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The new Finishing Drizzle range launches in Coles today, marking an Australian and world-first in both product and packaging.

The Queensland herb and spice business, owned by McCormick, has launched a cold blended meat sauce range – Finishing Drizzle – to deliver a healthy, ready-to-use option for home cooks.

From conversations with hundreds of consumers and working in collaboration with partners including Coles, Meat & Livestock Association, Baiada Poultry and Pork Australia, Gourmet Garden said it discovered "a gap in the market for healthier, fresher sauce accompaniments that are easy to locate in the supermarket".

“During the eight years spent developing this range, we noticed a reinvigoration of home cooking – home cooks are now seeking inspiration to add to their repertoire and enjoy using herbs and spices to inject interesting, healthy flavours to their meals,” Gourmet Garden head of innovation, Jacqui Wilson-Smith said.

“However, when it came to preparing a new flavour to complement grilled meat, we found that people were time poor and often reverted to packaged sauces like tomato sauce, BBQ sauce and gravy.”

The new range, which comprises six variants, draws on traditional recipes from around the world including Spanish-inspired Salsa Verde and Italian favourite, Basil Pesto. They are all gluten- and preservative-free blends of herbs and spices, almost all locally grown in Queensland, with the exception of a few spices that had to be sourced elsewhere. The products are cold blended for fresher flavour via a proprietary process, and filled at the Queensland facility.

Finding the right packaging solution was challenging, head of innovation for Gourmet Garden, Jacqui Wilson-Smith said.  The team worked with local industrial designers and packaging suppliers, but in the end the optimal solution was sourced in Japan, in the form of a stand-up foil pouch with a side nozzle for optimal user experience. The packaging provides a shelf life of between 7-12 weeks, depending on the product.

You can read more about the packaging here.

Following the roll out of Finishing Drizzles in the Australian market, the company will be exploring export options in the US where it already has a presence in over 30,000 outlets with its Lightly Dried Herbs and Spices products.

Finishing Drizzle full range

The full range comprises the following variants:

  • Salsa Verde: Spanish inspired with hero ingredients including parsley, dill, capers and lemon zest, cold blended with lashings of extra virgin olive oil
  • Harissa: Moroccan inspired with hero ingredients including chilli, garlic and smoked paprika, cold blended with lashings of extra virgin olive oil
  • Basil Pesto: Italian inspired with hero ingredients including basil, parmesan cheese and garlic, cold blended with lashings of extra virgin olive oil
  • Chermoula: North African inspired with hero ingredients including coriander, mint, parsley and lemon zest, cold blended with lashings of extra virgin olive oil
  • Chimichurri: South American inspired with hero ingredients including parsley, coriander, oregano and chilli, cold blended with lashings of extra virgin olive oil
  • Nuoc Cham: Vietnamese inspired with hero ingredients including chilli, ginger, kaffir lime leaf, cold blended with canola oil

 

 

 

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