Pointing the way to finger foods, snacks, appetizers and pizza in Hall 5A at SIAL Paris, plenty of innovative products were available to see and sample. Among them was Finger Wheat Spinach & Spirulina (pictured above), which won the SIAL Innovation Grand Prize in the Pulses, Grains, Vegetables & Fruits category.
Joint collaboration between French companies Cocoriton and Edonia resulted in the June rollout of the breaded plant-based stick snack, which is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Ingredients include spinach and Edo, a super-protein grain crafted from ancestral spirulina. Pulse breadcrumbs source of protein and fiber.
Frisa’s Pleasure Revolution
Alberto Quintanilla, director general of Frisa, invited visitors from FrozenFoodsBiz.com to taste the air fryer snack specialist’s products. The range, positioned as “the pleasure revolution,” features a wide variety of world flavors to savor by way of croquettes, creamy bites and others attractive shapes and forms.
The Spanish company takes pride in “cooking with the same care – and in the same way – whether in small pans or large industrial pots. Just like at home, but for more people.”
Big on creaminess.and Béchamel sauces, Frisa’s assortment includes Stuffed Potatoes filled with quality ingredients including cheese, cod and plant-based protein. Also on the menu are Peppers stuffed with meat or fish, in addition to Stuffed Shells used to serve scallops and a wide variety of other fillings.
Convenience Foods from Cabezuelo
Ciucad Real, Spain-based Cabezuelo Foods, a well established family-owned company engaged in production of precooked seafood, breaded vegetables and finger foods since 1978, focused on snacks and appetizers at SIAL. From Spiced Onion Rings and Cheese Nuggets with Jalapeño to Breaded Brie Cheese Triangles and Truffle & Mushroom Mozzarella Bites and much more, its rich range of finger foods is well suited to contemporary consumption preferences.
Among offerings in Cabezuelo’s assortment of battered vegetables are Cajun Green Greens, Zucchini Tempura, Battered Pepper Strips, Buffalo Cauliflower and Battered Aubergine Slices.
”We have been very busy greeting visitors during the exhibition. There is a lot of interest in our finger food products” Marta Moreno, export manger, told FrozenFoodsBiz.com.
Slice of Pizza Italiana
Pizza lovers and buyers at SIAL did not hesitate to visit the Crosta Mollica stand, where the makers of Pizza Italiana were serving up slices of signature leopard sourdough pies.Thomas Bayel, the company’s international managing director, was on the scene to welcome visitors.
Established in 2009, Crosta Mollica is a London, England-based certified B-Corporation active in supplying supermarkets and other grocery channels in Britain and continental Europe with “Made in Italy” frozen pizza and other baked goods, ready meals, snacks, gelato, sorbet and other frozen desserts.
The company’s premium pizza portfolio, inspired by traditions of Roman pizza, features a thinner , crispier crust topped with carefully selected ingredients .Flavors run the gamut from Margherita and Stromboli to Napoli, Bosco, Florentina, Tonno. Quattro Formaggi and more.
