OMAHA, April 12, 2006 – Gilroy Foods™ can help you deliver the big, bold ethnic flavors consumers are looking for with GardenFrost® Purées, a unique line of Softfrozen™ vegetable and herb purées that bring fresh vegetable flavor to the table. Whether it’s heating up a frozen, microwaveable Asian stir-fry or dipping into the signature salsa, consumers are looking for fresh-tasting ethnic cuisines.

The new GardenFrost Purées—a trio of internationally inspired vegetable and herb blends in Asian, Latin and Mediterranean flavor profiles—can help you add distinctive international character to your products. Each has it’s own unique, delightfully fresh flavor: the bite of peppers, cilantro, cumin and lime in our Latin blend; the burst of lemongrass and green onion on our Asian blend; or the sunny mix of Provençal herbs and olive oil that define our Mediterranean blend, the flavors come through clean, clear and delicious.

The Truth is in the Taste
The secret to the fresher flavor in GardenFrost Purées is insistence on using vegetables at their peak of ripeness—when their flavors really shine. Proprietary Softfrozen™ technology locks in true vegetable and herb flavor, resulting in Softfrozen purées that are amazingly easy to work with.

With GardenFrost, it’s all about flavor. In fact, taste tests show that our Garlic and Roasted Sweet Red Bell Pepper purées taste closer to fresh than traditional frozen purées or vegetable bases. GardenFrost Purées have significantly less salt than vegetable bases and do not contain flavor-muddling acids or preservatives–and it shows with a clean label.

How Easy is GardenFrost?

• GardenFrost Purées thaw four times faster than traditional hard frozen purées, cutting crucial seconds from your processing and staging times.
• The purées are so manageable—even when frozen—that you can scoop them straight from the freezer for foodservice use.
• GardenFrost Purées keep fresh for two years under frozen conditions, and can go from freezer to refrigerator and back again.
• GardenFrost Purées are versatile, so try them in any application that calls for fresh, frozen, dehydrated, or otherwise processed vegetables.

Get the Pick of the Garden
GardenFrost Purées come in a wide variety of vegetable flavors, from traditional garlic to ethnic combinations and on-trend roasted flavors. If you’re looking for the perfect purée for sauces, salsas or dips, pizzas, salad dressings, or a wealth of other formulations, you’ll find the fresh flavor, quality, and ease of use only available in Gilroy Foods GardenFrost Purées.

GardenFrost represents one of the broadest selections of vegetable purées in the industry. Think about the formulation possibilities!

• New: Asian, Latin and Mediterranean Blends
• New: Fire-Roasted Tomato
• New: Fire-Roasted Jalapeño
• Garlic
• Roasted Garlic
• Onion
• Roasted Onion
• Ginger
• Roasted Sweet Red Bell Pepper

Gilroy Foods is a leading supplier of dehydrated garlic ingredients, onions, capsicum and vegetables, as well as specialty products like oleoresins and fresh vegetables. For more information about GardenFrost Purées or any Gilroy Foods product, visit us at www.gilroyfoods.com.

About ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Gilroy Foods is a food ingredients brand of ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG). ConAgra Foods is one of North America's largest packaged food companies, serving grocery retailers, restaurants and other foodservice establishments, and also supplying a portfolio of ingredients to food manufacturers. Popular ConAgra Foods brands include: Angela Mia, Banquet, Chef Boyardee, ConAgra Mills, Egg Beaters, Gilroy Foods, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Lamb Weston, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Spicetec and many others. For more information, please visit www.conagrafoods.com.