubSauce is a line of sauce for smoked poultry, and enhance the flavor of and enhance the flavor of and enhance the flavor of pepper, gentle heat and small-batch, artisan over the years The White pork, beef, chicken and pork, beef, chicken and pork, beef, chicken and rounded elements of barbecue sauces. Our Sauce has also been used fish. Girls can ’Que too! fish. Girls can ’Que too! fish. Girls can ’Que too! savory. It perfectly strikes collection of high-quality on , dips, veggies, the balance between sauces is lovingly crafted potatoes and more! smoke, sweet and heat. in Decatur, Georgia, only Made with gluten-free with the best, locally ingredients and no high sourced ingredients. fructose corn .

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COSTA RICA EMPEROR’S BROTH TARRAZU COFFEE Cafe West Express Tammy Stokes Grassroots Coffee Roasters 3792 Roswell Road Amanda Humphries Atlanta, GA 30342 105 Hadley Drive [email protected] Thomasville, GA 31792 404-800-5379 [email protected] www.cafewestexpress.com 229-236-3389 www.grassrootscoffee.com A superior, plant-based wellness broth rooted in Grassroots Coffee ancient wisdom. Made Roasters began roasting from ingredients deemed small-batch coffee in so valuable they were 2009. We pride ourselves reserved for emperors. on our quality sourcing of Deliciously crafted from beans and thoughtfully medicinal mushrooms, crafted blends. We hope herbs and spices. you will love every sip!

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GEORGIA GREY GINGER’S HIBISCUS TEA GINGER LIME MUSCADINE CIDER WARM SPICE BLACK TEA BUNKHOUSE SPICY Pride Road Sweet Ginger Browne Hillside Orchard Farms Inc. Sweet Ginger Browne Najeeb Muhaimin Ebony Coleman Patsy Mitcham Ebony Coleman Thistle & Sprig Tea Company GINGER ALE 2526 Stone Mountain Street, 3040 Peachtree Road 105 Mitcham Circle 3040 Peachtree Road Susannah Lee Bunkhouse Beverages Suite S Suite 215 Tiger, GA 30576 Suite 215 369 Cherokee Place SE Joseph and Emily Tatum Lithonia, GA 30058 Atlanta, GA 30305 [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30305 Atlanta, GA 30312 185 Nacoochee Ave. [email protected] [email protected] 706-782-4995 [email protected] [email protected] Athens, GA 30601 404-423-1775 833-742-6497 www.hillsideorchard.com 833-742-6497 404-666-3016 [email protected] www.PrideRoad.com www.sweetgingerbrowne.com www.sweetgingerbrowne.com www.thistleandsprig.com 706-207-5564 Muscadine Cider is great www.bunkhousebeverages.com Hibiscus Tea flavored Sweet Ginger Browne served cold or frozen. Sweet Ginger Browne Georgia Grey offers a new beverage fused with mixers are all-natural Great as a mixer with mixers are all-natural spin on your traditional Ginger’s Bunkhouse Spicy the home brewing and handmade in small your favorite beverage and handmade in small Earl Grey style tea. Full Ginger Ale is a creation traditions of the South. batches using fine, batches using fine, leaf Assam black tea from the Manhattan Cafe, organic ingredients. We organic ingredients. We is hand blended with a small neighborhood extract maximum flavor extract maximum flavor organic rosemary and bar in Athens, Georgia. from our organically from our organically pure bergamot to deliver We use it as a delicious grown ginger root. You grown ginger root. You a full-bodied yet smooth cocktail mixer and will taste our pride and will taste our pride and black tea with hints of it can be enjoyed on passion in every spicy sip! passion in every spicy sip! pine, malt and citrus. its own. It is spicy!

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AMICI BOOTLIKKER CANDIED DILL CHIPS Amici Food Group HOT SAUCE Jake’s Fresh Market & Cannery Chris Torino Lisa Fowler Bootlikker 176 W. Washington St. 591 Knox Bridge Highway Tommy Wood Madison, GA 30650 White, GA 30184 1305 Highland Lake Drive [email protected] [email protected] Lawrenceville, GA 30045 706-752-0081 404-667-5121 [email protected] www.amici-cafe.com www.jakesfreshmarket.com 470-285-BOOT www.bootlikker.com Amici Hot sauce is a This pickle is tart, sweet, Buffalo style hot sauce crunchy and just plain Bootlikker Hot Sauce is with a unique twist. This delish! Pair these pickles an amazing amalgam original recipe has been with southern fried of cayenne, pickled served to our customers chicken. Chop up the jalapeños and tequila. since 1993 for hot wings pickle slices to use in and other things! Good place of in potato, on poultry, fish, pork and chicken or tuna . just about anything you enjoy hot sauce with!

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FRESNO CHILI SAUCE GARLIC KRAUT GEORGIA PEACH GRASSFED HABANERO HOT SAUCE Pulp Hot Sauce Jensen Reserve TALLOW BUTTER CARROT SAUCE Cultured Traditions Nicholas Gregory Laura Jensen Tatiana Batskikh A&A Alta Cucina Italia White Oak Pastures Pulp Hot Sauce 1170 Sylvan Road SW 4091 Bullock Bridge Road 3075 Whittier Way Adriana Coppola Jenni Harris Nicholas Gregory Atlanta, GA 30310 Loganville, GA 30052 Cumming, GA 30040 535 Edgehill Place 22775 Highway 27 1170 Sylvan Road SW [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Johns Creek, GA 30022 Bluffton, GA 39824 Atlanta, GA 30310 785-501-4235 770-363-4487 678-205-6348 [email protected] jenni.harris@whiteoakpastures. [email protected] www.pulp.fyi www.jensenreserve.com www.culturedtraditions.com 770-369-4231 com 785-501-4235 www.altacucinaitalia.com 229-641-2081 www.pulp.fyi Our version of . Made with our own Hot sauce made with www.whiteoakpastures.com This red jalapeno look- artisanal water from a local, organically grown A&A Georgia Peach Habaneros have long alike hails from Fresno deep water aquaphor (an red jalapeño peppers. Balsamic is a wonderful Add flavor to any cut of been one of our favorite California. The biggest underground river) on balance of tart and sweet meat or meal side with our sauce-making peppers. difference that separates our farm. Our kraut is that will transform your nondairy tallow spread. Their beautiful, bright, these two is the smoky, raw, or non-heat treated. green salads, fruit salads, It’s perfect for all of our fresh, citrus flavor sweet quality. Hotter Every product at Jensen ice creams and meats carnivore, paleo and keto blends perfectly with than a jalapeno, this Reserve is made the with its unique flavor. keepers who are hungry the sweet earthiness of beautiful chili makes same. Simply with time- Great to add to your for more fat in their diets. another of our favorite our most complex and honored traditions. pork tenderloin, salmon ingredients: carrot juice. delicious sauce. and chicken breast and This sauce will make as a pairing. your taste buds sing!

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HOT HONEY MUSTARD HUNGARIAN JACK HOT SAUCE KISS OF HEAT ORIGINAL SUGARED PEPPER SAUCE Pine Street Market WAX SAUCE Bootlikker Argentina Gold Foods JALAPEÑO PEPPERS Midland Ghost Rusty Bowers Tommy Wood Alicia Fleck David Lemieux Pulp Hot Sauce GG’s Sugared Peppers 4 Pine St. 1305 Highland Lake Drive 2275 Marietta Blvd. NW 5310 Veterans Parkway Nicholas Gregory Gelana Goddard Unit A Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Suite 270-127 Columbus, GA 31904 1170 Sylvan Road SW P.O. Box 2682 Avondale Estates, GA 30002 [email protected] Atlanta, Georgia 30318 [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30310 Valdosta, GA 31605 [email protected] 470-285-BOOT aliciafleck@argentinagoldfoods. 706-984-1034 [email protected] [email protected] 404-296-9672 www.bootlikker.com com www.midlandghost.com 785-501-4235 229-300-0155 www.pinestreetmarket.com 1-800-484-6075 www.pulp.fyi www.ggspeppers.com Bootlikker JACK Hot Sauce www.argentinagoldfoods.com The original MG pepper An English-style hot is an amazing amalgam sauce! Georgia-grown, The common name The peppers that are more mustard slightly tamed of cayenne, pickled Kiss of Heat is the perfect harvested and aged for hot wax peppers is sweet than heat! Famed with local Georgia honey jalapeños and whiskey. balance of sweet and heat to represent the heart banana peppers. But this for her sugared jalapeño for a subtle sweet flavor. that inspires innovation and soul of food, sauce is anything but peppers, Gelana Goddard A perfectly suitable deli for everyday cooks and fellowship and family. common. Mild, but with and her sister, Maxine, mustard that pairs well chefs who create meals a little heat, it’s enough have become local legends with a variety of meats, of every type of cuisine. to make your mouth of sorts by selling their especially sausage. Argentina Gold Foods water. When we say this one-of-a-kind treat Sold in a 6 oz jar. in a woman-owned, sauce goes on everything, at fairs and festivals veteran-owned, minority- we mean everything! throughout South Georgia. owned family business.

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POBLANO SERRANO WILDFLOWER HONEY JALAPEÑO SAUCE VINEGAR WITH Pulp Hot Sauce SMOKY SERRANO Nicholas Gregory Built By Bees 1170 Sylvan Road SW Tim Haratine Atlanta, GA 30310 2900 Chamblee Tucker Road [email protected] Building 12, Suite 200 785-501-4235 Atlanta, GA 30341 www.pulp.fyi [email protected] 770-454-9400 We combine the smoky www.builtbybees.com earthiness of poblano peppers with the delicious A sweet, tangy Georgia heat of serrano peppers honey vinegar accented and the bright, fresh, with savory and smoky green flavor of jalapeno mild-hot serrano. peppers to make the most delicious green hot sauce you have ever tasted.

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ALMOND BANANA BREAD Paryani Foods Sonia Paryani 4603 Gann Crossing SW, Smyrna, GA 30082 [email protected] 678-779-4960 www.Paryanifoods.com

Almond flour banana bread that is gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free and refined sugar-free.

BLUEBERRY LEMON SHORTBREAD Byrd Cookie Company Geoffrey Repella 6700 Waters Ave., Savannah, GA 31406 [email protected] 912-355-1716 www.byrdcookiecompany.com

This little cookie will make you want to get out of bed in the morning. We take our buttery lemon shortbread and pair it with delicious Georgia blueberries to make a treat that can’t be beat

BROWN BUTTER SNICKERDOODLE COOKIE Jimella’s Bakery Emily Holden 3300 Marjan Drive #1, Atlanta, GA 30340 [email protected] 404-290-8725 www.jimellasbakery.com

Jimella’s Bakery specializes in cookie that are made in small batches using high-quality ingredients. Our signature flavor, Brown Butter Snickerdoodle, consists of two snickerdoodle cookies with rich dulce de leche buttercream filling. 18 CONFECTIONS FLAVOR OF GEORGIA FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST 19 Flavor of Georgia 2020 FOOD PRODUCT CONTEST CONFECTIONS

CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES CONSUELO’S CARROT DELIGHT PASTRY RoHo Bakery Inspirational Sweets to Our Soul Ronald Hollis Jr. Consuelo Walker 1876 Cindy Drive, Decatur, GA 30032 9244 Charlton Place, Douglasville, GA 30135 [email protected] [email protected] 404-643-5575 678-462-8654 www.instagram.com/rohobakery www.inspirationalsweetstooursoul.com

Carrot cake has never tasted this good! Alluring Consuelo’s carrot delight pastry is a spices to delight and a cream cheese frosting to scrumptious, healthier dessert for individuals soothe and sweeten your palate. The undertones to enjoy eating every day, so they can indulge in this pleasure are perfect year-round. their sweet tooth while eating healthier at the same time, savoring the moment.

CHOCOLATE CHIP TOFFEE PECAN BARK COOKIE BUTTER PECAN ICE CREAM Lucille’s Confections DaddyO’s Ice Cream Rhonda Hunt Lori O’Brien 225 Williams Drive, Suite 500, Marietta, GA 30066 5910 Suwanee Dam Road, Suite 400, Sugar Hill, GA 30518 [email protected] [email protected] 404-590-7580 678-765-9633 www.etsy.com/shop/LucillesConfections www.daddyosicecream.com

A layer of chocolate on top of made-from-scratch A unique new concept, Daddy O’Brien’s Irish buttery toffee, nestled in a graham cracker and Ice Cream Pub is a quaint Irish pub, restaurant toasted pecan crust with toasted pecans on top to and ice cream parlor featuring national award- finish. So insanely good, you can’t eat just one! winning adult and family ice cream creations and delicious homemade Irish fare.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PETITE PIE GEORGIA FRIED PEANUT Revolution Gelato CLUSTER – VANILLA Jared Olkin Georgia Fried Peanut Company 1357 Glenwood Ave. SE, Atlanta, GA John West [email protected] 19219 Hartford St., P.O. Box 744, Edison, GA 39846 919-714-9994 [email protected] www.revolutiongelato.com 229-366-3023 www.gafriedpeanutco.com A first-to-market frozen novelty, our Petite Pies are handmade with a rich chocolate crust and peanut Fried peanuts are a Georgia favorite, so why not butter gelato filling, topped with roasted peanuts cover them in chocolate? These small batch, — all organic and plant-based in a perfect portion. handcrafted confections are made with Georgia- grown peanuts in the heart of Southwest Georgia.

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GEORGIA PEACH PIE – RED VELVET CUPCAKES VEGAN CAKE BALLS RoHo Bakery Ronald Hollis Jr. Kaylee Cake Pops and More 1876 Cindy Drive, Decatur, GA 30032 Amber Tellis [email protected] 4879 Ruby Pines Circle, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 404-643-5575 [email protected] www.instagram.com/rohobakery 678-636-9770 www.KayleeCakePopsandMore.com This sweet and savory treat is a true representation of the comforting southern hospitality experience. Our vegan Georgia Peach Pie cake balls are the Prepare for rich textures and creamy frosting, perfect on-the-go treats. Small, with a blast of perfectly balanced for vibrant flavors. fresh southern flavors. A moist cake ball made with fresh organic peaches and spices, coated with a creamy nondairy vanilla chocolate.

LEMONBERRY – VEGAN CAKE BALLS SORGHUM PECAN ICE CREAM Kaylee Cake Pops and More Rock House Creamery Amber Tellis Haley Crane 4879 Ruby Pines Circle, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 2471 Broughton Road, Covington, GA 30056 [email protected] [email protected] 678-636-9770 678-729-1459 www.KayleeCakePopsandMore.com www.rockhousecreamery.com

Our vegan LemonBerry cake balls are the Made from our cream line whole milk, this classically perfect on-the-go treats. Small, with a blast southern, delectably sweet treat pairs two of our favorite of fresh flavors. A moist cake ball made with ingredients produced here in our home state! fresh blueberries and lemons, coated with a creamy nondairy vanilla chocolate.

ORIGINAL PECAN SHORTBREAD VAPPLE PIE Lucille’s Confections VTasteCakes Rhonda Hunt Jasmyn Reddicks 225 Williams Drive, Suite 500, Marietta, GA 30066 5006 Druid Hills Reserve Drive, Atlanta, GA 30329 [email protected] [email protected] 404-590-7580 678-964-5402 www.etsy.com/shop/LucillesConfections www.vtastecakes.com

A crispy, airy, buttery pecan shortbread Inspired by childhood memories in the South mixed cookie dusted in confectioners’ sugar. The with a modern-day vegan twist. This delicious perfect balance of salty and sweet! spice cake is filled with caramelized Granny Smith apples, infused with hints of almond and topped with decadent vanilla frosting, dusted in cookie crumble.

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ANISE & GINGER EXPRESSO FIG & WALNUT WILDFLOWER HONEY HEALING HONEY WHIPPED HONEY DESSERT TOPPING White Oak Pastures Jenni Harris Built By Bees MarRay Foods INFUSION 22775 Highway 27 Tim Haratine Diane Curtis Biron Herbal Teas Bluffton, GA 39824 2900 Chamblee Tucker Road 2451 Cumberland Parkway SE Andi Biron jenni.harris@whiteoakpastures. Building 12, Suite 200 Suite 3302 5962 Zebulon Road com Atlanta, GA 30341 Atlanta, GA 30339 Suite 180 229-641-2081 [email protected] [email protected] Macon, GA 31210 www.whiteoakpastures.com 770-454-9400 404-886-6588 [email protected] www.builtbybees.com www.marrayfoods.com 770-322-4001 Bees play a vital role www.bironteas.com in agriculture, and Georgia whipped, Made in small batches they certainly have creamy clover honey with organic dried figs Raw honey infused in an important job on with espresso. and raw local honey, this the sun with organic our farm. The best topping is perfect for anise and ginger. compliment we’ve gotten ice cream, pound cake, to date is “our honey is custard, toast or pancakes as pure as our land.” and pairs beautifully with a sharp cheddar or smoked Gouda.

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APPLE FIG BLESS YOUR HEART CARROT ORANGE PEPPER JELLY STRAWBERRY MARMALADE Wisham Jellies VANILLA JAM Jake’s Fresh Market & Cannery Eric Wisham Lisa Fowler Just Right Ranch 807 North Central Ave. 591 Knox Bridge Highway Debb Carr Tifton, GA 31794 White, GA 30184 3765 Union Hill Road [email protected] [email protected] Alpharetta, GA 30004 229-392-3888 404-667-5121 [email protected] www.wishamjellies.com www.jakesfreshmarket.com 678-522-6621 www.JustRightRanch.com A Georgia-grown taste of Jake’s Carrot Orange fall is in this jar! Our apple Marmalade can not only Fresh Georgia fig pepper jelly is great be used as a sweet spread strawberries combined on pork, turkey, dressing, over toast, but also as with vanilla and our cheese and toast. the main ingredient in favorite honey make breads and desserts and this jam a special treat. as a complementary topping for meat, poultry and vegetables.

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CHERRY JALAPEÑO COONHOUND HOLLOW DARK CHOCOLATE FIRE! PEPPER JELLY GOLDEN MUSCADINE MOM’S LOVE SPREAD Coonhound Hollow Mercantile STRAWBERRY Wisham Jellies PEPPER JELLY BLUEBERRY Julie Spielman Eric Wisham Unicoi Preserves Hillside Orchard Farms 102 Danbury Circle MERLOT JAM 807 North Central Ave. LEMON JAM Clark Neal Jr. Patsy Mitcham Braselton, GA 30517 Elusive Jams Tifton, GA 31794 Just Right Ranch 126 Starlight Drive 105 Mitcham Circle [email protected] Jason Wynn [email protected] Debb Carr Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571 Tiger, GA 30576 678-478-4581 565 Old Muse Road 229-392-3888 3765 Union Hill Road [email protected] [email protected] www.coonhoundhollow.com Carrollton, GA 30116 www.wishamjellies.com Alpharetta, GA 30004 706-219-2461 706-782-4995 [email protected] [email protected] www.unicoipreserves.com www.hillsideorchard.com Strawberry margarita 678-664-2030 Georgia-grown peppers 678-522-6621 jam. Not your grandma’s www.elusivejams.com with a kick! Try mixing www.JustRightRanch.com Tart cherry juice infused Golden muscadines jam. Not just for bread. a tablespoon with your with spicy jalapeños is a with a hint of jalapeños Dark Chocolate Strawberry and Dijon Deep, dark – almost delicious complement to to create a sweet and Merlot Jam started with mustard to heat up mysterious – fresh cheese and charcuterie. spicy taste. Use with our love of chocolate- your blue cheese burger Georgia blueberries with meats or with cream dipped strawberries. This or tossing your wings a lingering lemon finish. cheese and crackers. ambrosial jam is crafted with a few scoops. We with the sweetest Georgia recommend eating it strawberries soaked in our straight out of the jar favorite wine. Then we add with cream cheese melted dark chocolate for and crackers! a delicious combination.

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ORANGE MEYER ORGANIC ORIGINAL MEDIUM SMOKED SPICED BLACKBERRY SUZETTE’S LEMON FRUIT PEPPER JELLY PEPPER JELLY STRAWBERRY JAM PIE MOONSHINE JAM BALSAMIC HOT SPREAD White Oak Pastures Grumps Pepper Jelly Elusive Jams Appalachian Gourmet Kitchen PEPPER JELLY – Jenni Harris Curt and Deane Boughner Jason Wynn Janice Walters-Taylor Regina’s Farm Kitchen 22775 Highway 27 1907 Sumner Road 565 Old Muse Road 255 Beasley St. SICILIAN LEMON Regina Nekola Hild Bluffton, GA 39824 Moultrie, GA 31768 Carrollton, GA 30116 Blairsville, GA 30512 Oli + Ve 4723 Holly Oak Place jenni.harris@whiteoakpastures. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Suzanne Davidson Atlanta, GA 30338 com 407-227-9132 678-664-2030 706-745-8660 1003 Canton St. [email protected] 229-641-2081 www.grumpspepperjelly.com www.elusivejams.com www.appalachiankitchens.com Roswell, GA 30075 404-918-5501 www.whiteoakpastures.com [email protected] www.reginasfarmkitchen.com Crafted in small batches Our Smoked Strawberry Appalachian Gourmet 770-587-4244 The art of canning is from fresh peppers grown Jam is crafted from our Kitchen specializes www.oliandve.com Regina’s Farm Kitchen one not lost at White in Moultrie, Georgia, and love of smoked foods. in small-batch, Orange Meyer Lemon Oak Pastures. Using other fine ingredients. We start with fresh handcrafted, spirit Building off lemon Artisan Fruit Spread the vegetables we grow Our Scotch Bonnet Georgia strawberries, infused jams and jellies. balsamic as one of the is made with delicious on our farm, we have pepper jelly is sweet and slowly smoked over key ingredients, this hot Satsuma Mandarins and made several delicious hot at the same time, cherry wood chips and pepper jelly is a wonderful Meyer lemons grown by jellies and jams, this with a complex flavor red wine. This pairs well combination of citrus Franklin’s Citrus Farm in one being our favorite. that can’t be beat. This with ribs, chicken, pork and hot peppers. Makes Statesboro, Georgia. Our pepper jelly is a delicious chops or ham biscuits. a perfect topping for artisan, small-batch jams complement to any dish. toasted breads, cheese, are made from scratch, ice cream, a glaze for the old-fashioned way. meats or whisked into a salad dressing.

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920 PORK SAUSAGE 920 Cattle & Co. Rebecca Creasy 846 S. Gray St., Millen, GA 30442 [email protected] 478-982-5715 www.920store.com

920 Pork Sausage is handcrafted with the 70- plus-year-old recipe of the Fries family, the namesake of our USDA-inspected abattoir.

BABYLINK SHEEP CASING SMOKED SAUSAGE Sunset Farm Foods Frank Underwood 1201 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA 31601 [email protected] 229-242-2952 www.sunsetfarmfoods.com

A tender, sheep casing, smoked Sausage. No MSG and gluten-free product. When grilled, a perfect snack! It’s an original recipe.

BRESAOLA Pine Street Market Rusty Bowers 4 Pine St., Unit A, Avondale Estates, GA 30002 [email protected] 404-296-9672 www.pinestreetmarket.com

Bresaola is dry-cured eye of round beef, rubbed with rosemary, sage, thyme and nutmeg. It is placed in our curing cave to age for three months. The meat is a beautiful dark, velvety-red color – a perfect addition to your next antipasto platter!

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BUCKBOARD BACON SMOKED CHICKEN SAUSAGE Carroll’s Sausage and Country Store Pine Street Market Hugh Hardy Rusty Bowers 315 Whittle Circle, Ashburn, GA 31714 4 Pine St., Unit A, Avondale Estates, GA 30002 [email protected] [email protected] 229-567-2355 404-296-9672 www.carrollssausage.com www.pinestreetmarket.com

Fresh Boston butt seasoned with Carroll’s Pine Street Market Smoked Chicken Sausage is own special blend of spices. It’s cured, slow- handmade using Springer Mountain Farms Chicken, smoked and sliced in-house for a leaner, no pork-seasoned with sage, black pepper and chilies, more flavorful alternative to bacon. stuffed into natural lamb casings, twisted into 2-inch links and lightly smoked over Applewood.

COUNTRY SMOKED SAUSAGE SMOKED PORK CHOPS Sunset Farm Foods Thompson Farms Frank Underwood Bayly Thompson 1201 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA 31601 2538 Dixie Road, Dixie, GA 31629 [email protected] [email protected] 229-242-2952 229-305-5272 www.sunsetfarmfoods.com www.thompsonfarms.com

A robust, country-style, skinless, split Thompson Farms Smoked Pork Chops are smoked in smoked sausage. Great biscuit application, our smokehouse using local peach wood for a subtle already split and fully cooked. added flavor. The thick chops are both tender and savory. One bite is sure to give you a wave of nostalgia back to a simpler time in your grandma’s kitchen.

CRACKED PEPPER SMOKED SAUSAGE SMOKED SYRUP AND CHEESE SAUSAGE Sunset Farm Foods Carroll’s Sausage and Country Store Frank Underwood Hugh Hardy 1201 Madison Highway, Valdosta, GA 31601 315 Whittle Circle, Ashburn, GA 31714 [email protected] [email protected] 229-242-2952 229-567-2355 www.sunsetfarmfoods.com www.carrollssausage.com

Recipe was created around 1983. A robust, Our sausage is handmade with fresh ground flavorful cracked-pepper smoked sausage. pork, Georgia-grown cane syrup, cheese and Fully cooked pure pork product. a secret blend of herbs and spices stuffed in a pork casing and smoked to perfection.

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SUMMER SAUSAGE CHOCOLATE Thompson Farms BOURBON PECAN Bayly Thompson 2538 Dixie Road, Dixie, GA 31629 BUTTER [email protected] Georgia Grinders 229-305-5272 Jaime Foster www.thompsonfarms.com 3400 West Hospital Ave. Suite 103 Thompson Farms Summer Sausage is made with Atlanta, GA 30342 our pasture-raised pork and carefully sourced [email protected] spices. It’s fully cooked and free of nitrites, 404-693-4610 making it a healthy snack to fuel your day or www.georgiagrinders.com as a delicious addition to any cheeseboard. Georgia Grinders captured the flavors of our founder’s famous WILD GEORGIA SHRIMP pie into a jar without the Anchored Shrimp Co. sugar and guilt! It is a true Aaron Wallace taste of Southern comfort 107 Speedy Tostensen Blvd., Brunswick, GA 31520 and is the perfectly [email protected] delectable addition to your 912-264-5340 home during the holiday www.anchoredshrimp.com season – great gift item!

Our certified Wild Georgia Shrimp individually quick frozen (IQF) is a local favorite! We use a freezing tunnel to freeze each shrimp separately, making it a whole lot easier to thaw and manage.

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CULTURED FIVE OTTERS GARLIC-FLAVORED GINGER CUCUMBER LEMON CREAM MACARONI & CHEESE VEGETABLES AMERICAN EXTRA VINEGAR CHEESE Kitchen of Dana Inc. Dana Berry Harp and Bowl La Bistro Five Otters Biger Creek Farm Bootleg Farm VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 545 Helen Highway Charlotte Ethridge Sharon Cobb Flanagan Jenny Scifres Richard Cowart Olive Orchards of Georgia Suite B 520 Mulberry St. 558 Golf Course Road P.O. Box 301 477 Egypt Ardmore Road Debbie Hobdy Cleveland, GA 30528 Macon, GA 31210 Eastman, GA 31023 Colbert, GA 30628 Springfield, GA 31329 14625 Valdosta Highway [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Quitman, GA 31643 706-348-1535 478-743-8682 619-322-4505 678-614-4785 912-667-0807 [email protected] www.kitchenofdana.com www.harpandbowllabistro.com www.bigercreek.com www.bootlegfarm.net 1-800-996-4136 Five Otters Olive Orchard, www.oliveorchardsofgeorgia.com Kitchen of Dana Macaroni Try an innovative, pickled where “There’s Good At Biger Creek Farm, we Bootleg Farm’s Lemon & Cheese is created with probiotic salad with a in Every Olive” ™ offers specialize in a variety of Cream Cheese is a Olive Orchards of Georgia the highest-quality delicious, tangy taste. an extra special taste flavored vinegar made smooth, creamy cheese Garlic Flavored Extra Virgin ingredients ensuring The newly created salad that only the heart of from scratch. We flavor that provides a fresh Olive Oil (250 ml/ 8.5 fl its gourmet flavor and is a wonderful blend of middle Georgia offers. the vinegar with products taste of the farm. Smooth oz) – Our Garlic Flavored texture. Shredded shredded red cabbage, we grow on our farm. If and creamy. From a Olive Oil is made from our cheese and our process carrots, beets, ginger, we don’t grow the product cracker to your favorite arbequina extra virgin is the only family secret. kale, green apples, ourselves, we buy from recipe, Bootleg Farm’s olive oil and blended with Freezer to oven to table. bell peppers and black local and organic sources. Lemon Cream Cheese the spicy yet slightly sweet Quality on demand. peppercorns, with other adds the perfect touch flavor of crushed garlic. herbs and spices such as of farm freshness. turmeric, cumin, curry and cinnamon. Friendly bacteria naturally found in vegetables is added as a starter culture to convert the natural and starches in vegetables and fruit to lactic acid during fermentation.

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ORIGINAL SOUTHERN PECAN HICKORY PIMENTO CHEESE T. DEAN THREE IN ONE YOUNG GREEN HICKORY SYRUP SYRUP DRESSING MIX COCKTAIL CHERRIES HOMEMADE TOMATO COCONUT KEFIR Sutton Mill Creek Syrup Co. Sutton Mill Creek Syrup Co. Dr. Pete’s Gourmet Foods T. Dean Cocktail Provisions BISQUE SOUP Harp and Bowl La Bistro Beth Palmer Beth Palmer Joel Coffee Sean Fagan Charlotte Ethridge Olive Affairs 150 Cobblers Knob Drive 150 Cobblers Knob Drive 121 SW Railroad Sreet 890 Jones Road 520 Mulberry St. Laurence Eisenberg Clarkesville, GA 30523 Clarkesville, GA 30523 Ailey, GA 30410 Roswell, GA 30075 Macon, GA 31210 1190 Chapel Crossing Road [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Brunswick, GA 31525 706-244-2863 706-244-2863 912-233-3035 678-522-8403 478-743-8682 [email protected] www.suttonmillcreek.com www.suttonmillcreek.com www.dr-petes.com www.thecocktailhourshop.com www.harpandbowllabistro.com 912-580-7495 www.oliveaffairs.com Our Original Southern Our Pecan Hickory Syrup Our desire to capture T Dean Cocktail Cherries Fermented, cultured Hickory Syrup is a thick, is a thick, amber-colored the flavor of pimento are handmade in small Young Green Coconut Serve cold as gazpacho, amber-colored syrup. It syrup. It has wonderful cheese in a salad dressing batches in a special Milk Kefir. This novel serve warm as soup or has a smoky, nutty flavor. pecan pie flavor and is was the impetus for recipe of raw sugar, product is tart and fizzy, reduce slightly on stove It is less sweet than maple a little smoky. It is less this product. Our all- vanilla paste, spices and lactose-free and loaded for marinara sauce. and more complex. Use sweet than maple and natural Pimento Cheese a bit of cherry liqueur. with minerals such as on any breakfast foods, more complex. Use on Dressing is delicious Perfect for cocktails or potassium, sodium, meat glazes, salmon, any breakfast foods, on salads, burgers, your favorite desserts. calcium, and magnesium BBQ, baked goods, etc. desserts, baked goods, etc. fried green tomatoes along with natural fruit or when used instead sugars. The carefully of a sauce. selected microflora used to produce the kefir from coconut milk consumes sugar during fermentation to produce a healthy, great-tasting, nondairy beverage loaded with the same probiotics found in yogurt.

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HABEEB’S HONEY HOT MAGIC DUST RUB MOO MOO MEAT MUSTARD SAUCE Bootlikker Lane’s BBQ MAGIC Tommy Wood Ryan Lane Southbound Provisions Kay’s Cookery 1305 Highland Lake Drive 70 W. Star St. Chad Schmookler Khadijah Muhammad Lawrenceville, GA 30045 Bethlehem, GA 30620 245 Scenic Highway 1616 Climbing Rose Circle NW [email protected] [email protected] Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Kennesaw, GA 30152 470-285-BOOT 770-954-6651 [email protected] cschmookler@southboundque. www.bootlikker.com www.lanesbbq.com 404-808-9608 com www.Habeebssauce.com 404-661-8770 Bootlikker Hot Salt adds What started as an www.southboundque.com a dash of savory heat to experiment, Magic Dust Sweet and tangy sauce your favorite foods. quickly enchanted the handcrafted with local Moo Moo Meat Magic pitmasters at Lane’s ingredients. Including is filled with notes of BBQ. Legend has it that chef-made mustard salt, pepper, coffee, this rub, combined with and mayo, as well as garlic and aromatics. fire and smoke, over Georgia-grown honey. Use it on brisket, steaks, time transforms meats burgers and wild game. into magical meals. Made with gluten-free ingredients and no MSG.

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NONNA ROSINA’S RED ONE LEGGED PRIMO PIG POWDER SUMMER SPICE YARD BIRD SHAKE YOU SAUCY THING WINE PASTA SAUCE CHICKEN BUFFALO Southbound Provisions Pine Street Market Southbound Provisions SOY GINGER VIDALIA Chad Schmookler Rusty Bowers Chad Schmookler Appalachian Gourmet Kitchen Chinese Southern Belle SAUCE 1616 Climbing Rose Circle NW 4 Pine St. 1616 Climbing Rose Circle NW Janice Walters-Taylor Natalie Keng Lane’s BBQ Kennesaw, GA 30152 Unit A Kennesaw, GA 30152 255 Beasley St. 2690 Cobb Parkway Ryan Lane [email protected] Avondale Estates, GA 30002 [email protected] Blairsville, GA 30512 Suite A5-252 70 W. Star St. 404-661-8770 [email protected] 404-661-8770 [email protected] Smyrna, GA 30080 Bethlehem, GA 30620 www.southboundque.com 404-296-9672 www.southboundque.com 706-745-8660 [email protected] [email protected] www.pinestreetmarket.com www.appalachiankitchens.com 413-531-1358 770-954-6651 Primo Pig Powder is filled Yard Bird Shake is filled www.chinesesouthernbelle.com www.lanesbbq.com with notes of salt, sugar, Made in partnership with notes of salt, sugar, Appalachian Gourmet balanced heat and rounded with Beautiful Briny spice and citrus. Use it to Kitchens specializes in A unique sauté blend Lane’s BBQ One Legged elements of savory. Add Sea, brighten every dish turbocharge your poultry, small-batch, handcrafted, and marinade, with Chicken buffalo sauce is to white meat proteins, with the flavors of sage, seafood and veggies. jams, jellies and sauces. a complex blend of an explosion of smoky sides and simple dishes thyme, rosemary, pepper Made with gluten-free 10-plus fresh, savory and spicy flavors perfect like scrambled eggs. blend, sea salt, shallots ingredients and no MSG. ingredients, naturally for wings and all things Made with gluten-free and fennel. Perfect with brewed and a chicken. Keep a glass ingredients and no MSG. pork, beef and poultry. southern twist — Georgia of water handy because Add to vegetables when Vidalia Onion. No MSG, you’re gonna need it! roasting or to finish a vegetarian, gluten-free. soup or .

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AWAKEN PECANS BOURBON BAKED CHEDDAR ROUNDS The Religious Nuts Company PECAN MIX Charleston & Church Ryan Swanson Jennifer Simmons Nodder Snacks 2897 North Druid Hills Road 2708 Mill Court Dan Popovic Suite 295 Atlanta, GA 30360 4475 Peachtree Lake Drive Atlanta, GA 30329 [email protected] Berkley, GA 30096 [email protected] 404-312-9697 [email protected] 1-888-992-6887 www.charlestonandchurch.com 678-686-0599 www.religious-nuts.com www.noddersnacks.com Cheddar Rounds are a A delicious blend versatile snack, but we Nodder Snacks is a nut of buttery pecans, must warn you, they and seed-based snack white chocolate and are addictive! They keep line. We offer six distinct coffee. They’re like perfect company with mixes based on regional a pecan mocha with a beer while watching a flavors around the world! a crunchy twist. game or with wine while catching up, and they will quickly disappear as hors d’oeuvres at dinner parties and events!

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CHIPOTLE WHISKEY CINAMEN PECANS EVERYTHING GEORGIA FRIED MOONSHINE ROSEMARY THREE BEEF JERKY The Religious Nuts Company CHEDDAR BISCUITS PEANUTS PORK JERKY BERRY SAVORY Ryan Swanson Dahlonega Jerky Co. Byrd Cookie Company Georgia Fried Peanut Dahlonega Jerky Co. 2897 North Druid Hills Road BISCOTTI CRISPS (Outlaw Jerky) Geoffrey Repella Company (Outlaw Jerky) Suite 295 Sweet Georgia Grains Lauren Hallock 6700 Waters Ave. John West Lauren Hallock Atlanta, GA 30329 Diane Peck 19-A E. Main St. Savannah, GA 31406 19219 Hartford St. 19-A E. Main St. [email protected] 370 Watkins Road Dahlonega, GA 30533 [email protected] Edison, GA 39846 Dahlonega, GA 30533 1-888-992-6887 Tallapoosa, GA 30176 [email protected] 912-355-1716 [email protected] [email protected] www.religious-nuts.com [email protected] 770-380-0020 www.byrdcookiecompany.com 229-366-3023 770-380-0020 770-301-0616 www.OutlawJerky.com www.gafriedpeanutco.com www.OutlawJerky.com The buttery taste of www.sweetgeorgiagrains.com These little cheddar toasted pecans with just Inspired by the farm- biscuits pack huge flavor If you are from Georgia, Inspired by the farm- enough white chocolate Artfully handcrafted to-table experience, we in a tiny taste! Made with you almost have to love to-table experience, we to give a lightly sweet, in small batches with a use locally brewed spirits aged sharp cheddar and peanuts. These Georgia- use locally brewed spirits cinnamon finish. A hint of rosemary, these in our jerky marinate. a blend of sesame seeds grown fried peanuts are in our jerky marinate. handful will bring to pecan and berry twice- Whiskey Beef (white and black), poppy fried to perfection with Moonshine Pork Jerky mind the simple joys of baked biscotti crisps are Jerky starts with the seeds, sea salt flakes, just the right amount starts with the taste of your childhood Saturday a delicious addition to taste of smoked top dried garlic and dried of salt, it’s hard to eat smoked pork tenderloin, morning breakfast treats. your cheese board and are round in a mild , onions, this will become just a few. Small-batch a light maple glaze, destined to become your then the mellow taste your new favorite crave. fried for a consistent then the subtle heat of favorite 3 p.m. snack. of Corn Whiskey and a taste batch after batch. White Lightning and a Chipotle pepper finish. hint of cracked pepper.

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SPICY PORK SPICY RANCH SWEET ORANGE VANILLA ESPRESSO SNACK STICK PECANS PECANS PECANS White Oak Pastures Goodson Pecans Goodson Pecans Goodson Pecans Jenni Harris 227 Walnut Ave. S. 227 Walnut Ave. S. 227 Walnut Ave. S. 22775 Highway 27 Unit E Unit E Unit E Bluffton, GA 39824 Leesburg, GA 31763 Leesburg, GA 31763 Leesburg, GA 31763 jenni.harris@whiteoakpastures. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] com 229-759-4008 229-759-4008 229-759-4008 229-641-2081 www.goodsonpecans.com www.goodsonpecans.com www.goodsonpecans.com www.whiteoakpastures.com With a simple, clean blend These Georgia-grown Need a quick afternoon Now you can enjoy of all-natural ingredients, pecans are a delicious or late morning pick- humane, regenerative these Georgia-grown combination of sweet me-up snack? With meat in a convenient, pecans provide a special oranges and toasted a combination of ready-to-eat snack combination of ranch pecans, creating a smooth and mellow stick! With a hint of flavor with a kick of flavorful balance of citrus coffee, real vanilla, smoke, the flavor of our cayenne. They make a and sweet paired with raw sugar and fresh sticks is unlike anything great addition to salads or a great pecan taste. pecans, these delicious you’ve tried before. as a munchie for that spicy Georgia-grown pecans connoisseur in your life. should do the trick.

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920 Cattle and Co., 33 Eezy Sauce, 3 Paryani Foods, 19 A&A Alta Cucina Italia, 12 Elusive Jams, 28, 31 Pine Street Market, 14, 33, 35, 45 Amici Food Group, 11 Five Otters, 38 SAVOR Pride Road, 8 Anchored Shrimp Co., 36 Georgia Fried Peanut Company, 21, 49 Pulp Hot Sauce, 12, 13, 14, 16 Appalachian Gourmet Kitchen, 31, 44 Georgia Grinders, 37 Regina’s Farm Kitchen, 30 THE STATE Argentina Gold Foods, 15 GG’s Sugared Peppers, 15 Religious Nuts, 47, 48 Aubs Company, 5 Goodson Pecans, 50, 51 Revolution Gelato, 20 Biger Creek Farm, 39 Grassroots Coffee Roasters, 7 Rock House Creamery, 23 FORMER Biron Herbal Teas, 24 Grumps Pepper Jelly, 30 RoHo Bakery, 20, 23 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS Bootleg Farm, 39 Harp and Bowl La Bistro, 38, 41 Southbound Provisions, 5, 43, 44, 45 Bootlikker, 11, 14, 43 Hillside Orchard Farms 9, 29 2007 2014 Sugar Hill Smokehouse, 3 Low Country Pastry Georgia Gold Clothbound Built By Bees, 16, 25 Inspirational Sweet Bradley Creek Seafood Cheddar Cheese to Our Soul, 21 Sunset Farm Foods, 33, 34 Bunkhouse Beverages, 8 Savannah, Georgia Nature’s Harmony Farm Jake’s Fresh Market & Sutton Mill Creek Syrup, 40 Elberton, Georgia Byrd Cookie Company, 19,48 2008 Cannery, 11, 27 Sweet Georgia Grains, 49 Grass-fed Beef Ribeye 2015 Cafe West Express, 7 Jensen Reserve, 12 1,500 White Oak Pastures Balsamico Al Mirtillo Sweet Ginger Browne, 9 Bluffton, Georgia A&A Alta Cucina Italia Carroll’s Sausage and Since 2007, the University Jimella’s Bakery, 19 Johns Creek, Georgia Country Store, 34, 35 T. Dean Cocktail Provisions, 41 of Georgia Center for 2009 Just Right Ranch, 27, 28 Flat Creek Lodge Aztec Cheddar Charleston & Church, 47 Thistle & Sprig Tea Company, 8 Agribusiness and Economic 2016 Development has celebrated Flat Creek Lodge Dairy Caramel Pecan Pie Kay’s Cookery, 42 Swainsboro, Georgia Southern Baked Pie Company Chinese Southern Belle, 45 Thompson Farms, 35, 36 over 1,500 Georgia food products Kaylee Cake Pops and More, 22 Gainesville, Georgia Coonhound Hollow Unicoi Preserves, 28 in Flavor of Georgia contests. 2010 Mercantile, 28 Kitchens of Dana, 39 Grill Honey 2017 VTasteCakes, 23 Savannah Bee Company Georgia Grinders Cultured Traditions, 13 Lane’s BBQ , 43, 44 ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPATION White Oak Pastures, Savannah, Georgia Premium Nut Butters IN THE FLAVOR OF GEORGIA Chamblee, Georgia DaddyO’s Ice Cream, 21 Lucille’s Confections, 20, 22 13, 25, 30, 50 CONTEST INCREASED THE SALES/REVENUES OF FINALISTS 2011 Dahlonega Jerky Co. MarRay Foods, 25 White Sauce, 5 BY ABOUT 21%. Emily G’s Pear Honey Jam 2018 Honey Cinnamon Pecan Butter (Outlaw Jerky), 48, 49 Emily Meyers and Gina Bodell Midland Ghost, 15 Wisham Jellies, 27, 29 Dunwoody, Georgia Goodson Peacans D.B. Cookshed, 2 Leesburg, Georgia Nodder Snacks, 47 2012 Doc’s BBQ, 2 Brown Butter Praline Ice Cream Oli + Ve, 31 2019 High Road Craft Ice Cream Gun Powder Finishing Salt Dolan’s Bar-B-Que, 4 Olive Affairs, 41 Atlanta, Georgia Beautiful Briny Sea Dr. Pete’s Gourmet Foods, 40 Atlanta, Georgia Olive Orchards of Georgia, 38 2013 Peach Tea Bonbons Chocolate South Red indicates a finalist. Atlanta, Georgia

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