If you're a Spam fan, you have yet another Spam-branded product to try, according to news from Austin headquarters -- not sure about the connection to Spam, however, since it's a "fortified turkey product."
To Hormel's credit, the shelf-stable food was developed to assist in dealing with childhood malnutrition, especially abroad.
Here's the news release:
Hormel Foods Develops Innovative Protein Product to Address Childhood
Malnutrition
Spammy™, a fortified turkey spread, nourishes families in Guatemala
AUSTIN, MINN. (March 31, 2011) — Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), one
of the nation’s largest manufacturers and marketers of consumer-branded
meat and food products, has introduced Spammy™, a fortified, shelf-stable
turkey spread to help address childhood malnutrition throughout the world.
"Hormel Foods sought to create a product high in protein to help serve
malnourished and poverty-stricken communities worldwide," said Jeffrey M.
Ettinger, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer at
Hormel Foods. “Our company has years of experience in creating shelf-stable
proteins, so we employed our expertise to create this new product.”
Spammy™ is a shelf-stable turkey spread that has been fortified with zinc,
iron, B vitamins, and other essential vitamins and minerals.
Hormel Foods has made an initial three-year commitment to deliver 1 million
cans of Spammy™ to in-need families in Guatemala through partners Food For
The Poor and Caritas Arquidiocesana in 2011. Guatemala was selected because
its poverty rate is more than 50 percent and the chronic malnutrition rate
is the highest in the Western hemisphere.
Food For The Poor is a relief and development organization that raises
funds and provides direct relief assistance to the poor in Latin America
and the Caribbean, and Caritas Arquidiocesana is a charity committed to
combating poverty.
“Through our partnership with Hormel Foods, we are able to provide
much-needed protein to the women and children of Guatemala, and we are
already seeing progress,” said Robin Mahfood, president and chief executive
officer for Food For The Poor. “The children who eat Spammy™ are more
active, their grades are improving, and overall, they are happier and
healthier.”
Hormel Foods has been distributing Spammy™ in Guatemala for about 18 months
to family centers and orphanages. In addition, Hormel Foods worked with
Food For The Poor and donated more than 100,000 cans of Spammy™ to Haiti
after the earthquake in January 2010.
Silgan Containers and Smyth Companies, two long-time suppliers of Hormel
Foods, are supporting the cause by donating all of the cans and labels for
Spammy™.
Hormel Foods and Food For The Poor created a website to allow individuals
to contribute to the Spammy™ program. All donations through the website
will go directly and fully to Food For The Poor to purchase Spammy™
fortified turkey spread at cost from Hormel Foods. The product then will be
shipped by Food For The Poor to Guatemala and distributed at the
orphanages, day care centers, nutritional centers and family centers within
the Caritas Arquidiocesana network.
To make a donation or learn more about Spammy™ or Food For The Poor, please
visit: http://www.hormelfoods.com/responsibility/hunger.
About Hormel Foods
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a multinational
manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, many
of which are among the best known and trusted in the food industry. The
company leverages its extensive expertise, innovation and high competencies
in pork and turkey processing and marketing to bring branded, value-added
products to the global marketplace. The company is a member of the Standard
& Poor's 500 Index, Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, Maplecroft Climate
Innovation Indexes, Global 1000 Sustainable Performance Leaders and was
named one of "The 100 Most Trustworthy Companies" by Forbes in 2010. The
company enjoys a strong reputation among consumers, retail grocers,
foodservice and industrial customers for products highly regarded for
quality, taste, nutrition, convenience and value. For more information,
visit http://www.hormelfoods.com.
About Food For The Poor
Food For The Poor, the third-largest international relief and development
organization in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry
poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This
interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance,
clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans
and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance,
with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that
help the poor.
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