Prepared Foods and award sponsor Ventura Foods honor the teamwork that has led to innovative food and beverage launches during the past year.

A brand of konjac pasta popular in Australia is making its way to the UK for the first time.

Already known for seafood protein salads, Blount Fine Foods now offers Asian Wheatberry & Edamame Salad and a Tzatiki Taboule. Asian Wheatberry is a gluten-free mixture of wheatberry, barley and edamame tossed with lime juice, garlic and basil, sprinkled with a touch of jalapeño. Blount says this vegetarian product has only 50 calories and 0g trans fat per serving.