Vegetables are reaching center-of-the-plate status. Health, ethnic flavors and vegetarian dining trends are converging to put vegetables and vegetable flavors in the spotlight. Even though consumers are aware of the health benefits of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables, the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention report states more than 75 percent of Americans still don’t eat the recommended five servings per day. Food manufacturers searching for cutting-edge solutions to add vegetable nutrition and exciting flavors to existing or new product lines can turn to Gilroy Foods™ for a broad portfolio of vegetable ingredients.

GardenFrost Pleases Adventurous Eaters
Whether it’s heating a frozen, microwaveable Asian stir-fry or dipping into a signature salsa, consumers are looking for fresh-tasting ethnic cuisines. Gilroy Foods is offering 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.

New GardenFrost Purées—a trio of internationally inspired vegetable and herb blends in Asian, Latin and Mediterranean flavor profiles—add distinctive international and regional character to any product. Each has its own unique combination of fresh flavors: the bite of peppers, cilantro, cumin and lime in the Latin blend; the burst of lemongrass and green onion on the Asian blend; and the sunny mix of Provençal herbs and olive oil that enliven the Mediterranean blend.

GardenFrost—Fresher Flavors with Ease
The secret to the fresher flavor in GardenFrost Purées is Gilroy Foods’ insistence on using only vegetables at the peak of ripeness—when their flavors really shine. Proprietary Softfrozen™ technology locks in true vegetable and herb flavor, resulting in Softfrozen purées that are remarkably easy to work with.

• Quicker thaw times - GardenFrost Purées thaw four times faster than traditional hard frozen purées, cutting crucial seconds from your processing and staging times.
• Soft-scoopable - The purées are scoopable—even when frozen—so they can be used straight from the freezer for foodservice applications.
• Long shelf-life - GardenFrost Purées keep fresh for two years under frozen conditions, and can go from freezer to refrigerator and back again.
• Versatile - GardenFrost Purées can be used in any application that calls for fresh, frozen, dehydrated, or otherwise processed vegetables.

Get the Pick of the Garden
GardenFrost Purées—one of the broadest selections of vegetable purées in the industry—come in many vegetable flavors, from traditional garlic to ethnic combinations and on-trend roasted flavors.

• 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

Nutritious Flavor With Controlled Moisture Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables
Gilroy Foods’ Controlled Moisture (CM)™ Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables pack products with nutritional power and flavor. In fact, it takes 33 percent less CM Vegetables to deliver one nutritional serving as compared to fresh or individually quick frozen (IQF) vegetables. Gilroy Food’s proprietary controlled-moisture process reduces the amount of water in vegetables delivering finished products with intense flavor, color and nutrition. Because the process removes up to 50 percent of the water in vegetables, CM Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables have higher solid content and are nutritionally dense. It’s easy to hit five-a-day, with Gilroy Foods on your side.

Fire-Roasted Flair
Fire-roasted and grilled vegetables are not only commonplace on today’s menus, but in prepared and packaged foods as well. Gilroy Foods makes it easier than ever to add the consumer appeal of authentic, flame-roasted flavor to your new products. So whether you are adding grilled and roasted flavor to pizzas, pasta sauces or soups, CM Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables can give your products contemporary flair without having to fire up the grill. And, all products are ready-to-eat, making them ideal ingredients for the convenient salads, sandwiches, wraps and other popular refrigerated specialties.

Gilroy Foods Controlled Moisture Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables offer a wide range of products that meet consumer demand for healthful vegetables with bold, flame-seared flavor, including:

• Red, Green, Yellow Bell Peppers
• Green Chilies
• Jalapeño Peppers
• Roma Tomatoes
• Sweet Market Onions
• Red Onions
• Carrots
• Eggplant
• Corn
• Green Zucchini
• Yellow Zucchini
• Fajita, Sandwich and Pizza Blends

Gilroy Foods is a leading supplier of dehydrated garlic, onions, and capsicum, as well as specialty products like oleoresins, frozen and fresh vegetables. For more information about Gilroy Foods vegetable products, including GardenFrost Purées and Controlled Moisture Fire-Roasted Grilled Vegetables, please visit 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.