Fewer than a third of American adults eat the amount of fruits and vegetables the government recommends, a trend that's remained steady for more than a decade, health officials said Thursday. That's "well below'' the government's goal of getting 75 percent of Americans to eat two servings of fruits and having half of the population consume three servings of vegetables each day by 2010, said Dr. Larry Cohen of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Slices" product line - Tofu slices

Our "tofu slices" are produced using an exclusive process, which combines the properties of tofu with the versatility of puff pastry allowing the making of dishes like lasagnas, cannelloni and anything your imagination suggests to you.
For who prefers ready to eat cooking we propose some 100% vegetable dishes totally without gluten manufactured naturally with tofu slices.

CONSERVATION Store in the refrigerator between 2 and 5 degrees.


USE The Tofu slices "SQUARE" and "LONG" are used like normal slices and require only 2 minutes cooking.

The gourmet dishes are ready to use and require heating only.

What is Tofu Paté?

.... It is a creamy spread of natural or flavoured tofu with Mediterranean spices, ideal for canapà©s, toast and delicious snacks. CONSERVATION Tofu patà© should be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature between 2 and 5 C and once opened the jar should be consumed within 5 days.

What is Tofu Ragout?

... It is a delicious novelty: ragout prepared with ground tofu enriched with Italian flavours exalts the taste of our first courses.

CONSERVATION The Tofu ragout is stored at room temperature and once opened the jar should be kept in the refrigerator at a temperature between 2 and 5 C and consumed within 5 days.


USE Ready to use, if you like you can add spices to taste.

Use and consumption

What are Tofu Hamburghelles?

... They are a delicious ready to use product based on tofu with the addition of soy fibre and spices, representing a valid alternative to meat hamburgers, thanks to the quality of the biological ingredients and the practicality of fast-food.

CONSERVATION They are stored in the refrigerator between 2 and 5 degrees.


USE It is only necessary to open the packet, heat it a few minutes and if you want add spices to taste.

What is Seitan?

Seitan is a vegetable food whose origins are not known; probably it is a traditional Middle-Eastern product. Macrobiotic cooking has spread its use in the West.
It is made of wheat gluten, has a very pleasant taste, is soft, easily digestible and is suited for all diets from children to the elderly.
It is particularly useful for who wants to pass from a diet rich in animal products to a more vegetarian diet, also because it is very similar to meat in its aspect and for its quickness of use.
From the nutritional point of view it has a protein content similar to meat and has a similar number of calories, but the quality of the protein is inferior to meat because it is a by-product of wheat (and therefore lacking in some essential amino acids, however its nutrient value can be increased by adding soy sauce to the dishes). In compensation it does not have fats and cholesterol.

CONSERVATION Seitan is stored in the refrigerator between 0 and 5 degrees.

If it is not all used it should be immersed completely in cold water in a hermetically sealed container renewing the water daily; in this way the product can be stored for several days.


USE It is recommended for all ages, from children to the elderly being very digestible, except for specific individual intolerances or allergies.

It is suitable for every type of dish and can replace meat in every traditional recipe but unlike meat doesn't need long cooking and it is ready in a few minutes, the cooking serves more to flavour it.

What is Tofu?

Tofu is a curd of soya (like ricotta). According to the popular Chinese-Japanese Tradition, the Taoist monk Lin An, who lived around 160 BC, invented it. Tofu thanks to its high quality protein content and the absence of lactose and the low fat content, is a fundamental element for a healthy diet.
It is called "the chameleon of foods" for its typical property of absorbing the flavours which accompany it. Enriched with the tastes of good Mediterranean cooking it also satisfies the most demanding of palates.
Its principal characteristic is its excellent culinary malleability; as said it is suitable for a vast range of dishes of traditional, dietary, alternative or vegetarian cooking.

Conservation: Tofu should be stored in the refrigerator between 0 and 5 degrees.


Use: It is recommended for all ages, from weaning (7-8 months), except for specific individual intolerances or allergies.

Armonia e Bonta' SnC Firm Organic Tofu Production
Productions of Tofu, Seitan, Vegetarian Tofu Hamburgers, Ragout and Tofu Pate Gourmet.

Armonia e Bontà  is happy to show their workshop and the interesting production process of tofu and seitan, which is our main activity, to whoever is interested.
Furthermore we are ready to establish a direct relationship with our customers for possible advice or precious suggestions which help us to prepare our products to taste their best.


- Tel. 0373 81357
- Fax 0373 251256
- general e-mail: info@armoniaebonta.it
- production in charge e-mail (Daniel Cannistrà ): d.cannistra@armoniaebonta.it
- e-mail administration (Sarah Bellandi): amministrazione@armoniaebonta.it

Nuremberg, Germany 15 / 18 February 2007.

Dear Visitor,
The BioFach 2007 takes place under the sign of Italy, the "Country of the Year" of this year's exhibition.
Maybe in no other sector there is such a deep and meaningful partnership between Italy and Germany: Germany is the biggest European consumer of organic food, Italy the biggest producing country. Even this branch presents a complementariness between these two countries which goes back to historic times and is based on a deep-rooted weaving of cultural, political and economic relationships that since two thousand years binds them tightly.

We are proud to participate o this event. You can find us in the Hall 4 . Stand 320.

Enjoy your visit.

Where to Buy our Organic products: Tofu, Seitan, Vegetarian Tofu Hamburgers, Ragout and Tofu Pate, Gourmet.

Our products are: Tofu, Seitan, Vegetarian Tofu Hamburgers, Ragout and Tofu Pate.

WHO WE ARE?:
We are a small artisan company operating in the sector of alternative food production. Our products are: Tofu, Seitan, Vegetarian Tofu Hamburgers, Ragout and Tofu Paté. Our aim is to produce foods of high quality using exclusively vegetable raw materials of biological origin.

BUSINESS STRUCTURE:
The firm is structured as an artisan business. The coordinator is Cannistrà  Daniele, who is the commercial and technical representative.

THE HISTORY OF OUR TOFU PRODUCTION:
The project began many years ago from an idea of the founder who, being vegetarian and an attentive consumer of biological products, had a problem finding healthy, genuine but above all good and reasonably priced products on the market
Thanks to the awareness of the careful and demanding consumer combined with an experience of the Orient (where they use simple and ancient techniques) Armonia e Bontà  was founded on the site of  various Tofu production workshops.
The experience of the Orient and the inventiveness of the artisan of flavours have allowed the combining of traditional Asiatic flavours with Mediterranean requirements. So a product was created that merges the important properties of Tofu with the western demands for a more correct and balanced diet.

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY:
Armonia e Bontà  works in an artisan manner taking particular care of the workmanship so as to obtain a home-made product, but with the quality of a modern productive system.
To this purpose, a simple and effective computer system is applied in all the phases of the production process, starting from the selection of the suppliers and the raw materials, that guarantees  the tracing of every single ingredient, and every individual phase of the production is kept under control so as to always guarantee the highest quality of the production system.
In addition we have the certification of a corporate body in charge of overseeing the biological method, which is another 100% guarantee for the final consumer.
Our products are prepared using exclusively vegetable ingredients, therefore they are without milk, eggs, and added sugars.
The extreme flexibility of the productive process of our laboratory allows us to make changes to the products on the price-list to meet any particular requirements of our customers either as far as packaging is concerned, or regarding the use of some ingredients not to their liking, if need be  replacing them with others requested by the customer so as to meet the demands of local culinary traditions.
This way of operating allows us to cover the whole of the national territory satisfying the needs of culinary habits in every part of Italy.

LOGISTICS:
Our laboratory is situated in Crema a small town of the Padana plain just a few kms from Milan. We distribute our products using couriers with refrigerated transport, either directly or through our distributors.

OUR CUSTOMERS:
-Shops specialized in the sale of natural foods: Organic TOFU and SEITAN
-Herbalists' Shops
-Delicatessens specialized in natural cooking
-Vegetarian or vegan restaurants etc.
-Fair trade groups of Organic TOFU and SEITAN
-Canteens and cafeterias

Armonia e Bontà  Oriental tradition and mediterranean taste