Nominations are now open for Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ 9^th Annual Best New Retail Products Contest. Due to the popularity of last year’s competition with a record number of votes, we’ve split the contest into two this year: frozen foods in April, and refrigerated foods in August.

Find out how Devanco Foods pivoted early in the pandemic and made an impact on the frozen food aisle in 2020, and also with readers of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods.

Congratulations to the five refrigerated and/or frozen food companies that topped our eighth annual, 2020 Best New Retail Products Contest. We had one of our highest vote totals ever (61,243), and an exciting flurry of activity the final three days which re-configured the order of winners.

Wellshire Farms, a leader in the all-natural and organic meat industry, expanded its sugar free line of bacon offerings with the launch of its Sugar Free Dry Rubbed Uncured Bacon Ends & Pieces.

At Veggies Made Great we’re on a mission to change people’s relationship with vegetables by making veggie-rich prepared foods that are delicious. 

The new chef-crafted, Plant-Based Burger by Tofurky is created using a combination of soy protein, vegetable protein, and wheat gluten and lightly seasoned with salt, onion, garlic, and black pepper.

Tillamook’s Farmstyle Cream Cheese Spread isn’t what you’re used to finding on grocery shelves today.

The Van Cleve Seafood Co.’s new brand, Wild.Skinny.Clean. is disrupting the seafood industry by offering the first plant-based seafood product on the market that truly mimics real seafood!

The Little Potato Company, the #1 Creamer potato company in North America, is taking convenience to a new level with the launch of Easy Sides, fully cooked, pre-seasoned Creamer potatoes that are ready to heat and eat in only seven minutes.

Meet Sweet Earth POGOs (Power-On-the-GO snacks). These new, plant-based ‘thaw and eat’ or ‘heat and eat’ pockets from Sweet Earth are the new evolution of modern snacking—convenient, delicious and made with non-GMO wholesome ingredients.