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POP! GOURMET FOODS AND RED GOLD INTRODUCE THE ORIGINAL HUY FONG SRIRACHA HOT CHILI SAUCE TO GO PACKETS

The Iconic Huy Fong’s Sriracha Is Now Available in Seven Gram Squeeze Packets Making It Easy for Restaurants and Consumers to Take America’s Number Most Popular Hot Chili Sauce To Go.

SEATTLE---July 11, 2016—Award-winning POP! Gourmet Foods, leaders in the snacking industry, Huy Fong Foods, and Red Gold LLC, today announced the launch of The Original Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce in seven gram packets. These packets will provide customers with a convenient POP! of flavor while on-the-go.

The Original Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce in seven gram squeeze packets will be available to restaurant operators in July.  The packet graphics feature a deep red Huy Fong label with the iconic white rooster and the green tip bottle that will be instantly identifiable by consumers.  The packets are Safe Quality Food (SQF) and FDA certified.

“Creating the seven gram packets helps foodservice meet the trend toward spicier foods,” says David Israel, CEO of POP! Gourmet Foods.  “The Original Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce and Red Gold are blue-chip partners and I’m confident this will be another success for our companies. “

POP! Gourmet originally licensed Huy Fong’s Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce to create its best-selling POP! The Original Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Popcorn and the POP! The Original Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Potato Chips.

The seven gram Original Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce packets follows POP! Gourmet Foods and Red Gold’s successful launch of Huy Fong Sriracha Ketchup (in 20oz squeeze bottles, 8 gram packets and 1.5 gallon bulk), Huy Fong Sriracha Salsa (in 66oz bottles and 15oz jars) and Huy Fong Sriracha Diced Tomatoes (in 10oz cans).

The Original Huy Fong’s Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce is the number one hot chili sauce brand in America. According to foodservice research company Datassentials, menu mentions of sriracha sauce have increased 427% in just the past four years and nearly 49 percent in just the past year.

Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce seven gram packets are an ideal condiment for sandwiches, burgers, fries, appetizers, eggs and much more.  Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce is a perfect addition to the menus of quick service, fast casual, sports bars, sports venues, theme parks, colleges and universities, and casual dining.

For more information, please visit www.POPGourmet.com or contact info@POPGourmet.com

ABOUT POP! GOURMET FOODS

Founded in 2011, award-winning POP! Gourmet Foods was recently named the 2015 Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery Snack Producer of the Year. POP! Gourmet Foods offers products that include POP! Gourmet Popcorn, POP! Gourmet Potato Chips and a growing The Original Sriracha line of snacks and condiments. For more information please visit www.POPGourmet.com.

For further information: Amy Goldsmith, agoldsmith@gkcommunications.net, (310) 440.0646