Barfresh Food Group, Inc. Wins Five-Year Contract to Supply Product to Army & Air Force Exchange Service School Meal Program
December 13, 2021 at 08:00 am EST
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Barfresh Food Group, Inc. announced that it was awarded a five-year contract from the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) for its Twist & Go product to be part of the AAFES School Meal Program. Barfresh successfully won this contract due to Twist & Go meeting USDA guidelines under its Child Nutrition Program, which allows schools to seek reimbursement for meals served, and the yogurt component allows the product to be shipped frozen overseas and maintain shelf life freshness. Barfresh has started shipping Twist & Go product and it will be served to students in 76 schools across 9 countries overseas. The Exchange School Meal Program provides wholesome, nutritious meals to eligible students in participating Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) Department of Defense schools. The Exchange provides school lunch to K-12 students in 76 school cafeterias on Army and Air Force installations in 9 countries overseas. In the 2020-2021 school year, the Exchange served an average of 17,700 meals per day for a total of more than 3 million meals over the school year including Grab and Go meals for service during the pandemic.
Barfresh Food Group, Inc. is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of ready-to-drink and ready-to-blend frozen beverages. Its portfolio of products includes smoothies, shakes and frappes. Its ready-to-drink smoothie, Twist & Go, is focused on the USDA national school meal program, including the school breakfast program, the national school lunch program and smart snacks in schoolsâ program. This sweet fruit and creamy yogurt smoothie contains four ounces of yogurt and a half-cup of fruit/fruit juice and comes in three different flavors: strawberry banana, peach and mango pineapple. Its bulk Easy Pour format, which contains all the ingredients necessary to make the beverage. Its single-serve format features portion-controlled and ready-to-blend beverage ingredient packs or beverage packs. The beverage packs contain all the ingredients necessary to make the beverage, including the base, real fruit pieces, juices and ice-five ounces of water are added before blending.
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