PHOENIX, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Inventure Foods,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SNAK), a leading specialty food marketer and
manufacturer, has received certification from the Gluten-Free
Certification Organization (GFCO) for its Boulder Canyon™ Natural
Foods products and manufacturing facilities in Bluffton, Ind. and Goodyear, Ariz.
The Bluffton plant, located at
705 West Dustman Rd., produces snack chips for the company-owned
Boulder Canyon brand, in addition to salty snacks under the T.G.I.
Friday's®, Nathan's Famous® and Vidalia Brands® licensed brands.
Inventure's Goodyear plant,
located at 3500 South La Cometa, is a state-of-the-art
kettle-cooked potato chip facility, producing potato chips under
the Boulder Canyon, Poore Brothers® and Bob's Texas Style® brand
names.
All Boulder Canyon products will carry the certified Gluten-Free
logo going forward.
The Auburn, Wash.-based GFCO is
considered the leading global gluten-free certification program.
The strict certification process includes periodic gluten testing
of the manufacturing facility, regular plant inspections by a GFCO
contracted auditor and random product testing in the marketplace.
Products carrying the GF logo meet similarly strict gluten-free
standards constituted by the GFCO. For a complete list of GFCO
certified companies and products, please visit www.gfco.org.
Sales of certified gluten-free products in the chips, pretzel
and snack category grew 54 percent from 2010-2011 and sales of the
overall gluten-free food category grew 27 percent from 2009-2011*.
World-leading market research group, Mintel®, estimates the
gluten-free food category will reach $8
billion in 2013**.
"We continue to place the utmost importance on improving our
food safety and manufacturing capabilities, said Laura Setzfand, vice president of marketing for
Boulder Canyon. "The growth in the gluten-free food category is a
direct result of consumers' demand for better-for-you products.
Boulder Canyon offers consumers a wide range of better-for-you
snacks that will now also carry the GFCO certification."
Since 1994, Boulder Canyon Natural Foods has been delivering
premium snacks including kettle-cooked potato chips made with
all-natural ingredients and cooked in better-for-you sunflower or
safflower oils. Boulder Canyon snacks are gluten-free, non-GMO
(genetically modified organisms) and feature no trans fats and zero
cholesterol. In addition to kettle-cooked chips, Boulder Canyon
offers Vegetable Crisps, Hummus Chips and Rice & Adzuki Bean
Chips as part of a product line that consists of more than 20
unique all-natural snacks. For more information visit
www.bouldercanyonfoods.com.
About Inventure Foods, Inc.:
With manufacturing facilities in Arizona, Indiana and Washington, Inventure Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SNAK) is a marketer and manufacturer of specialty food brands in
better-for-you and indulgent categories under a variety of
company-owned and licensed brand names, including Boulder Canyon
Natural Foods™, Jamba®, Seattle's
Best Coffee®, Rader Farms®, T.G.I. Friday's®, Nathan's Famous®,
Vidalia Brands®, Poore Brothers®, Tato Skins® and Bob's Texas
Style®. For further information about Inventure Foods, please visit
www.inventurefoods.com.
About the Gluten-Free Certification Organization
(GFCO)
The Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) provides an
independent service to supervise gluten-free food production
according to a consistent, defined, science-based standard that is
confirmed by field inspections, in order to achieve heightened
consumer confidence and safety. GFCO provides consumers and
manufacturers confidence in knowing, that products labeled with the
GFCO certification mark meet the strictest standards for
gluten-free. These voluntary standards go beyond the requirements
of government laws and regulations in order to ensure public
confidence.
* In grocery store channel, based on IRI data for the 52 weeks
ending 4/15/2012
** Mintel Gluten Free 2012 report
SOURCE Inventure Foods, Inc.