Custom Food Products Develops Canned Beef Replacement

CARSON, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Custom Food Products (CFP), a leading national protein supplier to chain restaurants and food manufacturers, has developed a replacement product for cooked canned beef.

CFP Research and Development Manager Rene Melendez said, "We developed several prototypes over a period of four years and arrived at just the right processing and cooking methodology.

"Our canned beef replacement product is safer, more flavorful, appealing to the eye and performs better than any competitive product on the market."

Founded over 30 years ago, CFP is a $170 million operation, employing 400, with processing facilities in Carson, CA and Owingsville, KY.

Jon Hickerson, President and Chief Operating Officer of CFP, said, "I am proud of Rene's work on this project. We challenged him to develop a product that met the needs of our customers and this product hit the mark.

"We work very hard at CFP to develop customized products, which are used as ingredients by some of the major food brands and served at quality restaurant chains. Once again our R&D folks proved CFP's ability to exceed customer expectations."

Producing delicious beef, chicken, pork and turkey meats and gravies, CFP supplies a wide range of proteins to some of the largest international restaurant chains and consumer products marketers in the U.S. and abroad. CFP is an expert in the protein category and is dedicated to innovation in products used as ingredients and menu items.

CFP has also received dual certifications from the Global Food Safety Initiative and British Retail Consortium. The certifications were awarded to both of their state-of-the-art facilities after separate audits in early summer 2010. CFP's operations are BEV product requirement-approved for several countries, and Halal certified.

For more information, please contact Jon Hickerson, CFP President/COO, at 310-637-0900 or visit www.customfoodproducts.com.

SOURCE Custom Food Products