Even though NJ’s growing season only runs from about May to November, by purchasing these products you can enjoy Jersey Fresh fruits and vegetables and support local farmers all year round. These companies convert New Jersey’s highest quality agricultural ingredients into processed food items such as cider, chocolate, ketchup, salsa, tomato sauce, jam, beer, wine, spirits … the list could go on and on.
The wines at Bellview Winery are a representation of the agricultural diversity of New Jersey’s Outer Coastal Plain. Our sandy soils are a perfect home for grapes like Chambourcin, Vidal Blanc, Blaüfrankisch, and Cayuga as well as traditional grapes like Chardonnay or Merlot. The Jersey Fresh offerings at Bellview also include wine made from local blueberries, cranberries, apples, and dandelions.
A German style eu de vie distilled from locally sourced blueberries. Fruity and earthy nose with a smooth burn – it’s not your uncle’s sweet brandy! Gluten free.
With a sweet hint of honey, Honey Porter goes down smooth thanks to its balanced, robust, and light-bodied finish. This award-winning brown porter is brewed with Jersey Fresh certified honey and a firm malt presence, making it extremely approachable, no matter the season.
Claremont’s all-natural blueberry vodka captures the essence
of the state’s official fruit with no artificial flavors or syrups. We take advantage of New Jersey
being one of the largest producers of blueberries in the nation and are proud that Hammonton, NJ is
considered “the blueberry capital of the world.” The combination of all-natural blueberry flavors
and our potato -based vodka results in a refreshing, slightly sweet, and smooth
vodka.
Claremont’s peach flavored vodka is made with all-natural peach flavors capturing the
rich essence of one of New Jersey’s most prized fruits. Peaches have been grown in the state since
the early 1600’s when settlers first recognized that New Jersey’s soil and climate provided ideal
growing conditions for producing flavorful and luscious peaches.
The Don Pepino brand was created by the Sclafani family in 1950. Today, Don Pepino pizza and pasta sauces are recognized as some of the finest in the industry. The secret is the quality of the fresh New Jersey tomatoes used to make every recipe. Don Pepino products carrying the Jersey Fresh logo are made from fresh Jersey tomatoes, grown near the Don Pepino packing facility in southern New Jersey.
Ethnic Cottage Pasta Sauces are made locally using 100% real Jersey Fresh Vine-Ripened Tomatoes. They are all-natural, lower sodium, no added sugar, low fat, gluten free with no preservatives and no tomato paste.
Fattoria Fresca® products carrying a Jersey Fresh logo are made from the locally grown New Jersey tomatoes which are considered the best tomatoes in the U.S. Packed at the peak of ripeness, tomatoes are processed and kettle cooked the old-world style with just the right blend of spices making our sauces the perfect addition to any dish.
As a farmer-focused business, quality and goodness come first. That means using fresh ingredients from farms that share our commitment to honest growing practices, and making sure that every product tastes as good as the hard work and vine-ripened, New Jersey tomatoes behind it.
Devil’s Nectah is a Cranberry-Honey Helles Lager brewed in collaboration with Samuel Adams. The Hope Harvest Ale uses hops grown in NJ at Sky High Hops in Flemington. The Hill Street Honey’s bitterness is complimented by a whole bunch of New Jersey harvested honey that we add in during key parts of the brewing process. The Jersey Fresh Blueberry Honey Blonde is an experimental variety of our Hill Street Honey ale where we used blueberry honey and blueberries instead of orange blossom.
Although we’ve only been in business since 2005, our product has been in our family for over twenty five years, I’ve been making it for family and friends since then. Our company is a family owned and operated business which allows us to give each jar our personal attention in every way from content distribution to sealing and labeling.
Traditional Mia Cucina Marinara Sauce – tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper, basil, olive oil. Then, we have our Mia Cucina Marinara with Merlot – same traditional recipe with the addition of a New Jersey Merlot wine and our Mia Cucina Marinara Fra Diavolo – a bit different on the recipe, it is sweet with a bit of heat. We call it “nicely spicely.”
Under the direction of Kevin Flaim, the firm started its own line of frozen and breaded eggplant cutlets and fries, utilizing its own Jersey Fresh “Panther Brand” eggplants. The line, which has a shelf life of 18-24 months, was well received. Therefore, there has been an addition of frozen and breaded zucchini fries and coins. These products are available year-round in retail and institutional packs throughout New Jersey and other Northeastern states.
The Sclafani family began in the food industry in the late 1800’s when Marie Sclafani and her husband came to the Unites States from Italy with their four sons. The family started with a small grocery store in New York. Today the Sclafani brand is recognized as one of the finest brands of canned tomatoes and sauces in the industry. The secret behind the success of Sclafani is the quality of the products themselves. Jersey tomatoes are considered to be the best tomatoes in the United States. Sclafani products carrying the Jersey Fresh logo are made from fresh Jersey tomatoes, grown near the Sclafani packing facility in southern New Jersey.
Screamin’ Hill Brewery is the combination of a love of beer and farming. They produce only the finest ales by using their own farm grown ingredients whenever possible. They grow other ingredients like pumpkins, tomatoes, basil, and habaneros. And use the barley, wheat, and rye from their family farm to make their own base malt. Their own NJ grown hops are used to add that insanely delicious aroma of fresh hops. Their goal is to create the freshest beer you’ve ever had, to be enjoyed on their family farm in a restored barn.
A good place to be. That’s how Heathermeade Distilling
founders Rich Bentrewicz and Michael Maggio describe the whimsical Tree City, the name they’ve given
to their 100 percent Jersey-made corn vodka.
“We were having cocktails on the deck a couple
years ago and got the idea to experiment to see if we could make a good vodka,” Bentrewicz says. The
two launched Heathermeade Distilling in Kenilworth in 2015 as a side project, then eventually left
their careers to pursue distilling full time.
The Jersey Tomato Co. was founded by New Jersey natives David Stoff and Scott Stark in 2010. They started out by selling tomatoes directly from farms in Vineland and Swedesboro, NJ. After seeing the overwhelming positive response at local farmer’s markets, they crafted a sauce to spread their love for the Jersey tomato.
Is It Spicy? Sauce Co. is a woman & minority-owned, boutique sauce company obsessed with bringing our customers the best locally crafted sauces! Our sustainable, agricultural products include hot sauce, ketchup, aioli, dip, and salsa. Each batch of our delicious products are made with quality New Jersey produce then processed by hand to ensure the best quality for our customers. We are proud to sell certified "Made with Jersey Fresh" products.
Food or beverage companies interested in the Made with Jersey Fresh Program, learn more here
