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Top 5 Best New Retail Products of 2018

The votes are in for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 2018 Best New Retail Products contest. Congratulations to the Top 5 processors, and thank you to all of our readers for your participation.

1. Prairie Farms Dairy: Milk Snack Bar

Prairie Farms Milk Snack Chocolate Cake Bar

Prairie Farms Dairy, Carlinville, Ill., debuted Milk Snack Chocolate Cake Bars, what are said to be the first refrigerated snack cake bar to combine chocolate cake with a real whole milk crème filling.

2. Nestlé USA: DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Pizza

DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Cheese

Nestlé Pizza, Solon, Ohio, introduced new DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Pizza, which bakes in its own pan, fresh from the oven.

Nestlé Pizza, Solon, Ohio, introduced new DIGIORNO Crispy Pan Pizza, which bakes in its own pan, fresh from the oven, and is topped with edge-to-edge cheese for a crispy and caramelized crust. Click here to read the exclusive interview.

3. General Mills: Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites

General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites

General Mills, Minneapolis, transformed its Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal into Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites.

General Mills, Minneapolis, transformed its Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal into Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bites. Available in the freezer aisle, these soft cinnamon toast bites are filled with sweet cinnamon, and ready to consume in just 30 seconds. Click here to read the exclusive interview.

4. CAULIPOWER: Cauliflower Crust Pizza

CAULIPOWER pizza

CAULIPOWER, Los Angeles, debuted what is said to be the first frozen cauliflower-crust pizza, inspired by social media-generated recipes for cauliflower-based alternatives.

CAULIPOWER, Los Angeles, debuted what is said to be the first frozen cauliflower-crust pizza, inspired by social media-generated recipes for cauliflower-based alternatives. Click here to read the exclusive interview.

5. B&G Foods: Green Giant Veggie Spirals

veggie spirals

B&G Foods North America, Parsippany, N.J., introduced Green Giant Veggie Spirals, the latest in the brand’s Veggie Swap-Ins line.

B&G Foods North America, Parsippany, N.J., introduced Green Giant Veggie Spirals, the latest in the brand’s Veggie Swap-Ins line, which are said to be an ideal alternative to pasta. Click here to read the exclusive interview.

About the Contest

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ editor-in-chief Marina Mayer reviewed all of the new retail products published in print and online at www.RFFmag.com from August 2017 to February 2018. From the hundreds of products, she nominated 16 refrigerated and frozen foods and beverages to be named Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ sixth annual Top 5 Best New Retail Product. To check out the contest, click here.

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Marina Mayer was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods. Previously, she spent four years as managing editor and executive editor of Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery and Dairy Foods, both sister publications. In this role, Mayer was responsible for reporting on market trends, ingredient R&D, production technology and new products within the dairy, snack food and wholesale bakery markets. Prior to joining BNP Media, she served a five-year tenure as editor of quality control for Manufacturers' News, Inc., where she was named “Manager of the Year” in 2006. Previously, she worked as an editorial assistant for Insider Magazine and worked as a contributing features writer for her college newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student. Mayer was a recipient of a Young Leader Scholar award, presented from American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE), which is given annually to only five U.S. journalists, 30 years of age and under. She is a graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s in journalism.