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Knouse Foods Introduces New Musselman’s Totally Fruit® Mixed Berry and Healthy Picks® Granny Smith Apple Sauces

Proven Quality Products Ideal for Foodservice Operations Seeking Healthy, Flavorful Options

Peach Glen, PA, June 15, 2010— To enhance its line of Musselman’s single-serve apple sauces, Knouse Foods is launching two new flavors: Totally Fruit® Mixed Berry and Healthy Picks® Granny Smith. Perfect for a multitude of foodservice operations, the apple sauce cups are an ideal on the go solution, healthy meal accompaniment, or anytime snack option. With flavors that appeal to all ages, each 4-ounce cup is a complete fruit serving and contains no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners.

For more details on the new products:

• Musselman’s Totally Fruit® Mixed Berry Apple Sauce: Naturally sweetened with fruit juice concentrate and does not contain high fructose corn syrup. A great tasting healthy snack with the sweetness and flavor everyone will love.
  
  
• Musselman’s Healthy Picks® Granny Smith Apple Sauce: Made with one of the most popular apple varieties in America (according to the U.S. Apple Association), the crisp cool taste and perfect balance between tart and sweet of the apples will have your patrons wanting more. Bursting with flavor, it is fortified with fiber, calcium, and vitamin C and is naturally sweetened.

"Our Musselman’s apple sauce lines have been extremely popular among chefs and operators as they search for new food offerings that are healthy, delicious and top quality," said Todd Michael, Director of Food Service Sales for Knouse Foods. "Nutritious options have been a growing trend in the market, and we will stand by our customers providing them new, on-trend products like Totally Fruit and Healthy Picks apple sauces. As these lines evolve, we will continue to conduct consumer taste tests and then introduce new and proven flavors that exceed customers’ expectations and fully satisfy their needs."

Each apple sauce pack contains 4, 4-ounce cups which are shelf stable and best used within 24 months.

For more information about Knouse products and recipe ideas, visit www.knousefoodservice.com

Knouse Foods is an established grower cooperative and food processor for apple and fruit related products. The cooperative includes fruit growers in the Appalachian region of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Mid-West. Known for its environmental stewardship, Knouse Foods is committed to ensuring all of its products meet the highest standard for taste, quality and consistency. Product brands include Musselman’s, Lucky Leaf, Apple Time and Speas Farm.