Z Trim Holdings Gains Access to Key Refrigerated and Frozen Prepared Food Markets with Amazing Food Creations and the Chef Papillote Entrees� Product Line
Extends Into Consumer, School and Airline Foodservice
Wednesday March 6, 2008
MUNDELEIN, Ill., March 6, 2008 / PRNewswire/ -- Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (Amex: ZTM), announced today that its specialty corn fiber gel ingredient Z Trim� is being used to enhance several innovative culinary-based prepared food items formulated, manufactured and marketed by Grayslake-based Amazing Food Creations (AFC), manufacturers of the Chef Papillote Entrees� line of unique, proprietary gourmet meal/packages.
�Amazing Food Creations attracted our attention through their insistence on using only the finest natural, high quality, premium ingredients in their frozen and refrigerated food products,� said Steve Cohen, president of Z Trim Holdings, Inc. �They are a perfect fit as a Z Trim customer due to their focus on value-added, flavorful product solutions that reflect consumer attitudes toward a healthier lifestyle,� he added. �Our relationship represents the type of alliances we will strive for going forward in order to advance our goals of food innovation and exploration into new markets.�
Z Trim is included in many of the Chef Papillote Entrees in addition to many of the frozen and refrigerated consumer packaged food products formulated by AFC for some of the world�s best known brands. AFC also uses Z Trim to add texture and enhanced stability to sauces used in the meals they provide to international flights on several major airlines, as well as in some refrigerated entrees for top fundraising programs in schools.
�We appreciate not only the flavor retention and texture Z Trim enables when used as a natural fat replacer, but also the stability it provides to sauces, especially in a freeze/thaw capacity,� said Chef Eric Carre, co-owner of AFC. Chef Eric will demonstrate insightful and innovative tips for using Z Trim on the demonstration stage at the annual Research Chefs Association�s (RCA) Culinology Exposition in Seattle, Washington later this week. The RCA�s annual conference attracts thousands of the world�s top decision makers in the culinary and food product development fields. All major food manufacturers are represented. Among the demonstrations Chef Eric will present that will showcase the culinary and nutritional benefits of Z Trim:
ABOUT Z TRIM�
Z Trim, www.ztrim.com, is a natural functional food ingredient made from the hulls of grain. Z Trim lowers calories from fats by up to 80% in many foods without negatively affecting taste or texture, and can substantially reduce harmful trans and saturated fats found in many foods. Z Trim has wide application in dairy products, dressings, dips, sauces, baked goods, processed meats, snack foods, cookies, pies, cakes, icings, brownies, bars, ice cream, milk shakes and many other foods.
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