G.S. Gelato Wins
NASFT Gold sofi™ Award for
Outstanding Diet & Lifestyle Product
Fort Walton
Beach, FL (June 29, 2010) – G.S. Gelato has been awarded the Gold sofi™ Award
by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) for the most
outstanding diet and lifestyle product of 2010 for the company’s Blood Orange
Sorbetto. The 38th annual
sofi™ award ceremony was held at a red-carpet event at the Annual Summer Fancy
Foods Show in
A
sofi™ award, which stands for specialty outstanding food innovation, is the
highest attainable honor a specialty food or beverage product can expect to
receive in the $60 billion dollar specialty food industry. In this year’s competition, a record 2,257
entries were submitted across 33 categories.
Earlier this spring, G.S. Gelato’s Blood Orange Sorbetto was among the 140
sofi™ Silver Finalists that were selected by a national panel of specialty food
experts to move on to the final round of competition. Over 200 qualified buyers cast their
selection at the Fancy Foods Show to choose the gold winners for each category.
The
2010 sofi™ competition marks the first time G.S. Gelato & Desserts has
submitted a product for consideration. “We are so extremely pleased and
thankful for the Gold sofi™ award in the diet & lifestyle category,” stated
Simona Faroni, owner of G.S. Gelato. “It recognizes our product as not only
great tasting but also beneficial to your health, which is something we have
always said. For our Blood Orange to win
over so many other excellent specialty food and beverage products is truly an
honor.”
G.S. Gelato
& Desserts Inc. specializes in the creation of authentic, Italian gelatos
& sorbettos. The 26,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility resides in sunny
