Frozen breakfast foods – a growing category – need new offerings. Sun dried fruit retains good texture and intense flavor from the freezer to the toaster oven. Apricots give a nice balance to sweet cheese or tofu filling in stuffed French toast or whole wheat crepes. Always available sun dried apricots top a fruit tart with perfectly balanced sweet and tart flavors. Soak apricots in liqueur, then flambé to a brûlée finish. More than a decade ago, American cheese makers won over consumers across the country, and Americans became cheese knowledgeable. A cheese & dried fruit kit can be a go-to souon to easy entertaining for this generaon. GRANULES JULIENNE-CUT DICED FANCY DOUBLE-DICED Start with a julienne-cut sun dried apricot “worm” and build healthy snack mixes around the colorful wiggly shaped julienne-cut apricot. Adults will respond to the sophiscated sweet & tangy taste and nutrional benefits of the apricots. Bold golden apricots soaked in house spirits make a confident statement at the bar - a good line extension for disllers looking to find a healthy “hook”. The tradional French chocolate Mediant gets turned upside down - apricots on the boom and choc- olate on the top...making this fruit-based Mediant even more delicious -- + healthier. Frozen pastry fillings typically suffer from mealy texture and bland flavor. Sun dried fruit re- tains its textural integrity in the freezer, and bakes to perfecon - pastry with rich, dense and flavorful filling. Sun dried fruit retains textural integrity when frozen. Adding fruit to frozen vegetables can energize the category! Sun dried apricots add body to fruit fillings in pastry, keeping the filling in the Apricot Strudel and not soaking the delicate filo pastry. Adding julienne cut apricots to frozen vegetable blends bring sophiscaon and vigor to a mature category. The sweet & savory spice blends of interna- onal cuisine offer rich flavor possibilies. Fruit & vegetable pizzas are a contemporary winning combinaon demonstrated by USA Today’s Top Pizza pick: Apricot, Arugula and Shrimp Pizza – and that’s just the beginning. Adding California sun dried apricots to a meat & vegetable meal kit elevates Stew to Tagine - and an ordinary product to an exicing value-added specialty. Launch a whole new category of successful pasta & grain meal kits by introducing fruit to the flavor combintaons. Fruit, nut & blue cheese creamy pasta .. Snacks for the smarter snacker …crisp green vegetables. Sprinkle with sweet rice vinegar and sun dried apricots - ready to grab from the grocer’s salad kit refrigerator. The filling for apricot hand pies, fruit tartlets, turnovers and filo pastry has the most favorable viscosity when California sun dried apricots are added. A 6 to 1 rao of fresh to sun dried is enough to make a difference in flavor and density. A small round of triple cream cheese becomes an upscale food product for entertaining. Wrapped in pastry or not, diced apricots make cheese very saleable at a premium price. Break through the cluer in the freezer case. Adding a bright orange apricot photo to packaged wings and other appezers boldly announces a new, flavorful dipping sauce made with real California sun dried apricots. Dijon mustard, snappy horseradish and sweet-tangy dried apricots. Soup it up! The Scandinavian countries have held the monopoly on delicious fruit soups long enough. There’s a manufacturer ready to build their brand bravely. Too mid? Then top a tradional soup or salad with a fruiton, bits of sun dried apricots baked into a crispy crouton. Thaw, slice and bake cookies are a mature category ready for an image adjustment. Bring quality back to frozen gourmet cookies with the conversion to real ingredients! Apricot bits partnered with pure chocolate. The snack category is looking for healthier opons. Sun dried fruit pieces are a great way to start making snacks healthier because they’re nutrient-rich, high in fiber, real fruit and shelf-stable. Folding California apricot bits, morsels of cheese and toasted walnut pieces into crunchy bread dough transforms a roll into a stand-alone mini-meal or healthy snack. Color catches the eye of the hungry consumer. Adding apricot bits to Ancient Grains brighten the flavor, nutrion and visual appeal of prepared salads. spelt, quinoa, aramanth, barley, couscous, wild rice …green salads, too. Compound buer medallion flavored with blue cheese and apricots. Deep, dark rich 72% pure chocolate wrapped around real California sun dried apricot pieces… Luxury meets well-being Meat processors use sun dried apricot halves for stuffing roasts, branding their identy for quality and seng their product apart from the compeon – an elegant value-added preparaon. The fruit salad kit for a new generaon: the small box of fresh fruit, a balsamic reducon drizzle and a packet of sun dried apricot granules. Vegetarian food requires more spice and deep flavors to be successful. Cater to the busy, young vegetarian. Bring internaonal flavors - Regional curries, North African sweet tomato sauce, Mexican Pepian to microwavable bowls of vegetables & grain. Move over parsley, it’s me for a new salad topper. California sun dried apricots add visual appeal and improve the nutrional value of prepared salads. Turkey-Dijon-Apricot meatloaf, pork paes with apple & apricot bits, chicken sausage with apricot and Roquefort bits – new, foodwise consumers are demanding more food choices. Specialty butchers are meeng the challenge with familiar, yet unique flavor combinaons. Twisted through an almond coffee cake, sprinkled on top of frosng or swirled through the cinnamon filling of a pecan roll, the visual appeal of golden apricot granules is evident. The convenience, disncon and integrity of the product is expereinced by the manufacturer. ©2016 TRAINA FOODS CALIFORNIA SUN DRIED For Everyday Traina grows and processes a wide variety of delicious, safe, and healthful sun dried fruits. We earn trust and loyalty by providing quality, value and innovation. Our position as leader in the industry is made possible by the teamwork of a devoted staff, generations of experience and forward technology. Apricots ENTREE RTE/DELI BAKERY SNACK FROZEN OUT-OF-BOX