I-Inventure Foods, Inc. (I-Nasdaq: SNAK), umkhangisi ohamba phambili okhethekile wokudla nokudla, uthole ukunika isitifiketi kusuka ku-Gluten-Free Certification Organisation (GFCO) yemikhiqizo yayo ye-Boulder Canyon ™ Yemikhiqizo Yezokudla Yemvelo nezindawo zokukhiqiza eBluffton, Ind. naseGoodyear, e-Arizona.
Lesi sitshalo iBluffton, esise-705 West Dustman Rd., Sikhiqiza amaships okudla okomkhiqizo ophethwe yinkampani iBoulder Canyon, ngaphezu kokudla okulula okunosawoti ngaphansi kweTGI Friday's®, Nathan's Famous® kanye neVidalia Brands® enelayisense. Isitshalo se-Invest's Goodyear, esise-3500 South La Cometa, siyindawo esezingeni eliphezulu yokupheka amazambane aphekwe ngeketela, esikhiqiza amachips amazambane ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo iBoulder Canyon, Poore Brothers® kanye neBob's Texas Style®.
Yonke imikhiqizo yeBoulder Canyon izophatha uphawu oluqinisekisiwe lweGluten-Free ukuya phambili.
I-GFCO esekwe ku-Auburn, Wash.ibhekwa njengohlelo oluhamba phambili lomhlaba jikelele lokunikezwa izitifiketi. Inqubo eqinile yokuqinisekisa ifaka phakathi ukuhlolwa kwe-gluten ngezikhathi ezithile kwendawo yokukhiqiza, ukuhlolwa kwezitshalo njalo yi-GFCO enenkontileka yomcwaningi mabhuku kanye nokuhlolwa komkhiqizo okungahleliwe emakethe. Imikhiqizo ephethe ilogo ye-GF ihlangabezana nezindinganiso eziqinile ezifana ne-gluten ezenziwe yi-GFCO. Ukuthola uhlu oluphelele lwezinkampani nemikhiqizo eqinisekisiwe ye-GFCO, sicela uvakashele www.gco.org.
Ukuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo eqinisekisiwe engenalo i-gluten kuma-chips, ama-pretzel kanye ne-snack isigaba sikhule ngamaphesenti angama-54 kusuka ku-2010-2011 kanti ukuthengiswa kwesigaba sokudla esingenayo i-gluten kukhule ngamaphesenti angama-27 kusuka ngo-2009-2011 (Esiteshini sesitolo sokudla, ngokususelwa kudatha ye-IRI amasonto angama-52 aphela ngomhla ka-4/15/2012).
Iqembu lezocwaningo lomhlaba elihamba phambili emhlabeni, iMintel®, lilinganisela ukuthi isigaba sokudla esingenayo i-gluten sizofinyelela ku- $ 8 billion ngo-2013 (Umbiko weMintel Gluten Free 2012).
“Siyaqhubeka nokubeka okubaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni amandla ethu okuphepha kokudla nokukhiqiza, kusho uLaura Setzfand, iphini likamongameli wezokukhangisa weBoulder Canyon. “Ukukhula kwesigaba sokudla esingenayo i-gluten kuwumphumela oqondile wokufunwa kwabathengi kwemikhiqizo engcono. IBoulder Canyon inika abathengi izinhlobo ezahlukene zokudla okulula okuzohlinzeka isitifiketi se-GFCO. ”
Kusukela ngo-1994, iBoulder Canyon Natural Foods ibilokhu iletha ukudla okulula okuyisipesheli kufaka phakathi amakhekhe amazambane aphekwe ngeketile enziwe ngezithako zemvelo zonke futhi aphekwe ngo-sunflower ongcono noma uwoyela we-safflower. Ukudla okulula kweBoulder Canyon akunama-gluten, akusiyo i-GMO (izinto eziguqulwe izakhi zofuzo) futhi akuqukethe amafutha we-trans kanye ne-zero cholesterol. Ngaphezu kwama-chips aphekwe ngeketela, iBoulder Canyon inikeza ama-Vegetable Crisps, ama-Hummus Chips kanye nama-Rice & Adzuki Bean Chips njengengxenye yomugqa womkhiqizo oqukethe ukudla okulula okwejwayelekile okungaphezu kwama-20.