Mann Packing Company Dishes Up Exclusive New Lettuce Varieties Scarlett Butter and Honey Gems at Super Bowl


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Fri. January 31st, 2014 - by Jordan Okumura-Wright

<p>Mann's exclusive lettuce varieties were served in Super Bowl hospitality suites, according to a press release. Two new varieties from Mann Packing Company, Scarlett Butter™ and Honey Gems™, are not only selling well in stores, but were also served at the MetLife Stadium during the Super Bowl, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“Distributor feedback has been overwhelmingly positive,” said Director of Healthy Culinary Innovation Gina Nucci. “We can hardly keep up with demand.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Scarlett Butter is a dual colored butter lettuce with a grassy aroma. This sweet and versatile lettuce and can be used for several foodservice applications.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Honey Gems is a gourmet whole-head lettuce. This European lettuce variety is a cross between Romaine and Butter lettuces. It can be served as a wedge, whole-head or loose leaf in a salad.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“With the healthy diet upswing and increasing demand, these gourmet lettuce varieties offer the characteristics consumers want from lettuce—crunch and taste—and the efficiencies that are important to operators—minimal prep,” Nucci said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com/" target="_new"> Mann Packing Company </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">