Golden State Foods Wins 2021 Package Of The Year From The Association For Dressings & Sauces For Its Sealed Air® And Golden State Foods Flexprep™ Pouch

Golden State Foods Wins 2021 Package Of The Year From The Association For Dressings & Sauces For Its Sealed Air® And Golden State Foods Flexprep™ Pouch

‎(October 20, 2021) ATLANTA, GA – The Association for Dressings & Sauces (ADS) awarded Irvine, ‎California-based Golden State Foods the Package of the Year Award for its Sealed Air® and Golden ‎State Foods CRYOVAC® brand FlexPrep® portion-dispensing pouches. The announcement was made ‎during the ADS Technical Meeting “Approaching the Way Forward” held in Scottsdale, Arizona October ‎‎10-12.‎


The flexible, hermetically sealed pouches reduce primary packaging by up to 85 percent and are ‎‎engineered with a unique frangible seal technology that ‎allows the pouch to open without the need of ‎a ‎sharp object. The Sealed Air® and Golden State Foods CRYOVAC® brand FlexPrep® portion-‎dispensing pouches is produced by CRYOVAC® Brand Food Packaging and is available in a variety of ‎sizes. ‎


‎“We’re thankful for the support of the ADS membership in voting to recognize the FlexPrep Pouch and ‎honor the innovation that made this efficient, sustainable solution possible for our industry,” said Eric ‎Treon, Group Vice President, GMBU. “GSF’s progress in packaging innovation has succeeded because ‎of the forward-thinking partnership we share with Sealed Air, which continues to bring value to our ‎customers.”‎

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Pictured above: Brad Cohlmia and Scott Witherspoon ‎‎- Sealed Air Cryovac was recognized as the ‎supporting vendor

Sealed Air CRYOVAC® was recognized as the supporting vendor for its contribution to the FlexPrep™ ‎Pouch.‎
Treon has been with Golden State Foods for 17 years, while the company itself was founded in 1947 in ‎Irvine, California. Golden State Foods is one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice ‎industry. Its core business includes processing and distributing liquid products, protein, produce, dairy ‎and other services for more than 100 leading brands and more than 125,000 restaurants/stores. For ‎more information, visit their website, Golden State Foods.‎

The Package of the Year Award is presented by ADS to increase the awareness of product packaging ‎and to celebrate the accomplishments of the packaging industry for dressings, sauce and condiment-‎related packages. Nominations for the award were received earlier in the year and ADS members cast ‎their votes for the package deemed most innovative. ‎


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Founded in 1926, the Association for Dressings & Sauces is an international trade association ‎representing manufacturers of salad dressing, mayonnaise and condiment sauces as well as suppliers ‎of raw materials, packaging and equipment to the industry. Its purpose is to serve the best interests of ‎industry members, its customers and consumers of its products. For more information about ADS, visit ‎the Association’s website.‎

December 1, 2021